I sneezed the whole time I was there, but it was absolutely glorious!
Lilacs on a grand scale at the Reader Rock Garden, here in Calgary, last week.
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Must be hard to love flowers and have allergies. Actually, I know.
I just have to let the allergies know who’s boss, lol…. 🙂
Moet zeker niet prettig zijn door
sorry bericht weer te vroeg weg.Moet zeker niet prettig zijn om geconfronteerd te worden met een allergie voor bloemen
Beautiful! Such a shame you have to sneeze through spring Sheryl. Hope the pollen situation gets more bearable soon!
We…might…be rounding the corner, soon! I sure hope so. I read an article in the newspaper the other day and it said that the annual recorded number of heavy pollen count days has risen significantly in the past few years here in Calgary. I found that interesting. Apparently it’s because our winters are not as cold as they used to be. Yet the winter we just went through was extremely cold, moreso than the past few years. I don’t know what to believe, lol!
Our pollen was horrendous this year and I wonder if the trees are reacting to drier summers or know something we don’t and are planning for future generations! LOL!
Hmmmm…you may be onto something there! 😉
Gesundheit or Bless you as we say here when someone sneezes. I’m lucky to not have allergies. The photos are stunning. My lilacs bloomed this year for the first time. Still tiny, not like those in your wonderful photo.
Thank you! 🙂 Lilacs are exquisite – the flowers are just so perfect and the fragrance is lovely. I can’t get enough of watching the bees play in them!
Our lilacs are long past–and yours are glorious. I’m hoping the allergies are long past as well. Had the windows open today and no yellow pollen on the sills. Triumph! Don’t you just love the scent that wafts through the air when the lilacs are in bloom?
I think we may finally (!) be finished with the yellow pollen now as well – yay! I do love the fragrance of lilacs, allergies or not – it is incredible. 🙂
Stunning photo!
Thank you! It is a gorgeous garden, always a treat to visit.
Beautiful
Jean
Thanks, Jean – hope you’re having a great week so far!
That looks like one of the French hybrids. We grew them in the 1990s only because they were ‘supposed’ to be more tolerant of mild winter. I do not think they did any better than the regular common lilac, which actually does just fine here. Ours did not look as good as this though.
Interesting observation re: the French hybrids versus the common lilacs. Our climate is significantly colder than yours and I’m not sure which type fares better here. It may bear some research on my part….
The common lilac was the standard in most regions, and the lilac that those from Oklahoma and elsewhere in the region brought here originally. It did well here for decades before the nursery industry started to market the French hybrids as more tolerant to our mild winters, as if the original lilac was somehow not a good choice. Anyway, it does well even into Minnesota. The only advantage that the French hybrids have to the common lilac is the color range.
Wow – beautiful!
They are spectacular, that’s for sure!
Glorious is right. A wave of lilacs.
I love that: “a wave of lilacs.” Perfect!
How lovely!
They truly make me smile (around the sneezing). 😉
😀