Garden Club
There is a certain irony to categorizing some plants as tasks associated with these meetings. In the meantime, this
invasive. Queen Anne's lace is a perfect example. The carrot column will continue to offer insights into gardening here at
family plant that accompanied our European ancestors is Four Seasons. ~ Leonard Tavernetti
invasive because it is non-native. The ancestors, on the other
hand are not so categorized. Since it grows wild with little need
for care and water, some even call it a weed.
This plant is the forbearer of modern carrots, is a member
of the parsley family and is biennial, blooming the second
year from June to October. Look closely at a Queen Anne's lace
flower. You will see a tiny purplish-black floweret in the center
of the otherwise white flower. The black floweret is sterile and
will not produce seed. Both Anne, Queen of Great Britain,
and her great grandmother Anne of Denmark are taken to be
the Queen Anne for which the plant is named. It is so called
because the flower resembles lace; the dark red flower in the
center is thought to represent a blood droplet where Queen
Queen Anne's lace
Anne pricked herself with a needle when she was making the
lace. The function of the tiny red flower is to attract insects.
Due to schedule conflicts and waning enthusiasm the Garden
Club is now dormant. New leadership is needed by several
homeowners willing to devote time and energy into preparing
meetings, corralling speakers and handling administrative
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