Out of the warm haze, April, it comes
thrusting itself up and above all,
The stately Sunflower, keeps all light
in it’s pedals, rich and bold.
And all we see is yellow, and all we feel is warmth.
tomorrow she will put her head on the earth’s shoulder
put away all her dark seeds, keep the birds feed,
and all other flowers at her knees…
A Vibrant Rock Star
A celebration of sunflowers; one of my favorite flowers is the sunflower. They grow despite
the unworked soil, in fact the seeds stop others from growing in the same place.
They are harbingers of spring, waving in the early breezes at the the front of
a cornfield and their tall thick stems have tiny hairs and wildlife use them as a sort of highway.
A sugary sweet smell and a great host of birds and butterflies; they quickly become
a forest of their own.
What strikes me most is how they catch the light. How every bloom has its unique work of art of all different sizes and textures. I have created many paintings, pastels and photographs of the sunflower
and I am always amazed at its presence in the garden.
Dinner plate-sized flowers eventually fall back to the earth and they begin again. The flowers I’m sharing are all self sowed-they are just the leftovers from birds-the ultimate gardeners after all.
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An introduction to a series of plants picked specifically for the Texas garden. These are all plants you don’t have to mess with-they grow despite us, the thrive on neglect, they truly sparkle in the garden. The next subject is the morning glory of which I am growing much like a work of art in the garden.
For an image from the past of morning glories and the previous article.