Flower Talk - If you don't like flowers, click on by immediately...
I forget the names of my leaves, so let's say spear-shaped.
lanceolate...I would imagine...
We had the last peonies of the season here last week...which, BTW, made me rather wistful (and made me begin thinking about how another year has passed, and then that made me wonder how many more times I will see the peonies bloom.... But I digress...)
One is a very old variety, Festiva Maxima, with heavy, creamy white blooms with just the odd tinge of crimson here and there...not on every bloom, but entirely random, as if someone touched the odd bloom with a paintbrush.... The scent of Maxima says "flower".. ..
It was accompanied by Sinbad.... a deep pink.... actually maybe burgundy.... wine-like.....with just the thinnest silvery edge to each petal... a glass of wine is what you think of when you look at the blooms...The scent is wine-like, which raises an interesting point. Many flowers... I'm thinking mainly roses and peonies, but often applies to others as well.... have a scent which seems have some relationship to the colour.
Yellow and orange roses often smell of citrus or other fruits.... the light to medium pinks tend to be very perfumed.... and deep pinks and reds are often spicy and wine-like... white flowers are perhaps the most variable, but often have the best scent... just thinking of phlox and nicotiana. BTW, among the blue flowers such as the delphiniums and campanulas around the gardens, I can't think of even one that has much of a scent.... in fact, they seem to be "all looks" and have no further sensory contribution to make.... However, mauve to purple flowers such as lavender, hyssop and the thymes are certainly scented, but with licorice, cinnamon, or spice scents... appetizing....
Yes, yes... I know... this post is boring.... which is the reason for the warning in the first line.... |
