We had a storm early this morning and when I checked on my flowers this snapdragon had broken off and was on the ground. I picked it up and looked really close and studied it...something I have never done before with one. I found out the flower actually opens up and it looks kind of like a dragons head and if you pull down on the lower part, it opens up and you can see down in it. I found this quite fascinating....
Children love to make the dragon's head "snap". If you squeeze the flower gently, it opens up like a mouth. Even broken, your snapdragon is beautiful, Sherry!
As a child we used the flowers as puppets. We thought if they were named as such they must be that. Our creative minds had mini dragons taking over the garden.
Funny how I have always loved them but never noticed how they opened until one broke off. I have to check and see why I haven't received any notices after eileens...
We never had snapdragons in our garden when I was little, but my Grandma in the UK did. I just loved to play with them, like marlingardener says, make them snap In my own garden I now have a few of them, and one day I showed my boyfriend what I did with the flowers as a child. He thought it was totally fascinating
Your snapdragon is pretty even though it broke. I used to play with them and showed my children how they make 'dragon' mouths. It's been so long since I've planted any I've forgotten how pretty they are. They'll be added to my gardens next year for sure.
What an interesting posting. I like looking at flowers close up and it is also interesting to see what folks do with flowers. When I was small I used to "pop" morning gloried when they were still rolled-up into a point. Some flowers also can give you nectar if you pull the back end off...like Lonicera. Great posting--did i say that already?
Thank you 2ofus and Sjoerd... Sjoerd...I don't have any morning glories in this garden...I tried them at the last house but the chipmunks kept eating them or breaking them off...I try to stay away from things they like if I remember
Hee, Hee, Hee---those chipmunks. They are rascals aren't they. I would have never thought of morning glories as a food for chipmunks. Y'never know though. Sometimes they just destroy thing for the fun of it, I think. When I plant morning glories I do it in little poys and even transplant them once into a larger pot before setting them out in the ground. There are things here thsat can destroy little seedlings, but if I first let the plantlets get developed before planting them out, they just seem to have a better survival rate. At least you are no longer troubled by Bob.
