Scent Of Gardenias

Favorite Flowers, 6 x 6 " oil on panel, ©2013, Fay Terry

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I have always loved Gardenias with their heavenly scent. They bloom in June and sometimes keep going into the first part of July.  I will miss them when they finish supplying me with beautiful bright white blooms and filling the house with perfume.

Next up, Zinnias! Mine are almost flowering, they just need some encouragement from the sun, which we have not seen for awhile.

Picked from the tree

Magnolia, 6 x 6 " oil on panel, ©2013, Fay Terry

Creamy white Magnolias are everywhere right now. Maybe it's all the rain we've had this spring, but they are more abundant and beautiful than I ever remember seeing them. I was in Southern Pines this morning and took lots of photos and I plan to go back and take more when the sun is out.

I love the shiny green leaves and the faint lemony scent of the flowers.

Contact me if you are interested in this one.

Gardenia

Gardenia
Sultry as a summer evening and as intoxicating as an exotic perfume, the scent of gardenias settles like a memory onto your soul.
Gardenias originated in the Orient but are named in honor of a Southerner, Dr. Alexander Garden, an 18th-century botanist and physician from Charleston, South Carolina
Jazz singer Billie Holiday considered gardenias to be her signature flower and wore them in her hair whenever she performed.
Information from Southern Living Magazine.


6 x 6 in. oil on gesso board