If you’re like me and allergic to a lot of things, chances are you’re also allergic to the pollen that comes from flowers. Growing up we couldn’t have beautiful flowers around the house and rarely had them outside. It was a real bummer since a lot of my cousin’s houses had fresh flowers out most of the time when I’d visit. I grew to live with it though, and in college even created a fake flower out of chicken wire and expanding foam for my mom. It worked for the purpose and was a nice centerpiece on our living room table for a while. Fast forward a few years and I attempted to create a butterfly garden in my backyard, which only resulted in one round of living flowers before they all shriveled up and died. I do plan to try again one day though, but that will be a project in itself.