Thursday, June 18, 2009

A perfume from the past


This is my newly planted Daphne which I suspect will flower this coming spring. It is such a compact flower: full of self-control that presents itself just-so. And yet it emits this overwhelmingly profuse perfume.

I like that in a plant: the hidden whammy.

1 comment:

Joan Elizabeth said...

Oh yes, I love daphne. I notice the the neighbours is already flowering. I must go check out mine. One I had at the front seems to have turned up its toes though ... half of it went west a few years ago, it looks like the other half has expired too now.

I love highly fragrent flowers like daphne. I am enjoying Jonquils at my desk at the moment.