Showing posts with label ornamental plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ornamental plants. Show all posts

Monday, September 10, 2018

Enduring beauty

Chinese lanterns. Past, long past, their sell-by date. And still beautiful.

Aka ground cherry.

I collected these from a garden in Comox. Earlier, they were a plant similar to the tomatillo; when the fruit ripened, it was a red cherry inside that papery husk. Now all that's left is the husk and a few dried seeds. The lantern has burnt out. Now they sit on a shelf above my desk. Maybe I'll plant some of the seeds in the spring.

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