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Better late than never, I'm going Daffo-delerious (Original Post) Siwsan Apr 2018 OP
Gorgeous! Ohiogal Apr 2018 #1
Beautiful...thanks for posting...n t....k and r. Stuart G Apr 2018 #2
Must you be so in-your-face with all these reproductive structures? Please, think of the children. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 #3
I should have included some pics of pollinating bees!! Siwsan Apr 2018 #4
I really ploppy Apr 2018 #5
I was so afraid I'd lose them in the late season ice storm Siwsan Apr 2018 #6

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,727 posts)
3. Must you be so in-your-face with all these reproductive structures? Please, think of the children.
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 05:37 PM
Apr 2018
Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. Flowers may facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggs from different individuals in a population) or allow selfing (fusion of sperm and egg from the same flower). Some flowers produce diaspores without fertilization (parthenocarpy). Flowers contain sporangia and are the site where gametophytes develop. Many flowers have evolved to be attractive to animals, so as to cause them to be vectors for the transfer of pollen. After fertilization, the ovary of the flower develops into fruit containing seeds.

In addition to facilitating the reproduction of flowering plants, flowers have long been admired and used by humans to bring beauty to their environment, and also as objects of romance, ritual, religion, medicine and as a source of food.

Siwsan

(26,318 posts)
6. I was so afraid I'd lose them in the late season ice storm
Mon Apr 30, 2018, 05:47 PM
Apr 2018

They are not as plentiful, this year, so I'm going to do some strategic transplanting.

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