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Wide varieties of Lilacs are in bloom this week at NYBG (New York Botanical Garden).
Shown is the beautiful purple Lady Lindsay.
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris
'Lady Lindsay'
oleaceae
Havemeyer, United States, 1943
Stockholm, Sweden.
Syringa vulgaris (Lilac / Lilo)
Syringa vulgaris (lilac or common lilac) is native to the Balkan Peninsula, where it grows on rocky hills.This species is widely cultivated as an ornamental and has been naturalized in other parts of Europe as well as much of North America.
Lilacs were introduced into European gardens at the end of the sixteenth century, from Ottoman gardens, not through botanists exploring the Balkan habitats of S. vulgaris.
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Lilac
The story of lilac, according to Greek mythology, begins with a beautiful nymph named Syringa (lilac’s botanical name).
Captivated by her beauty, Pan, the god of the forests and fields, chased Syringa through the forest.
Frightened by Pan’s affections, Syringa escaped him by turning herself into an aromatic bush – the flower we now refer to as lilac.
SYRINX..... was a Naiad Nymph of the River Ladon in Arkadia (southern Greece).
She was pursued by the amorous god Pan and to avoid his embrace was transformed into a reed plant (syrinx).
From her plant the god plant crafted his famous pan-pipes.
Once there lived on the cold mountainsides of Arcadia a Naias, who among the Hamadryades Nonacrinae (of lofty Nonacris) was the most renowned.
Syrinx the Nymphae called her. Many a time she foiled the chasing Satyri and those gods who haunt the shady copses and the coverts of the lush countryside.
In her pursuits - and in her chastity - Syrinx revered Ortygia [Artemis]; girt like her she well might seem, so easy to mistake, Diana’s [Artemis’] self, were not her bow of horn,
Latonia’s [Artemis’] gold. Indeed she was mistaken. Pan returning from Mount Lycaeus, crowned with his wreath of pine, saw Syrinx once and said - but what he said remained to tell, and how the scornful Nympha fled through the wilderness and came at last to Ladon’s peaceful sandy stream, and there, her flight barred by the river, begged her Sorores Liquidae (Watery Sisters) to change her;
and, when Pan thought he had captured her, he held instead only the tall marsh reeds, and, while he sighed, the soft wind stirring in the reeds sent forth a thin and plaintive sound; and he, entranced by this new music and its witching tones, cried
`You and I shall stay in unison!’ And waxed together reeds of different lengths and made the pipes that keep his darling’s name - Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.689
Pan cried out: ‘... I alone, Kythereia [Aphrodite], must suffer.
Alas for love!
Syrinx [transformed into a reed] escaped from Pan’s marriage and left him without a bride, and now she [the pipes made from the plant]
cries Euoi to the newly-made marriage of Dionysos with melodies unasked; while Syrinx gives voice, and to crown all, Ekho chimes in with her familiar note. - Nonnus, Dionysiaca 16.332
You know how Syrinx disregarded fiery Kythera [Aphrodite], and what price she paid for her too-great pride and love for virginity
how she turned into a plant with reedy growth substituted for her own, when she had fled from Pan’s love, and how she still sings Pan’s desire! - Nonnus, Dionysiaca 42.363
I personally enjoyed the modern woman’s interpretation by Kate Aspen
But I’m funny that way….
This is it….. blog.kateaspen.com/?cat=289
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Syringa (Lilac) is a genus of about 20–25 species of flowering plants in the olive family (Oleaceae), is native to Europe and Asia.
The usual flower colour is a shade of purple (often a light purple or lilac), but white and pale pink are also found.
The flowers grow in large panicles, and in several species have a strong fragrance.
With love to you and thank you for ALL your faves and comments, hope you all have a great time! M, (* _ *)
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Syringa.
Thousands of tiny flowers make these Lilacs into fragrant panicles.
The Syringa range primarily in white, pink and lavender shades.
With love to you and thank you for ALL your faves and comments, hope you all have a great time! M, (* _ *)
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Syringa meyeri 'Palibin' A stunning addition to make to your patio, this fantastic new dwarf Lilac naturally grows to just 4-6ft tall so is just the thing for small gardens or for sprucing up patios and decking areas in a large pot! Ideal for adding colour, fragrance and a beautiful twist on other Lilac varieties that can often take over your garden. Because Palibin is a dwarf variety of the classic lilac, it won’t take over your beds and borders and will not grow too tall meaning you can really enjoy the beautiful flowers and fragrance with very little maintenance required. A deadheading of faded flowers will keep the lilac flowering for as long as possible, and there’ll be little to no pruning needed thanks to its dwarf and compact nature. It’s slow growing, easy to care for, perfect for pots and very hardy too - why not try growing as a fragrant flowering hedge for something a little bit different?
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# lilac shrub -Fliederbusch -syringa-oleacea
the sesons of a lilac shrub
~ seldom moment when winter and spring season met ~
happy pink bokeh light tuesday for us all !
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Syringa josikaea, the Hungarian lilac, is a species of lilac, native to central and eastern Europe, in the Carpathian Mountains in Hungary, Romania, and western Ukraine.
This is så impressive in colours that it is difficult to go for monochrome. But bnw gives another, more tranquil and quiet expression. enabling to rest in the details.
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Syringa (Lilac) is a genus of about 20–25 species of flowering plants in the olive family (Oleaceae), is native to Europe and Asia.
The usual flower colour is a shade of purple (often a light purple or lilac), but white and pale pink are also found. T
The flowers grow in large panicles, and in several species have a strong fragrance.
This was singing to me about le temps des lilas, Spring and fresh green...?
Wishing you well and stay safe.
With love to you and thank you for ALL your faves and comments, hope you all have a great time! M, (* _ *)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
Lilac, Syringa, mauve, purple, flowers, leaves, panicles, "conceptual art", colour, design, black-background, Hasselblad, square, "magda indigo"
Lilac
I visited the Society of Botanical Atists' fabulous Exhibition in London yesterday. Wow, such talented artists. I can neither draw nor paint …..so I take photos instead!
Syringa (lilac) is a genus of 12 currently recognized species of flowering woody plants in the olive family (Oleaceae), native to woodland and scrub from southeastern Europe to eastern Asia, and widely and commonly cultivated in temperate areas elsewhere.
The genus is most closely related to Ligustrum (privet), classified with it in Oleaceae tribus Oleeae subtribus Ligustrinae.
Lilacs are used as food plants by the larvae of some moth species, including copper underwing, scalloped oak and Svensson's copper underwing.
They are small trees, ranging in size from 2 to 10 metres (6 ft 7 in to 32 ft 10 in) tall, with stems up to 20 to 30 centimetres (7.9 to 11.8 in) diameter. The leaves are opposite (occasionally in whorls of three) in arrangement, and their shape is simple and heart-shaped to broad lanceolate in most species, but pinnate in a few species (e.g. S. protolaciniata, S. pinnatifolia). The flowers are produced in spring, each flower being 5 to 10 millimetres (0.20 to 0.39 in) in diameter with a four-lobed corolla, the corolla tube narrow, 5 to 20 millimetres (0.20 to 0.79 in) long; they are monoecious, with fertile stamens and stigma in each flower. The usual flower colour is a shade of purple (often a light purple or lilac), but white, pale yellow and pink, and even a dark burgundy color are also found. The flowers grow in large panicles, and in several species have a strong fragrance. Flowering varies between mid spring to early summer, depending on the species. The fruit is a dry, brown capsule, splitting in two at maturity to release the two winged seeds.
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Syringa (Lilac) is a genus of about 20–25 species of flowering plants in the olive family (Oleaceae), is native to Europe and Asia.
The usual flower colour is a shade of purple (often a light purple or lilac), but white and pale pink are also found.
The flowers grow in large panicles, and in several species have a strong fragrance.
With love to you and thank you for ALL your faves and comments, hope you all have a great time! M, (* _ *)
For more: www.indigo2photography.co.uk
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
Lilac, Syringa, panicles, purple, mauve, leaves, flowers, design, studio, black-background, colour, square, Hasselblad, "Magda indigo"