Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Beyond the dusty brown yard, in front of the sorry gray house, rose suddenly and shockingly a dazzling strip of bright blossoms, clumped together in enormous mounds, warm and passionate and sun-gold.

What can the reader infer about Miss Lottie based on the description of her home in the excerpt above?

Miss Lottie’s son, John Burke, likes flowers so she plants him a garden.
She is planting marigolds to share with the children in her town.
Despite the hardships in her life, Miss Lottie still appreciates beauty; these flowers are a symbol of hope.
Miss Lottie has lost all hope due to the sadness in her life.