Flor do dia

Cornus nuttallii x florida . Kew Gardens

Espero que o Paulo não me leve a mal, mas hoje vou aproveitar a aula do "dias" de hoje e fazer minhas as palavras dele. Está lá tudo tão bem explicadinho e eu estou tão preguiçosa...

E ainda sobre o híbrido da fotografia, um excerto deste texto

In 1986 to honour the first hundred years of Vancouver as a city, a tree was selected to officially honour Vancouver's centennial. It is the hybrid dogwood, bred and introduced by the afore mentioned local nurseryman H .M. Eddie. It is a cross between the Pacific dogwood and C. florida ,with the name 'Eddie's White Wonder' ; and indeed it is, and comely too. Since 1990 there have been plantings of 'Eddie's White Wonder' along streets, on School grounds in the city and in particular on Cambie Heritage Boulevard's roadsides and median It is more floriferous, consistently covered with blossom, with larger white floral bracts than the Pacific Dogwood. The tree has a stronger constitution, with hybrid vigour and a richer more brilliant fall colour: 'Eddies White Wonder' dogwood is ideally suited to Vancouver's climate.