Japanese anemones (actually native to China) are currently flowering in my garden. Like many of my plants they make me think of the friend who originally gave them to me.
Anemone is Greek for “daughter of the wind” and in legend she was a beautiful nymph who got caught up in a love tangle. The wind god Zephyr fell in love with Anemone, but when his wife, Chloris (Flora to the Romans) found out she banished the nymph from their court and turned her into a flower. Zephyr then lost interest in Anemone, but another wind god, Boreas, fell in love with her in her flower form. He tried to woo her, but Anemone wasn’t interested, so every spring he angrily blows open her petals, fading them prematurely.
Yesterday’s rain caused some of the hollyhocks to bend over. These ones look as though they may be trying to get out the side gate.
Anemones show stately shape
while hollyhocks try to escape
Ruth's Reflections 
I like the story behind the name. That must be why Japanese anemones are also known as ‘wind flowers’.
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Yes, I think so.
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