Nature creates the coolest things on earth! You just need to look for them. You do NOT need to know where to look for the cool things, just look around you and you will notice the unusual, the beautiful and the special things we sometimes overlook in life.
This star was created by nature just for us. The bud is quite clearly preparing to open, but at this point we don't care about the flower. We care only about the cool pattern and the star in the center.
There are many types of plants that have cool patterns in them. Some have the patterns in the blooms, some in the bud, some in the stem, and still others in the leaves. Patterns are regular, expected and appreciated. We want to relate our world to that of nature's, so we seek out patterns and even where there are none, we create our own. At least I do.
This flower bud is of course a Night Blooming Jimsonweed aka Datura innoxia. Some call it Moonflower. Not me. I don't call it moonflower because I have grown another type of moonflower; which is a vine and totally different. Confusion runs rampant with these two flowers. 
My friend Geri dug me a few seedlings from her garden last May. I could not believe after that one season of growing it how I ever could've gardened without this jimsonweed! It has a heavenly fragrance and is so easy to care for. It does need a good bit of sun though. It will self seed each year after the first year. This year all I had to do was watch for the seedlings-the result is above. Doesn't it have a great flower in addition to the bud? The flowers bloom only at night and are gone by 10ish or so in the morning. Their scent is heavenly! These flowers will NOT last as cut flowers, so don't bother cutting them.
Plant a star in your garden and enjoy the heavens through your olfactory glands-ewww-what an awful word. P.S. The ants really like these flowers too.
in the garden....looking for stars.
My friend Geri dug me a few seedlings from her garden last May. I could not believe after that one season of growing it how I ever could've gardened without this jimsonweed! It has a heavenly fragrance and is so easy to care for. It does need a good bit of sun though. It will self seed each year after the first year. This year all I had to do was watch for the seedlings-the result is above. Doesn't it have a great flower in addition to the bud? The flowers bloom only at night and are gone by 10ish or so in the morning. Their scent is heavenly! These flowers will NOT last as cut flowers, so don't bother cutting them.
Plant a star in your garden and enjoy the heavens through your olfactory glands-ewww-what an awful word. P.S. The ants really like these flowers too.
in the garden....looking for stars.