Bells of Ireland

I finally have a successful seed.  Yes, singular, only one.  The really odd thing is I planted the annual seeds in 2011. They spent the winter outside in the whiskey barrel.

   Today I discovered that what I thought was a weed, was a Bell of Ireland flower!

The lime green cup shapes are why people grow these, but they actually do get a very tiny white flower inside the cups, as you see here a few days later:

 It's one of those weird flowers I wanted to grow just because its so different. I wanted to use them in some bouquets.  Unfortunately I need more than one for that. At least it bloomed  right in the front so I could discover it.   Maybe there is still hope for the red sunflower seeds I planted there this year.  I will have to look for them next July. :)