These are Centaurea montana, rather than Centaurea cyanus, which we all know and love as bachelors buttons.
My daughter's comment when I was editing the next couple of photos was "This looks like an alien from TV, waiting to eat your face.
Oh, great, now it has claws so it can hold onto you!"
It's a beauty and I like your daughter's comment a lot:)
ReplyDeleteIts a beauty, dear
ReplyDeleteMy favorite color..purple..congrats
http://graceolsson.com/blog/2010/05/anonymous-readers-at-flowers-from-today/
your daughter is right...but they are so pretty...
ReplyDeleteOhmigosh! I see the alien!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures, but I'm glad they can't come through my monitor to take over my brain! Though MY daughter would say "you're safe, mom" - tee hee.
guess we have some of this in our gaRDEN..lovey one!
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