Ten Things You Might Not Know About Dandelions

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Nowadays, they’re the most unpopular plant in the neighborhood – but it wasn’t always that way. Only in the twentieth century did humans decide that the dandelion was a weed. Before the invention of lawns, the golden blossoms and lion-toothed leaves were more likely to be praised as a bounty of food, medicine and magic. Gardeners used to weed out the grass to make room for the dandelions.

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Dandelions, Latvia, 1995

(Dandelions, Latvia, 1995)

I want tumtum to stop making the photos click through cuz SO PRETTY.

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    I want tumtum to stop making the photos click through cuz SO PRETTY.
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    My aunt (the herbalist) raves about dandelions all of the time.
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    Nowadays, they’re the most unpopular plant in the neighborhood – but it wasn’t always that way. Only in the twentieth...
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    (Dandelions, Latvia, 1995)
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    “In Japan, whole horticultural societies formed to enjoy the beauty of dandelions and to develop exciting new varieties...
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