EVERLASTINGS

I think Everlastings are one of my favourite flowers.  They sprout at the end of winter and with a hint of spring out come the flower buds.  They simply last FOR EVER!  (I still have 2 flowers I picked last year!) The flowers close every night and open with the warmth of the sun the following day.  This morning I happened to pass as a bunch was just considering opening.  Usually I just rush past and appreciate the wonder, but this morning I actually knelt down and watched a flower opening (well almost, as after 15 minutes my knees needed straightening).  It is so hard to concentrate on one flower and wait for each petal to pull away from the others (and I guess this would be a good way to meditate if I had the time).

Everlastings starting to open

Everlastings open facing the sun

 The Everlastings came to be in the garden below when I bought the seed last year and spread it along the dripper lines.  All the flowers for this year are a result of the seeding of last year's flowers.  The seeds have spread far and wide and are coming up in the gravel driveway.

This garden will look fantastic in a few weeks.  It is pink and white (everlastings and geraldton waxes), blue (rosemary and blue grasses) and purple (lavender plant).  It is so easy to get excited about flowers when you spend 6 months looking at brown paddocks and no colour.