Usage of the word “enough”

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When there are not enough diverse blooming flowers during the bee season, bees are not able to sufficiently feed themselves.

Here in the sentence, is the word enough an adjective that modifes flowers?
If the word enough is put behind the word diverse like When there are not diverse enough blooming flowers during the bee season, bees are not able to sufficiently feed themselves, does the word enough modify diverse as an adverb? And then, does it make sense or what difference are there between...enough diverse... and ...diverse enough... there to native English speakers? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
 

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Here in the sentence, is the word enough an adjective that modifes flowers?
It is.
If the word enough is put behind the word diverse like When there are not diverse enough blooming flowers during the bee season, bees are not able to sufficiently feed themselves, does the word enough modify diverse as an adverb?
It does.
And then, does it make sense
It does.
or what difference are there between...enough diverse... and ...diverse enough... there to native English speakers?
Most native speakers would be unaware of any difference.
 

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Most native speakers would be unaware of any difference.
Isn't the difference that enough diverse flowers means there may be flowers that are diverse enough but not in sufficient quantities whereas diverse enough flowers means the amounts of flowers may be copious but the degree to which those flowers differ isn't enough?

On a separate note, is there a difference between using singular and plural forms of quantity and amount in the sentence above?
 

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Isn't the difference that enough diverse flowers means there may be flowers that are diverse enough but not in sufficient quantities whereas diverse enough flowers means the amounts of flowers may be copious but the degree to which those flowers differ isn't enough?
Yes. I thought you were asking about the difference between enough as an adjective and as an adverb. I meant that most native speakers don't thing about the parts of speech of the words they use.
On a separate note, is there a difference between using singular and plural forms of quantity and amount in the sentence above?
Yes. We don't mormally use amount(s) for count nouns.
 
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Yes. We don't normally use amount(s) for count nouns.
Does that mean I should've said "the quantity of flowers" instead? Would "quantity" work well with "copious" or would something like "the quantity of flowers may be large enough" be better?
 
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