Sometimes I'll include a random tidbit with the photo, sometimes not.
Today I have a random tidbit for you. From the Wiki page on anigozanthos: "Research has been conducted that indicates the spores from the plant could regenerate and reactive skin firmness as it targets the young cells at the source with increased collagen output." I clicked on the citation for that interesting possibility and was taken to another site, The Day Salon: "KANGAROO FLOWER. Who knew that was a thing? Not me. But I liked the sound of them. Actually the full name is kangaroo paw flower, they come from (brace yourselves for the big reveal) Australia, and they can’t get enough of them in California. Or Japan. Or at Clarins, as it turns out, because the exotic, deep-red blooms are a key ingredient in their new, Extra-Firming Day and Night Creams."
I wonder if just rubbing a flower around your face would have any effect? I haven't bought one yet this year, I guess now I have to, in the name of science...
They keep finding new ingredients to keep us looking youthful. Alas, gardener's spend so much time outside in the elements I think it would take a miracle for our skin to live up to the promo. Super cool plant though!
ReplyDeleteSo true, our gardener's skin is subject to many harmful things.
DeleteI have a feeling rubbing one around your face would probably just make you sneeze. I've grown them as annuals in the past, they're such cool flowers. Last year the one I got from Little Prince flowered all summer as long as I kept it watered.
ReplyDeleteAnd the one I got from LPO never really did anything. I was disappointed.
DeleteI love this plant, esp. that deep, rich color of A. rufus. Interesting that it may have health benefits as well. It looks like it'd give one a rash!
ReplyDeleteIndeed, I wonder how they made the discovery?
DeleteHow funny. I guess I need to take better care of my Kangaroo Paws.
ReplyDeleteThere's a fountain of youth out there in your garden!
DeleteOh no! Next thing, these plants will be facing extinction to keep us all looking young
ReplyDeleteYikes, I hadn't thought of that.
DeleteYes, in the name of science! Cool plant! I like your idea for posts.
ReplyDeleteThanks Beth!
DeleteYour KP is perfection!!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't have a KP yet this year. I took these photos at one of the gardens we visited in Santa Barbara.
DeleteSounds like nonsense to me. What would "spores from the plant" even mean? It's not a fern. Or a fungus. It is a flowering (obviously) plant.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
DeleteThey are highly allergenic.
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