The cooks comb flower/Carlos
Pueblo
Our neighbor Kim has noticed that
I have some cooks comb flower plants in the front yard. They are from another
neighbor the senora. Kim gave me two boxes of the flower plants to grow. I
manage to place them on three spots on the front and back yards. At the end of
this summer, I see some of them are blooming even though my plants are much
smaller than both of theirs. It is because that I don’t have 14 hours a day
sunshine and lack of the fertilizer applied. At least we do see the red crown
type of the flower. It is like a rooster’s crown or a Roman Empire Army’s
helmet.
The flower is very popular in the
rural area of Taiwan. When I was a school child, I used to help my teacher to
grow flowers in front of our classroom yard. The cooks comb is one of them. It
is very easy to grow in a warmer climate like Taiwan or in Houston. I know that
I can’t do anything about our tall trees on the yard; however, I do have plenty
of opportunity to enjoy our neighbors’ gardens while I take my morning walk. It
is such a joy to view many pretty gardens in the neighborhood.
Our subdivision has a deed of
restriction applied to our front yard. We must maintain a regular mowed lawn
including edging. Some neighbors even manage to have a nice garden with honor’s
pride that I am very impressed. I have had my good lesson from them and I pay
more attention to my yards than ever before. It is too late for me to consider
having a larger lot without trees; therefore, I can grow something like to have
a nice garden. I hate to move and I don’t have time long enough to have that
dream filled.
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