Please Don’t Pick the Wildflowers ~ Thank you!
Hibiscus moscheutos, known by many common names including Swamp Rose Mallow, Swamp Mallow, Eastern Rose Mallow, and my favorite, Crimson-eyed Rose Mallow, is a wonderful perennial garden plant and when found in nature, is a wetland plant that can grow in great drifts. Hummingbirds and bees drink nectar from mallows. The flowers of Hibiscus moscheutos range is shades from pure white to deepest rose, and some have a brilliant magenta eye.
Rose Mallow was planted widely at the beginning of the previous centurey, when an awaresness developed about conserving our North American native wildflowers. You would be hard pressed perusing a home and garden publication from that era and not find a lovely illustration of Crimson-eyed Rose Mallow.
Good Morning Gloucester 
Natures Blessings
By Peter A. Todd
Thepoetryofpeteralberttodd.weebly.com
The sun rises in the East
To grace us with God’s light.
Reaping of harvest is a feast
From the showering of the sun so bright.
Setting in the West at the close of the day,
Casting shadows in each path,
On our knees we stop to pray
To the spirit of God to grasp
Listening to the wind of the North,
As darkness casts its gloom,
The sound of nature as it takes it course
At the beauty of its flowers in full bloom
In our Gloucester we have riches beyond compare
Such as natures oceans rivers and streams
Most of all we have its proud heritage
From the love of others hopes and dreams
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Thank you for sharing your beautiful poem Peter!
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