A Bouquet for the Teacher
September 16th, 2008 by Leora
A bouquet of fall flowers from our garden
My daughter presented her teacher (actually, her assistant Hebrew teacher–she has four teachers total: 1 English, 1 Hebrew, 1 Hebrew assistant, 1 English assistant–and this does not count gym, art, music or library) with this bouquet of flowers from our garden. This was her idea.
How many of the flowers can you name?
That’s very sweet. Are the orange-y ones marigolds?
I would have loved to have gotten flowers. Your daughter is a very special child….I don’t know any of them I am embarrassed to say..
So sweet. Now she’s assured of an A+….:D
Great bouquet. Thanks for sharing.
What, Gail was the only one who guessed? Yes, Gail, those are marigolds. Really easy to grow. At this time of year, I take the seeds from the blooming marigolds and spread them all over my yard. Who knows what I will have growing next year.
Baila, yes, my two younger children often win over their teachers with sweetness.
Zinnia, Marigold, Bachelor’s Buttons? This is a lovely bouquet.
Ann, you got the marigolds!
Hint: The purple ones are perennials that just bloom at this time of year (early fall).
Hint: The white ones bloom all over my garden; they are annuals that self-seed, and I now have to pull them like weeds in some spots to allow other plants to grow.
Good morning, Leora,
Thanks for visiting my blog and your kind comment. The orange ones are marigolds, a very common summer annual in the U.S. which love heat, the white ones are allyssum (I know I am not spelling it right, somehow) and the purple ones could be an aster if they are perennial, so they wouldn’t be bachelor buttons. You are lucky to have a daughter who loves flowers and likes to give gifts.1
Sara, you win! As a prize, you get to … um, well, you win!
Asters, marigolds and white alyssum: all in my garden.
How sweet of her!
(I can’t name any of them because flowers like that could never survive our Florida heat!)
Orieyenta,
I bet portulaca would grow well in Florida. One of my favorite flowers. They have fat stems, which signifies that they hold water well in heat.