[Garden] Flowers and rain

[wendy michaud]

Maybe we could find some plants that are both ornamental and edible?  I know
rose hips are tasty, and the flowers of pansies, calendula, chamomile,
lavender, and many peas are edible.  Artichokes are quite beautiful if left
to bloom, and there's the rather obvious sunflower.

I think Jen makes a good point about the importance of attracting
pollinators too!

- Wendy

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Wendy Michaud
PhD Candidate
Department of Biology
University of Waterloo
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Waterloo, ON Canada  N2L 3G1
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On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 11:25 AM, mari ortiz <unaclavelia at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I like roses, and any other plant with flowers, it would be great to get
> any native North American flowers, if you can find any.  It is fine with
> me.  Is the group getting together this Friday or this weekend? Bye
>
> --- On *Thu, 5/7/09, Jennifer Hood <frozenleaf at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Jennifer Hood <frozenleaf at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Garden] Flowers and rain
> To: jrochon at admmail.uwaterloo.ca, garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Received: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 11:46 AM
>
> I like decorative plants. Especially if they attract pollinators and other
> beneficial insects.
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:36 PM, J. Rochon <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca<http://mc/compose?to=jrochon@uwaterloo.ca>
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Gardeners,
>>                  In the past we have focussed strictly on edible plants.
>> This Monday, at the Waterloo Blooms event I will be in a position to get
>> free decorative plants. How do we feel about flowers in the garden?
>>
>>                 In addition to being a big rain wimp, I am on foot,
>> bike-less,  this week. If it rains I won't be there tonight. Eventually I'll
>> have to toughen up or get my bike out of the shop.
>>
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