One of life’s joys in spring time is after plants have been sleeping for the winter, they awaken and flowers brighten up the landscape. Different flowers come throughout the year and wait till the winter’s frost to go back to sleep. As the snow has shown itself in the northeast and around the country, it is good to read a book about flowers. An interesting book to read is The Reason For Flowers – their history, culture, biology and how they change our lives by Stephen Buchmann published by Scribner, NY, 2015.

While many of us in the urban areas may grow a little food, the reality is those that grow plants we grow for the colors and odors. This is not a new thing, we know that the Egyptians, Chinese and Aztec all loved flowers, which means whatever you do in your garden is the correct way to do it. Flowers have also been associated with the dead – burials and love – weddings and Valentine’s Day. In addition if you go into a department store – the main floor will have many fragrances for you to try – all have a base of flowers petals. Gathering all those flower petals helps understand why perfume is expensive (as well as someone must pay for the marketing dollars). Flowers have a long history in terms of their language – to give a flower represents something (hopefully the other person knows) as well as flowers are highly represented in art and literature.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, where the flowers come from has changed over the years and how new ones arrive changes, the color and odor of the flower remains. We are drawn in although unlike the bee we are not the pollinators, but we are drawn in for the same things people have always been drawn to flowers. In your investing style look for consistency and you will be drawn to dividend producing stocks.

There are more questions than answers, till the next time – to raising questions.