Today’s ‘OhWhatAWednesday’ article could be titled ‘OhMyGoshItsSunday’. Sorry about the delay in posting this week’s article. The work world commanded every waking hour this week. I’ll make up for it. Right after this article, I’ll post one on dahlias. So here we go…
This simple strawflower is among the daring few flowers still looking good after the frost. There are still a few roses blooming, but this, this flower looks great. Don’t be deceived, it’s not really just starting to bloom. Take a look at those leaves. This plant is done. But the annual strawflower makes a great dried flower. And this one has done just that. Without the benefit of being hung upside down. Without the benefit of a dark dry airy environment. It just did what strawflowers do.
The strawflower is sitting pretty in this old coffee pot that I probably watered 3 times this summer, maybe 4. The top of the pot isn’t very wide, so it didn’t have a lot of rain collecting up. Like most of my pots, it has drainage holes. It apparently likes sun, and dry, because it thrived in that environment.
That makes the strawflower a no care plant, ergo it is in the Work Less category as well as the gardening category. (I like the word ‘ergo’. Ergo is a fun word to say.)
You can grow strawflowrs from seed, though I haven’t. Our basement is too full of dahlias in the Spring for there to be much room for anything else. Hmmm…speaking of dahlias. Another article coming in just a few minutes. As promised, it will be about dahlias. This time I got Mike to write one. Mike became the Vice-President of the Central States Dahlia Club today. Congratulations dear!
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