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Spring is springing - what is your favourite flower and your favourite wild flower. Why?

Marianne72

I love the simplicity of daisies [marguerites] also lawn daisies. Also, deep gold marigolds, for their cheerfulness. Lastly, fuchsias of all kinds - especially because they attract the huge humming-bee hawk-moth.

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  • The British (native UK deciduous shrub) wild hedgerow rose with leaves which smell like fresh apples called the Sweet Briar (Rosa rubiginosa), also known as Eglantine.

    Its leaves release a strong, fresh apple-like fragrance when crushed, or brushed.

    When in bloom (early Summer in June / July) their small, single, five-petaled flowers, typically in shades of pink, though they can fade to white toward the center, have a light scent, particularly after rain.

    Famously mentioned in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Act 2, Scene 1).

    Oberon describes it as part of the bank where Titania sleeps, symbolizing romantic, natural beauty alongside woodbine and musk-roses.

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  • The British (native UK deciduous shrub) wild hedgerow rose with leaves which smell like fresh apples called the Sweet Briar (Rosa rubiginosa), also known as Eglantine.

    Its leaves release a strong, fresh apple-like fragrance when crushed, or brushed.

    When in bloom (early Summer in June / July) their small, single, five-petaled flowers, typically in shades of pink, though they can fade to white toward the center, have a light scent, particularly after rain.

    Famously mentioned in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Act 2, Scene 1).

    Oberon describes it as part of the bank where Titania sleeps, symbolizing romantic, natural beauty alongside woodbine and musk-roses.

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