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This weeks theme is Practical

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You knew I’d find a flower for the Practical theme this week didn’t you? Of course I did.

I think flowers are very practical life forces.

They develop on plants, look attractive and sometimes give off scents which attract insects who either help the plant produce fruit or that protect the plant in some way. Then, once the flower fades seeds are often produced which help the plant ensure that new plants come up the following year.

Plants and flowers are very practical.

BTW this is the seed head of a Maltese cross flower.






Nice place – shame about the space

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While I think this house is kind of cute there’s just not enough land to garden. I think I’ll have to pass on this watery piece of real estate. Not to mention that I think we’d have to put on life jackets whenever it rained heavily!

Pink Balloon

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A lovely pink Balloon flower.

I believe my pink balloon flowers have stopped blooming, but my blue Balloons are still pushing out a few blooms each day. Soon, now that it finally seems to be cooling down a bit, they will stop blooming all together.

I’ve found these flowers to be very easy to grow once they get started. I’ve only had one transplant fail and that was a clump of white Balloon flowers that I took from my parents home after my mother passed away. I just couldn’t get that clump to grow. I believe that Balloon flowers have long tap roots and most plants with similar root structures do not transplant well.

Hey, I had to try.

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