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SQUARE BLUE SPIDERWORT – Marilyn Armstrong

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Finally, square and blue!

It took me a while to finally get the Spiderwort to show properly blue. This is the way I see them outside. They turn purple or violet when photographed and my job was to finally get the hue corrected. it wasn’t easy, but I did it. It sure took long enough!

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19 replies

  2. Alli Templeton
    07/15/2019 • 16:08

    Wow – delicate and beautiful. And a new one to me. 🙂

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  3. Melanie B Cee
    07/15/2019 • 12:52

    What a beautiful flower! I enjoy ALL the hues, but then I’m sorta a ‘blue’ gal.

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  4. swo8
    07/15/2019 • 11:45

    So delicate…..

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    • Marilyn Armstrong
      07/15/2019 • 12:26

      It looks delicate, but it’s actually a big, tall and rather heavy plant. Every time it rains, it falls on its side and takes a couple of days of drying out to stand back up. It grows perfectly fine lying on the ground, though. Sturdy and wild. Most people remove it from their gardens. I imported it.

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  5. Tish Farrell
    07/15/2019 • 04:59

    What an amazing plant. A new one for me, though I know the name. Well done on pinning down the blueness.

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    • Marilyn Armstrong
      07/15/2019 • 12:25

      You probably have something similar hanging around your wooded areas. I think this is also one of the edible plants.

      One year, I decided to try very fresh (just out of the ground) dandelion leaves in a salad. Nope, not for me. Too … intense? But I could see where it might make an interesting wine.

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  6. BeckyB
    07/15/2019 • 02:19

    Well done! It is odd isn’t it when the camera sees a completely different colour . . is it the camera or us?!!

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    • Marilyn Armstrong
      07/15/2019 • 12:23

      I’m pretty sure it’s the camera. It doesn’t always read the top layer, which is what our eyes see, but the colors that make up the color. In this case, there’s a deep red-violet color under the blue we see. But it’s infuriating to never get that color right, so last night, I dug into some of the features I rarely used until I got both shade and hue right. Then I had to go back and turn the leaves green again without changing the flower. All for you, my dear 😀

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