the magic of chance

more petunias, they are irresistible! this has turned into a wonderful combination, with the tall huge pompon poppies, nothing like i had planned, but i think i will bow to chance this time. and these petunias are intoxicatingly fragrant at night, i am in love :-) to my surprise, they even last long in vase, and they keep blooming even cut! 

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my research has shown this is Ornithogalum umbellatum, the so-called Star of Bethlehem. I am very excited, i think it is very pretty, but i don't know how to multiply it. I have a vague recollection i saw it last summer too, in this place, but just one, as it is now. if it is a bulb, it should multiply with time, though...

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these petunias have appeared out of the blue - after i had the soil tilted last autumn, i wanted the lilies-of-the-valley removed and had planted some alliums and irises there... the seeds must have waited in the soil for many years! i couldn't bring myself to destroy them, but they are very vigorous and tend to overwhelm everything - though i must admit that they look pretty in the dark, the white is almost glowing...