Plant Mnemonics

Salvia: Dinky windsocks
Sticking out from a stem,
Or maybe curled tongues
Dripping saliva.
Shift that I, and there you have it--
Salvia.

Marigold: Sound advice
From a destitute mother.
"Marry for money
And love your children,
If not your husband."
Marigold.

Loosestrife: Free of care,
They bloom with abandon;
Whether loose as a gooseneck
Or creeping like Jenny,
They're easy on the eyes.
Loosestrife.

Carnation, carnation,
It rhymes with tarnation;
Suits need variation
Through ornamentation.
Carnation.

Dandelion: Fop indeed!
So showy and elegant,
Yet forever scorned
By those with uniform, sterile lawns.
O give me a roar,
Dandelion!

Iris, the applepip of my eye,
Peacock-exotic, and yet so common;
Not ibis, nor Idris, nor even Isis
Can match your radiant, any-yard beauty.
Iris.