“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.)
One Woman's Quest II 
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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