Last summer we planted zinnias, whose colors burst with vibrancy and heat, and they have me recall long ago summers, and the flowers my mother grew, and I feel such an affinity for those, my favorite flowers. Lilacs, pansies, petunias, dahlias, cosmos, poppies, plumeria, daffodils, wisteria, apple blossoms, roses, lupines... peonies. In any given moment, I always seem to know, with absolute certainty, my favorite. Do you have a favorite flower, too?
It's not possible, there can't be any favourites - they're all so special!
ReplyDeleteThat's the truth!
DeleteI love peonies too. We always had them in our yard when I was growing up, and I have some in my back yard now. It would be difficult to choose a favorite. I love violets, for one. My grandmother had them in her yard. My mom replanted some to her yard, and gave me some to plant in my yard in Pennsylvania. I carried them home on the plane.
ReplyDeleteI wish we could grow peonies here.
DeleteI love that your violets are being carried
around, and treasured.
Lilacs--but partly out of nostalgia, for we had a great, 10-foot tall bush at my childhood home, and here they do not grow. I could possibly swoon for the great beauty and fragrance of a lovely white gardenia, though.
ReplyDeleteHow did I not list gardenias!?
DeleteThey are my favorite!
Boy,only one? The top one is Mock Orange,mine is just about to bloom,so fragrant and elegant.Lilac's are second for sure.
ReplyDeleteSome how I have green thumb for most things but Peonies so I envy anyone who can grow them.We had a hedge of them when I was a kid that I used to hide behind.
It cannot be one, can it?
DeleteNo peonies grow here, so I
wait for them to show up at
Trader Joe's. They are such a treat.
All of them are my favourites too. I love flowers that are good to look at but for me, my favourite flower needs to smell good.
ReplyDeleteAxxx
Oh, lovely fragrance... this starts a new list of favorites!
DeleteBeautiful x
ReplyDeleteMy favorites are definitely everything. There is not a flower that I don't love. Among my special to my heart is Queen Anne's Lace, because my mother loved it.
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