Artichoke Poem
Artichokes are actually a giant Thistle;
Rarely planted in a flower garden.
Think 'thistles on steroids' as a flower;
Isolating just one plant in the garden
Creates "pit bull" behavior in butterflies.
Hairy purple flower sits atop the edible bud;
Offering irresistable nectar to butterflies.
Kaktos is its Greek name;
Everlasting perennial in Zones 7 and above.
Please excuse the line spacing as there's a glitch in the system and it's being worked on. Yikes!
Photo Credit is from Wikimedia Commons.
Published by Sandy James
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32 Comments
Post a CommentVery creative and informative!
Cool!
awesome writing:)
Am back and glad to read your article. Loved it!
learn something new every day. Thanks for this wonderful poem and lesson (:
You have such a way with words neighbor. God bless you all...praying for rain for us.
I didn't know it either!
I did NOT know this, and have found this to be very interesting. Thanks for the information! rcj
Sad that I cannot see these with my own eyes but you bring them to me so vividly to marvel, enjoy and even dream! Thanks Sandy - siva
Another marvelous acrostic poem. Thanks!