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This archived discussion is "read only". « Previous 1 2 3 4 Next » » wendybb - Have to agree about Hyperion It's one of my very favorite daylilies. I have a whole border of daylilies, but Hyperion still shines. It's a dependable performer, tried and true, and even though it's gorgeous it doesn't stand up and yell "look at me" like some of it's bolder cousins. A wonderful garden addition.-- posted by wendybb » LaurenP - Favorite Flower My favorite flower is the "Daffodile" It is the symbol the American Cancer Society uses. Every spring there is always daffodile sales everywhere, the money benifits the A.C.S. I love all the varities and the many colors. It's my "Hope" flower because I'm a cancer survivor.-- posted by LaurenP » biogardener - fragrant flower of my childhood <img src="http://suite101.com/files/topics/902/fil..." width=48 height=49 alt="Violet" align=left>No flower evokes warmer childhood memories than the violet, viola odorata. I remember its fragrance wafting through the woods of my homeland. I learned to draw these beautifully shaped flowers even before I learned how to read and write. To this day, I can draw this flowers from any angle and in every stage of bloom without a model. I can't do that with any other flower.<img src="http://suite101.com/files/topics/902/fil..." width=48 height=49 alt="Violet" align=right>I also found out by experimenting that the plant tastes as good as it smells, but I only ate it after it wilted, because eating a live violet seemed like murder to me. To this day, I wait till flowers wilt before I eat them.<img src="http://suite101.com/files/topics/902/fil..." width=48 height=49 alt="Violet" align=left> To my deep sorrow, the Canadian prairies only produce non-fragrant yellow violets. For 45 years I kept on trying, and I finally managed to grow several kinds of blue violets in my garden. None of them were as deeply colored or as intensely fragrant as the viola odorata, but they reminded me of the real one.<img src="http://suite101.com/files/topics/902/fil..." width=48 height=49 alt="Violet" align=right> Just as these plants got established, I lost every one of them in the demolition in June. That loss hurt more than any other. Those seeds came from Germany and are not available here, because the plants don't readily adapt to zone 2 winters.<img src="http://suite101.com/files/topics/902/fil..." width=48 height=49 alt="Violet" align=left> All I have left is my ability to draw them from memory and to recall their fragrance.<img src="http://suite101.com/files/topics/902/fil..." width=48 height=49 alt="Violet" align=right> And that is the story of my very favorite flower. -- posted by biogardener » biogardener - Great book! I forgot to mention that I stood by a table of a bookstore for an hour last month to skim through that book. It is worth winning. I particularly like the philosophy on color, even though I don't necessarily agree with it. The huge photographs are astoundingly beautiful.-- posted by biogardener » BettsC - This is SO hard! I don't have a favorite flower. For me it would be too hard to choose one above all others but I do have one that gives me immense pleasure. I'm sure one of the reasons is because it grows in full view from my picture window which looks out on the edge of my wooded front yard. It thrives there while filling in all around the wild ginger and makes it's presence known by it's wonderful fragrance. It enhances the hosta, epimedium, pulmonaria and for-get-me-nots that grow around a small garden pool. Once it takes off there is no need to worry about mulch anymore. I've been able to share this plant with a multitude of people that I now count as appreciative friends. Of course, this was originally given to me by a good friend and is one more fond memory I add to all the other flowers and plants given so generously. And, if you haven't guessed it by now I'll tell you it's sweet woodruff!-- posted by BettsC » LiloD - Contest I think my favorites change with the seasons, it is very hard to pick one over all others, because they all have such different qualities - but my most admired one must be the Pansy - the name suggests a "sissy", but those who invented that name didn't know the flower. Such innocent faces, sweetly turning to the sun - but come hard freezes, snow, hail - they don't care, just hunker down and pop right up when the weather clears.Myself, I think I'd be honored if someone called me"Pansy". Lilo D. -- posted by LiloD » LyndaH - Fragrant freesias... Sandi Jones' favourite flower:Hands down, it would have to be freesia. I discovered that flower about 12 years ago when I lived in New York. I bought a bunch at a Korean deli, along with big, yellow tulips. The scent of freesia, the aroma, just envelopes you. I wanted to surround myself with that aroma. I can close my eyes even now and remember how wonderful they smelled. It's just addictive. Today, whenever I see freesia, I'm reminded of how young I was then, how much promise and potential life had. If I'm ever down, I still seek out the flower and bring it home. Its such a beautiful, romantic, heady flower. I can go on forever. -- posted by LyndaH « Previous 1 2 3 4 Next » Please follow the guidelines set forth in the Suite101 Posting Etiquette when adding to the discussion. |
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