The immortal flowers in my rural hometown bloom in large numbers in summer, and people in the city can only envy them!

morning glory

The courtyard walls and vegetable garden fences are covered with morning glories in lavender, blue, and rose red. I don’t know where the seeds came from, but they pop up every summer.

Morning glories bloom in the morning and close at night, but they can bloom all summer long, just as good as petunias in the city.

Sunflower

The sunflowers planted in enamel basins at the door of my grandma's house are also a rarity for children. The colors are varied, red and yellow. Although they are all single petals, they are full of memories.

The sunflower will burst out of the pot in half a month, and it will spread its fangs and claws, and even the pot will not be visible. At this time, the children will wait to collect its seeds. Once the seeds are scattered in the pot, a new crop will grow!

Impatiens

In the corner of the wall, clusters of Impatiens are blooming. Girls passing by must pick a few flowers. This is the most natural nail polish!

A few beauty-loving friends crushed fresh Impatiens and applied it on their nails~

In order to better fix the color, grandma taught us to wrap the nails with leaves and tie them with a rope. Then we would be very quiet and not dare to move for several minutes.

After five minutes, I removed the leaves and saw that the red nails were done. Impatiens can be dyed red, rose red, orange, and yellow. Although the color fades in three to five days, it is the most interesting memory of childhood summer!

Canna

No one has ever taken care of the cannas in the village. They reproduce by their own rhizomes. When summer comes, all the roses and gardenias lose their luster, and only the cannas grow into a large patch. The stronger the sun, the brighter the flowers!

Nowadays, cannas of various colors can be seen in front of and behind houses and on the roadsides, especially along the moist river banks, spreading throughout the entire village.

Dogtail Flower

The inconspicuous dogtail grass is very cute with its furry appearance. It can be easily pulled out by simply pulling it upwards with your hands.

Pull out a handful of dogtail flowers and make a rabbit toy. First use two of them to make ears, then wrap the remaining dogtail flowers around it to make the body. You can also leave two short ones exposed to serve as rabbit paws. I wonder if you have ever done this?

Pick a flower of annual fern and put it on the little rabbit. Isn't it more adorable?

Agrimony

The roadside and field sides are full of "little chrysanthemums", and the strong scent can be smelled from far away. It turns out that its name is annual ragweed, which grows quickly and can be considered an invasive plant.

The fresh and small appearance of annual fleabane is so adorable that I can't help but pick a bunch when I see it on the roadside. I take it home and put it in water, where it can grow for several days.

Hollyhock

In the summer, there are large fields of hollyhocks, which bloom brilliantly. When I was a child, there were few toys, and hollyhocks were one of the toys for rural children.

Pick the petals of hollyhock, tear them into two pieces along the middle, and stick them on your nose to make a small cockscomb. Dress up as a little rooster and start cockfighting. It is so exciting.

After the hollyhock's flowering period, it will soon produce seeds. If you want to plant them, you can collect some and spread them on the ground next spring.

Red

With so many flowers, there must be edible ones. The most famous one is Amaranthus aviculare. I wonder if you have ever tasted its honey?

Pluck the flowers of the red holly and suck the white part at the bottom of the flower. You will taste the sweet nectar. Only those who have tasted it will understand its taste.

Cockscomb

At noon in summer, the sun is scorching. Many flowers have wilted, but cockscombs are still standing upright, their colors brighter than fire.

Because the flower looks like the crown on the head of a rooster, it is named "cockscomb". Slightly fertile soil can grow a multi-fold cockscomb, and one flower can be bigger than the pot!

Cockscomb is bright red and blooms all summer long. Villagers love it so much that they plant a large area of ​​it, which makes people feel happy.

Broom seedlings

There are many graceful broom seedlings in the fields. They were specially planted by my grandfather. The broom seedlings are like big balls, growing bigger and bigger. Although they are green in summer, they turn yellow in autumn. They are just right for making brooms at that time. They are very strong.

While the broom seedlings are still young, every family will pick the tenderest leaves and steam them with noodles. This is a rare dish in rural areas in summer, which can clear away heat and reduce internal heat. Do you still remember its taste?

Duckweed

There are small blue and purple flowers growing everywhere in the village. Its name is duckweed, and it is a close relative of the purple weed we raise.

Duckweed likes a cool and humid environment, especially near streams and ditches.

The elderly in the village usually look for it first when they bring their bamboo chairs out to enjoy the cool air. It is more comfortable to enjoy the cool air where it is!

Trumpet creeper

Although the houses in the village are old, fortunately there are trumpet creepers to decorate them, making them still look vibrant.

Trumpet creepers hang down along the mottled wall. At this moment, I wish I could always be with my elderly parents and watch the flowers bloom and fall together.

When I was in the village before, I never thought about buying flowers. I just let everything take its course. There were flowers everywhere, in the corners, outside the fences, along the paths, and beside the streams... I really want to experience such a summer again!