Cinderella flowers

 Of all the most famous plants featured in the story of Cinderella is the pumpkin. That round orange funny vegetable of the squash family, popping up all over the field patch where it grows in abundance. Pumpkin flowers are yellow and star shaped. They appear along the vines of pumpkins and can be eaten. There are different varieties and they've been given names such as "Cinderella Pumpkins", the typical big orange pumpkins that resemble the magic pumpkin coach in the Cinderella story. These are also called "Winter Squash". For exciting Cinderella pumpkin recipes then visit Specialty Produce.

Pumpkins are all associated with many Autumn, Harvest Festival, Halloween and Thanksgiving. In Cinderella story, the fairy godmother turned the pumpkin into a gorgeous stagecoach. There' plenty of magic and nurturing of the fairy godmother. The pumpkin itself, a vegetable that can grow many in a good season, delivers Cinderella to the ball. 

The original story of "Cinderella" was written by Charles Perrault in 1697. In the original version, not the modern version today, the most essential plant was a hazel tree. Cinderella's father once gave her a hazel twig, that she buried in soil at her mother's grave. The twig became a tree, and Cinderella spoke to it. She felt comfort with the hazel tree that was a connection to her mother's grave. The hazel tree represents the spirit of her mother, who continues to nurture and protect her. She was the original fairy godmother.

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