Gardening | wordsfromanneli

May 21, 2025
by wordsfromanneli 26 Comments

I come from Turkey and Iran,

But live in other places,

I bloom as early as I can,

Put smiles on many faces.

My blooms are huge and orange red,

My buds are fuzzy green,

Enhancing every flower bed,

Because I am the queen.

May 17, 2025
by wordsfromanneli 23 Comments

Lunaria

Otherwise known as money plant, silver dollar plant, and honesty (for its seed pods’ transparency).

My lengthy bloom should suit your needs,

You’ll find me in your garden,

With dollar coins to hold the seeds,

My greed I hope you’ll pardon.

I don’t ask much, just water me,

I’ll grow most anywhere,

In every yard I ought to be,

I’ll grow up tall and fair.

May 13, 2025
by wordsfromanneli 25 Comments

My sunny face is full of cheer,

I take my time to bloom,

But finishing the growing year,

Gives hope before the gloom.

May 9, 2025
by wordsfromanneli 22 Comments

Alberta’s provincial flower since 1930

My dress is frail and palest pink,

So delicate, my scent,

Before you try to pick me, think,

Or thorns will make a dent.

May 7, 2025
by wordsfromanneli 29 Comments

Lily

This lily looks a bit like a Himalayan lily, or a lily of Nepal (except the Nepal lily has a slight green tinge to the white parts of the petals).

Lovely lily, scent so sweet,

But don’t sniff too close,

Tiny stamens with their feet,

Dab dust on your nose.

May 5, 2025
by wordsfromanneli 20 Comments

So many types and shapes of us,

Yet all of us are cool,

Romantics like to make a fuss,

Don’t want to seem a fool.

We make a loving, thoughtful gift,

Our stunning beauty heals,

Heartbroken lovers mend a rift,

How wonderful it feels.

May 3, 2025
by wordsfromanneli 19 Comments

A warning to the people’s pet,

If you decide to eat me,

Just don’t be shocked how sick you’ll get,

So leave me as you meet me.

*Disclaimer: I think hummingbirds are exempt from harm when they drink the nectar. I hope so anyway.

May 1, 2025
by wordsfromanneli 34 Comments

Clematis

I’m giving myself another challenge for the month of May:

A picture of a bird or a flower with a short poem to go with it.

Don’t expect fancy poetry. It’s just for fun.

My family is buttercup,

But I outshine them all,

You’ll find me climbing gutters up,

My vines won’t let me fall.

March 30, 2025
by wordsfromanneli 46 Comments

As I’ve mentioned before, my mother had trouble learning the English name for daffodils when we first came to Canada a very long time ago. She had heard of Daffy Duck because we children used to listen to a Saturday radio show called Kiddies’ Corner and they often played stories about Daffy Duck.

She also knew what dolls were, of course, because my little sisters had to have their dolls.

So the best she could do to get her tongue around the word “daffodils” was “daffy dolls.” My mother has been gone for 43 years already, but I can’t help thinking of her every year when my “daffydolls” bloom, usually in the same month when she died so long ago.

These flowers bring me happy thoughts of her wonderful sense of humour and her sunny disposition. She loved gardening and would be pleased to see daffydolls in my yard. I wish she could see them. But who knows? Maybe she can.