Purple Cabbage Flower

This is from the Thanksgiving centerpiece, a wonderful blossom that survives the cold because it is related to the cabbage plant. I have no idea if they are edible, but they certainly are pretty!

It's a succulent, with thick water-filled petals. There is no scent, as far as I can tell.

Very much an autumn thing here, and often seen in cemetery boxes. Supposedly they last forever, well into winter.

We shall see! I love the color and the shape of the leaves.

Do you have these in NZ and Australia??

We are having a fun weekend with Grandma Jane, who is visiting from Martha's Vineyard. Tomorrow Bruce will take her home and I go to Snow Farm for one last day volunteering at the fundraiser sale.

We went to see the Harry Potter movie today. It is very dark and scary!