“Therefore by their fruits you will know them”*
by chuckofish
It is hot and sultry in flyover country. (Too hot.) The first of the iris are starting to pop…
…and the rest will soon follow suit…
Don sent this picture of a Celandine poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) or wood poppy, a Missouri native that usually flowers for over a month…
…and these wise words:
The celandine poppy has taught me more about gardening than any other plant. I have planted it in multiple places in my garden over a 30 year time period. What I have learned is that plants thrive where the conditions suit them. It kept disappearing in places that I thought would be perfect. Finally I put it in a spot that supports its growth. Now it grows so well on its own that I have forgotten that it is there. People are like that too.
People are like that!
You have brought a vine out of Egypt;
–Psalm 80: 8-11
You have cast out the nations, and planted it.
9 You prepared room for it,
And caused it to take deep root,
And it filled the land.
10 The hills were covered with its shadow,
And the mighty cedars with its boughs.
11 She sent out her boughs to the Sea,
And her branches to the River.
*Matthew 7: 20
dual personalities 
Some of our flowers (including our iris and certainly all the daffodils) have already passed on, so I’m waiting for some of the later season bushes to pop. Great thoughts from Don!
Thank you for taking the helm today! A great post. xo.
Yes, wise words from Don and very pretty flowers!