{"id":836,"date":"2007-10-20T03:09:20","date_gmt":"2007-10-20T07:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/10\/20\/practical-flowers\/"},"modified":"2015-04-26T00:24:39","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T04:24:39","slug":"practical-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/10\/20\/practical-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p><center><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"300\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><center> Grab the Photo Hunt code.<br \/>\nPhoto Theme. Visit participants. <\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">This weeks theme is <strong>Practical<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/1461735613\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1107\/1461735613_d97153c74e.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1614sig\" height=\"336\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>You knew I&#8217;d find a flower for the Practical theme this week didn&#8217;t you?  Of course I did.<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_inpost_250x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3539326774\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>I think flowers are very practical life forces.  <\/p>\n<p>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.   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