Then raniculus, gladiolas, and Christmas/Easter cactuses.
I should also add crab apples, and Kanzan cherry trees!
My dad had this calendar back in the '80 with photos of flowers in places. One month had a house partly covered in wistepria (woah!). I'd never seen them before. I would eventually see them in certain areas in NYC's Village, and West Village to my delight.
Then another had beautiful pink lotuses and their fun leaves photographed in the floral pools of the NY (Bronx) Botanical Gaeden!
I was like "holy sh!t !!!".
See, I'd fallen in love as a tween (this was now like 20+ years later) with the lotus from a photograph. It was in Time Life's Science and Nature book series.
A Japanese scientist was attempting to grow lotuses from 2,000 yr old seeds found in a bog.
He was sucessful!
The stages of the flower opening were in B&W till the last one in color; a vivid lovely shell pink!
I fell instantly in love!
Peonies were in the big park i lived near for 25+ years. Had a Christmas cactus. Bought gladiolas from the green market.
I like to love most flowers.
Luckily I get to the Botanical Garden usually once or twice a year at least until recently post vid ($ isrue). But I can still go back to the big park with it's big gadden!
That white & purple dinner plate dahlia is wonderful! Quite striking.
Happy gardening! 💮🏵🌺🌻🪷
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