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Look at the roadside. Look at places with soil. Another thing is that flowers are used frequently
Look at the edges of bushes, at the shade under the trees, as decorations. Why? Because flowers are beautiful!
at the cracks on the sidewalk. You will most probably see Flowers have unique colours and shapes, which is why
some tiny dots of colour among green leaves. These splashes most people find them attractive. For example, people
of colour that you see almost everywhere, are flowers. pluck flowers and put them in vases or pots for display.
Many designers use flowers as patterns that beautify their
Flowers are apart of plants. Plants use them to creations.
transmit pollen through bees and butterflies. These flow-
ers are mostly brightly coloured in order to attract more In addition to that, flowers have deep meanings
attention. Besides that, some flowers are used to behind them. People from the olden times believed that
store rainwater to help the plant gain nutrition. flowers meant something, and created meanings that are
still passed down until now. The most common one is the
Flowers have petals on the exterior. When the rose. People believe that the rose is the symbol of romantic
love, which is why roses are commonly used in weddings
Competition Winners 2019 flowers are young and immature, they are called flower or proposals.
buds. These petals wrap around the main core of the
young flower, forming a bud-like structure, hence the
name flower bud. When the flowers have matured, the Lastly, flowers have been used as a part of
petals will open up, and spread out in different directions. traditional and current medicine for many centuries.
“Shooting for the stars when I couldn’t make a killing Like herbs, certain flowers contain medicinal uses. As
Didn’t have a dime but I always had a vision This is because the pollen in the flower has an example, the poppy flower and its seeds contain a
Always had high, high hopes” matured and is ready to be transmitted to other plants. surprisingly high amount of psychoactive chemicals.
- High Hopes, Panic! At The Disco The user will fall into a deep sleep with just a small
All flowers are different. You can tell so by their amount. However, too much would cause addiction
external look, because flowers of different species have and if in uncontrollable excess, immediate death.
different shapes and colours. Furthermore, the size of
In conclusion, I believe flowers are a very
Dedicated to the winners the flowers varies greatly as well. There is the daisy, a important in our lives. If you were to be unable to see
of the 2019 English Creative Writing Competition. small flower the size of your thumb, and the Rafflesia flowers anymore, it would cause a large impact towards
flower, the largest flower in the world, bigger than a
fully grown mans’ head. us. Flowers have integrated their importance in the
ecosystem and nature.
Have you ever smelled a flower? Try it. Flowers
have sweet, alluring smells in order to attract insects to
help them transmit pollen. However, not all flowers are
nice to smell. A few flowers such as the Rafflesia dis-
tributes pollen through flies that eat decaying things,
which is why it produces a foul, rotten scent. Still, many
Flowers
people use flowers as perfume. Of course, these people
use the nice smelling ones!

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