Friday, May 29, 2009

The Volunteer Petunia

A few years ago the Duchess noticed a tiny volunteer Petunia plant growing up between the bricks on the patio. We have had volunteer tomatoes and Sunflowers, but never a Petunia. And never in such an unlikely place. So she decided to leave it be. It had great courage to grow between those bricks. And “grow” it did. Eventually it became an obstacle in everyone’s path. But the Duchess held firm and the tiny plant became a huge flower. The remainder of the summer and well into fall the Petunia brought much pleasure to everyone who passed by. Eventually it was gone and no other has taken its place. But the volunteer Petunia will never be forgotten.



5 comments:

  1. OMG I love the volunteer petunia! You are so lucky to get a volunteer in this climate - wow the bricks must have protected the seed through the winter? That is amazing...

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  2. WOW that flower sure is beautiful!

    That is really neat that it grew soooo big!

    Good job guarding that flower Duchess!

    Chasing my tale...
    Addie, Lucie, and Hailey

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  3. ...OMD... our verification word was mutato!

    Not sure if you were X-Files fans, but our mom was. She got a big kick out of that!

    Chasing my tale...
    Addie, Lucie, and Hailey

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  4. Sometimes you just have to bloom where you land..great story! :)

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  5. What a sweet volunteer, Miss Emma Rose. While I read the post, in my mind it was one little flower but what a surprise to see such a large plant! Thanks for visiting my blog today! Emma Rose, you are adorable!!

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