3 Comments

1. jett
   Posted Friday, June 26, 2009 at 7:30 pm | Permalink

   Nice photo.

2. Elizabeth Tolman
   Posted Friday, June 26, 2009 at 8:01 pm | Permalink

   What a beautiful flower picture! White calla lilies were called Pig Lilies in Africa and filled all the drainage ditches and swamps. People cultivated dandelions in Durban, South Africa for their flowers and their leaves.
   What is one person’s garbage is another’s treasure.
   Here in Mexico Bird of Paradise flowers are almost considered weeds but both Uncle Philip and ourselves plant them.
   Love Nana

3. Jaspenelle
   Posted Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 8:37 am | Permalink

   It is funny you mention dandelions being cultivated in Durban, people try their hardest to wipe them out there and I let them grow freely in my yard. I love their bitter leaves in salads and their seeds can be used in a tea to help treat bladder infections. You can also make fritters and wine out of their flowers. Besides that Damian loves blowing them, I can’t take away that kind of childhood enjoyment!

   I think “weeds” might be some of my favorite flowers, even if I am not always happy with them lurking in my vegetable beds. I have to admire their resilience and they seem to attract the best pollinators to our yard.