Bells Of Ireland Plant

by Sandi OReilly

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Bells Of Ireland Plant

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Sandi OReilly

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Photograph - Photography

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I had heard of this plant and went looking for it for St. Patrick's day with no luck but later found it at a florist and planned to use it as great garden plant. I fell in love with it's uniqueness and the bell look of the beautiful green leaf surrounding a tiny white fragrant little flower. It reminds me of Ireland, with it's lush green color. I brought the plant home and put it outdoors where it later rained. I photographed this macro image with a Nikkor 105mm Micro lens of one of the bells.

Bells of Ireland is a lightly scented plant that grows 24 to 36 inches tall. The 1- to 2-inch, white-veined green bells that cling closely to stems are not really flowers but enlarged calyxes--the outer leaves that appear at the base of most flowers. The true flowers, tiny, fragrant and white, are deep within the bells. The popular names alluding to Ireland have been applied to this plant only because of the green color of the bells, not because the plant comes from Ireland. Bells-of-Ireland makes interesting and long-lasting cut flowers, and have additional value as dried flowers for winter arrangements.

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April 7th, 2014

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