One Of the Reasons

This summer the boys planted flowers in the garden. Now there are a bunch of them, and they are very colorful. The name of this beautiful flower is called the zinnia.

When I wake up early in the morning to go down to the garden, I pick one of the flowers to bring to Mama. The colors I mostly pick are the orange, pink, white, and red ones. We often have a bouquet of them on the table.

Zinnias are annuals, so they'll grow for only one season to produce flowers and seeds. The original plant will not come back in subsequent years. They have bright, solitary, daisy-like flowerheads which makes them great for use as a cutting flower or as food for butterflies. I have seen some butterflies around our flowers. They are eating nectar.

Zinnias are so lovely, and they are a prefect flower to just pick. They are perfect for gardens. We also have tall roses in front of the garden, and climbing on the arbor we have morning glories, that only bloom in the mornings. Zinnias, on the other hand, stay open all day. That is one of the reasons why I like them.

~ Unique