My Grandmoher's porch greeted everyone with two large Lantana bushes

overflowing with pink and yellow blossoms, and buzzing bees.

I cannot pass a pink and yellow Lantana without thinking about my grandmother and the old, white farmhouse that she and my grandfather lived in...............way out in the mesquite covered woods.

The  Lantana in my garden is covered in pink and yellow blossoms, entertaining a host of buzzing bees.............it is a cutting stock that came from my grandmother's Lantana and is now almost 30 years old. I planted it when my husband and I bought our first home in town. I watched our 3 children play around it.......just the way I did, when I was young at my grandparent's home. When we moved out to our country home, I dug up the Lantana and planted it..........it has thrived ever since.

This past week, the Lantana is in heavy bloom...............inspiring and inviting............... I decided that I would design and embroider this flower..........

along with the seed pods that it gets, in-between bloom spurts.........

I thought about using blue and black beads............however wound up stitching them instead.......

(I haven't washed away the markings yet)

and I think I will  title this design............

My Grandmother's Flowers..............

How about you?

Do you have a favorite flower that your grandmother or mother grew?

Old fashioned Hollyhocks..........or roses perhaps??

I would love to hear!