Ivydene Gardens Offbeat Glossary: U

TERM

DEFINITION

U-Gardens

Sensitive flowers which open in the morning and close in the evening. During the 1800s, these were planted in U-shaped gardens and these were called flower clocks, because people could tell the time by them:-

PLANT

OPENS/ CLOSES

TIME OF OPENING

POSITION IN U

Dandelion

opens

5:00 am

Left point

Smooth sow thistle

opens

5:00 am

White water lily

opens

5:30 am

Spotted cat's ear

opens

6:00 am

Cultivated lettuce

opens

7:00 am

Mouse-ear hawkweed

opens

8:00 am

Mallow

opens

9:00 am

Cultivated lettuce

closes

10:00 am

Smooth sow thistle

closes

11:00 am

Yellow goat's beard

closes

12:00 am

Passion flower

opens

12:00 am

Curve centre

Mallow

closes

1:00 pm

Mouse-ear hawkweed

closes

2:00 pm

Evening primrose

opens

6:00 pm

Dandelion

closes

8:00 pm

Right point

and further night opening flowers:-

Cereus

opens

Midnight

Cereus

closes

2:30 am

Amazon water lily

opens

3:00 am

Virginia spiderwort

opens

4:30 am

Purple morning glory

opens

5:00 am

Wild rose

opens

5:00 am

Iceland poppy

opens

5:00 am

Blue chicory

opens

5:00 am

Common blue flax

opens

5:20 am