Tuberoses in Bloom

Today I watched the movie, Disneynature: Wings of Life, and just couldn't help but notice the beautiful pollination attractors in my yard. I do so love a good flower. Always have. I can remember getting in trouble as a youngster for plucking them out of other peoples yards, walking around my home town as a teenager with a daisy chain adorning my head, and just recently being thrilled when receiving a lei of tuberoses upon our arrival on the Big Island at the airport in Hawaii. Now after listening to the voice Meryl Streep, speaking the words of a flower in first person, I am again enamored with the lovelies that are often so taken for granted. Sometimes, even by me.

It happens that we are precisely at the time of year when tuberoses are in bloom in my gardening zone. They bloom perennially during these warm days and nights in late July and early August. I was seduced to plant them many years ago because I believe their scent is complete bliss and makes me feel relaxed and content. This time of year I try to take the time to pay a visit each day, if only for a couple of seconds, to inhale their luscious perfume first hand. It becomes almost impossible for me to pass by without stopping and pinching off a bloom to float in a small glass of water inside my home. I think: it's true what people say... the best things in life are free.