Spring and Summer Popular Posies by Jacqueline Brant

Heliboris/Lenten Rose

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 16:39:03 UTC

In popular legend, Lenten Rose were blooming outside the stable in Bethlehem, hence the name "Lenten" rose.

Snow Drops

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 16:40:30 UTC

Theirs is a a fragile but hardy celebration...in the very teeth of winter. Louise Wilder

Crocus

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 16:41:17 UTC

Hail to the King of Bethlehem, who wearth in his diadem. The yellow crocus for the gem of his authority. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Haycienth

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 16:41:59 UTC

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and bisquits. Carl Sandburg

Daffodils

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 16:45:00 UTC

“She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbor:
"Winter is dead.” A.A. Milne

Lilacs

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 16:46:30 UTC

The spring is fresh and fearless
And every leaf is new,
The world is brimmed with moonlight,
The lilac brimmed with dew.

Hosta

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 17:05:23 UTC

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.
Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Roses

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 22:13:34 UTC

Roses aren't only red...

Peonies

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 22:15:14 UTC

A rose is a rose, but a peony is a friend forever. -unknown

Tulips

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 22:18:35 UTC

“A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone. It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose. It doesn’t have to. It is different. And there’s room in the garden for every flower. ..." Marianne Williamson

Petunias

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 22:21:24 UTC

“The flower that follows the sun

does so even in cloudy days.” Robert Leighton

Hydrangea

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 22:24:09 UTC

Life is too short. Buy the hydrangea. Two women and a Hoe

Impatients

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 22:28:28 UTC

Be not......impatient! JB

Tiger Lilies

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 23:27:27 UTC

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. -Song of Solomon.

Sunflowers

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 23:35:15 UTC

"Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows." ― Jean Paul

Hollyhocks

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 23:37:29 UTC

Do you like the scent of a hollyhock?
To each his own.
 I love a burning bridge. William Matthews

Black Eyed Susan

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 23:42:28 UTC

Something tells me I'm welcome where the Black Eyed Susan grows. Al Jolson

Lantana

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 23:47:14 UTC

...an amazing butterfly magnet! Dengarden

Moss Rose

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-06 23:53:28 UTC

“The earth laughs in flowers.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dahlias

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-07 00:02:52 UTC

My advice to the women of America is to raise more 🤬 and fewer dahlias. - William Allen White

Daisy

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-07 00:09:46 UTC

The Daisy follows soft the sun -- And when his golden walk is done -- Sits shyly at his feet -- Emily Dickenson

Mums

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-07 00:16:52 UTC

Mums the word! Anon

Aster

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-07 00:19:05 UTC

I end not far from my going forth By picking the faded blue Of the last remaining aster flower To carry again to you. - Robert Frost

Red Grevillea/Spider Flower

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-07 00:21:41 UTC

When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion. Ethopian Proverb

Golden Rod

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-07 00:28:59 UTC

I know the lands are lit, with all the autumn blaze of golden rod. Helen Hunt Jackson

Crepe Myrtle

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-07 00:34:44 UTC

Crepe Myrtle flower
Delicate inviting bees
Come early breakfast  Sarah Kendrick

Liatris spicata/Asterales/Dense Blazing Star

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-07 00:40:04 UTC

Your heat radiates from afar
Oh, your warmth like a blazing star. Scorching me for who I am... Kazalus

Live Forever plant

jacqueline_brant — 2018-06-07 00:50:23 UTC

Oh, on an early morning I think I shall live forever!
I am wrapped in my joyful flesh,
and the grass is wrapped in its cloud of green. Robert Bly