Flowers you like

[arieswm4bm]

I have a lilac tree in my yard outside my kitchen window. I keep the windows open when they're in bloom, and the fragrance fills the house. I also have a mock orange tree, which does the same thing, a few weeks apart.

I grew up on the east coast, but now live in Northern California. I miss the big lilac bushes of the east coast. We can only get lilacs at the florist 2 weeks a year.

 

[teddybaerli1]

Gladiolus

 

[516778]

Sorry this has a good bit of photos.

So my favorite flowers are:
Asiatic Lilies:

Tropicana "canna" lilies:

Cordyline Red Sister Ti:

(pictures don't do them justice they are much brighter pink/purple but hard as fuck to keep alive)


And lastly its not really a flower per se its more of a tree but I love Japanese Maples:

The Tropicana 'canna' lilies are my favorite.
I kind of wish I lived further south so I could grow my tropical flowers.

 

[918177]

To receive - red roses.

Growing - heliconias and black hollyhocks.

 

[Tight_N_Juicy]

Next year I plan on having a flower garden that blooms in August. As many August bloomers as I can find to grow together.

For my little girl

 

[EternalBeauty]

My very favorites are :


- Peonies

- 'Eden' roses (also called 'Pierre de Ronsard')

- Tahitian Tiaré flower

- Gypsophilas

 

[Tight_N_Juicy]

Oh, I just... I found a new type of orchid that I never heard of. The "Laelia" orchid.

That's just so very special to me.

 

[jpk338]

Oh, I just... I found a new type of orchid that I never heard of. The "Laelia" orchid.

That's just so very special to me.
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They are in the cattleya family and are really quite special. I used to have one that was white with yellow throat.
Thank You for posting

 

[creek47]

 

[larsmi]

Such a plethora of beautiful flowers out there. I never tire of their colors, forms, fragrances and foliage.

ranunculus

dahlias

clematis

paperwhites


While I love flowers ranging from spectacular orchids in a hothouse to blossoms on a common magnolia, the one thing I don't like is looking for photos online. The spread of exaggerated HDR images that pumps up the colors of flowers also strips them of their nuances and real beauty.

 

[pdxjoe]

Oh, I just... I found a new type of orchid that I never heard of. The "Laelia" orchid.

That's just so very special to me.
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They are in the Parentage of a lot of the modern orchid hybrids. They are crossed with " cattleya" ," Brassavola" and " Sophronitis " to make up all of the many intergenic hybrids. These crosses give us all of the sizes, shapes and lovely colors we have today. Your special one is very nice looking. Any time you see the letter L in a description of an orchid ie SLC there is your " Laelia" as a parent.

 

[Tight_N_Juicy]

One of the Laelias I got actually had a few buds in it when it arrived. One already opened.

The flower bloomed upside down, but it's ok. It's about the size of the tip of my thumb, such a cute little girl!

It reminds me of a honeysuckle.

 

[malakos]

Magnolias in bloom are majestic.

 

[Tight_N_Juicy]

Plumerias are beautiful and have one of the more coveted fragrances in the flower family.

 

[Novaboy]

Magnolias in bloom are majestic.

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But only for a day and a half and then they're on the ground! Saw some in Kew Gardens in London that had individual petals the size of small dinner plates. Amazing to see.

 

[DCMMP3]

For me it's the smells or the taste that matters most:

• Spanish jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum), Γιασεμί χιώτικο για τους συμπατριώτες
• Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac), Φούλι
• Night-blooming jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum), Νυχτολούλουδο
• Lilac (Syringa vulgaris), Πασχαλιά,
• Jasmine (Jasminum azoricum), Γιασεμί αράπικο
  
• Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica), Αγιόκλημα,
• Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), Γαρδένια
• Sweet mock-orange (Philadelphus coronarius), Φιλάδελφος "Κορονάριους"
• Mock orange (Pittosporum tobira), Αγγελική
• Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus), Γαρύφαλλο,
• Spearmint (Mentha spicata), Δυόσμος,
• Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus), Δενδρολίβανο,
• Lemon verbena (Aloysia citrodora), Λουίζα.
  
  I'm all nasal and oral I guess ;-)

 

[jpk338]

Magnolias in bloom are majestic.

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I'm a florist in Palm Beach,fl. and I have to pay a fortune for those. Usually $135.00 per branch. The rich like their flowers.

 

[Tight_N_Juicy]

If you've never seen one, here is an okra flower: