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12 Dec 2007, 4:31 pm

My favourite plant that I have grown is the Coral Oriental Poppy. They're not the most long lasting of flowers but they're huge and when they're done they leave velvetty seed pods. Also, I grew them from seed and they were massive and flowered in their first year with virtually no work. They come back every year, even now I've moved out and my Mum has neglected the garden somewhat.

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12 Dec 2007, 4:35 pm

tiger lily

and thistle

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12 Dec 2007, 4:40 pm

Sea Holly.

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12 Dec 2007, 8:37 pm

Above is the Ptilotis
Below is one for beautifuloblivion, the Tiger Orchid
Both native to my area.

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13 Dec 2007, 7:37 am

pink or purple or even white cala lilies-- but not yellow ones.

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13 Dec 2007, 6:04 pm

Lotus

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13 Dec 2007, 7:08 pm

lilies and cherry blossoms.

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13 Dec 2007, 7:43 pm

It's also a very healing plant, in addition to its splendor. I wonder why it feels a need to self-protect with all of those spikes. What is hidden within that it's safekeeping from harm?

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Good, nobody has plugged my favorite yet. As the Wrong Planet's resident member of Scottish royalty, I am pleased and honoured to mention that my favorite flower is the hearty, beautiful, and mildly dangerous thistle.

This is the national flower of Scotland.

As an engineer, I admire this flower on many levels. It's spines are sharper than needles, and provide a most formidable defense. And thistle seeds float in the air, belying an understanding of atmospheric fluid dynamics one might never stop to recognize in a humble plant.

There are wild thistles in western WA, where I live. Throughout the spring and summer, I am fond of keeping a vase of fresh thistles on my study table; when they bloom to seed, I set the vase outside, and the winds carry the seeds off to wherever they are to go. (Once I neglected to do this, and the thistles seeded in my study; I was still finding stray seeds here and there a month later.)

Good fortune,

- Icarus remembers the Order of the Thistle...

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13 Dec 2007, 7:49 pm

purple tulip

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13 Dec 2007, 8:01 pm

Wisteria.

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14 Dec 2007, 7:59 am

Lily stamens

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14 Dec 2007, 4:20 pm

jjstar wrote:

It's also a very healing plant, in addition to its splendor. I wonder why it feels a need to self-protect with all of those spikes. What is hidden within that it's safekeeping from harm?

If you're speaking literally, the bulb below the flower is where the seeds are; the plant is protecting its offspring.

If you’re speaking figuratively, I suppose it is protecting the same thing that all of us do with our own mental defenses; but of course that varies from creature to creature.

For recognizing the healing powers of the plant, I hereby dub you an official Thistle Sister. (I take milk thistle daily because there is evidence to suggest it gives the liver a bit of help; but I imagine you know that.)

Good fortune,

- Icarus likes to minimize toxins...

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15 Dec 2007, 3:09 am

Another favorite of mine (my picture this time):

Protea. Gorgeous huge flowers, and the fluff just begs me to stroke it or touch my face to it (it's also fun to examine from up close, especially if it's been sprinkled with water).

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15 Dec 2007, 3:12 am

Irises.

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15 Dec 2007, 3:18 am

Roses

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15 Dec 2007, 6:38 am

There's ljung, of course, though I'm not really into horticulture, so I don't know the english word. Only traditional, violet ljung counts. I don't like the new kinds.

The rose is a classic. I like them in darker varieties.

The favourite is dendelion. A wholly underestimated flower.

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