Once more I have to share with you one of my favorite flowers; Our Gardenias. This time in the June Rain. When husband Pieter made these photos around 5:00 PM in the afternoon, they all had TEARS on them...
In fact with those Rain Drops or TEARS, they even look prettier to me.
What do you think?
You also can see a tiny insect hiding inside its heart.
Several of our large variety of 'Aimee Yoshioka'.
Perfect blossoms...
Again, an insect is visible inside...
They all tried their very best, regardless the rain!
Don't you love GARDENIAS?
Related links:
{GARDENIA PASSION} | previous post by me
{Gardenia by Royal Albert and our Garden Gardenias} | previous post by me
{Heavenly Gardenia Jasminoides 'Aimee Yoshioka'} | previous post by me
they are truly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteDearest Theresa,
DeleteThose were some BIG and brave Gardenias, withstanding all that rain!
Hugs,
Mariette
bellissime foto.
ReplyDeleteCara Daniela,
DeleteGrazie mille. Erano davvero stupenda... con un profumo celestiale.
Abbracci,
Mariette
Exquisite photos! I'm so happy you shared these, Mariette.
ReplyDeleteDearest Sarah,
DeleteGlad you liked them and despite the heavy rains we did enjoy them as well.
Hugs,
Mariette
Deaerst Mariette,
ReplyDeleteyour Gardenia is beautiful! I love them too, but I never had luck with them in my garden....
Wishing you a happy and wonderful weekend,
Love and hugs
Claudia
Dearest Claudia,
DeleteThese are the huge, corsage variety... they are special and their fragrance is heavenly.
Happy weekend to you; we only have rain and a dark day so far.
Hugs,
Mariette
Dear Mariette,
ReplyDeleteThe Gardenias are truly beautiful and they must be heavenly scented, too! You are so lucky to have the climate to grow so many tropical flowers. It must be so exciting when they bloom!
Hugs, xoxo
Karen
Dearest Karen,
DeleteIn a way we are lucky indeed for being able to grow tropical plants. Keeping them alive is another issue. Gardenias have been most rewarding over all those years and guess they are in a perfect spot.
Hugs,
Mariette
Liebe Mariette,
ReplyDeleteja - BEAUTIFUL!
Sonnige Grüße
Elisabeth
Liebe Elisabeth,
DeleteDanke für deine zwei-sprachige Antwort.
Und sonnige Grüẞe liebe ich am meisten da wir nur Regen haben, es ist so grau und trübe.
Lieber Gruss,
Mariette
Sweet flowers!
ReplyDeleteSweet indeed...
Deletehello
ReplyDeleteun vrai Gardénia façon " COCO Chanel
et en plus il est blanc , mon préféré
tendresse
edith (iris) France
Chère Edith,
DeleteIls auraient trouvé un rêve m Coco et en fait c'est le parfum agréable pour le parfum céleste!
Tendresse,
Mariette
Sorry to hear you have so much rain, but for flowers a bit rain will do very well.
ReplyDeleteDearest Marianne,
DeleteYou are right, a little rain will do very well but not for months on end and not in a couple of hours a good 15 cm! It does knock leaves off the trees... looks like autumn already. Our summer escaped us totally and it makes for such somber and dark days.
Hugs,
Mariette
Heel ,ooi hoor!....fijn weekend.....liefs Ria ...x!
ReplyDeleteJa, de bloem is mooi maar zeker niet de régen...
DeleteLiefs,
Mariette
Dearest Mariette、
ReplyDeleteOh, very elegant Gardenia with Rain Drops or TEARS♡♡♡ The beautiful white flowers must have a wonderful fragrance. I might have commented in your former post about Gardenia; I love a bit old song titled with this flower, which was sung by the actor♪♪♪
Sending you lots of love and hugs from very hot Japan, xoxo Miyako*
Dearest Miyako,
DeleteThe Gardenia is a heavenly flower and especially this large blooming variety of Aimee Yoshida.
Hope you can stand the heat and hat it is not too humid.
Here we only have rain and dark damp weather.
Hugs,
Mariette
These Gardenias are so lovely. I love them so, their aroma is heavenly. The photos are great and the raindrops add so much interest. That first picture is perfect and would win any photo contest.
ReplyDeleteMy Gardenia barely bloomed this year. Maybe next year.
Love to you, Ginger
Dearest Ginger,
DeleteOh, we are so fortunate for having them bloom this year; despite the heavy rains. But you are right with lots of blooms just not showing up because there is not enough light during these dark and rainy days. Let's hope next year our summer will be more 'normal'... whatever that means.
Hugs to you,
Mariette
Your gardenias are really beautiful. I like you say "tears" for rain drops. I also like when you say "pregnant" for cloudy sky :-) Very creative way to describe nature!
ReplyDeleteDearest Tamago,
DeleteThanks for your compliments.
As for me, those must have been 'tears'... it almost brings me to tears with all the rain. Yesterday I drove back and forth to Atlanta in heavy rain for our region (1-½ hour) but Atlanta was lovely sunny and even a bit cooler. The same treat on the way back home, after a good hour I was using my wipers on full speed on and off. It seems to never stop here and about 6" in a couple of hours is way too much water. We got again a flash flood warning till Saturday morning.
Hugs,
Mariette
Mariette, du Liebe,
ReplyDeletein der Tat: die Gardenien sehen noch schöner aus, wenn die Regentropfen
sie benässen. Wie Tränen!
Ein schönes Wochenende wünscht dir
Irmi
Liebe Irmi,
DeleteDanke, ja die Gardenien sind schön gekleidet damit...
Lieber Gruss und auch ein schönes Wochenende.
Mariette
Dear Mariette,your gardenias looks so preety with the droplets on them!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos!!!I love gardenias!Here it has'nt rain for many months!
And it's so hot!!!Thank you for your visit and for your kind words!Have a lovely weekend!Hugs!!
Dimi...
Dearest Dimi,
DeleteThank you for your meaningful comment here.
Happy weekend and I will see you soon at your blog!
Mariette
Hallo Mariëtte, Bedankt voor je lieve reactie.
ReplyDeleteWat een prachtige foto's van de Gardenia's, wat zal het heerlijk ruiken.
Ik heb de orginele foto's nog wel, maar ik post vanuit Life Writer en die bewaard niet alle posten, dus daarom kon ik er geen foto's meer bij plaatsen en anders moest ik foto voor foto uploaden en dat is voor bijna 5 jaar bloggen niet te doen.
Ik zit privé op FB, maar heb ook veel Blogsters in mijn vriendenlijst staan, als je het leuk vindt ben je welkom. Als je googled naar Mea Buis vindt je me wel.
Fijn weekend en een lieve groet, Mea
Beste Mea,
DeleteDank je wel voor je compliment en ja, die geur zou ik wíllen doorgeven. Zó hemels...
Jammer dat je die foto's kwijt raakte. Toch had je er wat aan gehad, mits je ze had ge-exporteerd en op je PC opgeslagen. Nu is het té veel werk om ze opnieuw te uploaden.
Mogelijk voor een volgende keer toch doen.
Liefs en fijn weekend.
Mariette
Dearest Mariette,
ReplyDeleteYour Gardenia are beautiful in the heavy rains and they have in parfum wondeful fragrance! I love your ways warks hard with all over in your GARDENS.
Thanking for lovely your especially first letter for me.
All ways big fortunate for me Thank you very much all the years!
Now I need back to working with in my golfing....
Hugs and love to you always!
Michiko
Dearest Michiko,
DeleteThank you for your kind comment with compliments. Yes, it is only due to hard work and still, sometimes nature is so cruel that all the hard work has been in vain.
You are quite welcome for my writing. Love to comment on your blog posts and when you had the accident, I did call out for some support. You deserved that!
So glad that now your golfing period will start being more frequent due to the upcoming spring.
Hugs to you, always your loyal follower,
Mariette
Liebe Mariette,
ReplyDeleteich liebe Gardenien - in weiß sind sie ein Traum -
deine Aufnahmen sind wunderschön - die Regentropfen
geben ihr ein besonderes Flair -
liebe Grüße - Ruth
Liebe Ruth,
DeleteDanke für deine Wörter! Ja, mit Regentropfen sind sie indertat sehr schön...
Lieber Gruẞ,
Mariette
Wat een schitterende bloem Mariette, ruikt hij ook lekker?
ReplyDeleteFijn weekend,
Janny.
Beste Janny,
DeleteNou en of! Dat wist zelfs Coco Chanel al en ze maakte er parfum van.
Jammer, we hebben weer (nog) regen...
Liefs,
Mariette
Dear Mariette,
ReplyDeleteI love your pretty gardenia and how beautiful with the raindrops on the petals. I know how heavenly the fragrance will be.
Happy weekend
Hugs
Carolyn
Dearest Carolyn,
DeleteIf only we could capture that heavenly fragrance inside a bottle; à la Coco Chanel...
Hugs and wishing you a lovely weekend.
Mariette
Dear Mariette,
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful Gardenia you have in your garden, I totally agreed, it looks prettier with rain drops.
I wish you a nice weekend my dear friend
Hugs and kisses
Laura
Dearest Laura,
DeleteOh, those raindrops look pretty on the gardenias but as for us, we get so tired of them... Another wet weekend.
Hugs and kisses back to you and hope you get sunshine!
Mariette
彡♪♫°
ReplyDeletePassei para rever seu blog.
Nunca vi uma gardênia de perto mas sei que são muito perfumadas.
°º✿♫ Bom fim de semana!
°º✿ Beijinhos
º° ✿ °❤ Brasil ♫° ·.
Dearest Inês,
DeleteA pity that you never saw a Gardenia up close. Yes, Coco Chanel used it for her lovely perfume.
Hugs and happy weekend!
Mariette
meravigliosa!!!!!!! un grande abbraccio Lory
ReplyDeleteCara Lory,
DeleteAnche la Coco Chanel ha trovato questo fiore meraviglioso e ha creato il sua profumo di Gardenia...
Abbraccio grande e buon fine settimana!
Mariette
Dearest Mariette,
ReplyDeleteI agree, Gardenias are beautiful and you certainly have captured their beauty very well.
Dearest Munir,
DeleteSure, my husband Pieter did capture their beauty perfect on camera!
Hugs,
Mariette
Gardenias are one of my favorite flowers, too, Mariette. If those are tears, I believe they are tears of joy. Who wouldn't be moved that way if she were as beautiful as a gardenia (and smelled as sweet)! <3
ReplyDeleteDearest Stacy,
DeleteLet's assume they were tears of joy! They are such an exotic beauty; nature's heavenly fragranced gift.
Hugs to you,
Mariette
Oh, your Gardenias are so pretty. Yes, I think they look much nicer with a raindrop or two on them. I was thinking the same thing when I took the picture of the white rose on my post. It had a few raindrops on it, and I thought it was more special. You know, I used to have a Gardenia bush at my old home, and I miss it very much. This brought back sweet memories.
ReplyDeleteLove,
~Sheri
Dearest Sheri,
DeleteGardenias are very pretty; one of the most romantic flowers on earth - together with the roses of course! Your white rose also looked very special. You certainly could grow another one in your Californian garden.
Hugs to you,
Mariette
Oh yes Gardenia if my favorite too, remembering me my childhood.
ReplyDeletethey smell so sweet ;)
Dearest Ayu,
DeleteOh certainly you remember them from Bali, this is such an exotic flower... with heavenly fragrance indeed.
Hugs,
Mariette