Do Flowers Sin?

I grow a lot of flowers; I love the shapes, colors and all the critters they attract, especially the bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. One of my favorites to grow is Celosia, more commonly called Prince feather because of its colorful, feather-like plumage. Now the ones I grow are red to purple, produce a plethora of tiny seeds (about the size of this period “.”) and reseed themselves year after year. Yet unlike those varieties one might buy at the market, mine are deformed and produce blooms that range from the normal feather-like plums to large flat crests reminiscent of rooster’s comb (giving rise to another common name of Coxcomb flowers) or equally large dome-shaped clusters which look very much like some alien’s brain!

No matter the shape or color, I enjoy watching them grow and blossom through the summer and fall.  I do, however, wonder what sin…