I love flowers - all kinds. I guess if I had to pick a favorite, to have around all the time, it would have to be Stargazer lilies. They smell incredible - really fresh and heady. I have a vivid memory of attending a memorial service at the home of a friend who's mother had passed away and being hit at the door with that scent. There was a flower arrangement that was about six feet tall (no lie - it was on a giant table in a giant room) and it had a ton of Stargazers in it...I wanted to curl up under it and stay as close to it as I could get.
Another favorite is the gardenia. They also have an overwhelmingly wonderful scent. My only complaint is that they only bloom for a couple of months in the late Spring, and they don't last more than a couple of days as cut flowers.
My mom & dad have a giant gardenia bush at one end of their swimming pool. I like floating around in the pool at that end when they're blooming...sunning and smelling flowers at the same time...doesn't get much better than that! I am sooooo ready for Spring and Summer...don't like the cold!
