13 Blooms of Spring (and Summer)
Published March 9, 2011 | 
I don’t know about anyone else, but I Am Sick of Winter! I want spring! Green grass! Flowers!
I went to the doctor today for my semi annual kenalog shot. The purpose of this shot is to help me breathe. I have nasal polyps, and one of the results of that is that they make my nasal passages swell and block my airway. I also cannot smell anything. Mucus gets traps up there and I get terrible sinus headaches. My asthma reacts too. Luckily, kenalog is like a wonder drug for me. In a few days I’ll be breathing easier and in a few weeks I may be able to smell things too. So I’m already planning to cook my favorite foods. I can ‘t wait to smell coffee brewing, and cinnamon rolls baking, and homemade spaghetti sauce simmering. And I’m looking forward to the brightness of spring and the scent of spring flowers. Here are some that I will enjoy seeing and smelling:
1. lilacs. 
Such wonderful scent gets to be almost too much sometimes. But I’ll suffer through it. 
2. Tulips.
Not much scent, really, but so springy. I love a dozen of them on the table.
3. Daffodils. Again, not much scent, 
but so cheerful and bright.
4. Lily of the Valley. Possibly my favorite scented flower. 
These little bells are so elegant in the greenery, don’t you think?
5. Crocus. 
Often the first to poke up through the snow.
6. Johnny Jump Ups. 
Cute!
7. Cherry blossoms. I’ve never gone to the viewing in DC or Japan 
but I’d like to someday. I wonder how they smell?
8. Queen’s Anne’s Lace.
Grows wild all over the place. *snicker* Poet I am not.
9. Apple Blossom. 
I think I remember that these have a light sweet scent
10. Snow drop. 
I’ve never actually seen a snow drop as far as I know. But a lot of people thing ‘spring” when they think of snow drops.
11. Cabbage Rose. Hot house roses are beautiful. 
But I really like the look of the old cabbages roses.
12. Peonies. I find their light fragrance delightful; their ants less so. 
They remind me of the old fashioned roses.
13. Easter Lilies. 
They have a heavy sweet perfume. Elegant.
What makes you think of spring? What are your favorite flowers?
So many pretty flowers. I just miss the warm weather, the green grass. No more snow and mud and dirt.
I have vivid memories of walking past bee covered lilac bushes when I was a kid.
Snicker…we seem to have gone in complete opposite directions this week. People will probably really appreciate yours after visiting mine. My favorite spring flower is the daffodil. I used to prefer lilacs, but find their scent too strong these days.
I LOVE the smell of Lilac. Yes, it’s powerful, sometimes overpowering, but it’s gone too soon!
I had to chuckle over the apple and cherry blossoms. I live in orchard country, but I never go out and smell them!
Daffodils every time. Your Easter lilies look exactly like our Christmas lilies.
Unfortunately, Spring is a season which isn’t very kind to me, so I view these flowers with a hint of dread.
I like the cabbage roses, though. They remind me of nearly every quilt my mother has bought over the last fifteen or twenty years. LOL! Of course, that means they make me think of my mother, and of home, which is always nice.
Happy TT!
One advantage to Peonies. If you have an ant problem in your house come summer. Plant a row of Peonies a safe distance from your house. Ant problem will be GONE.
Lovely spring flowers, and lily of the valley was one of my mother’s favs. Mine out of them all is Lilac for scent and Daffodils for the Spring feeling.
I enjoyed a rainy walk through a local arboretum yesterday and saw a flower I didn’t recognize. They were almost like snowdrops but they were plump and yellow.
Feel better!
Love flowers! Great pics!
*hugs*
Paige
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Queen Anne’s Lace is one of my favorite flowers. Awesome post, Maddy.
My daffodils have already opened and the almond blooms are blowing away in the breeze.
Your post makes me want to buy some johnny jump ups to plant.
Janice~
I am with you, Maddy. Winter in itself isn’t so bad – it’s how long it seems to drag on and on and on. Spring is the shortest season, it seems.
Very lovely flowers you’ve share here, thanks!