My grandmother would grow gladiolus, snapdragons, african violets and christmas cactus. Those are some of my preferred flowers. Did anyone else squeeze snapdragons to make them snap?
Snapdragons are called "Leeuwenbek" here, "Lion's mouth". And, yes, I squeezed them to make the mouth open wide.
I loved the related Linaria even better. Sometimes there was very sweet nectar to be found in those.
I've got a mini African violet on my table, my mother always had purple African violets when I still lived with my parents. There is still one gladiolus in bloom in my garden, a reddish coloured one, and, Christmas cactus makes me think of both my grandmothers.
