Happy new day, darling!

Kiss your joy

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Iris

Iris flower

It takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, referring to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species.

Blue sky

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White flowers

J'aime tes yeux magnifiques

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White flowers

I love the irises of your eyes

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Iris

Kuss für Ihr Lächeln

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Imagine roses ...

I love you, darling!

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Purple beauty

The word 'purple' comes from the Old English word purpul which derives from the Latin purpura, in turn from the Greek πορφύρα (porphura),^[6] name of the Tyrian purple dye manufactured in classical antiquity from a mucus secreted by the spiny dye-murex snail.^[7]^[8]

The first recorded use of the word 'purple' in English was in the year A.D. 975.
In human color psychology, purple is also associated with royalty and nobility (stemming from classical antiquity when Tyrian Purple was only affordable to the elites).

Purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue.

Purple

Kisses for you

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From Vincent, with love!

Vincent van Gogh

Dutch painter(1853-1890)

Deutsch: Sonnenblumen Arles, 1888, Öl auf Leinwand, 92,5 x 73 cm, Vincent van Gogh Stiftung/National Museum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam

Deutsch: Mandelblütenzweig. Arles, Februar 1888 Öl auf Leinwand, 24 x 19 cm, Vincent van Gogh Stiftung/National Museum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam

Still-life: Cinerarias in a flower pot. Autumn 1886. Oil on canvas. 54.5 × 46 cm. Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

English: Irises (1889)

"Still life paintings of flowers by Vincent van Gogh, Paris 1887"

Good morning kiss you

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Wild flowers ...

I love your beautiful eyes

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Marigold

Tagetes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tagetes erecta

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tagetes erecta, the Mexican marigold, also called Aztec marigold, is a species of the genus Tagetes native to Mexico and Central America. Despite its being native to the Americas, it is often called African marigold.^[1]^[2] In Mexico, this plant is found in the wild in the states of San Luis Potosí, Chiapas, State of México, Puebla, Sinaloa, Tlaxcala and Veracruz. This plant reaches heights of between 50 and 100 cm. The Aztecs gathered the wild plant as well as cultivating it for medicinal, ceremonial and decorative purposes. It is widely cultivated commercially with many cultivars in use as ornamental plants.^[3]

Its flower, the cempasúchil is also called the Flower of the Dead in Mexico ("Flor de Muertos") and is used in the Día de los Muertos celebration every November 2nd. The word cempasúchil (also spelled cempazúchil) comes from the Nahuatl term for the flower zempoalxochitl, literally translated as "twenty flower". Water infused with the fragrant essential oil of the flower was used to wash corpses in Honduras, and the flower is still commonly planted in cemeteries.^[4]

Tagetes erecta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tagetes patula

Mary +‎ gold from Middle English golde (“marigold”).

The French marigold (Tagetes patula) is a species in the daisy family (Asteraceae). In spite of its name, it is native to South America.

The pot marigold, Calendula officinalis.

It is a short-lived aromatic perennial plant, growing to 80 cm tall, with sparsely branched lax or erect stems. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, 5–17 cm long, hairy on both sides, and with margins entire or occasionally waved or weakly toothed. The inflorescences are yellow, comprising a thick capitulum or flowerhead 4–7 cm diameter surrounded by two rows of hairy bracts; in the wild plant they have a single ring of ray florets surrounding the central disc florets. The disc florets are tubular and hermaphrodite, and generally of a more intense orange-yellow colour than the female, tridentate, peripheral ray florets. The flowers may appear all year long where conditions are suitable. The fruit is a thorny curved achene.^[1]^[3]

Synonyms include Calendula officinalis var. prolifera. Other recorded English names include Ruddles, Common Marigold, Garden Marigold, English Marigold, and Scottish Marigold.^[3]

A kiss ... from China, with love, for you

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Rosa banksiae

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Rosa banksiae, commonly referred to as the Lady Banks' Rose, is a species of Rosa native to central and western China, in the provinces of Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Sichuan, and Yunnan; it grows in mountains at altitudes of 500–2200 m. It is a scrambling shrubby liana growing vigorously over other shrubs to 6 m tall. Unlike most roses, it is practically thornless, though may bear some prickles up to 5 mm long, particularly on stout, strong shoots. The leaves are evergreen, 4–6 cm long, with three to five (rarely seven) leaflets 2–5 cm long with a serrated margin. The flowers are small, 1.5-2.5 cm diameter, white or pale yellow. There are two varieties: * Rosa banksiae var. banksiae. Flowers semi-double or double, with numerous petals replacing most or all of the stamens; a cultigen developed in Chinese gardens. * Rosa banksiae var. normalis Regel. Flowers single, with five petals; the natural wild form of the species. The rose is named after Lady Banks, the wife of the eminent botanist Sir Joseph Banks (after whom the Banks Peninsula is named).

A gift for your beautiful eyes ...

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Yellow flower joy!

Good morning sunshine!

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Layia platyglossa

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The annual wildflower Layia platyglossa is called coastal tidy tips. Tidy tips is found throughout California's low-elevation dry habitats, from the coast to the low foothills and desert edges, and into Nevada and Arizona.

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Closeup kisses

Kiss your eyes

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Cactus

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Mammillaria duwei is a member of the genus Mammillaria in the family Cactaceae. Mammillaria duwei is cactus endemic to Mexico. Plants have dark green skin almost completely obscured by delicate white spines. Flowers are yellow and appear at the onset of Summer. Many specimens will cluster over time while others will remain solitary.

Ich liebe dein Lächeln

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Buddleja davidii

Leucanthemum

The Shasta daisy (Leucanthemum x superbum) is a commonly grown herbaceous perennial plant with the classic daisy appearance of white petals (ray florets) around a yellow disc, similar to the Oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Lam. but larger. Formerly classified in the genus Chrysanthemum, these daisies were transferred to their own genus of Leucanthemum because they lack some traits of true Chrysanthemums. Shasta daisies are characterized by a distinct odor which some find unpleasant, which makes them unusual amongst flowers.

The oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare, syn. Chrysanthemum leucanthemum), also known as the marguerite, is a widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia. It is one of a number of plants to be called by the common name daisy. It is also sometimes called moon daisy or dog daisy

Leucanthemum paludosum (formerly Chrysanthemum paludosum and Mauranthemum paludosum) is a perennial plant of the Asteraceae family.

Leucanthemum maximum is a species of flowering plants in the aster family known by the common name max chrysanthemum. It is native to France and Spain but it can be found growing wild in other parts of the world as an introduced species and sometimes a garden escapee. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall with many large serrated leaves around the base of the stem on winged petioles. There are smaller lance-shaped leaves alternately arranged along the stem. The inflorescence is generally a large, solitary flower head which may exceed 8 centimeters in diameter. It has a fringe of 20 to 30 white ray florets around a center of many densely packed yellow disc florets. The fruit is a small ribbed achene without a pappus. This species is one of the wild chrysanthemums Luther Burbank crossed to produce the popular garden hybrid known as the Shasta daisy, Leucanthemum x superbum.

Love you so

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Disocactus flagelliformis

Rattail Cactus

is a species of Cactaceae and is the most cultivated species in the genus. Due to its ease of cultivation and attractive floral displays, D. flagelliformis is often grown as an ornamental pot plant.

Escobaria sneedii

Escobaria sneedii (syn. Coryphantha sneedii) is a rare species of cactus known by the common names Sneed's pincushion cactus and carpet foxtail cactus. It is native to the Chihuahuan Desert, where it occurs in scattered locations in New Mexico, Texas, and Chihuahua.[

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Epiphyllum oxypetalum (Dutchman's Pipe, kardable, Night Queen or Gul-e-Bakawali)

Night blooming Cereus

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Native to Sri Lanka[citation needed], the Kadupul flower blooms rarely and only at night – mysteriously, the flower wilts before dawn. In 1909, C. A. Purpus collected a slightly different type in St. Ana, Orizaba, Mexico. It has carmine red outer petals and the flowers have an unpleasant smell, rather than being fragrant. It was originally named Phyllocactus purpusii, but does probably not deserve any botanical recognition. The Chinese idiom 曇花一現 (tan hua yi xian) uses this flower (tan-hua; 曇花) to describe someone who has an impressive but very brief moment of glory, like a "flash in a pan", since the flower can take a year to bloom and only blooms over a single night. Therefore someone described as "曇花一現" is generally understood to be a person who shows off or unexpectedly gains some achievement and is thought to be an exception or only lucky.

Echinopsis schickendantzii

is a cactus found in Northwestern Argentina. The plant blooms with a single unscented white flower followed by edible fruit

Echinocactus grusonii

Echinocactus grusonii is a well known species of cactus native to central Mexico from San Luis Potosi to Hidalgo. Described by Heinrich Hildmann in 1891, it is popularly known as the Golden Barrel Cactus, Golden Ball or, amusingly, Mother-in-Law's Cushion. It belongs to the small genus Echinocactus, which together with the related genus Ferocactus, are commonly referred to as barrel cacti.

I send you a kiss for your beautiful eyes. Ich liebe Dich

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Fabaceae is the third largest family of flowering plants, behind Orchidaceae and Asteraceae

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The largest genera are Astragalus with more than 2,000 species, Acacia with more than 900 species, and Indigofera with around 700 species. Other large genera include Crotalaria with 600 species and Mimosa with 500 species. The species of this family are found throughout the world, growing in many different environments and climates. A number are important agricultural plants, including: Glycine max (soybean), Phaseolus (beans), Pisum sativum (pea), Cicer arietinum (chickpeas), Medicago sativa (alfalfa), Arachis hypogaea (peanut), Ceratonia siliqua (carob), and Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice), which are among the best known members of Fabaceae. A number of species are also weedy pests in different parts of the world, including: Cytisus scoparius (broom) and Pueraria lobata (kudzu), and a number of Lupinus species.

Calicotome spinosa (known as thorny broom or spiny broom) is a very spiny, densely-branched shrub of the legume family Fabaceae which can reach up to three metres in height. It grows in the Western Mediterranean region on sunny slopes and dry, rocky ground. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Croatia and Algeria and has been introduced to New Zealand. From March to June it produces bright yellow flowers which are borne singly or in small clusters. The seed-pods are 30mm long and are almost hairless, unlike those of the similar species Calicotome villosa.

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Taraxacum officinale, the Common Dandelion (often simply called "dandelion")

Quote from wikipedia: While the dandelion is considered a weed by most gardeners and lawn owners, the plant has several culinary uses. The specific name officinalis refers to its value as a medicinal herb, and is derived from the word opificina, later officina, meaning a workshop or pharmacy[26]. The flowers are used to make dandelion wine,[27] the greens are used in salads, the roots have been used to make a coffee-like drink and the plant was used by Native Americans as a food and medicine. [28] Dandelions are grown commercially on a small scale as a leaf vegetable. The leaves (called dandelion greens) can be eaten cooked or raw in various forms, such as in soup or salad. They are probably closest in character to mustard greens. Usually the young leaves and unopened buds are eaten raw in salads, while older leaves are cooked. Raw leaves have a slightly bitter taste. Dandelion salad is often accompanied with hard boiled eggs. The leaves are high in vitamin A, vitamin C and iron, carrying more iron and calcium than spinach.[29] Dandelion flowers can be used to make dandelion wine, for which there are many recipes.[30] It has also been used in a saison ale called Pissenlit (literally "wet the bed" in French) made by Brasserie Fantôme in Belgium. Another recipe using the plant is dandelion flower jam. Ground roasted dandelion root can be used as a coffee substitute. In Silesia and also other parts of Poland and world, dandelion flowers are used to make a honey substitute syrup with added lemon (so-called May-honey). This "honey" is believed to have a medicinal value, in particular against liver problems.[31] Dandelion root is a registered drug in Canada, sold principally as a diuretic. A leaf decoction can be drunk to "purify the blood", for the treatment of anemia, jaundice, and also for nervousness. A hepatoprotective effect of chemicals extracted from dandelion root has been reported.[32] Drunk before meals, dandelion root coffee is claimed to stimulate digestive functions and function as a liver tonic. "Dandelion and Burdock" is a soft drink that has long been popular in the United Kingdom with authentic recipes sold by health food shops. It is unclear whether cheaper supermarket versions actually contain extracts of either plant. The milky latex has been used as a mosquito repellent;[33] the milk has also been used to treat warts, as a folk remedy.[34] Yellow or green dye colours can be obtained from the flowers but little colour can be obtained from the roots of the plant.[35] T. officinale is food for the caterpillars of several Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), such as the tortrix moth Celypha rufana. See also List of Lepidoptera that feed on dandelions.

Love your magnetic smile

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Love your magnetic smile

Lavender Lavandula Nardus

The ancient Greeks called the lavender herb nardus, after the Syrian city of Naarda. It was also commonly called nard.[18] Lavender was one of the holy herbs used in the biblical Temple to prepare the holy essence, and nard is mentioned in the Song of Solomon (4,14) nard and saffron,[19] calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree, with myrrh and aloes, and all the finest spices.[20] During Roman times, flowers were sold for 100 denarii per pound, which was about the same as a month's wages for a farm laborer, or fifty haircuts from the local barber. Lavender was commonly used in Roman baths to scent the water, and it was thought to restore the skin.[citation needed] Its late Latin name was lavandārius, from lavanda (things to be washed), from the verb lavāre (to wash).[21] When the Roman Empire conquered southern Britain, the Romans introduced lavender.[citation needed] The Greeks discovered early on that lavender if crushed and treated correctly would release a relaxing fume when burned.

Love your eyes, darling

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Love your eyes, darling

Galanthus (Snowdrop; Greek gála "milk", ánthos "flower")

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Galanthus is a small genus of about 20 species of bulbous herbaceous plants in the Amaryllis family. Most flower in winter, before the vernal equinox (21 March in the Northern Hemisphere), but certain species flower in early spring and late autumn. Snowdrops are sometimes confused with their relatives, snowflakes, which are Leucojum and Acis species

Spring Snowflake (Leucojum vernum) and Summer Snowflake

The snowflakes are native to central and southern Europe, from the Pyrenées to Romania and western Russia, but they have been introduced and have naturalized in many other areas, including the east coast of North America. They have narrow, strap-like, dark green leaves. The flowers are small and bell-shaped, white with a green (or occasionally yellow) spot at the end of each tepal. They have a slight fragrance.

Happy day darling

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Love you, darling

Kiss your eyes
History It is believed that roses were grown in all the early civilisations of temperate latitudes from at least 5000 years ago. They are known to have been grown in ancient Babylon.[1] Records exist of them being grown in Chinese gardens and Greek gardens from at least 500BC.[2] Most of the plants grown in these early gardens are likely to have been either species collected from the wild, or selections from them. The significant breeding of modern times started slowly in Europe, from about the eighteenth century. This was encouraged by the introduction of new species, and especially by the introduction of the China rose in the nineteenth century. An enormous range of roses have been bred since then, grouped by parentage, use or floral form.

Adonis aestivalis
Quote from wikipedia: Adonis aestivalis (Summer pheasant's-eye) is a medicinal and ornamental plant. It is native to Europe but has been introduced elsewhere, such as the western and eastern parts of the United States.
Primula florindae
Quote from wikipedia: Primula florindae, also known as the giant cowslip, is a native of southeastern Tibet, where it grows in huge numbers close to rivers like the Tsangpo. It has clusters of 20–40 yellow bell-like flowers which hang from stalks up to 90–120 cm high, and a basal rosette of 5–20 cm long leaves. Delicately scented. It was first collected in 1924 by Frank Kingdon-Ward and was named after his wife Florind. This plant grows best in very moist conditions as its home is the margins of rivers. It is cold-hardy as long as its roots are not allowed to dry out. It is usually available from larger or specialist garden centres. Commonly known as the "Giant Himalayan Cowslip".

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