primrose \PRIM-rohz\, noun:
1. Pale yellow.
2. Any plant of the genus Primula, as P. vulgaris (English primrose), of Europe, having yellow flowers, or P. sinensis (Chinese primrose), of China, having flowers in a variety of colors. Compare primrose family.
3. Evening primrose.
2. Any plant of the genus Primula, as P. vulgaris (English primrose), of Europe, having yellow flowers, or P. sinensis (Chinese primrose), of China, having flowers in a variety of colors. Compare primrose family.
3. Evening primrose.
A story for this one:
I
remember summer nights long ago and far away. (Okay, not so long ago,
perhaps 15 years, and only a few hundred miles west.) My mother grew a
plethora of flowers and vegetables and herbs and everything else. Among
them were evening primrose.
I remember waiting as the twilight darkened, watching the folded yellow
flowers. They would suddenly begin to uncurl and spread their petals. A
lovely sweet scent would be exposed and hawk moths would begin dive-bombing them. And now I'm thinking of hawk moths and how they are the adult version of tomato worms (hornworms)..
I used to help my mom rid the tomatoes of them and feed them to the
chickens. They're large. And they click and flail and try to pinch and
stab. *shudder*
Anyhow, I do have some nostalgia.
1 comment:
That clicking and flailing and trying to pinch and stab is pretty creepy. Otherwise, it's a sweet tale of memories stirred from evening primrose.
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