Primrose

Primrose

Primrose is a hardy perennial flower, that includes a wide range of varieties. Primrose is native to Asia, Europe, and North America. In North America, they originally were found from the Midwest to the Northwest areas of the U.S

 There are many kinds of Primrose. From a gardener's viewpoint, they can be put into two groups: those that grow in bogs and woodlands, and those that thrive in rocky areas and on cliffs or hillsides

 Some prefer rich, wet soils. While others like their soil dry. Most varieties grow from 8" - 15" tall

 Primrose come in a wide variety of colors, in single blooms or in clusters. Flowers are sweet smelling. Flowers bloom throughout the summer season. Plan on new plants blooming in the second year

 Primrose are excellent for hillsides and as ground covers

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As sweet as your smile, my dahlia

As sweet as your smile, my dahlia

In the language of the flowers, depending on which source you use, the dahlia means gratitude, dignity, pomp, instability and misrepresentation

 Geraldine Adamich Laufer provides these even more specific meanings

 double dahlia—participation 

single dahlia—good taste 

 variegated dahlia—I think of you constantly 

white dahlia—gratitude to parents

yellow dahlia—I am happy you love me

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Cactus Flowers

Cactus Flowers

It was said that Quehualliu was the most handsome Indian of the tribe. He was always picking up flowers for Pasancana, the beautiful daughter of the chief. Together they learned how to walk and to play. They played in the most beautiful places of the mountain

 One day when they were older, they fell in love. But Pasancana's father wanted his daughter to marry another boy in the tribe. This other boy was an excellent hunter. When Pasancana and Quehualliu heard about that, they started to cry, and one day the two decided to escape together

 The next day they were walking in the hills and they made a plan: on the following day when the first star came out they would run away to the mountains. They ran away the following day

 When the chief found out that his daughter wasn’t there, he got mad! He called together a group of men and started looking for the couple

 Pasancana and Quehualliu were tired, so they sat down for a few minutes. They were just going to sleep when a few men came

Thanks to the light of the full moon they saw the men coming after them and asked the Pachamama, the goddess of the land, to hide them. She took pity on the young lovers and opened a hole in the mountain and hid them there. The chief shouted! "They can’t hide forever!" So he and his men stayed there all that night. The next day the lovers had changed into a cactus, Quehualliu

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