Why are some flowers called weeds?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Dandelions are the best! Their sunny, bright yellow blooms make amazing flower crowns. Their leaves are loaded with vitamins and nutrients. And eventually, they turn into adorable puffballs. So why do some people consider them weeds? We asked flower farmer Bo Dennis to help us find the answer. Got a question that is rooted in your mind? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll help you weed out the answer! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is the moment of um.
0:10.1	Moment of um comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Danny DeWito, the Dandy Lion.
0:19.4	Welcome to my humble abode.
0:22.1	I've got a pretty sweet spot here between the cracks of the sidewalk right next to the playground.
0:27.2	I've been here for almost two weeks, and every day I get to see kids come and play.
0:32.4	I like to keep tabs on who's been winning at 4Square.
0:35.6	Has Susie learned to swing on her own yet?
0:38.0	And how can William hang upside down on the monkey bars for so long?
0:43.1	It brings me joy.
0:45.0	I'd like to think I'd bring them a little joy too.
0:48.8	I mean, how could I not?
0:51.1	I'm so bright and yellow.
0:53.8	Like a little ray of sunshine. And I have petals. So many petals.
1:00.3	I'm a gorgeous little flower. But lately, I've been hearing some rumors. Apparently, there's some people who don't take too
1:09.2	kindly to my presence. Well, they think, uh, they think I'm a weed.
1:17.3	And here's the thing. I don't even know what that is, but it sounds rude. And it's thrown me into a bit of an existential dilemma.
1:26.0	I spent my whole life thinking I'm a flower.
1:30.2	But maybe I'm wrong?
1:32.7	Maybe I'm this weed thing.
1:35.8	Who am I?
1:37.9	What does it all mean?
1:41.3	My buddy Lily was wondering about this too.
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