FOR THE LOVE OF Mom

In honor of Mother's Day, readers reflect on plants with special meaning.

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These tulips were my mother's favorite.

When she downsized and moved in 1983, she took the bulbs with her. And when she passed away, I planted them in my garden. A few years later a single striped bloom emerged. Tulip plants are typically not long-lived, but this bloom has returned for 24 years. Every spring it reminds me of my mother.

Gabriela Surerus ROSENEATH, ONTARIO