Calling All Botanists...

Name that flower!

Back in the spring, we bought a cheap packet of bulbs from the supermarket in the hope of bringing a little diversity to our garden. We've seen little from them all summer apart from a few might-be-weeds / might-be-leaves and had pretty much given up on any explosions of colour... until now, in our Autumn heatwave (hottest day of the year on Saturday - and they say the climate's not messed up)...

Of course, we long ago threw away the bulb packet so have no idea just what it was that we planted... but it's the most beautiful and exotic flower we've had in our garden all year. And it lived just one day before closing up and dying.

Any ideas?

Colin

This is Colin. Colin joins us for breakfast most mornings just after 6am. He climbs up the bird-feeder, eats a few pawfuls of seeds as an aperitif, then sits back and pulls the nut-feeder towards him for the main course. He chews the nuts through the wire squares till they're small enough to fit through the gaps into his mouth. Occasionally a magpie or wood pigeon will try to scare him off, but Colin has no time for stoopid birds. He's a squirrel with a mission. When he's had his fill, he slides back down the bat pole and disappears off into the woods. It's the same story almost every weekday... but on Saturdays, Colin has a lie in. He doesn't arrive for breakfast until after 9am. Lazy little bugger!