
For Saturday’s Flower a Day, we are having a PFD (pink flower day) again, but this time one that brings us right down to earth. These tiny pink radish flowers remind us of the beauty we see in the simplicity of these underrated blossoms. They come in pink, yellow and white, depending on the variety and below you see the white ones. They make a beautiful and spicy addition to a salad, with the brassica benefits, albeit on a tiny scale. But I admit that for me, their attraction is in the delicacy of the blooms hanging over the dark earth, ready to form the beautiful seed pods you see next. In the flowers today, let us celebrate the understated, the modest and the quiet stars of the plant world and of the human one too. No need to be dull.. a little spice is just fine!

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