I took a walk with my bf in the evening when we passed a house with some really cool flowers in the garden. I stopped walking and pointed them out for my bf, telling him how incredible I think they are. But in the same second I saw that the people inside the house watched me from the window and I quickly walked away of embarrassment. After a few meters, the door opened and two teenage girls called me back. And some seconds later their mother came out through the door and asked if I liked her flowers. I said yes and she told me I could pick and many as I liked because she had so many. Frankly I had no idea HOW to pick them, but within a second she had her head deep in the fields of flowers picking them for me. I soon had my arms full of these amazing flowers and I swear I shone like a sun when I thanked her all I could and said goodbye.
Does anyone by any chance now the name of these flowers?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physalis_alkekengi
ReplyDeleteMy aunt had garden full of these. I call them ,,lanterns" too. I think that their name is Physalis, but i´m not sure.
ReplyDeleteWow, thank you Anon and Alice! I am familiar with Physalis, but I would never have guessed it was the same plant! I have only seen Physalis with the orange berries when the orange lantern has fade to light brown! How cool!
ReplyDeleteDet är en slags physalis förutom att den inte bär frukt, men det riktiga namnet för Den är japanska lyktor :)
ReplyDeletepimme: åh! tack så mycket! jag har bara sett dessa i sverige en enda gång tidigare och ingen jag frågat har vetat vad de heter :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice story! :) Those flowers are beautiful, I love them. My teacher has a big garden and she brought some "lanterns" to school. I got one flower and took it home with me. I still have the lantern here, it's withered now but still has it's shape and colour.
ReplyDeletewow! I have never seen flowers like that :D tahy were really nice and special :D
ReplyDeleteI´m not sure about the name (we call it latern, too ^^) so it may be some kind of Physalis, but be sure not to eat this one!
ReplyDeleteIt´s not eatable!
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That's such a nice story!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the time when as a kid I went to steal apples along with my brother. The owner of the garden saw us, and, instead of getting mad at us, gave us a large bag full of different fresh vegetables. :)
Tiina: amazing they keep the color <3
ReplyDeletechirchan: i have only seen them twice before in Sweden too, so they're not very common here either!
goldkind: thanks! i must remember: not edible!
anon: aw, i didn't dare to steal when i was little so i knocked on the neighbors door and asked if i could have some of their fruits in their tree and they said it was alright ^^ they thought i was very polite ^^
I have never seen anything like that before! When I first glanced at the picture I thought it was a plant with little paper lanterns someone had put on it. ^_^"
ReplyDeleteAnd that person is so kind to have given you some! That's so amazing.
ooo! I remember these! When I was a kid we planted them (or they planted themselves :D) on our garden! I was so fascinated by the lanterns and still am. I wonder if I could pick them somewhere (I did not know it is their time now), I must look around :)
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We call this lanterns as well, but I think the real name in Czech is something like Jewish cherry xD weird
ReplyDeleteWe have them in Canada as well. Their real scientific name is Physalis like someone mentionned above, but I prefer their common name, which is "Amour en cage" in french (Love in a cage). They are completely fascinating.
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