PURPLE CLOVER, QUEEN’S ANNE LACE

…Crimson hair across your face… You’re gonna make me lonesome when you go.

Dylan fan or not, this naturalised, weed flower, AKA daucus carota /wild carrot has to be one of the most romantic flowering plants in my world.

PURPLE RAIN

Hibiscus Syriacus AKA Rose of Sharon – each bloom lasts only a day, rain or shine.

This portrait taken outside the SE corner of Emmanuel-Howard Park United Church at Wright and Roncesvalles.

The plant is prolific with blooms – but what an existential oddity that each lasts a mere 24 hours! It really puts a new spin on carpe diem.