“Do you like cornflowers?” I was certain I heard the gardener say.
“Very much!” I replied excitedly envisioning a sea of blue amongst the velvet violets of bearded irises and buttery yellow of day-lilies.
“What are these?” I asked when the job was done, pointing to odd looking flowers, whose centers over-powered the drooping petals.
“Cone flowers,” he smiled. “Just as we agreed.”
(For Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.)
You can harvest them for echinacea! Good for colds.
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Oh, I never knew- awesome!
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One of our favorite blooms! We have several varieties in the yard, but the plain ol’ purple are the hardiest and our faves. I like photographing them because there is always one or two petals that seem to be “hugging” one another, and usually a little flip stub of a petal hollering for the spotlight. Spunky flowers!
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I have come to love them too. Ric will forever tease me though, about my misunderstanding.
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