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My favorite flowers are roses

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Have you ever thought about what your favorite flower is? That might be a simple question for a non-gardener, but I’m sure there are many people with gardens who would probably have a very hard time picking just one flower as their favorite.

I know I had a hard time deciding which flower might be my favorite, but then I thought well which flower do I grow the most of? The rose of course!

I suppose that many would pick the rose as their favorite flower because there are so many sentimental memories attached to the rose. It might be the first flower their spouse gave them. It might remind a person of romantic occasions or special occasions such as their own wedding.

Whatever the reason my bet is that the rose is the worlds favorite flower.

mbqfrenchkiss_grn07_l.jpg If I were to send a bouquet of roses to someone I loved I think I’d send this Summer Elegance Bouquet of flowers . It has lovely red roses as well as another favorite of mine – Lilies. The lilies in this bouquet are pink Nerine Lilies and pink Stargazer lilies – each compliment the roses quite nicely.

I love roses, lilies and many other flowers of summer. I think this bouquet signifies the best of summer.

What’s your favorite flower?






First Flower

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I’ve just watched a program on television that we taped. It was on Nova, on PBS, and the episode was called “First Flower”. I didn’t realize this but the origin of the flower has always been in question. It was one of the lingering mysteries that plagued Darwin.

In this program, botanists explore an area in Northern China where one paleobotanist believes the first flower originated. In this program they find a fossil that is believed to be the oldest flower fossil ever found.

You can read more about this program Nova/First Flower on the PBS.org site. There’s quite a bit of information about paleobotanists – scientists who study ancient plants and their fossils, and areas of China where todays modern flowers are believed to have evolved. They refer to China as the mother of gardens.

The program was filmed in high definition, the scenery, the mountains, the gorgeous colorful flowers – all are just spectacular to view as you watch this program. If you get a chance to watch this program you should. It’s just wonderful to look at all of the flora that’s discussed and of course to view the scenery of the Hengduan Mountains of southwestern China and other scenic places.

In this program, one paleobotanist states that flowers evolved rather late in the fossil record, but they came to dominate the earth. if it weren’t for the evolution of flowers it’s said that humans might not have evolved because without flowers we would not have the products of flowering plants to eat.

Isn’t that an amazing theory? Are we, modern gardeners, worshiping the plants that allowed us to live and evolve in the first place?

I never really thought of visiting China before, because when I thought of China I’d always think of over crowded cities, but now, after seeing this program I have a different view of China and you never know, I just might visit the country one day.

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