Life With My Garden

But thrown away like a weed

Flowers from my garden Photo collage by Adrienne Beaumont

August 11: Aline S. asks, “What flower holds a special place in your heart and why? Do you have more than one?”

My rose garden

Yellow roses are my favourites for no particular reason.

Flowers that I’d grown in my garden

I’ve never been much of a gardener. I’ve never been much of anything really. I’ve never been much of a cook or a seamstress or anything else. But a few years ago, I loved and cared for a beautiful rose garden. My roses weren’t all great beauties but of the fragrance was something special. Store-bought roses don’t have that gorgeous rose aroma. So yes, roses have a special place in my heart.

I love cyclamen My photo

The only other flower I’ve had enormous success not only in growing but propagating is cyclamen. In 2004, I was in hospital with broken ribs and a…