Puzzle Description:

A Thistle. "In the language of flowers, the thistle (like the burr) is an ancient Celtic symbol of nobility of character as well as of birth, for the wounding or provocation of a thistle yields punishment. For this reason the thistle is the symbol of the Order of the Thistle, a high chivalric order of Scotland. Another story is that a Viking attacker stepped on one at night and cried out, so alerting the defenders of a Scottish castle. Whatever the justification, the national flower of Scotland is the thistle." (from Wikipedia)

#1: Arduinna (arduinna) on Jun 3, 2008 [HINT]

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I had to peek to get the very bottom row in place, and then I enjoyed it. Interesting info. Thanks!

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I too had to use edge logic. That's interesting info on the thistle. My neighbor is obsessed with purple. All of her children (three girls and a boy) have "purple" names. The boy's is Thistle. Interesting.

How do you use the "helper" feature? It never appears on my puzzle screen until I have already solved it. Any help out there?

When you CREATE a puzzle you can (and SHOULD) use the helper before you publish it. It solves basic line-by-line logic but doesn't check for edge logic or color logic. And I've seen a few places where it didn't check for line-by-line logic completely. If the helper can solve a puzzle with just a bit of edge or color logic help from me, then I will publish it. Of course, if it can solve the whole thing, then the progam doesn't leave it up to raters to determine if it's logical or not-- it's just labeled logical automatically.

Jane-- Violet, I'm sure, and Lavendar? Grape? Thistle is a bit of an odd name! But I've seen odder!

How about Hyacinth?

Beautiful puzzle Arduinna! Absolutely gorgeous. :)
Interesting back story too.

Very fun puzzle. Thank you!

Yes, Violet and Lavendar... the third is Lilac.

Ah, Lilac! The missing name sounds pretty normal to me. :)

Better than Grape! LOL!

I agre but Id still rather be called violet or lavendar then Lilac.

Great puzzle arduinna loved it

I wonder how the "purple names" would be shortened with time. I know a Vi. Would Lavender become Lav? Or Lilac be Lil?

Hopefully not Vender or Lac!

Nice challenging puzzle and lovely imagage, thanks Arduinna, fun! :)

I know that Thistle's dad calls his son "David" which I believe is his middle name...I don't think he cares for his son's first name much. lol

Enjoyed this puzzle. Recognized the plant.

Very nice! Stop being lazy and do more!

I'm being lazy now! Haha! It's taking me HOURS to get through these comments. Maybe I'll make a puzzle at work today. If I get inspired...

Great image. Great story. Really enjoyed this one.

logically solved. nice.

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