I love flowers in general, especially oriental lillies and “jonquilles” (can’t remember the spelling in English!). Flowers are a source if inspiration I find. I love the colours.
Townsvillean
May 18th, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Probably just “jonquils” Mademoiselle. I don’t think there’s such a thing as a bad flower but if I had to pick a couple of favourites; perhaps: hibiscus and frangipani because they thrive at my place
Fraussie
May 18th, 2012 at 5:41 pm
The common yellow ones are daffodils and the more sophicated ones (usually a bit bigger) are jonquils as Townsvillean says. I love hibiscus and frangipani too but I’m afraid I won’t be able to grow them here!
Elisabeth
May 20th, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Je ne connaissais pas la traduction de pivoine mais, à lire ton post et à regarder la photo ,je crois avoir deviné qu’il s’agit de “peony”. ce sont là mes fleurs préférées avec la glycine.
[…] ourselves cycling along the river past lots of small market gardens. One even had a whole row of lilies-of-the-valley. Relationnel consulted the map and said we could take Rue Beaumont. I groaned inwardly because the […]
[…] At the front of the house, the wisteria is in bloom, much more impressive than last year. We’re both relieved and delighted because we were worried that we’d pruned it too late. The drive into Blois along the Loire is sheer delight at the moment with masses of wild lilac and lots of beautiful wisterias which remind me of Venice in the spring time. […]
I love flowers in general, especially oriental lillies and “jonquilles” (can’t remember the spelling in English!). Flowers are a source if inspiration I find. I love the colours.
Probably just “jonquils” Mademoiselle. I don’t think there’s such a thing as a bad flower but if I had to pick a couple of favourites; perhaps: hibiscus and frangipani because they thrive at my place
The common yellow ones are daffodils and the more sophicated ones (usually a bit bigger) are jonquils as Townsvillean says. I love hibiscus and frangipani too but I’m afraid I won’t be able to grow them here!
Je ne connaissais pas la traduction de pivoine mais, à lire ton post et à regarder la photo ,je crois avoir deviné qu’il s’agit de “peony”. ce sont là mes fleurs préférées avec la glycine.
Je me rappelle bien de ta glycine !
[…] ourselves cycling along the river past lots of small market gardens. One even had a whole row of lilies-of-the-valley. Relationnel consulted the map and said we could take Rue Beaumont. I groaned inwardly because the […]
[…] At the front of the house, the wisteria is in bloom, much more impressive than last year. We’re both relieved and delighted because we were worried that we’d pruned it too late. The drive into Blois along the Loire is sheer delight at the moment with masses of wild lilac and lots of beautiful wisterias which remind me of Venice in the spring time. […]