Poppies can be quite controversial to some nationalities depending on the color. Red poppies are worn in remembrance of war, representing the blood that was shed. This was based on a poem about Flanders where the poppies grew quite profusely. White poppies originally...
My redbud trees are another harbinger of spring alongside daffodils and Lenten roses. Indigenous to North America and High in Vitamin C Native Americans ate the flowers, seeds and pods. Medicinally they used the bark for whooping cough, vomiting, fevers and...
According to legend, the leaves of shamrock represent hope, faith, love and the fourth for luck. There are approximately 10,000 regular three leaf clovers for each 4 leaf. Shamrocks or clover were used a metaphor by the patron saint of Ireland to represent Father, Son...
