Almost every flower lovers garden has one or two completely inconspicuous bush. Looking at them, the guests often wonder why there is a "gray" stranger among the general riot of colors and fragrance of bright representatives of the flora. But they will still see what the quiet flower of the mirabilis can do, for the life of this plant varies day and night, like the sun and the moon.
Mirabilis - an unusual flower, it belongs to the family of niktaginovyh, it is not a wintering perennial herbaceous plant. His homeland is considered to be Mexico and the South of America, for the most part this is a cultivated plant that is grown in gardens, but in Florida it is found in the open.
Night secret Mexicans not just affectionately nicknamed the flower "night beauty mirabilis." In the photo during the day he looks like a disgusting duckling from the fairy tale of the same name, but it's worth the sunset - and a dull bush turns into a "beautiful swan". And then the one who had previously disparagedly responded to the unsightly form of the flower, freezes in silent ecstasy, struck not only by its beauty: the mirabilis has one more "trump card in the sleeve". Under the cover of the night, a magical transformation begins: one after the other, multi-colored gramophones open, which immediately spread their fluids throughout the garden, filling the air with an unusual fragrance. There is a feeling of some pleasant unreality, as if you were in a fairy tale. Night, the moon gently shines, like diamonds sparkle with stars, and you catch yourself thinking that you can almost hear the music that is pouring from living mini-gramophones.
Here such fabulous surprises are able to present us a quiet-looking mirabilis. Photo on the flower bed in good quality, only with moonlight or a single flash is extremely difficult. To capture the memory of wonderful metamorphosis, photographers have to install special lighting.
Varieties
Despite the fact that the flowers that are next to each other, always perepylyaetsya and as a result it is impossible to guess, which miracle color next time will be dissolved, the scientists managed to bring out certain varieties.
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