Miss Gardenia

Over the past few days Miss Gardenia, whom I have had in a pot for the past 12 months, has finally finally started to flower! Two so far, but both of the flowers were already browning when i saw them, which made me think they must open at night... Maybe? In any case, there are a lot of flower buds all over the little Miss, that look like they are at the 'very close to opening' stage...

So this morning I saw a bud that looked close, and made a mental note to check on it over the next couple of days... 

 I half expect this one to be open in the morning!

Only a few hours later when i was back outside, i saw this...

So quick!

I've popped out every couple of hours to see how she is going...

And she smells so pretty!

Cudos to my camera here... These last few photo's were taken after sundown, with just the porch light in the background. I had to override the flash as it washed everything out.

And there she is! My little girl is all grown up!