Saturday

Gardenias for May Day

Every May 1st, as I was growing up my Mom would give flowers to those she cared about, for "May Day" 
She called it a "May Basket" and would slip the handle of the basket filled with Spring flowers on the door knob of their house or room.

Since I can't hang a basket of Spring flowers on your door knobs,  I thought of sharing my Gardenias with all of you.


 The Gardenia bush has started to fade... literally a hundred blooms came and went in about 6 days.  Today I brought in as many as I could save into the house.





 This is one flowering bush I wish would bloom all summer long.  But as we all know Mother Nature has chosen only a short time during the Spring to display these wonderful flowers.


I have the vase of these beautiful flowers standing on my desk and the fragrance is overwhelming at first, but such a 
lovely smell.

"Happy May"
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Oregon Cottage @Tuesdays Garden Party
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3 comments:

Granny said...

The gardenias are beautiful. That was my mother in law's favorite flower. She always wore a gardenia scented perfume that had a very light fragrance.

Leave a Legacy said...

Hi Sandy,
Happy May Day to you, too. Your gardenias are beautiful. I wish we had more flowers blooming around here right now. We're just now getting some buds on the trees.
Enjoy your May Day!

Melynda@Scratch Made Food! said...

stopping by from an Oregon Cottage, to say hello. Gardenias are so pretty, and they smell lovely too! thanks for sharing.