Good morning!
It’s Wednesday. Before I had time to show you this year’s Queen Anne’s Lace, all the bobbing white lacy flowerheads started closing their umbels. I love how quickly they go from flower to seed, as if some invisible force had pulled the ends of a drawstring purse and stuffed it with goodies.
While Queen Anne’s Lace forms a substantial root—with a nickname like Wild Carrot, how could it not?—the plant relies entirely on seeds to reproduce.
Sometimes the whole seed head will fall off and blow away like tumbleweed, eventually setting up a whole commune wherever it lands. More often, each seed gets to choose its own adventure—aided by tiny bristles that help it hitch a ride to some exciting new destination. (Or, in my case, to the laundry room.)
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
—T. S. Eliot
Onwards,
Clara
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