"Why Do We."

   Why do we buy certain plants. Is it because of their names, do

they remind  us of places and people and good times had.

  Do people buy the rose "First Love", do they watch it bloom and 

go all goo-gah and mushie with old memories.

 Do you buy a lilac, cos your Nanna had one in her garden.

Do you buy an apricot tree, cos you remember the taste of the

seasons first apricot and you have to have that every year.

 I have a rose called "Chloris",  she is a dainty little thing.

 When I was a wee small girl, I remember a lady named "Chloris"

she was a tiny little lady, who wore tiny black shoes, with tiny
 
black buttons, and tiny squat heels.

 Mrs. Chloris H.,  is long gone, but when that bush

 flowers, I remember, those little black shoes, with the little black

 buttons and the little squat heels.