Now Spring is Officially Here
This is the very first bloom from my Gardenia bush this year. It signifies to me that Spring has officially arrived. In my opinion, walking into the kitchen in the morning and smelling the fragrance of this flower is one of the most perfect ways to begin a day.
Soon my house will have lots of these blossoms nested in little bowls of water but this first one is something so special to me. The purity and beauty of another growing season is upon us and I welcome it wholeheartedly. Thank you Mother Nature, your work is beautiful.
posted by pissed off patricia at 1:58 AM
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You are so right! I get that feeling about christmas when the first xmas lilly is in bloom!
Mother nature is indeed wonderful, I thank her with you!
P.s You have grown a gorgeously LARGE gardenia ;~)
Zoe XXX
Now...if we can just keep Mother Nature unbesmirched.
I know it's spring when my landscaper knocks on my door and asks if I still want him to work for me this year. Usually the Sunday before Easter. He didn't disappoint his past weekend.
Yes, a very beautiful flower!
We have had another freeze out here.
No snow as predicted, but after some 70s last week, we're around and below 30 through the weekend. ; (
Really nice, huge bloom, POP.
I've coaxed a couple of long neglected (by the previous gardener) gardenias to bloom here, but they are still somewhat temperamental about the sudden scorching hot to 30 degree swings we have here in spring. Nevertheless, the last couple of years, for the first time, they have been loaded with blooms. And the fragrance is one of my favorites, although it seems that these hybrids don't possess the complex, yet sweet smell of the species but are instead somewhat acrid. Pretty nice, but not like the shrubs I grew when young.
A tip for those who may have gardenias that sport yellowing leaves, they really eat Iron and need supplements in our red clay soil!
Also, our first hummers have arrived, robins have built a nest and laid eggs on the garden arbor I built last year. More spring pix at my site.
Robin's Nest
Ramble... ramble... ramble...
Beautiful, glorious. I can smell the fragrance just by your description. We're supposed to get a bit of a nip in the next couple of days, but that just makes the strawberries sweeter and the flowers last longer. Enjoy.
thank you for the lovely flower! I wish I could smell! It is my favorite flower! Love The smell, had in my wedding bouquet!
I know spring has officially arrived here when we get snow during spring break.
There was some snow last night here, Lew. I don't know about spring break, but it's easier for the Easter Bunny to hide his eggs that way..
I love my daffodils that signal spring but a gardenia! Jealous.
Beautiful. The smell is a little too much like grandma perfume for my tastes, but it is very pretty.
Nice cockle too.
Yes spring is here - after seeing the daffodills come up and getting sunburned at little pogo's soccer tourney week before last,it was 28 degrees here this morning and a little snow was on the cars, with temps as low as 21 and no higher than 40 predicted for the next 2 days. Ahhh, spring in the mid Atlantic. As up and down as a certain premenopausal woman who is very close to me.
gorgeous blossom. Spring is in the air, even in Los Angeles - we are getting coastal fog like you would not believe. As the Valley heats up, it pulls the moisture off the ocean, and we get fog.
Ahhh... the smell of gardenias in the spring, right up there with mock oranges in Feb. I loved 'em in LA.
I haven't smelled a gardenia in years, but just looking at that photo reminds me of it. Such deep intense fragrance.
I love your tiled counter too. We're thinking about tiling ours, and I definitely like the look here. Nice.
That's a beauty! Fred doesn't eat cut flowers, does he? My four prevent us from being able to have greenery or blooms in the house.
We are well into Spring here too. The mosquitoes are back, and boy are they hungry!
Oh, come on, Floridacracker, do you not love grandmas? LOL
Sure POP, just rub it in! Can you believe it got cold here last night? What the hell is going on? It actually got chilly here in Katrinaland! The last few days, I had to run the AC. Now, the ceiling fan makes it cold in here. WTF!!!!! BTW, love the flowers.
It was 80 out 9 days ago. Today we have a foot of snow and below 0 wind chills! Spring in Minnesota!
Still a foot of snow here,
I'm jealous.
Oh, I just LOVE Gardenias. They're so pretty, it's scary. HA HAAA HAA HAA HAA. Who said they smell like grandmothers?
Nice! Today seems to be the day for flower blogging! I came home from my trip to find nectarine & orange trees in full bloom and a flowering cactus. Ah, Spring.
Very beautiful flower. I love spring. Winter I hate.
we have been getting our first properly good weather (rather than just not freezing cold) for ages too after the rahter brutal winte r we get here
When I checked last weekend my gardenias were in full bud and I was expecting blooms within a week or two but a frost is expected in the northern Atlanta burbs this weekend and we'll just have to hope it is not a killing one. They can stand a little chill the buds are pretty fragile just before blooming. The smell of the gardenia and the sweet betsy are my clues that we can start the garden in earnest.
That "first flower" is always so special.;) I clipped a few of ours when they first appeared, put them in a bowl of water...and just stared at them for the longest time.:) I think it's the human hope factor, after a long winter.:)
Beautiful flower, POP. It is favored by a former girlfriend.
While Mother Nature was treating you to that nice blossom, she was treating me to a few more inches of snow.
Well, they're both white...
I've been following links, reading too many evil/ignorant posts- and am so apprecitive to find your flower and praise of spring.
many thanks. cheers!
Beautiful! I am slightly jealous since we were treated to snow yesterday, but soon enough we will be as blessed as you with the beauty of Spring flowers! Thanks as always for sharing!
I adore Gardenias. Illinois is still basking in night-time 19-20 degrees F. A near record low according to our local weather station. Disastrous for the new shoots just emerging in the hope of spring sunshine. Have a very happy Easter.
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