I don't know its botanical name but snapdragon is what we always called it! You could move part of the top like a hinge to make a mouth. These are in a pot on our deck and have made colour for months.
Three good things:
1. Worked some more on the movies made in Spain.
2. Double glazed windows for road sound reduction!
3. Photographed a really vibrant rainbow and went looking for the pot of gold!
@julzmaioro If I'm not sure of spelling, I do a rough typing in Google and it comes up and says, "Do you mean......?" Frightfully good of it to come up with it so quickly!
Yes Julz is right but I always call them snapdragons.......that's their proper name ! The spelling is certainly different & nothing like snapdragon! I love the deep pink of these.....they look very bright & hot looking!
Just like Beb..I can read a bit dutch. in Germany we call them Loewenmaeulchen.. meaning the same..Lions mouthT. in Canada we also know them as snapdragons. I especially like the pink ones.
A lovely capture and pov Maggie-- it looks as if the three are gossiping and snapping away there !! -- and yes as a chiId I would play with the flower by pressing together the sides to make the mouth open
Oh yes I always loved these - my dad grew them in the garden. Such happy looking flowers! For some reason we called them bunny rabbits. Lovely light in your shot.
@deliad It seems to be a flower that people recognise, Delia! The inside of the flower - mouth open- has a lot of delicate design but I liked the formation of the white trumpet like structure of this flower on the outside!
Lovely image - I always grew these at school and the kids enjoyed making them 'talk'. Priceless when all those toothless, gummy six year olds come running up to ask if they can pick the snapdragons!
Love the colour of these. I had some in a pot 4 years ago and somehow a seed fell onto the granite step where there must have been some dirt and the following year it grew and has come back ever since but I don't know what it's surviving on! Fav
@tremerryn Yes I remember them as bunny rabbits too, as the looked like rabbits noses twitching when you moved them! Lovely shot and thanks for the memories.,
Snapdragons in Dutch: leeuwenbek. Leeuw means lion and bek means mouth. No dragons here.
they make good toys too
your rainbow and pot of gold sound like a great adventure.