I have been asked two questions repeatedly this week. The first by visitors to the Sacred Earth garden: “What is the red plant?” The second by people eating lunch with me: “Why is your lunch bright pink?
The answer to both is the same: Amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus).
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Every morning at this time of year the deep red petals of Papaver orientalis ‘Beauty of Livermere’ unfurl slowly to reveal a mass of purple black pollen coated stamens. I say slowly but they have a slight look of sleepy unpreparedness and I am not the only one drawn to them as they, and I, are still shaking out the creases. Sure, there are usually a few early morning visitors but we are always outnumbered by those whom the poppies are really trying to attract: the bees.
The Birds and Bees Walk was designed to include many plants attractive to pollinators and other forms of wildlife. The poppies however were planted for the bees alone.
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