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                Flowers are tres magnifique!!   
                     Flowers are very magnificent.     
     
                     Various flowers have been named after Saints and Religious.     
     
                   In {A} list the name of the flower.   
                    In {B} list the type of flower and/or name of color.     
                      In {C} list the Religious/Saint.     
       
                  :rainyday: :rainyday: :gardener: :gardener: :flower: :flower: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :gardener: :gardener: :rainyday: :rainyday: :harp: :harp: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :angelyellow: :cherubim: :flower: :flower:

          {A} Blue Angel Salvia   
          {B} The salvia produces blooms in a pure gentian blue.     
          {C} The angel Gabriel announced to Mary about the birth of Jesus.      :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue:

{A} St. John's Wort
{B} Five petaled yellow blossoms and opposing oblong leaves, red spots.
{C} St. John the Baptist, and sometimes St. John the Apostle

This flower is known for use in treating depression, along with anxiety, loss of appetite, and insomnia. It can be found on the dry ground of roadsides, in meadows and woods.

Also known as Barbe de Saint-Jean, Herbe de la Saint-Jean.

Some say that St. John the Evangelist, who was the only apostle who stood at the foot of the cross, may have gathered the herb after he noticed it drenched in Christ's blood. Others say the plant may be named after St. John the Baptist, associating the plant with his beheading: the red spots on the plant are said to be drops of his blood. Another story says the herb is named for the Knights of St. John who used it to treat the wounded in the crusades.

Meditating on the history of the plant makes for some beautiful thoughts no?

Very glad to see you begin this thread here CyrilSebastian!

Ave Maria!

 :thrones: :angelyellow: :flower: :flower: :flower: :principalities: :flower:  :flower: :flower:  :angelyellow: :thrones:

{A} Saint Mary's Thistle, also called Milk Thistle, Blessed Milk thistle, Scotch Thistle (Silybum marianum or cardus marianus)
{B} Spiny plant with purple flower
{C} Our Blessed Mother  :principalities:
Both unproven and study supported medicinal claims including liver support and repair, antifungal, useful for OCD; similar to fluoxetine,
It's extract, silymarin, is used for cerebral edema and acute hepatitis therapy.
It can be eaten but must be prepared carefully and picked young to avoid sharp spines.
Toxic to cattle and is the responsibility of farmers/ ranchers to eliminate on their land or face fines in some counties/states.

The state flower of Texas is in honor of Ven Maria de Agreda. It was said that when she bilocated there wherever her blue mantle cast a shadow the blue flowers appeared. 

                         {A} St. Cecilia Rose      
                         {B} English rose The color is an apricot blend.    
                         {C} St. Cecilia      
  
 :harp: :harp: :violin: :violin: :harp: :harp: :violin: :violin: :harp: :harp: :violin: :violin: :harp: :harp:
        

I used to grow roses, those St. Cecilia roses sure are something. I heard a powerful sermon on Ven. Mary of Agreda's visits to America once.

And learning about herbs is and medicine is always helpful!

Especially if you plan on growing them!  ;D

Now when I see those purple thistles I know what they are called! Antifungal herbs are always good to know about.

                         {A} Iris Blessed Again     
                         {B} Iris that has stalks of light yellow flowers with creamy white falls.       
                         {C} A blessing is a favor or gift bestowed by God.

                      {A} Daffodil Faith     
                      {B} Narcissus Daffodil with white petals and a peach center.     
                      {C} Faith is belief in God.

                         {A} Agapanthus White Heaven     
                         {B} Lily-of-the Nile The plant has cloud-white clusters of blooms which resemble tiny trumpets.       
                         {C} Heaven is the abode of God.

{A} Calla Lily
{B} Strong green stalks with big white blooms
{C} St. Joseph
  Called, among other common names; St. Joseph's Staff
Not a true lily, mislabeled by a botanist but the association with the lily family stuck.
Symbol of purity and holiness, these hardy plants will bloom wherever you plant, toss or discard them,
even in water and cold.

You often see St. Joseph's staff in his pictures and holy cards!

Wonderful whiterockdove!

Winter is coming but it feels like I am gardening already! Irises, Daffodils, Agapanthus, Lilies..

Every flower has its meaning and purpose, and that meaning is for the glory of God!

                       {A} Souvenir de St. Anne's Rose       
                       {B} Bourbon rose with light pink flowers     
                       {C} St. Anne

                         {A} Keys of Heaven Plants     
                         {B} Centranthus ruber 'Coccineus'     
                               Flowers of carmine red     
                         {C} Keys of Heaven (the keys of the office of Saint Peter)     
                               a symbol of papal authority     
       
                           :thrones: :cherubim: :littlewings: :littlewings: :cherubim: :thrones:

                 {A} Tulipa Christmas Marvel     
                 {B} A Spring blooming tulip which is pink     
                 {C} The Christ Child came marvelously at Christmas.          :principalities: :principalities:

                   {A} Hosta Cathedral Window     
                   {B} Plantain Lily with near-white windows   
                   {C} Windows of a cathedral

When I hear of plantain lilies I think of plantains! But they don't actually have banana type fruits do they?

I wonder why they're called plantain.

Perhaps it's the shape of the leaves?  :D

                        {A} Cymbidium Christmas Angel   
                        {B} A terrestrial orchid     
                        {C} The Christmas Angels sang Glory to God in the highest.     
   
     :seraphim: :cherubim: :angelyellow: :angelblue: :thrones: :littlewings: :tinyangel: :seraphim: :cherubim: :angelyellow: :angelblue:

                          {A} Michaelmas Daisies   
                          {B} Aster (Aster nova belgii) The ray petals are white, blue, deep purple, or pink.   
                                The central discs are golden.     
                          {C} St. Michael

{a} Globe Amaranth, also known as Margeurite
{b} flower colors vary but  purple blooms are most notable
{c} St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
 Blooms make wonderful deep purple tea that is caffeine free but still energizing.
The association between St. Margaret Mary Alacoque  and this flower may be unique to
The island of St. Lucia where they have a festival celebrating this flower on her feast day.

 :tinyangel: :littlewings: :thrones: :angelblue: :flower: :bigflower: :flower: :angelblue: :thrones: :littlewings: :tinyangel:

                      {A} St. Lucia Rose     
                      {B} beautiful red rose     
                      {C} St. Lucia

Yes!  St. Lucia!  :tinyangel: :littlewings:
Thank you for that, I saw it while looking up the globe amaranth and was falling asleep on my browser. :D
It was very late.

     
   
             A St. Lucia rose would be nice on St. Lucy's Day (December 13).

{A} Marigold, Marygold, Mary's gold
{B} Marigolds are flowers with a golden crown of blossoms that protect the garden.
{C} The Blessed Virgin Mary

These flowers have culinary uses and also repel insects. It has many helpful qualities.


 :flower:

                  {A} Clematis Blue Angel     
                  {B} Clematis with charming blue flowers which have ruffled edges.       
                  {C} An angel is a celestial attendant of God.     
       
                      :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue:

                    {A} Cathedral Bells     
                    {B} Cobaea scandens     
                          the Cup and Saucer Vine     
                          a climbing vine with trumpet-shaped green flowers that mature to deep violet     
                    {C} The bells of a cathedral

           {A} Fuchsia Christmas Ribbons   
           {B} Double violet corolla with veins of red and sepals of red     
                 The plant has oval green leaves.     
           {C} Christmas presents are wrapped with ribbons.     
                 The Infant Jesus came with love.     
   
               :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim:

{a} wheat (Triticum aestivum)
{b} grown for the seed head but stalks also useful for animal
      feed and bedding
{c} The Baby Jesus was laid in a manger, wheat straw makes
      for a warm bed!

Ah, I will never look at wheat again the same! :D

{A} Holly
{B} An evergreen, with small sharp and shiny leaves, with bright red berries.
{C} Holly blooms during Christmastime.

"The ilex or holly, and the ivy, both evergreen plants are traditional Christmas symbols: the holly for part of the same reason as the Glastonbury Rose is, because it represents the Crown of Thorns that the Savior will wear during His Passion. The holly has little sharp points all around its edges, much like a thorn and one can easily prick a finger by touching the leaf carelessly. The berries represent the drops of Blood He shed. Moreover, the holly is held by tradition to be of the same plant as the wood of the Cross was said to come from. During Advent and Christmas Christians acknowledge the need for a Savior and holly reminds them of this: the holly bough is one of St. John the Baptist's symbols; the Saint heralded our Lord's coming as Isaiah did in the Old Testament.

The ivy is so perennially green, that it symbolizes fidelity and immortality or eternal life in Christ. In addition, the ivy clings to its support as it grows, which symbolizes the Catholic's attachment and undying affection for his merciful Savior."

- Catholic Tradition

{A} Common star of Bethlehem
{B} Star shaped white flowers, reminding one of the star that guided the magi to Our Lord.
{C} The flower on the calendar for the feast of the Epiphany and St. Nilammon, Hermit

'And behold the star which they had seen in the East, went before them, until it came and stood over, where the child was. And seeing the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And entering into the house, they found the child with MARY his mother, and falling down adored him: and opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.'

Matthew 2:9-11

                 {A} Praying Hands Hosta     
                 {B} The hosta has lavender flowers.   
                        The folded leaves resemble hands folded in prayer.     
                 {C} As altar boys in grade school, we were taught to have our hands folded in prayer   
                        if we did not carry the cross or candles.     
   
                          :+: :littlepigeons: :+: :littlepigeons: :+:

                 {A} Salvia Salvation Pink     
                 {B} A sage plant that is a beautiful pink.     
                 {C} Salvation comes through Christ Jesus.         :tinyangel: :tinyangel: :tinyangel:

                  {A} Crocosmia Star of East     
                  {B} The crocosmia have gladiolus-like foliage fans.   
                        They have cream-centered tangerine flowers.     
                  {C} The Magi saw the Star in the East.     
                        They followed the Star and found the Christ Child.              :principalities:

                 {A} Iris ensata variety Crystal Halo     
                 {B} These irises have very large purple blooms with very distinct     
                       veins, a lighter edge and yellow flares.     
                 {C} Sometimes holy cards have halos around the heads of Mary     
                       the Blessed Mother and Saint Joseph.

                {A} Tulipa St. George     
                {B} A white tulip with stripes of deep red       
                {C} St. George

St. George, pray for us!  :D

                   {A} Iris Elizabeth of England     
                   {B} Tall Bearded Iris with a delicate shade of blue and a light yellow beard     
                   {C} St. Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist.     
 
                       :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons:

                {A} St. Boniface Rose       
                {B} Floribunda rose with clusters of bright orange flowers     
                {C} St. Boniface     
 
                 :sheep: :sheep:

                  {A} Camellia japonica Guest of Honor     
                  {B} Upright plant with large, semi-double to peony-form, salmon-pink blooms     
                  {C} The Fourth Commandment: Honor thy father and mother.     
   
                    :irishwisdom: :littleprayer: :farmer: :gardener: :mommaandbaby: :tiphat: :planter:

                   {A} Narcissus Dell Chapel     
                   {B} A popular variety of daffodils with elegant petals         
                   {C} The Sancta Sanctorum was the private chapel of the Popes and existed as early as 583.

                 {A} Chapelet Pink Daffodil     
                 {B} A large cupped daffodil. It has a ruffled apricot-pink cup against a back drop of white petals.         
                 {C} The Chaplet of The Divine Mercy was a devotion revealed by Our Lord to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska.     
   
                    :littleprayer: :seraphim: :littleprayer: :angelyellow: :littleprayer: :thrones: :littleprayer: :tinyangel: :littleprayer:

               {A} Picea abies Saint James     
                {B} A delightful bun-shaped mounding plant. It has light green needles and grows slowly.   
                      It has noticeably red buds in the Spring.       
                {C} St. James, the son of Alphaeus, was one of the Twelve Apostles.     
   
                                    :lilangel: :lilangel: :lilangel: :lilangel: :lilangel: :lilangel: :lilangel:

St. James, pray for us!  :+:

                {A} Pelargonium Saint Catherine     
                {B} A perennial with rarely entire leaves. It has velvety fuzzy-textured     
                      evergreen foliage. The flowers are showy.   
                 {C} A major church problem in the late fourteenth century was the Avignon Papacy.   
                        In the summer of 1376, St. Catherine of Siena traveled to Avignon, France   
                        to encourage Pope Gregory XI to return to Rome.

A different St. Catherine, St. Catherine de Ricci, will be celebrated on the 13th.

                  {A} Iris Church Stoke     
                  {B} Dwarf Bearded Iris. The flower color is purple.     
                  {C} Latin is the official language of the Roman Catholic Church.

                 {A} Narcissus Saint Dorothea     
                 {B} A large cupped daffodil with white petals and a white cup.             
                 {C} St. Dorothea of Caesarea is the patron saint of horticulture, florists, and gardeners.     
   
                       :flower: :flower: :gardener: :gardener: :flower: :flower: :gardener: :gardener: :flower: :flower:   
           

                   {A} Ascyrum hypericoides St. Andrew's cross     
                   {B} A low evergreen shrub having flowers in clusters of three.       
                         The light yellow flowers with four petals form a cross.     
                    {C} Saint Andrew was a disciple of Jesus.             
       
                       :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix:

St. Andrew, pray for us!  :crucifix:

             {A} Ivory Halo Dogwood     
             {B} A compact shrub.       
                   It has clusters of creamy white flowers at the ends of the branches in late Spring.       
             {C} Painters of religious art sometimes put a halo around the heads of angels and saints.     
 
                  :seraphim: :tinyangel: :angelyellow: :thrones: :angelblue: :seraphim: :tinyangel: :angelyellow:

                   {A} Malus domestica Saint Augustine's Orange     
                   {B} An apple tree with medium size apples.           
                   {C} St. Augustine of Canterbury was a prior of a monastery in Rome when     
                         Pope Gregory chose him in 595 to lead a mission to Britain to Christianize   
                         the King of Kent and his kingdom.     
 
                     :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix:

             {A} Hellebore (Lenten rose)   
             {B} Hellebores are perennial garden plants with elegant flowers.   
                    They are nice for brightening up shady areas during late winter and early spring.   
             {C} The Lenten season has forty days.

                 {A} Lenten Prayer Bearded Iris     
                 {B} An iris with large rich vibrant orchid purple blooms.       
                 {C} Lenten prayers can bring an individual closer to the Lord.     
       
                     :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer:

               {A} Hemerocallis Benedict     
               {B} A daylily that blooms early midseason. It is red rose in color.   
               {C} For prayer, St. Benedict turned to the psalms.       
 
                  :harp: :harp: :harp: O:) O:) O:) O:) O:)

St. Benedict pray for us!  :crucifix:

                {A} Poppy Angels Choir Mixed     
                {B} Double-flowered poppies in white, apricot, and orange     
                {C} A choir of angels   
 
                    :littlewings: :angelbell: :angelblue: :cherubim: :angelbell: :seraphim: :angelyellow: :angelbell: :thrones:

                {A} Hemerocallis Moses' Fire       
                {B} A daylily. The double flowers of this truly deep-red daylily have a     
                      faint golden streak on their ruffled edges.     
                {C} The Book of Exodus explains that the burning bush is the location at which   
                      Moses was appointed by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.   
   
                   :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight:

                   {A} Tulipa Temple of Beauty         
                   {B} A Single Late Tulip which is a blend of salmon-rose, orange, purple, and yellow.     
                   {C} Jesus expels the money changers from the Temple, accusing them of turning the   
                         Temple into a den of thieves.     
   
                     :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred:

           {A} Laurustinus Israel Viburnum tinus             
           {B} "Israel" is a Laurustinus variety in the Viburnum genus with a scientific name of Viburnum tinus.   
                  This variety is an Ornamental that grows with a shrub-like habit.     
                   It has white flower clusters.     
           {C} In The Book of Genesis, Chapter 32 Verse 28-29 mentions Jacob's name was changed to Israel.

                  {A} Tulipa Apricot Beauty     
                  {B} A Single Early Tulip with cup-shaped, light, creamy salmon-pink flowers, tinged with orange.   
                  {C} God made the beauty of the sunrise and the sunset.     
       
                                    :flower: :flower: :flower: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday:

                {A} Dahlia Salvation     
                {B} A dahlia with showy flowers which are gorgeous purple.     
                {C} The Council of Trent describes the process of salvation from sin in the case of an adult with great minuteness. 

A dahlia and the Council of Trent!

And soon we have St. Patrick's day.

                {A} Begonia josephii     
                {B} This begonia tolerates a lot of  cold. It has magnificent leaves and yellow flowers.         
                {C} St. Joseph, the Husband of Mary, is patron of the universal Church.       
   
                 
                 :tiphat: :tiphat: :tiphat: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :tiphat: :tiphat: :tiphat:

                 {A} Narcissus Saint Patrick's Day     
                 {B} A daffodil which has a dark yellow cup, which is pale yellow on the inside,     
                       and is surrounded by broad greenish-yellow petals.     
                 {C} St. Patrick of Ireland       
   
                               :irishwisdom: :irishwisdom: :irishwisdom: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :irishwisdom: :irishwisdom: :irishwisdom:

                 {A} Coelogyne holochila Luke   
                 {B} A splendid purple orchid.     
                 {C} The Gospel of Saint Luke: Chapter 12 Verse 27     
                       Think how the flowers grow; they never have to spin or weave; yet I assure you,     
                       not even Solomon in all his royal robes was clothed like one of them.

              {A} Iris Pray for Peace     
              {B} A Tall Bearded Iris which is white.   
              {C} A prayer for peace may be used to petition God for world peace.     
   
                   :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer:

This reminds me of the peace lily.

                 {A} Helianthus Zebulon     
                 {B} A tall sunflower.   
                 {C} Zebulon was a younger brother of Reuben. Reuben and Zebulon were sons of Jacob (Israel).     
   
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               {A} Cardinal Begonia     
               {B} A begonia which has long lasting, pendent red flowers.     
               {C} In 1405 Pope Innocent VII made Archbishop Pietro Philarghi a Cardinal.

                 {A} Howea fosteriana flat palm   
                 {B} Howea fosteriana is a single-stemmed evergreen palm, with dark green leaves,
                                                              pinnately divided into several narrow segments.       
                  {C} John 12: 12-13     
                        The next day the great crowd of people who had come up for the festival   
                        heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.     
                        They took branches of palm and went out to receive him, shouting 'Hosanna!'     
 
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            {A} Hermocallis Walk Humbly   
            {B} An early midseason daylily that has cream flowers tinted pink with a chartreuse throat.       
            {C} Micah 6:8 'You have already been told what is right and what Yahweh wants of you.   
                  Only this, to do what is right, to love loyalty and to walk humbly with your God.'     
   
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                {A} Rosa Easter Morning     
                {B} A miniature rose bush which has glossy, dark green leaves.     
                      In mid summer to mid autumn, creamy-white flowers appear.       
                {C} That Easter morn at break of day,     
                      The faithful women went there way     
                      to seek the tomb where Jesus lay.         
   
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                {A} Love-Lies Bleeding     
                {B} Amaranthus caudatus, tassel flower, velvet flower.   
                      Crimson tassels cascade to the ground from a bushy plant.     
                {C} On Good Friday, Jesus bled.       
   
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                  {A} Dahlia Easter Sunday   
                  {B} A collerette flowering dahlia with glossy, dark green leaves and white petals     
                        with yellow centers appearing in summer to autumn.           
                  {C} The liturgical season of Easter fills Christians with immense joy.     
   
                           :tea: :tea: :rejoice: :rejoice: :rejoice: :rejoice: :tea: :tea:   

                 {A} Tulipa Rosario   
                 {B} A Triumph Tulip which bears rich raspberry-rose blooms flaring from a broad white outer base.     
                 {C] Saint Louis de Montfort expressed, "Every time people say the Rosary devoutly they place on the heads     
                       of Jesus and Mary 153 white roses and sixteen red roses." 

               {A} Iris Temple Gold   
               {B} A Tall Bearded Iris that is yellow.     
               {C} The Finding in the Temple of the Child Jesus shows Jesus in His Father's House, the temple.     
                      His teaching was compelling to the teachers in the temple.   
 
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{A} Narcissus Sweet Victory     
{B} A daffodil which is white.     
{C} Jesus had victory on the day of his Resurrection.               
 
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This is a GREAT thread!!!  :-)

{A} Hyacinth
{B} A flower of the bulb family with lots of little flowers -often white, purple, or pink.
{C} Saint Hyacinth of Poland who was one of the favorite disciples of St. Dominic.  His roots of faith, hope and charity were so deep that he helped bring about a great blossoming in the Church.

{A} Bleeding Heart
{B} A Fern like bush with little red and white colored flowers in the shape of a heart.
{C} The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, pierced for our souls, and the cause of our Redemption!  Viva Cristo Rey!

             SenoritaRita, Thank you for the Kind words!   
              The Lord God made the flowers.             
 
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{A} Penstemon Papal Purple     
                    {B} A subshrub bearing magenta flowers with deeper markings on white throats.         
                    {C] Purple vestments are worn during the Advent and Lent seasons.   
                           Purple reflects sorrow and suffering.       
 
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Purple is also a color for widows!

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Because their flower is the humble violet!

{A} Lilium Royal Trinity       
{B} An Asiatic Hybrid Lily which has a soft orange bloom change into golden yellow in the center of each petal.     
{C} Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost.

                {A} Saint Ladislaus's herb     
                {B} A pestilence spread throughout the kingdom of Hungary during the reign of King Laszlo (Ladislaus)   
                      I. He reigned from 1077 to 1095.     
                      Laszlo prayed for a cure. He then shot an arrow into the air at random.   
                      The arrow hit a herb, which cured the illness.     
                {C} Saint Laszlo of Hungary     
 
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               {A} Nelumbo nucifera Sacred lotus   
               {B} This plant is an aquatic perennial.   
                      The plant has its roots firmly in the mud and sends out long stems to which their leaves are attached.       
                      The flower colors are pink, rose or white.   
               {C} The Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus begins: O most holy heart of Jesus,     
                      fountain of every blessing, I adore you         
 
                   :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: O:) O:) O:) :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix:

I hope I will be able to grow some of these eventually!  :D

Or rather very soon!

             {A} Magnolia grandiflora Saint Mary         
             {B} A Southern magnolia with white flowers. The tree blooms large creamy-white flowers in Summer.   
             {C} St. Mary Magdalen was present at the Crucifixion of Jesus.     
                    She was with Joanna and Mary, the mother of James and Salome, at Christ's empty tomb.

AMEN!!!  And they make us SO HAPPY!!!   O:)

I used to have a magnolia tree in the backyard of the house I grew up in. It was an unusual one -- it would bloom twice a year!

So many flowers!

Have a good day SenoritaRita, good day CyrilSebastian! It's good to see us all enjoying the flowers! 

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           {A} Iris Michael Paul   
           {B} A Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris which is dark purple.   
           {C} A prayer: St. Michael, the Archangel! Glorious Prince, chief and champion of the heavenly hosts;   
                 guardian of the souls of men;     
 
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              {A} Narcissus Galilee     
              {B} This narcissus are paperwhites. They make a good outdoor flower in areas with mild winters in colder climates.   
              {C} Galilee is the native land of Jesus, where he began his ministry and performed many of his works.   
         

{A} Verbena Cardinal     
{B} A red annual flower that attracts flowers.     
{C} In 1198 Cardinal-Deacon Lotario de' Conti di Segni was elected to be Pope. He chose the name Innocent III.    
   
 

               {A} Santolina virens Holy flax     
               {B} A ground cover. In summer, yellow button-like flowers wave above the deep green.     
               {C} Pray to the Holy Spirit     
                     Oh Holy Spirit, You are the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity. You are the Spirit of truth, love, and holiness, proceeding
                     from the Father and the Son, and equal to Them in all things.       
 
                  O:) O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) O:)
 
                   

               {A} Ascension lily     
               {B} Orange-red flowers with a pale center appear at the top of a tall stem.   
                     The lily flowers in Spring and in Autumn.     
               {C} Jesus ascended into heaven forty days after the Resurrection.

I appreciate the red in the Verbena Cardinal!

Looks like you have gotten the hang of some inspiring smilies!

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Lord Jesus have mercy on us!

             {A} Dianthus Elizabeth     
             {B} Elizabeth is a Sweet William variety of the Carnation genus.   
             {C} St. Elizabeth of Portugal was a Spanish Princess who was the Queen Consort of King Denis (Dinis) of Portugal.           
                   She was very devout.     
 
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            {A} Paeonia officinalis Pentecost rose   
            {B} Two other common names for Pentecost rose are common garden peony and king's flower.   
            {C} Pentecost commemorates the Descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles.       
 
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         {A} Hemerocallis Bible Story     
         {B} a Midseason Daylily which is a smooth creamy cantaloupe pink blend with green throat in color.     
         {C} Parents can introduce very small children to the Bible by telling them Bible stories.       
             
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             {A} Tulipa Divine     
             {B} A Double Early Tulip which has showy red fragrant flowers.     
             {C} Divine Praises Prayer     
                    Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy Name.     
                    Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man. Blessed be the name of Jesus.

          {A} Sempervivum christii     
          {B} Hens-and-chicks. Also known as Live-Forever.     
          {C} The Feast of Corpus Christi is also known as Corpus Domini.     
 
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                  {A} Hosta Joseph     
                  {B} A hosta with very shiny dark green foliage with lavender flowers.   
                  {C} The Book of Genesis tells how Joseph, the son of Jacob, came to be sold into slavery by his brothers.     
   
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               {A} Rosa Celestial     
               {B} Common name is Mirden Rose.     
                     A rose with few thorns. The flower shell is pink and the stamens are yellow.     
               {C} In the prayer Invocation to the Nine Choirs:   
                      O might Powers, preserve us against the wiles of the demons,         
                      O celestial Virtues, give us strength and courage in the battle of life         
 
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The nine choirs of angels.. it really is great to have some devotions to them!

             {A} Golden Prayers Plantain Lily     
             {B} A hosta with golden yellow foliage and handsome, pale lavender flowers.   
             {C} A Prayer to Jesus in the Tabernacle begins:   
                   O Divine Saviour! I thank thee for having perpetuated Thy humble, obedient, self-sacrificing   
                    and recollected silence of Nazareth in the tabernacle     
 
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{A} Pelargonium Galilee         
{B} An ivy-leaved deciduous perennial. The large, double, rose-pink flowers, with a silvery reverse,             
                          are in clusters. The flowers are cup-shaped.     
{C} Pope Francis I's Easter Vigil Homily of 2014 was entitled Where is My Galilee? Encountering Jesus.     
 
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                   {A} Rosa Baby Love     
                   {B} Baby Love is a bushy, upright rose with cupped, single, bright yellow flowers.       
                   {C } 1Corinthians, Chapter 13 Verse 8: Love never comes to an end.       
 
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A. Jeanne d'Arc Althea "Hibiscus syriacus 'Jeanne dArc'"
B. Prolific bloomer of large, double, bright white flowers. One of the few shrubs to bloom mid summer until hard frost. Green folliage becomes yellow-green in fall.
C. St. Joan of Arc, the fair maid whom God made use of to show His intervention to the world to end the Hundred Years' War.

'In God's Name! The soldiers will fight, and God will give the victory.'

St. Joan of Arc

'I had a banner of which the field was sprinkled with lilies; the world was painted there, with an angel at each side; it was white, of the white cloth called 'boccassin'; there was written above, I believe, 'Jhesus Maria'; it was fringed with silk.'

St. Joan of Arc

                    {A} Ficus benjamina Israel     
                    {B} Ficus benjamina is commonly known as the weeping fig, Benjamin's fig, or ficus tree.   
                    {C} Benjamin was the youngest son of Jacob (Israel) in the Old Testament. Rachel was the mother of Benjamin.     
 
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               {A} Tillandsia Creation     
               {B} Tillandsia Creation is a fantastic hybrid. It has a brilliant pink paddle-like bloom spike.     
               {C} The Canticle of Creation by Saint Francis of Assisi begins:   
                            O Most High, all-powerful, good Lord God,       
                            to you belong praise, glory, honour and all blessing.   
                            Be praised, my Lord, for all your creation     
 
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I planted some lily of the valley in the garden today. Here are some passages. . .

1 I AM the flower of the field, and the lily of the valley.
(a) Christ professeth himself the flower of mankind: yea Lord of all creatures.
2 (b) As the lily among the Thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
(b) The Church excelleth all other societies: In the Church the godly excel sinners, Among the innocent and holy, the virgin Mary surpasseth all.
3 (c) As the apple tree among trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons. Under his shadow, whom I desired, I sat: and his fruit was sweet unto my throat.
(c) The Church praising Christ resteth secure under his protection.
4 He brought me into the wineceller, he hath ordered in me charity.
5 Stay me up with flowers, compass me about with apples: because I languish with love.
6 His left hand under my head, and his righthand shall embrace me.
7 I adjure you o daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and the hearts of the fields, (d) that you raise not, nor make the beloved to awake, until herself will.
(d) He for the weaks sake permitteth her not to be molested, till she be prepared to suffer with patience.
8 (e) The voice of my beloved, behold he cometh leaping in the mountains, leaping over the little hills:
(e) She feeling Christs assistance, confesseth, & preacheth boldly his Gospel, & truth against all Pagans, and Heretics.
9 my beloved is like unto a roe, and to a fawn of hearts. Behold he standeth behind our wall, (f) looking through the windows, looking forth by the grates.
(f) Who though he show not himself visibly:
10 Behold my beloved speaketh to me: (g) Arise, make hast my love, my dove, beautiful one, and come.
(g) yet encourageth her to approach unto him:
11 For winter is now past, the rain is gone, and departed.
12 The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land:

Canticle of Canticles 2:1-12, Original Douai Rheims

               {A} Rhododendron Piety   
               {B} A rhododendron that blooms in late midseason.   
               {C} St. Anastasia was a Roman lady of noble descent.     
                     Her father was an opulent an d noble pagan.       
                     Her mother, who was a Christian, reared Anastasia in sentiments of Christian piety.   
   
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             {A} Amaranthus cruentus Red Cathedral Superior   
             {B} A tall variety of Amaranthus with upright branching habit and bright blood red flowers.   
             {C} In Italy the cathedral is called il duomo.     
 
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               {A} Iris Earliest of Light   
               {B} A creamy lemon-yellow iris with a yellow beard.   
               {C} The Gospel of John, Chapter 8 Verse 12       
                      When Jesus spoke to the people again,  he said: I am the light of the world,     
 
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There's a popular variety of corn called peaches and cream.

              {A} Rosa Queen Mother   
              {B} Queen Mother is a dwarf shrub with copious, dark green foliage and   
                    sprays of light pink flowers in summer and autumn.   
              {C} One title of the Virgin Mary is Queen of Heaven.   
 
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           {A} Rhododendron Piety   
           {B} A rhododendron that blooms in late midseason. It has openly funnel-shaped leaves.   
           {C} The word monstrance is derived from a Latin word which means to show forth or display clearly.       
                  This service is a profoundly beautiful part of Catholic piety.
       

              {A} Delphinium Margaret       
              {B} Margaret is an erect, gorgeous perennial, branching and floriferous. Flowers are bright mid blue.     
              {C} St. Margaret of Antioch's feast day is July 20.

Delphinium Margaret certainly is a fine and unusual looking flower!

            {A} Sunday Gloves Daylily     
            {B} A reblooming daylily which has pristine white flowers.     
            {C} Ladies have sometimes worn white Sunday gloves when they went to church on Sunday.     
     
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                      {A} White Heaven Lily         
                      {B} This hybrid is the only lily in the Easter Lily family bred specifically for enjoyment as a cut flower.       
                      {C} Matthew 5: 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven     
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Those are two classic looking lilies.

Lilies of course, symbolize purity and virginity.

                 {A} Early Snow Glories     
                 {B} Sky blue flowers that emerge in early Spring.     
                 {C } Psalm 115 Verse 1 Not to us, Lord, not to us,     
                                                   but to your name give glory   
                                                   because of your faithfulness and love.

              {A} Medeola virginiana   
              {B} A North American plant species occurs with either a single tier or two tiers of leaves.   
                    Only the two-tiered plants produce flowers which are green-to-yellow and appear in May to June.     
              {C} The pilgrimage of Lourdes is founded on the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin to Bernadette Soubiroux.

Early snow, what a name! The first frost is here tonight. . .

Our Lady of Snows, pray for us!

I read this is the only plant of the genus 'medeola' a truly unique plant! It is a kind of unusual lily!

                    {A} Iris ensata Southern Son   
                    {B} Japanese water iris with violet-blue flowers.     
                    {C} Christ Jesus is the Son of God.   
     
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         {A} Columbine   
         {B} A plant that has flowers with five petals that are thin and pointed.     
         {C} The name comes from the Latin Columba, which means "dove".     
                The columbine is a symbol of the Holy Spirit.       
 
             

                  {A} Paphiopedilum Saint Saviour       
                  {B} The lady's slipper orchid   
                  {C} Saint Joseph is the patron of the universal Church.     
   
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                    {A} Dianthus Dunkirk Spirit   
                    {B} Dunkirk Spirit is a carnation with apricot-orange flowers, slightly flecked with red.       
                    {C} The Holy Spirit is referred to as the Holy Ghost. 
   

Reading about flowers in fall now, it makes a person appreciate them all the more. Even the mums now are fading at last.

Columba, Columbine, five petals -- it makes me think of five-leaf vine, which I have in my yard, also known as 'Virginia Creeper'. It turns red through the winter, and looks quite fine. Red also makes a person think of the Holy Ghost.

                  {A} Kniphofia Timothy     
                  {B} Also known as red-hot poker Timothy.   
                         It is a clump-forming perennial with spikes of salmon-orange flowers.     
                  {C} The First Epistle of Paul to Timothy is a book of the New Testament.     
 
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That reminds me of the saint who was fried on the gridiron!

                    {A} Clematis Advent Bells   
                    {B} A clematis with cream colored flowers with red speckles.   
                    {C} The Advent wreath prayers are prayed at the lighting of each candle every day during Advent.     
                         
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                {A} Muscari armeniacum Christmas Pear     
                {B} A bulbous perennial producing tightly packed spikes of bright blue, fragrant flowers in Winter.   
                {C} The Feast of the Holy Innocents is kept within the octave of Christmas.     
 
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               {A} Hosta Christmas Tree   
               {B} A clump-forming perennial with very pale lavender flowers.   
               {C} Our gift giving at Christmas should serve to remind us that as we give   
                           to others in need, we are giving to Jesus.     
 
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                {A} Kniphofia Candle Light   
                {B} Torch Lily with creamy yellow blooms.     
                {C} Many churches light Advent wreaths with candles in Advent.

So many flowers even in winter!

             {A} Nerine Christmas   
             {B} Guernsey Lily with white blooms   
             {C} The word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristes Maesse first found in 1038.

               {A} Kniphofia Jess's Delight     
               {B} A perennial with tall full heads of cream flowers from slightly deeper cream buds.   
               {C} The symbol of the Jesse Tree sprouts from the prophesies of Isaiah.     
   
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One of the most unusual looking flowers I have ever seen!  ;D  :farmer:

           {A} Dahlia Noel     
           {B} A dahlia flower which is red and white.   
           {C} Verses 3, 4, and 5 of The First Noel narrate about the Three Wise Men.     
 
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          {A} Christmas Star Tulip     
          {B} A Triumph Tulip which is pale pink.     
          {C} Christmas Prayer: Lord, in this holy season of prayer and song and laughter, we praise you for the great wonders you     
                  have sent us: for shining star and angel's song, for infant's cry in lowly manger.       
 
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                  {A} Pelargonium Wayward Angel     
                  {B} Compact, bushy perennials with small, rounded leaves and clusters of     
                         small flowers in shades of pink, red, purple, or white.     
                  {C} Angels We Have Heard on High is a Christmas carol of French origin.                 
   
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              {A} Rosa Many Happy Returns       
              {B} A compact, spreading small shrub with fragrant, pale bluish-pink semi-double flowers.   
              {C} Mary and Joseph were happy that the Christ Child was born to them.     
   
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                   {A} Galanthus Epiphany         
                   {B} A white snowdrop flower of the Spring.     
                   {C} The word Epiphany means manifestation.     
     
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Galanthus Epiphany is a very fine looking white flower!

               {A} Baptisia tinctoria   
               {B} Baptisia tinctoria is a herbaceous perennial that has yellow to cream colored blooms.   
               {C} In the River Jordan John baptized his cousin Jesus.       
         
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It's a pretty flower -- The yellow reminds a person of a buttercup, just a little lighter and less orange!

It grows rather roundedly and can become uprooted by the wind and blow about like a tumbleweed!

It makes a person think of St. John the Baptist roaming through the desert.

In herbal medical references are described its medicinal values, it has antiseptic and antibacterial properties, among many other benefits. The herb is described as quite powerful so not much is used at once.

              {A} Geranium Philippe Vapelle   
              {B} Philippe Vapelle is a clump-forming perennial.   
                     Plants have attractive blue-grey flowers and bluish-violet flowers.   
              {C} In 1548, St. Philippe Romolo Neri founded the Confraternity of the Most Holy Trinity for looking after convalescents and pilgrims. 

Yes I think folks who like violets will like these humble flowers too. :D

A. Scotch crocus
B. Purple flowers, in pairs, and the first to appear in spring.
C. The flower blooms on the feast of St. Flavian, Archbishop of Constanople, martyr.

St. Flavian succeeded St. Proclus as bishop. When an archimandrite was accused of heresy, and refused to make an orthodox declaration on the two natures of Christ, St. Flavian excommunicated him. However, he suffered for condemning the heresy and the heresiarch, as the heresiarch connived to be convoked a false council in his own support, 'The Robber Council of Ephesus', where St. Flavian was beaten, put in chains, and sent into exile. He was beaten so badly he died a few days later, his exile having only just begun.

He died a martyr against the heretics, for the sake of the dogma of the two natures of Christ.

The Feast of St. Flavian, Archbishop and Martyr, is 2-17, today.

A. White Crocus
B. White flowers, in pairs, appearing early in spring.
C. This flower blooms on the feast of St. Servianus. Bishop of Scythopolis, Martyr.

St. Servianus was another martyr, killed by the Monophysites. His feast is today, 2-21.

St. Servianus, pray for us!

A tree of sorrow.. what could be more striking to think of.. !

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                  {A} Agapetes Ludgvan Cross     :crucifix:
                  {B} Ludgvan Cross is an evergreen shrub with hanging clusters of urn-shaped pink flowers.   
                  {C} The Feast of the Cross had its origin at Jerusalem, and is connected with the commemoration of   
                        the Finding of the Cross and the building, by Constantine, of churches upon the sites of the Holy Sepulchre   
                        and Calvary.     
     
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It makes me think of Simon of Cyrene carrying a beautiful white orchid.

                         {A} Lady's Mantle   
                         {B} A summer perennial with masses of tiny, yellow star-shaped blooms.   
                         {C} The first of the eighteen apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes to Bernadette took place at Lourdes on February 11, 1858.   
                   
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                  {A} Chamaerops humilis palm   
                  {B} A bushy evergreen palm with a rounded mass of fan-shaped leaves.   
                  {C} One of the medieval English names for Palm Sunday was Branch Sunday.

                    {A} Sweet Lord Border Lily   
                    {B} A red Asiatic Lily   
                    {C} The hymn Pange Lingue, in honor of the Sweet Lord, expresses:   
                           Hail the Blood which,   
                           shed for sinners,   
                           Did a broken word restore.     
                   
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                         {A} Oleara Fish Supper   
                         {B} a new hybrid with white daisy flowers in late Summer.   
                         {C} The central observance of Holy Thursday is the ritual reenactment of the Last Supper at Mass.     
   
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                               {A} Tulipa Easter Moon   
                               {B} A Fosteriana tulip with golden yellow petals.   
                               {C} Pope Leo I called Easter the greatest feast (festum festorum).           
   
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                           {A} Nepeta racemosa Walker's Low 
                          {B} An early Summer perennial that has silvery leaves and deep blue-mauve flowers.   
                          {C} One of the hymns used for Low Sunday might be O Sons and Daughters.   
       
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                               {A} Iris Easter Holiday   
                               {B} Dwarf bearded Iris with chartreuse flowers 
                               {C} The first Sunday after Easter is referred to as Low Sunday.         
   
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It is a fine looking Iris!

{A} Jacob's Ladder
{B} A purple or white flower that toweringly grows around 2 feet tall. It has ladder-like leaflets on the branches off its main stem.
{C} After Jacob, the Old Testament Patriarch, from his vision.

Jacob's Ladder... This plant towers at over two feet tall.. it is often found with lavender blossoms, but I have a white variety. This recalls Jacob, who lying down took a stone for a pillow, and then saw this vision in his sleep, of a ladder standing upon the earth, with the top touching heaven, and angels ascending and descending upon it, and the Lord leaning upon it, who spoke to him. [c.f. Genesis 28:10]

I shall have to investigate this plant's possible medicinal uses. I am not at all experienced in using herbs for medicine so the planting of this garden and reading old and new references on herbal uses is interestingly new light for me. Fresh herbs are normally the best so I will no doubt find some helpful ones.

When I think of this ladder of Jacob I also think of St. John Climacus who wrote the Scala Paradisi, 'Ladder of Paradise' or Ladder of Divine Ascent.

'The holy virtues are like Jacob’s ladder, and the unholy vices are like the chains that fell from the chief Apostle Peter. For the virtues, leading from one to another, bear him who chooses them up to Heaven; but the vices by their nature beget and stifle one another.'

St. John Climacus

I have the seeds for this flower and planted a few from the packet today in a tray. :D

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                         {A} Iris Easter Dream   
                         {B} Dwarf bearded iris which has white pink blooms.   
                         {C} Pope Symmachus celebrated Easter on March 25, following the old Roman cycle.   
         
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                 {A} Eryngium giganteum Silver Ghost   
                 {B} An erect, branching biennial with cone-like heads of blue flowers.   
                 {C} The Holy Ghost is referred to as the Comforter.   
   
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                         {A} Iris Ascension Crown     
                         {B} A tall Bearded Iris that blooms in midseason.   
                         {C} After Christ's Ascension into Heaven, the Apostles and disciples returned to Jerusalem   
                               to await the fulfilment of Christ's promise to send the Holy Ghost.

{A} Lily of the Valley, Our Lady's Tears
{B} A low growing plant with little white bell-like flowers, it spreads underground through rizomes.
{C} St. Selina's Feast day's flower is Lily of the Valley, a flower that represents Our Lord and Our Lady.

'I AM the flower of the field, and the lily of the valley. As the lily among the Thorns, so is my love among the daughters. As the apple tree among trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons. Under his shadow, whom I desired, I sat: and his fruit was sweet unto my throat. He brought me into the wineceller, he hath ordered in me charity. Stay me up with flowers, compass me about with apples: because I languish with love.'

Canticles 2:1-5

Today the lily of the valley I planted before winter in the garden is blooming with little white bells for this holy day.

                      {A} Paradise Rose   
                      {B} An everblooming Hybrid Tea Rose which is pink.   
                      {C} Act of Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary:   
                                 Mary O Virgin most holy, Above all Angels and Saints in paradise

Angel Face is an interesting rose.. I particularly like the parent 'Sterling Silver'' silvery glow that sometimes shows in it. A lavender coloured rose makes a person think of the humble violet, which represents widows.. but it's a rose..

It makes me want to take the roses in my yard and start seeing what the result is when they are crossed.

                         {A} Everlasting pea White Pearl   
                         {B} White Pearl is a herbaceous perennial with pure white flowers.     
                         {C } God's love is everlasting.         
 
                             :harp: :happywave: :harp: :happywave: :harp: :happywave: :harp: :happywave: :harp: :happywave: :harp:
   
                           

 :irishwisdom:                            {A} Babylon Red Dahlia   
                            {B} A dahlia with dinner-plate blossoms of brilliant scarlet red.   
                            {C} Under Alexander the Great, Babylon flourished as a center of learning and commerce.   
     
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                   {A} Rhododendron Blue Peter   
                    {B} Blue Peter has funnel-shaped violet flowers in early Summer.   
                      {C} Jesus gave Simon the name of Peter.

'And one strong Angel took up as it were a great millstone, and threw it into the sea, saying: With this violence shall Babylon that great city be thrown, and shall now be found no more at all.'

Apocalypse 18:21

                              {A} Bishop of Leicester Dahlia   
                              {B} A dahlia with soft lavender blooms   
                              {C} St. Cyprian was Bishop of Leicester.

{A} Common Mallow
{B} Five petals of purple to pink over white, low growing, 4-24 inches tall, 1/2-1 1/2 inch leaves, slightly hairy stems. Fully grown leaves are circular with wavy margins and five to seven shallow lobes and have a crinkled appearance. Round flattened fruits appear after flowing. Leaves, stems, and immature seeds are nutritious and can be eaten. Has astringent, anti-inflammatory, and other medicinal qualities.
{C} St. Phocas the Gardener, the flower for his feast day.

              {A} Leptosperum scoparium (Martin's Tea Tree)        
              {B} double pink flowers on rounded evergreen shrub with needlelike foliage
              {C} Martin IV was Pope from 1281 to 1285.    
    
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{A} Great Indian Cress, or Nasturtium
{B} Flowers from yellow to orange and red, large nearly circular leaves. Edible plant, often in salads.
{C} St. Felix, Bishop of Nantes, Confessor

Nasturtiums can bloom on the feast of St. Felix, who, during his reign as bishop, was famous for his zeal, his love of discipline and good order, his charity towards the poor, and his finishing the building of a magnificent cathedral. The lowly nasturtium blooms with rich hues, and feeds even the poorest with all its parts, and so is a very fitting flower for his feast day.

Felix in Latin means 'Happy' and happy indeed is St. Felix, and happy are those who follow in his footsteps and learn from him to blossom with virtue, like the lowly nasturtium.

The name nasturtium is said to come from the Latin for nasus and tortus, nasus meaning nose, and tortus meaning twist. 

                     {A} Nasrcissus Sacramento   
                     {B} A daffodil flowering in the Spring   
                     {C} There are seven sacraments of the Catholic Church.

                 {A} Verbascum Charles Harper   
                {B} Charles Harper is a perennial with large basal leaves and mauve-pink flowers.   
                {C} The feast of St. Charles Borromeo is kept on November 4.         
   
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                     {A} Holy Toledo Rose   
                     {B} An apricot or apricot blend miniature rose   
                     {C} The Holy Name of Jesus represents the incarnation of God among men on earth.

                        {A} Clematis Jolly Good   
                        {B} A clematis with purple to lilac-pink flowers.   
                        {C} God is unchangeable good, hence truly eternal.

That is one fine jolly good looking flower!

       
                 
Wonderful that you liked Jolly Good Clematis!

                       {A} Diascia Elizabeth     
                       {B} A spreading perennial with rosy-pink flowers.   
                       {C} St. Elizabeth of Portugal was named after her grandaunt, Elizabeth of Hungary.

                            {A} Helianthus Lemon Queen     
                            {B} Lemon Queen is a perennial with coarse, dark green foliage and light yellow flowers.   
                            {C} Pope Pius XII established the feast of the Queenship of Mary in 1954.

{A} Herbs Timothy
{B} A grass, the stems can be used to make brushes, grows 3 1/4 feet tall or even taller in great soil, has cylindrical flowering heads.
{C} St. Timothy, martyr

The saint whose feast is today! That is the herb or flower for his day, herbs timothy, which I will guess unless otherwise informed, hopefully is the timothy grass or hay popular with rabbits and horses.

 :lilo: Lilo the rabbit approves of timothy hay. :D

St. Timothy of Rome, martyr, was beheaded by the order of the tyrant Maxentius, son of Maximian Herculeus, he was originally a priest in Antioch, and having traveled to Rome and preached there about a year was then martyred. His relics are enshrined in a chapel near the church of St. Paul-outside-the-Walls in Rome.

                           {A} Narcissus Apostle   
                           {B} A Spring flower   
                           {C} The feastday of St. Narcissus the Apostle is October 31st.       
 
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                         {A} Sorbus Joseph Rock   
                         {B} A tree with light, yellow-green foliage and amazing red, orange, copper and purple autumn colors   
                         {C} In St. Luke's genealogy of Christ, Mathathias is the father of Joseph, who is the father of Janne.

                       {A} Gladiolius Peace   
                       {B} This gladiolus has spikes of yellowish cream flowers and mid green leaves.   
                       {C} The Prayer to the Immaculate Queen of Peace begins: Most holy and immaculate Virgin,   
       
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Our Lady of Peace, pray for us! A soothing title of hers! 

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                  {A} Cymbidium Alleluia   
                  {B} A pink orchid   
                  {C} Sometimes the word Lauds signifies the alleluia of the Mass.

                  {A} Penstemon Mother of Pearl   
                  {B} Mother of Pearl is an upright perennial with narrow leaves and narrowly bell-shaped, pale pink flowers. 
                  {C} After the Battle of Lepanto in 1521, Pope Pius V instituted the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mother of Victory.

                  {A} Stanwell Perpetual Rose     
                  {B} A spreading, twiggy rose with scented, fully double rosette-shaped blooms which open pale pink.   
                  {C} Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a title of the Blessed Mother.         
     
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Prayer to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

O Mother of Perpetual Help
Imploring aid we come to Thee
Look down on us from far and near
Thy Mother's care will calm all fear
Perpetual Help, we beg of thee
Our souls from sin and sorrow free
Thou fairest flower of heavenly grace
O turn to earth Thy sinless face.

Amen.

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                  {A} Rhododendron Blue Peter       
                  {B} A rhododendron with funnel-shaped violet-blue flowers.   
                  {C} The original name of Peter the Apostle was Simon.   
 
                     :bigbluegrin: :thumbsup: :bigbluegrin: :thumbsup: :bigbluegrin: :thumbsup: :bigbluegrin: :thumbsup: :bigbluegrin: :thumbsup: :bigbluegrin: :thumbsup: :bigbluegrin:

                 {A} Dahlia Brookfield Delight   
                 {B} A Liliput dahlia which has single flowers having orange rays and a yellow disk   
                 {C} Prayer of Pope Pius XII Mary Our Strength   
                         O Virgin, fair as the moon, delight of the angels and saints in heaven   
     
               :littlewings: :thrones: :angelblue: :angelyellow: :cherubim: :seraphim: :seraphim: :cherubim: :angelyellow: :angelblue: :thrones: :littlewings:

{A} Bushy starwort
{B} Family: Asteraceae. "Aster means star and refers to the spreading 'petals' of the flowers of ornamental varieties. Bushy refers to the much branched form of the upper stem. Starwort is a combination of star referring to the flower and wort which means weed or medicinal herb." "Other names: Aster Weed, Marsh Aster, Shrub Aster, Wild Aster. Erect, many branched, dark green, flowers are small and produce wind blown seeds with fluffy parachutes."
{C} Flower for the feast of St. Proclus, Bishop and Confessor. St. Proclus was a secretary and spiritual student of St. John Chrysostom, and friend of St. Cyril of Alexandria, a star among the stars. When Nestorius was named Patriarch of Constantinople, he breached his heresy covertly first then later openly. St. Proclus continued to preach true Christianity against him, and in the year of Our Lord 429 preached a sermon to show the Blessed Virgin ought to be spoken of as the Mother of God. Many of his sermons and letters remain with us today.

'A man full of piety, perfectly skilled in ecclesiastical discipline, and a strict observer of the canons.'

St. Cyril of Alexandria, of St. Proclus

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                    {A} Phragmipedium Saint Ouen     
                    {B} An orchid   
                    {C} All Saints Day is November 1st.

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{A} Dark Red Sunflower
{B} The sunflower is known for its height and large flowers and many seeds, and because of how clearly its large flower follows the sun.
{C} A flower from the Flores Ecclessia calendar for the feast of All Saints is the dark red sunflower, which like the saints always following the Son of God, follows the source of light above and bears many-fold.

 :D :flower: :tinyangel:

                {A} Erigeron Felicity   
                {B} A perennial that has the common name of Fleabane.   
                {C} The feast day of Saint Felicitas (Felicity) is November 23.

                   {A} Narcissus Sint Victor   
                   {B} Sint Victor is a trumpet daffodil that flowers in mid-Spring.         
                   {C} Saint Victor is the patron saint of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.         
 
                      ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

              {A} Dianthus Scarlet King   
              {B} A carnation like flower that is scarlet red.   
              {C} Christ the King Cathedral was the first cathedral to be dedicated under that title.   
   
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                  {A} Hermocallis Christmas Is   
                  {B} A daylily with crimson-red flowers with a broad golden-yellow throat       
                  {C} The word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristres Maesse was first found in 1038.   
               
                     

                   {A} Rhododendron Christmas Cheer   
                   {B} An evergreen shrub flowering in late winter and early spring. It has very pale pink flowers.   
                   {C} Preparation for Christmas is an important theme for Advent.     
   
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There sure are some fine flowers out for Christmas for sale.

I hope I can find myself a little rosemary tree. They don't seem to be as popular as they were a few years back, it's harder to find them.

                   {A} Clematis Advent Bells   
                   {B} Small, bell-shaped, nodding flowers; inside cream with red markings, outside pinkish cream   
                   {C} In this Advent of expectation   
                         draw us together in expectation,   
                         that the path we follow   
                         might lead us from a stable   
                         to a glimpse of eternity.   
 
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{A} Arbor Vitae
{B} An evergreen tree that grows rapidly. In Latin 'arbor' means tree and 'vitae' means life.
{C} The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our Lady's pure conception and pure life demonstrate how mankind is truly meant to be.

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{A} Common whitelarch-tree
{B}  Larches can grow to massive heights. "Larch leaves take the shape of soft, flat needles which sprout out in tufts. Each cluster features roughly 30 to 40 green needles, which turn golden-yellow in autumn and fall to the ground during winter." "Among the Larch's green needles, you will also see pinkish red female flowers, which eventually turn into cones." "The tree is grown mainly for its timber, but the inner bark and resin are also used." "Larchwood possesses astringent, antiseptic and diuretic actions. The balsam of larch is used at a concentration of 10% to 20% in gels and ointments for colds and fevers." "The Larch tree is especially valued for its extremely hard wood. The tree's timber is tough, waterproof and knot-free. It is a top pick to construct: boats, panelling, fences, buildings, roof shingles, and coffins."
{C} St. Leocadia, Virgin and Martyr. She was apprehended by an order of Dacian, the cruel governor under Dioclesian, in the year of Our Lord 304. Her constancy was tried by torments, and she died in prison. For, hearing of the martyrdom of St. Eulalia, she prayed that God would not prolong her exile, but unite her speedily with her holy friend in his glory; in which prayer she happily expired in prison.

"St. Leocadia, being called to the trial, exerted all heroic Christian virtues, because she had made her whole life an apprenticeship of them, and their practice had been familiar to her. Some people say it was easy for Christians to be totally disengaged from the world, and to give themselves up to prayer and penance when they daily and hourly expected to be called upon to lay down their lives for Christ. But were we not blinded by the world, and if the enchantment of its follies, the near prospect of eternity, the uncertainty of the hour of our death, and the repeated precepts of Christ were equally the subjects of our meditation, these motives would produce in us the same fervent dispositions which they did in the primitive Christians. How much soever men now-a-days are strangers to these gospel truths, for want of giving themselves leisure to consider them, Christians are bound to be totally disentangled from worldly affections in order to unite their hearts closely to God, that they may receive the abundant graces and favours which He communicates to souls which open themselves to him. They are bound to renounce sensuality, and the disorders and vanities of the world, and to be animated with a spirit of meekness, peace, patience, charity, and affectionate good-will towards all men, zeal, piety, and devotion. They are bound to be prepared in the disposition of their hearts to leave all things, and to suffer all things for his love." - Lives of the Saints

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                {A} Iris unguicularis Mary Barnard   
                {B} Algerian iris with soft blue flowers   
                {C} Mary wrapped her Son in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger.     
 
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                 {A} Geranium sanguineum Shepherd's Warning   
                 {B} A spreading herbaceous perennial with purplish-rose flowers   
                 {C} An angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds.   
   
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                        {A} Argyranthemum Cornish Gold 
                        {B} Daisies with single, golden-yellow flowers.   
                        {C} Gold was one of the gifts a Wise Man brought to the Christ Child.     
   
       

                       {A} Anemone Honorine Jobert   
                       {B} Honorine Jobert is a perennial with dark, divided leaves and pure white flowers.   
                       {C} Hail, Holy Queen is a hymn in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy!  :principalities: :principalities: :principalities:  :D

                   {A} Little Quick Fire Hydrangea   
                   {B} A hydrangea with white flowers that take on pink-red tones as the Summer progresses.   
                   {C} St. Catherine of Siena is the patroness of fire.

Ho ho, you forgot the (R) on it!

I have two hydrangea, of another variety, I do not know if they have survived the winter yet, and so far they have not grown high enough to blossom. Perhaps they will tell me a bit about the soil I have if they are the kind that change color depending on it.

St. Catherine of Siena, pray for us!

                 {A} Yellow Trumpet Vine   
                 {B} A vine that bears clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers at the tips of their branches.   
                       Flowers are bright yellow.       
                 {C} Leviticus 23: 24 states: The seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall keep a Sabbath,           
                        a memorial, with the sound of trumpets.     
 
       :harp: :harp: :harp: O:) O:) O:) :harp: :harp: :harp:

                   {A} Cardinal Wyszynski Clematis   
                   {B} A clematis with bright crimson flowers.     
                   {C} Reginald Cardinal Pole was the son of Margaret, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence,   
                          brother of King Edward IV of England.

          {A} Hope for Humanity Roses   
          {B} A shrub rose with red blooms.   
          {C} A Prayer for Hope   
                  Heavenly Father, I am your humble servant, I come before you today in need of hope.   
         
             :ActofGod: :ActofGod: :ActofGod: :ActofGod: :ActofGod: :ActofGod: :ActofGod: :ActofGod: :ActofGod: :ActofGod:

              {A} Golden Beauty Daffodil   
              {B} A golden-yellow daffodil   
              {C} Levites of the family of Caath cared for the golden lampstand on the march.   
 
                 ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

 :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower:

 :D

           {A} Rose of May Daffodil   
           {B} A daffodil with pure white double flowers   
           {C} The feast day of St. Ronan Fionn is celebrated on May 22.   
 
              :littlewings: :+: :+: :littlewings: :littlewings: :+: :littlewings: :littleprayer:

               {A} Silver Cloud Tulip   
               {B} A tulip with a soft silvery lilac hue.   
               {C} In disappearing from their view Jesus was raised up and a cloud received him out of their sight.   
                     Acts 1:9     
   
                     :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :angelyellow:

Since Lent is here, we know spring is coming, and then the Feast of the Resurrection and Ascension. :D

But first the three Ember days are from the 8th to the 10th.  :D

                   {A} Passionale Tulip     
                   {B} A deep purple tulip   
                   {C} A Lenten Prayer called the Passion:   
                          Dear Lord Jesus, by your Passion and Resurrection You brought life to the world.   
                            But the glory of the Resurrection came only after the sufferings of the Passion.           
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                {A} Love Song Roses     
                {B} A floribunda rose with lavender flowers.   
                 {C} Is to love considered an act of charity the same as goodwill?     
   
                   :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :sweatdrop: :sweatdrop: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead:

                   {A} Iris Suffering Became Beauty   
                   {B} A Tall Bearded Iris that is fuchsia.   
                   {C} Jesus and his disciples suffered not for the sake of suffering but they had a reason.

               {A} Capree Elizabeth Daffodil   
               {B} A daffodil with buttercup yellow petals and a coral pink cup.   
               {C} While St. Elizabeth of Portugal fulfilled her duties as wife and mother and Queen Consort,   
                     she also devoted herself with holy zeal to practices of piety and charity.       
   
                 :tea: :tea: :tea: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby:

{A} Starch Hyacinth
{B} A plant with a long stalk at the end of which are many tiny blue flowers. The flowers have the scent of boiled starch.
{C} The different habits of nuns can require regular starching. Starch is made from various plants. The word 'starch' is from a Germanic root with the meanings 'strong, stiff, strengthen, stiffen'.

Today's saints whose flower this is are St. William, Abbot of Eskille, and Pope St. Sixtus I.

St. Sixtus I, born A.D. 42, died c. A.D. 124 was the sixth pope after St. Peter.  According to the Liber Pontificalis he passed the following three ordinances: That none but sacred ministers may touch the sacred vessels. That after the Preface the priest shall recite the Sanctus with the people. That bishops who have been summoned to the Holy See, shall upon their return not be received by their dioceses except on presenting Apostolic letters.

             {A} Blue Cross Gentian   
             {B} A plant that has flowers of rich blue hues.   
             {C} Simon of Cyrene took up the cross of Jesus.   
     
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              {A} Iris Easter Vigil   
              {B} A Tall Bearded Iris that is violet/lavender   
              {C} The Alleluia is sung in the vigil of Easter.
   
                  :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp:

                    {A} Narcissus Easter Born   
                    {B} A very nice almost white narcissus which has double flowers.   
                    {C} Pope Symmachus celebrated Easter on March 25, following the old Roman style.

                   {A} Iris Easter Song   
                   {B} A Tall Bearded Iris that is p;ink.   
                   {C} Day of God, Thou Blessed Day Hymn is an Easter song.   
   
                       :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :violin: :violin: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp:

          {A} Fuchsia Easter Belle   
          {B} A fuchsia plant with pink and purple flowers.   
          {C} Church bells are silent as a sign of mourning for one or more days before   
                  Easter in The Netherlands, Belgium, and France.     
 
            :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell:

Nothing like the Feast of Our Lord's Resurrection for flowers! :D

 :flower: :flower: :flower:

                   {A} Rhododendron Fatima   
                   {B} A rhododendron that flowers in Spring.   
                   {C} Our Lady of Fatima first appeared to Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco on May 13, 1917.   
 
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                 {A} Delphinium Cecilia   
                 {B} A perennial that is topped with a raceme of many flowers.   
                 {C} Saint Cecilia is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin. commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass.   
   
                   :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp:

                   {A} Florida Sun Rose Coleus   
                   {B} A coleus with rose-pink leaves highlighted with burgundy and green speckles.   
                   {C} God made the sun to govern the day.

           {A} Hosta Ghost Spirit   
           {B} A hosta with blue-green leaves and pale lavender flowers.   
           {C} Rhabunus Maurus is the author of Come, Holy Ghost.     
   
            :planter: :planter: :planter: :planter: :planter: :planter: :planter: :planter:

A good flower for today!  :littlewings:

              {A} Couleur Cardinal Tulip     
              {B} A rich scarlet tulip flamed with rich plum. 
              {C} Pope Celestine III had been Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin from 1144 to 1191.

'Now you are made Bishop of Bologna. I congratulate you. But you will go farther; you will be a Cardinal, and afterwards, Pope. . . You are Thomas, indeed, for Thomas was incredulous.'

St. John of Capistrano, (to Thomas Parentucelli, later Pope Nicholas V)

:D

                    {A} Delphinium Father Thames   
                    {B} A delphinium with genitian blue flower spikes flushed with violet rose.   
                    {C} Joseph is the foster father of the Child Jesus.

Those Delphiniums are very impressive flowers. I shall read more about them.

They remind me of Aaron's Rod, which I have growing in my yard again this year, it was here before me. Another very tall plant covered in flowers.

                    {A} Narcissus Arkle   
                    {B} Arkle is a very vigorous trumpet daffodil with large, deep golden-yellow flowers. 
                    {C} The Virgin Mary is referred to as the Ark of the New Covenant.

            {A} Tulipa Happy Generation 
            {B} Happy Generation is a tulip. The flowers are white flushed with gold at the base with narrow, pinkish-red flames. 
            {C} God is happiness by His Essence. 
               
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 :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

                      {A} Sanbucus nigra Urban Lace   
                      {B} Common name is Black elder. A deciduous shrub.   
                      {C} Pope Urban I was Pope from 222 to May 23, 230.
         

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{A} Yarrow, or milfoil
{B} "A herbaceous, perennial plant that produces one to several stems that can grow up to 3 1/4 ft in height, and has a spreading rhizomatous growth. The leaves are two to eight inches long, almost feathery, and arranged spirally on the stems." It has clusters of miniature flowers. Of ancient use in herbal medicine due to its great efficacy in many areas. Useful for "wounds, fevers, circulation, digestion" and further. Like many herbs not for pregnant women.
{C} St. Gall, Abbot's feast (http://saintscalendar.net/Yearly%20Calendar.htm) will often have these flowers blooming upon it. The many tiny flowers of yarrow speak of its many good uses, and make one think of the many virtues God gave St. Gall.

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Of St. Gall it is said, "He only left his cell to preach, and instruct chiefly the wildest and most abandoned among the inhabitants in the mountainous parts of the country: and returning continually to his hermitage, he there often spent whole nights and days in holy prayer and contemplation, in which he usually poured forth his soul before God with floods of tears."

Black elder's flowers resemble yarrow!  :D

            {A} Star of Nature   
            {B} These star shaped flowers make excellent additions to rock gardens.   
            {C} Hail thou star of ocean Portal of the sky 
                  Ever virgin Mother Of the Lord Most High.

           {A} Baby Love Rose 
           {B} Baby Love is a bushy, upright rose with cupped, single, bright yellow flowers.   
           {C} Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.   
   
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                   {A} Blessings Rose   
                   {B} Blessings has salmon-pink roses.   
                   {C} The custom of giving blessings goes back to the very earliest times.   
       
                      :thumbsup: :tiphat: :thumbsup: :tiphat: :thumbsup: :tiphat: :thumbsup: :tiphat: :thumbsup: :tiphat: :thumbsup: :tiphat:

              {A} Echinacea purpurea Virgin   
              {B} Virgin is a white coneflower.   
              {C} The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin.

{A} Virgin's Bower
{B} A woody vine, producing a variety of fragrant and unusual looking white flowers.
{C} The flowers often bloom around this time of year, on the Feast of the Assumption

A quote for today's feast:

'We read in the holy Canticles, that at the Assumption of the Virgin, the angels three times asked her name: "Who is she that goeth up by the desert as a pillar of smoke?" "Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising?" And in another: "Who is this that cometh up from the desert, flowing with delights?" Richard of St. Laurence inquires why the angels so often asked the name of this queen, and answers: The sound of the name of Mary was so sweet to the angels, and they repeated the question that they might hear it repeated also.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

                      {A} Magnolia Felix Jury   
                      {B} A magnolia tree with deep pink, waterlily-shaped flowers with broad petals.     
                      {C} Felix II has the distinction of being not only a Pope, but the great-grandfather of another Pope, Gregory I.   
                            Felix had been married, but his wife had died before he became a priest.   
   
                              :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby:

                   {A} Iris Urban Cowboy   
                   {B} A Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris that blooms in bright yellow.   
                   {C} On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II ordered the first Crusade.

                  {A} Delphinium Father Thames   
                  {B} A delphinium with gentian blue flowers flushed violet rose.     
                  {C} Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.     
   
                    :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix:

                   {A}  Saxifraga Your Faith   
                   {B}  A perennial herb with showy pentamerous flowers.   
                   {C} Among those who have faith, does one have it more than another?   
         
                      :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer:

                   {A} Iris Friday Blues   
                   {B} A Border Bearded Iris with light blue blooms.     
                   {C} On Tuesday and Friday meditate on the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary.

                 {A} Sempervivum Lilac Time   
                 {B} An evergreen perennial made up of rosettes of bluish-silver-green leaves, tipped with red,   
                       that turn a lilac shade when exposed to the summer sun.   
                 {C} When the Baptism of the Lord is celebrated, the Ordinary Time of the liturgical year begins.     
     
                 

                    {A} Hemerocallis Bible Story   
                    {B} A daylily that is pale pink or coral/apricot.   
                    {C} It is nice to read stories of the Bible to children.   
       
                       :mommaandbaby: :babysmilie: :mommaandbaby: :babysmilie: :mommaandbaby: :babysmilie:

               {A} Narcissus Romanus   
               {B} A Double Daffodil with a yellow-orange corona. It is also called Double White Sweet Scented.   
               {C} The feast of Saint Romanus is observed on November 24.

                        {A} Rose Many Thanks   
                        {B} A beautiful hybrid tea rose with large blooms of pink blend with a yellow reverse.   
                        {C} "Thanks be to God" is the congregational response given after a reading from the Bible in the Catholic Mass.

                      {A} Hemerocallis Sovereign   
                      {B} An orange daylily 
                      {C} The Feast of Christ the King is a celebration of the victorious and sovereign Kingship of Jesus.     
             O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:)

                 {A} Cymbidium Cooksbridge Advent     
                 {B} A pastel purple orchid   
                 {C} How many Sundays were in Advent years ago?   
 
                   :lilangel: :lilangel: :lilangel: :lilangel: :lilangel: :lilangel: :lilangel: :lilangel:

              {A} Hemerocallis Christmas Carol   
              {B} An early midseason daylily that is red.   
              {C} It Came Upon the Midnight Clear is a beautiful Christmas carol.   
   
                :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin:

                  {A} Begonia Christmas   
                  {B} An early winter blooming begonia which has pink or white flowers.   
                  {C} Why are there twelve days in the Christmas season?

                {A} Cymbidium Christmas Angel Cooksbridge Sunburst   
                {B} This evergreen orchid has sprays of bright yellow flowers with red spotted lips in mid-winter.   
                {C} The Christmas angels are mentioned in O Little Town of Bethlehem.     

I think of the eternal life of the soul when I think of "evergreen". :D

                      {A} Iris Melchior     
                      {B} An iris of velvety-garnet with a beard of bronze yellow.     
                      {C} Melchior is the name given to one of the three Magi.     
 
                         :principalities: :principalities: :principalities:

Saints Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, pray for us!  :+:

                {A} Gladiolus Joyous Entree   
                {B} A yellow gladiolus that blooms in Summer.   
                {C} Hebrew 12: 11-13 No chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous, nevertheless, afterward   
                        it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

The summer is far away but we can still look forwards to it!  :flower:

                        The season of Spring: Beautifully created by the Lord God   :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday:

                      {A} Lathyrus odoratus Mrs. Bernard Jones     
                      {B} A strong growing annual climber with very fragrant and clear pink-flushed, white flowers.   
                      {C} St. Bernard of Clairvaux was a French abbot.

                  {A} Easy Spirit Floribunda Rose     
                  {B} A rosebush with creamy white roses with an occasional pink blush on the outer petals.   
                  {C} Evening Prayer to the Holy Spirit   
                          O Holy Spirit, most merciful Comforter, You proceed from the Father in a manner beyond our understanding.   
   

                          {A} Saint Tropez Floribunda Rose   
                          {B} A rosebush with ruffled blooms of apricot and orange.   
                          {C} The feastday of Saint Celerinus is February 3rd.     
   
                            O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:)

                      {A} Chicago Peace Hybrid Tea   
                      {B} A rosebush that has pink blooms in the Summer. 
                      {B} Prayer for the Immaculate Queen of Peace:   
                            Most holy and immaculate Virgin, Mother of Jesus and our loving Mother,     
                            you shared in his universal kingship. The prophets and angels proclaimed him King of peace.   
                        :cherubim: :angelyellow: :cherubim: :angelyellow: :seraphim: :cherubim: :seraphim:

Let Spring come quickly!  :D

                         {A} Iris Fat Tuesday   
                         {B} An iris with stands butter yellow with violet stain on lower portion.   
                         {C} Shrove Tuesday is Fat Tuesday.

                     {A} Eternal Flame Hybrid Tea   
                     {B} A rosebush which has classically shaped, high-centered blooms of soft, flickering yellow.   
                     {C} This prayer was approved by Pope Pius VII on September 22, 1817: Eternal Father, I offer thee   
                            the merits of the Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy beloved Son

                 {A} Love and Peace Hybrid Tea   
                 {B} A hybrid tea rose with soft yellow flowers splashed with pink.   
                 {C} The last line of this Peace of Heart prayer is appropriate for Lent.   
                       And teach me constantly to seek after and to acquire that perfect resignation to Your Holy Will which alone brings interior peace.   
     
                           :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :lovemug: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :lovemug: :littleprayer: :+:

                    {A} Clivia Good Hope   
                    {B} An amaryllis that has large clusters of yellow flowers.   
                    {C} Prayer to Saint Dymphna   
                            Good St. Dymphna, you placed all your hope in Christ's promises,   
                              and sacrificed even your life in that hope.

                 {A} Joseph's Coat Climber   
                {B} A rosebush with semi-double blooms of cherry-red, deep gold, and orange.   
                {C} Joseph was the son of Mattathias.

                         {A} Babylon Bronze Dahlia   
                         {B} A giant dinnerplate dahlia that is golden orange.   
                         {C} Many Jewish captives were deported to Babylon after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.   
                                  This is known as the Babylon Captivity.   
   
                                :toocrying: :toocrying: :toocrying: :ActofGod: :ActofGod: :ActofGod: :toocrying: :toocrying: :toocrying:

                  {A} Forever Susan Lily       
                  {B} A vivid orange Asiatic Lily with deep purple-black. 
                  {C} The love of the Lord is forever.   
   
                  :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead:

                            {A} Moses' Fire Daylily   
                            {B} A double daylily that bears huge blooms of bright red edged with gold.   
                            {C} Moses' notification of God's will to Pharoah only produced an aggravation of the condition of the Israelites.   
 
                               :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred:

{A} Peerless Daffodil
{B} Pale yellow petals, grows from bulbs.
{B} Blossoms about the time of the Feast of St. Alphonsus Turibus, the flower for his feast day.

The pale yellow blossoms come forth at the beginning of Spring and remind us of the warmth of both the sun and the Son of God. St. Alphonsus Turibus from the youngest of ages was always careful to avoid sin, and loved to erect and adorn altars as part of his recreation.

 :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower:

                           {A} Iris Loudown Royal   
                           {B} Loudon Royal is a Tall Bearded Iris.   
                           {C} The text of Hosanna Loud Hosanna is based on Christ's triumphal entry on Palm Sunday.     
   
                             :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

                  {A} Iris Easter Clouds   
                  {B} A Tall Bearded Iris with white standards and peach fails     
                  {C} Easter Day actually begins on Saturday evening with the Easter Vigil.   
   
                        :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp:

                          {A} Iris Easter Dream   
                          {B} Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris with pale pink flowers.   
                          {C} The Syrian Christians hold their Easter festival after the Jews kept their Pasch.     
     
                               :principalities: :principalities: :principalities: :principalities: :principalities:

                      {A} Geranium Philippe Vapelle   
                      {B} Philippe Vapelle is a clump-forming perennial. Flowers have wide-open habit   
                            with notched petals. Flowers are bluish violet.   
                      {C} Saint Philip was born in Bethsaida, Galilee.

                 {A} Galanthus Gill  Gregory   
                 {B} A perennial with two linear leaves and a single small white drooping bell shaped flower.     
                 {C} Pope Gregory I was Pope from September 3, 590 to March 12, 604.

                         {A} Clematis Barbara Harrington     
                         {B} A clematis with pink-red sepals from midsummer to early autumn.   
                         {C} Saint Barbara is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.   
   
                             :hospitaltrip: :hospitaltrip: :hospitaltrip: :hospitaltrip: :hospitaltrip: :hospitaltrip:

                          {A} Narcissus Sint Victor   
                          {B} Sint Victor is a trumpet daffodil that flowers in mid Spring. It has golden yellow flowers.   
                          {C} The feastday of Saint Victor is July 21.

                       {A} Temple of Time Bearded Iris   
                       {B} An iris with apricot standards and apricot falls.   
                       {C} Mark Chapter 13 Verse 1   
                              As Jesus was making his way out of the temple area one of his disciples said to him,   
                                    "Look, teacher, what stones and what buildings!"

{A} Buttercup
{B} Small yellow flowers, if held under one's chin, will reflect yellow upon it.
{C} Flower for the Feast of St. John, Pope and Martyr.

Pope St. John died in a dungeon on this day, but the light of Christ was shining upon him.

 :flower: :flower: :flower:

                    {A} Chrysanthemum Sequence Tyme   
                    {B} A chrysanthemum that blooms in Autumn.   
                    {C} Veni Sancte Spiritus is sometimes called the "Golden Sequence".

               {A} Lavender Mountain Lilies   
               {B} Funnel-shaped flowers that are striped, violet-blue.   
               {C} Zion is called the "mountain God has chosen".   
         
                  :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue:

I'd like to plant some of those!  :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue:

             {A} Aranebia echioides   
             {B} A perennial which produces terminal cymes of trumpet shaped flowers in the Summer.   
             {C} The flower of the prophet

                             {A} Star of Holland   
                             {B} A ground cover with blue blooms   
                             {C} O Christ, our Morning Star is a prayer written by Bede the Venerable.   
       
                                 :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+:

                          {A} Bellflower   
                          {B} A perennial with bell-shaped flowers.   
                          {C} Does your church ring the bell before Mass begins and ends?   
   
                               :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell:

I love the ringing of the bells at the consecration.

 :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell:

                   {A} Great Expectations Rose   
                   {B} A floribunda rose with double scented pink flowers. 
                   {C} St. Basil the Great was born at Caesarea of Cappadocia in 330.

                           {A} Iris Strawberry Love   
                           {B} An iris with standards light pinkish-brown and a vivid orange beard.   
                           {C} Jesus said: A new commandment I give you: Love one another.

Thank you for all the beautiful floral posts CyrilSebastian! :D :D :D

                        {A} Hosta Little Prayer   
                        {B} A hosta that blooms in Summer. 
                        {C} Prayer to Saint Joseph for Succession in Work     
       
                           :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer:

                     {A} Hemerocallis Amen   
                     {B} A daylily which blooms in Midseason to Late.   
                            It has a pale cream pink overlaid on faint apricot.   
                     {C} In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

                      {A} Daylily Sacrament of Healing 
                      {B} A midseason daylily that has a creamy white self with yellow to green throat.   
                      {C} The Eucharist is one of the seven sacraments.

                  {A} Hemerocallis Love or Else   
                  {B} A daylily with rose blend with mauve watermark and chartreuse throat.   
                  {C} Litany of the Love of God is a prayer which mentions "Thou Who art infinite Love".   
                      :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp:

                     {A} Ghost Plant     
                     {B} A perennial that blooms in the Summer. It is called Indian Pipe. It looks like ghostly like fingers.   
                     {C} The Holy Spirit is referred to as the Holy Ghost.

                    {A} Sinful Sorrow Poppy   
                    {B} A Himalayan poppy with blue flowers.     
                    {C} The Flight to Egypt is one of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

O sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us who have recourse to thee.

                     {A} Begonia Vincentina   
                     {B} A white begonia that grows in St. Lucia     
                     {C} St. Vincent Ferrer is the patron saint of builders.   
     
                        ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

                 {A} Daylily Daughter Like Mother   
                 {B} A single daylily that blooms pink 
                 {C} Like so many other prince cadets, Rodrigo Borgio (Pope Alexander VI) was obtruded upon the Church, 
                         the question of a clerical vocation being left completely out of consideration.   
   
                       :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint:

                  {A} Galilee Paperwhite Daffodils   
                  {B} White, delicately scented daffodils with up to twelve flowers per stem.   
                  {C} All but one of Jesus' apostles were from Galilee.   
   
                      :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

                          {A} Bell Song Jonquil   
                          {B} This jonquil has well-formed cups of rose-pink surrounded by an ivory-white perianth. 
                          {C} Morning Has Broken is a lovely song.   
 
                               :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp:

                       {A} Fire of Love Tulip   
                       {B} A tulip with brilliant red blooms on short stems. It has ruffled leaves.   
                       {C} Leviticus Chapter 6 Verse 5 The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it must not go out.   
 
                          :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred:

{A} Tickseed Sunflower
{B} Far smaller flowers than regular sunflowers, but resembling them in their yellow sunlike hue.
{C} Flower for the feast today of St. Frideswide, Virgin, who followed the holy maxim, “whatsoever is not God, is nothing.” St. Frideswide followed the true sun of Justice, Jesus Christ throughout her life, as a tiny sunflower follows the sun.

A man who wished to possess St. Frideswide though she had made the vows of a Virgin was struck blind by God until he repented, and then was healed by her prayer. She had a shrine the scene of regular pilgrimages until the unhappy reign of the evil King Henry VIII.

'Would that I could set the whole world on fire with the love of God!'

St. Paul of the Cross

                     {A} Salome Daffodil   
                     {B} Salome Daffodils have creamy-white petals with large cups that turn apricot-pink when they mature.   
                     {C} Salome was the daughter of Herodias.

                    {A} British Gamble Trumpet Daffodil   
                    {B} British Gamble has an ivory perianth and a pale lemon trumpet with a thick apricot-pink edge.   
                    {C} Leviticus Chapter 25 Verse 9   
                             And on the tenth day of the seventh month you will sound the trumpet;   
                               on the Day of Expiation you will sound the trumpet throughout the land.

                   {A} Heavenly Pink Butterfly   
                   {B} Heavenly Pink Butterfly is a daylily which is a pink bi-tone with a dark pink eye and a very green throat.   
                   {C} Matthew Chapter 5 Verse 12   
                           Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.

                     {A} Hemerocallis Herman     
                     {B} A Midsesason daylily that is red.   
                     {C} Blessed Herman the Cripple wrote the hymn The Salve Regina.   
                     
                         :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp:

                      {A} Peter Stuyvesant Hyacinth     
                      {B} A deep purple hyacinth with a luscious fragrance.     
                      {C} Mark Chapter 9 Verse 29 And Jesus asked them, "But who do you say that I am?"   
                              Peter said to him in reply, "You are the Messiah."

                      {A} Horn of Plenty Daffodils   
                      {B} Daffodils with white cylindrical coronas and white perianths.   
                      {C} Joshua Chapter 6 Verse 4   
                               Seven priests must carry seven ram's-horn trumpets in front of the ark.

                         {A} Aralia cordata Sun King   
                         {B} Japanese spikenard with white blooms   
                         {C} Christ's kingship is one of humility and service.     
 
                            :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix:

                       {A} Blue Heaven Rose   
                       {B} A hybrid tea rose with mauve blooms   
                       {C} The Book Of Isaiah Chapter 1 Verse 2 
                               Hear, O ye heavens and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken.   
   
                          :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell:

                        {A} Daylily Messiah   
                        {B} A daylily with a light golden yellow polychrome brushed pink with gold to green throat   
                        {C} Luke Chapter 3 Verse 1 declares that the coming of the Messiah will cause all people to see God's salvation.

                {A} Purple King Iris   
                {B} A Tall Bearded Iris that is medium purple   
                {C} Some of the Advent wreath candles are purple.

                   {A} Christmas Bells Heather   
                   {B} A cone-shaped, evergreen shrub that produces bell-shaped, bright white flowers   
                   {C} The Mass of Christmas Day uses the Gospel of Saint John.   
   
                       :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby:

                          {A} Sky's the Limit Rose   
                          {B} A climbing rose with buttery yellow blossoms   
                          {C} And all at once with the angel there was a great throng of the   
                                 hosts of heaven in the sky praising God.   
   
                                :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue: :angelblue:

                     {A} Rhododendron Christmas White   
                     {B} A rhododendron with white flowers with a blush of pink   
                     {C} St. Francis of Assisi arrived at Greccio on Christmas Eve in 1223.   
                             He constructed a crib and grouped around it figures of the Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph,   
                                 the ass, the ox, and the shepherds.   
 
                        :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep:

                          {A} Daylily Epiphany in Gold   
                          {B} A gold daylily that reblooms   
                          {C} Melchior brought gold to the Christ Child at Epiphany.   
 
                             :littlewings: :littlewings: :littlewings: :littlewings: :littlewings: :littlewings:

                     {A} Graceful Allium   
                     {B} An allium that was originally native to North America.   
                           The florets are pale pink when they open and gradually turn white.   
                     {C} For a sun and shield is the Lord God, bestowing all grace and glory   
                              Psalm 84 Verse 12

I would like to plant some of these in the future.  :flower: :flower: :flower: :farmer:

                        {A} Rainbow Rhythm Storm Shelter Daylily     
                        {B} A beautiful daylily with mauve colored blossoms with an eggplant purple eye. 
                        {C} And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew John Chapter 6 Verse 18   
                                Christ's disciples were afraid of the storm for the sea had risen. 
 
                           :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday:

                          {A} Veins of Truth Daylily   
                          {B} A daylily which has flowers that are cream and red   
                          {C} From the Act of Faith       
                                     I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches.

{A} Garden anemone
{B} Flower for the feast of St. Antony, Abbot, and Patriarch of Monks, these perennial flowers are low growing and also known as wind flowers.
{C} St. Anthony's humility and ascetic life made him the Patriarch of Monks. St. Athanasius wrote the Life of St. Anthony.

'And the place was all the sudden filled with the forms of lions, bears, leopards, bulls, serpents, asps, scorpions, and wolves, and each of them was moving according to his nature. The lion was roaring, wishing to attack, the bull seeming to toss with its horns, the serpent writhing but unable to approach, and the wolf as it rushed on was restrained; altogether the noises of the apparitions, with their angry ragings, were dreadful. But Antony, stricken and goaded by them, felt bodily pains severer still. He lay watching, however, with unshaken soul, groaning from bodily anguish; but his mind was clear, and as in mockery he said, 'If there had been any power in you, it would have sufficed had one of you come, but since the Lord has made you weak, you attempt to terrify me by numbers: and a proof of your weakness is that you take the shapes of brute beasts.' And again with boldness he said, 'If you are able, and have received power against me, delay not to attack; but if you are unable, why trouble me in vain? For faith in our Lord is a seal and a wall of safety to us.' So after many attempts they gnashed their teeth upon him, because they were mocking themselves rather than him.'

St. Athanasius, 'Life of St. Antony'

                               {A} Night Embers Daylily     
                               {B} A daylily which has double blooms of dark cherry red   
                               {C} The Book of Exodus Chapter 12 Verse 42     
                                       This was a night of vigil for the Lord, as he led them out of the land of Egypt.   
   
                                  :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea:

                          {A} Anna's Promise Rose     
                          {B} A Grandiflora rose that has golden tan flowers with a pink blush.     
                          {C} In the temple as a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher.     
                                 
                               :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer:

                              {A} Angel Face Rose     
                              {B} A Floribunda rose of medium lavender flowers with ruffled petal edges.   
                              {C} The Church joins with the angels in adoring God.   
 
                                :tinyangel: :littlewings: :thrones: :angelblue: :angelyellow: :cherubim: :seraphim:

                          {A} Paul Thirion Lilac   
                          {B} A lilac that has magenta buds open to fully double purple flowers with a touch of pink   
                          {C} When Paul parted from Barnabas (Acts 15: 36-41) at the beginning of his second   
                                missionary journey, he chose Silvanus (Silas) as his traveling companion.   
 
                               

                          {A} Plum Gold Foxglove   
                          {B} A plant with towering spikes with large, gorgeous red flowers   
                          {C} The interior of the cup of the Ciborium is lined with gold.   
           
                             O:) O:) O:) O:) :crucifix: :crucifix: O:) O:) O:) O:)

                      {A} Jacob Cline Monarda   
                      {B} Also known as bee balm, it has extremely large red flowers.   
                      {C} When Jacob slept at a certain place, he put a stone at his head.   
                             In his sleep he saw a ladder reaching from the earth even unto heaven.   
 
                          Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz

                            {A} Lord Jeff Daylily   
                            {B} A tall spider-flowered daylily with flowers of maroon red and yellow with yellow midribs.   
                            {C} The Canticle of Zechariah     
                                      Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he has come to his people   
                                        to set them free.     
   
                                 :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight:

                              {A} Pearly Gates Climbing Rose   
                              {B} A climbing rose bush with pastel pink flowers coming on in clusters of large, fully double blooms                         
                              {C} Love the gates of Zion more then any dwelling in Jacob.   
                                      Psalm 87 Verse 2

                               {A} Wayside King Royale Daylily   
                               {B} A daylily with plum purple blooms that have a rich, glossy finish   
                               {C} In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar     
                                       of Babylon came and laid seige to Jerusalem.   
                                        The Book of Daniel Chapter 1 Verse 1   
                                               
                                   :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight:

                        {A} Highland Lord Daylily     
                        {B} A daylily that is wine-red. The blooms have lemon yellow centers.       
                        {C} I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed   
                                is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'   
                               Matthew Chapter 23 Verse 39

                           {A} Veins of Truth Daylily     
                           {B} A daylily with blooms that are a combination of rose and cream   
                           {C} In all truth I tell you, whoever believes in me will perform the same works as I do     
                                   myself, and will perform even greater works, because I am going to the Father.         
                                   John Chapter 14 Verse 12

                                   {A} Unlock the Stars Daylily     
                                   {B} A double daylily with lavender pink flowers   
                                   {C} Does he not know the number of stars, and call each by its name?   
                                             Psalm 147 Verse 4

                           {A} Big Purple Rose     
                           {B} A hybrid tea rose with huge purple blooms   
                           {C} And the soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on his head, and clothed   
                                  him in a purple cloak, and they came to him and said, "Hail, King of the Jews!"   
                                      John Chapter 19 Verses 2-3     
                             
                              :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix:

                        {A} Lavender Big Time Blue   
                        {B} This lavender has abundant large purple-blue flower wands   
                                  striking silver foliage.   
                        {C} Third Station: Jesus falls the first time. 
     
                              :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix:

                       {A} Hemerocallis Easter Egg   
                       {B} A cream daylily with a green throat and pattern lavender violet eye   
                       {C} Many churches begin the Easter observance in the late hours of the day   
                             before (Holy Saturday) in a religious service called the Easter Vigil.

                            {A} Narcissus Easter Bonnet         
                            {B} A daffodil with ivory white petals and large yellow cup with a pink rim       
                            {C} Pope Leo I called Easter the greatest feast (festum festorum).

                               {A} Easter Daisy     
                               {B} Easter Daisy is also known as Hoary Townsend Daisy.   
                                      It has typical daisy blooms that are almost as wide as the plant is tall.   
                                         It has white flowers with yellow centers.     
                                {C} Pope Symmachus celebrated Easter on March 25th, following the old Roman cycle.   
 
                                   :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower:

                                  {A} Easter Charm Iris   
                                  {B} A Tall Bearded Iris with medium light blue standards.     
                                  {C} Easter is more than a day. It is a season of resurrection.     
 

                        {A} Heavenly Flight of Angels Daylily     
                        {B} A daylily with yellow-green spider-type blooms with a white, wavy edge   
                        {C} The angels are represented throughout the Bible as a body of spiritual   
                                beings intermediate between God and men.     
         
                         :tinyangel: :littlewings: :thrones: :angelblue: :angelyellow: :cherubim: :seraphim:

                                  {A} Heuchera Forever Red   
                                  {B} This plant is also called Coral Bells.     
                                         The leaves are red. There are short spikes with white flowers.   
                                  {C} Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord;     
                                         Praise and exalt him above all forever.     
   
                                    :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell:

                            {A} Easter Basket Rose   
                            {B} A floribunda rose with creamy yellow blooms edged with pink   
                            {C} Every Easter Sunday the Pope gives an Easter message called "Urbi et Orbi".

Oh.... Amazing thread. I am richly blessed here.

{A} Three Leaved Rose
{B} The rose named 'Three-leaved rose' appears after a little reading to be one described as a large rambling rose with bright semi-evergreen leaves with three leaflets, it has white blossoms and golden stamens. In many places around the world it would be blooming today.
{B} The flower on the floral calendar for today, the Feast of St. Boniface, the Apostle of the Frisians, the three leaflets remind of the Holy Trinity. St. Boniface stood before the pagans and took an axe to the gigantic tree the pagans worshiped, and after a single cut, God blew the tree down, and so they came to the true Faith in the Holy Trinity.

     
 
Fatherpet, Welcome! Do you have a favorite flower?   :harp: :harp:

                        {A} Orchid Oncidopsis Living Fire Darkfire   
                        {B} A violet red orchid       
                        {C} On Pentecost the Holy Spirit appeared to the apostles as tongues of fire.

                                 {A} Altar Light Tall Bearded Iris     
                                 {B} A midseason iris with light yellow standards and cream falls     
                                 {C} The Church prescribes that the candles used at Mass and at     
                                        other liturgical functions be made of beeswax.   
     
                                     O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:)

{A} Clustered Bell Flower, Latin name, Campanula glomerata
{B} A perennial plant that grows a globe of flowers, it is hardy and can grow 2 1/2 feet tall.
{C} The flower for the feast of St. Paulinus of Nola, today's feast. St. Paulinus was once a pagan poet and Roman senator. Some years after the assassination of Emperor Gratian, he was baptized and became a Christian. Later he became bishop of Nola, and wrote yearly poems in honor of St. Felix, the previous bishop. The bell flower reminds us of the bells used in churches and monasteries, calling people to God. 

                           {A} Miniature Rose Saint Mary     
                           {B} A mauve blend rose with a good repeat bloom habit.   
                           {C} Saint Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus had a tender devotion to the Infant Jesus.

{A} Woolly St. John's Wort
{B} An evergreen groundcover St. John's Wort, with tiny yellow flowers, and uses in herbal medicine.
{C} The flower for the feast of St. John of Moutier. St. Gregory of Tours relates that St. John confined himself to a little cell and oratory, with an orchard against the church, and turned down all unnecessary commerce with men. He planted laurel trees, and would sit under them reading and writing. After he died, he was buried there, and many sick were restored to health by his intercession with God. Both St. John's Wort and St. John of Motier are bringing relief and blessings to the ill.

                            {A} Daylily Act of Faith     
                            {B} A daylily hybridized by Monette in 1980   
                            {C} The Act of Faith: O my God, I firmly believe that You are one God in three Divine Persons.   
   
                 

                                          {A} Queen of Night Tulip   
                                          {B} A Single Late Tulip which is a deep velvety-maroon, appearing as black   
                                          {C} The Queen of Sheba, having heard of Solomon's fame, came to test him with subtle questions.   
                                                      1  Kings: Chapter 10, Verse 1

                            {A} Unlock the Stars Daylily   
                            {B} A double daylily which has lavender-pink flowers with a picotee of yellow ruffles     
                            {C} He (God) took him (Abram) outside and said, "Look up at the sky, and count the stars if you can."   
                                      Genesis Chapter 15, Verse 5

                                      {A} Tall Bearded Iris Rejoice       
                                      {B} An iris which is all white     
                                      {C} We rejoice in the Lord and glory in the gift of His Grace.

             

                                            {A} Rising Moon Tree Lily   
                                            {B} A plant of creamy pastel yellow lilies featuring pink edges     
                                            {C} Mary Our Strength   
                                                  O Virgin, fair as the moon, delight of the angels and saints in heaven,   
                                                    grant that we may become like you     
 
                               

                                              {A} Daylily Israel's Sunset   
                                              {B} A midseason daylily with pink and lavender flowers with a chartreuse throat   
                                              {C} In the Bible the name David is borne only by the second king of Israel.

                                              {A} Daylily All Praise     
                                              {B} A reblooming daylily that has apricot flowers with green throats   
                                              {C} The Divine Praises: Blessed Be God. Blessed be His Holy Name.     
     

                                             {A} Daylily Free Style     
                                             {B} A Midseaon-Late daylily that has a yellow self with green throat   
                                             {C} You will come to know the truth, and the truth will set you free.     
                                                                The Gospel According to St. John: Chapter 8, Verse 32

                                        {A} Celestial Night Rose   
                                        {B} A floribunda rose that has deep plum purple flowers     
                                        {C} Now there was Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. He came to Jesus at night.   
                                                  The Gospel According to Saint John: Chapter 3, Verses 1-2

                                           {A} Romantica Rose Peter Mayle     
                                           {B} A hybrid tea rose with deep pink flowers     
                                           {C} The Apostle Peter was a native of Bethsaida.   
     
                                             :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight:

                                  {A} Anemone coronaria Saint Brigid   
                                  {B} Double flowers in a mix of red, white, pink and blue   
                                  {C} Saint Brigid is one of the patron saints of Ireland.   
 
                                      :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday: :rainyday:

                                  {A} Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris Urban Star   
                                  {B} An iris with pale yellow standards and champagne falls   
                                  {C} Pope Urban I was Pope from 222 to May 23, 230.

                                    {A} Tall Bearded Iris Solemn Promise     
                                    {B} An iris which has deep blue violet standards and deep blue violet falls     
                                    {C} All Saints' Day is a solemn holy day of the Catholic Church celebrated on November 1.     
               
                                        O:) ;D O:) ;D O:) ;D O:) ;D O:) ;D O:) ;D O:) ;D

                          {A} Daylily We Thank Thee       
                          {B} A midseason daylily with blooms which are light baby pink     
                          {C} Psalm 118: Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his faithful love endures forever.   
   
                                :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer:

                                  {A} Purple Pauper Daylily     
                                  {B} A daylily that bears purple-red blooms   
                                  {C} Purple is the primary color of Advent.   
 
                                      :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy:

Happy Advent!    ;D    ;D     ;D     ;D     ;D    ;D

                                          {A} Saint Nicholas Rose   
                                          {B} A Damask rose with deep pink double blooms       
                                          {C} The feast day of Saint Nicholas is December 6th.   
 
                                             :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp:

St. Nicholas ora pro nobis! Happy Feast day!

                                 {A} Tall Bearded Iris Jesse's Song     
                                 {B} A reblooming iris with white standards and white falls with a violet edge     
                                 {C} The Jesse Tree represents the family tree of Jesus.

                                {A} Daylily Messiah     
                                {B} A single blooming daylily with a light golden yellow polychrome brushed pink   
                                      with a gold to green throat     
                                {C} O Come Divine Messiah is an Advent hymn.     
 
                                   :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp:

                                 {A} Narcissus Elizabeth Ann     
                                 {B} A cyclamineus daffodil which is white with a pink-rimmed trumpet     
                                 {C} Saint Elizabeth was the mother of John the Baptist.   
         
                                     O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:)

                                     {A} Rhododendron Christmas White       
                                     {B} A rhododendron shrub with white blooms     
                                     {C} Pope John XVIII was consecrated on Christmas in 1003.

                        {A} Cherokee Star Daylily     
                        {B} A daylily which is bright cherry red with a yellow eye and throat   
                        {C} The Star of Bethlehem is mentioned in the nativity story of the Gospel of Matthew.

                                          {A) Hemerocallis Christmas Is   
                                          {B} A reblooming daylily with red blooms   
                                          {C} A Christmas nativity scene is composed of the Infant Jesus resting in a manger, Mary, and Joseph   
 
                                                  :littlewings: :littlewings: :littlewings: :littlewings: :littlewings: :littlewings: :littlewings: :littlewings:

                                {A} Canterbury Bells White     
                                {B} A biennial flower with showy white flowers that bloom from late spring to mid-summer   
                                {C} Christmas Bells represent the spirit of Christmas.     
 
                                   :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell:

                                   {A} Daylily Time of Epiphany     
                                   {B} A daylily that has gold (yellow-orange) flowers     
                                   {C} Epiphany is commonly known as Three King's day.   
                                   
                                         :principalities: :principalities: :principalities:

                                   {A} Sweet Pea Lord Nelson     
                                   {B} A wonderfully scented flower in deep navy blue     
                                   {C} The Baptism of the Lord commemorates Christ's baptism by John the Baptist.

                                      {A} Persian Jewels Nigella     
                                      {B} An annual that has large blooms in shades of blue, pink, and white   
                                      {C} After the downfall of Assyrian and Babylonian power, the religion of the Magi held sway in Persia.   
 

{A} Common Maidenhair Spleenwort
{B} A small fern that grows in tufts from a short rhizome. It has long and narrow fronts, tapering at the ends. They grow in both hot and cold regions, and in rocky areas and on cliffs.
{C} The plant for the feast of St. Martina, Virgin and Martyr. Her relics were discovered in a vault in the ruins of her old church. She refused to participate in pagan sacrifice, and underwent tortures in the amphitheatre, but was left unharmed by them miraculously. She finally gained the crown of martyrdom by being beheaded.

The maidenhair spleenwort survives in the worst of conditions, bearing its crown of leaves, reminding us of the rewards of holding fast to the faith amidst trials and torments and so receive the reward of God.

                                    {A} Adams Needle Yucca     
                                    {B} A handsome plant with sword-like evergreen leaves and showy white blooms     
                                    {C} Matthew 19:24   
                                          Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle,     
                                           than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

                                     {A} Daylily Jo Ann Elizabeth     
                                     {B} A golden yellow daylily brushed with bronze     
                                     {C} St. Elizabeth of Hungary was the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary.   
                       
                                        O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:)

{A} Polyanthus also known as primroses
{B} Low growing, long stemmed and bright flowers that can be many colors and can grow in shady areas and along garden borders.
{C} The flower for the fesat of St. Catherine de Ricci, a Dominican Tertiary Sister who lived a humble and contemplative life, and bore the Stigmata. She miraculously met both St. Philip Neri and St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi. The many colors of the flowers of the polyanthus remind us of the many miracles and virtues found in the lives of the saints.

 :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower:

                              {A} Falling in Love Rose         
                              {B} A hybrid tea rose with pink blooms     
                              {C} Deuteronomy Chapter 7 Verse 7     
                                    It was because the Lord loved you and because of his fidelity to the oath he had sworn to your fathers,   
                                     that he had brought you out with his strong hand from the place of slavery, and ransomed you   
                                       from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

                                {A} Hosta David Reath   
                                {B} A hosta with dark green leaves and a wide golden yellow margin that extends   
                                       into the leaf center. The flowers are lavender.       
                                {C} Nathan was a prophet in the times of King David and King Solomon.   
 
                                       :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim:

                                   {A} Daylily Servant King     
                                   {B} An early midseason daylily with flowers which are clear amethyst purple     
                                   {C} Philippians 1: 1   
                                          Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi   
 
                                                        O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:)

                                        {A} Geranium True Rose   
                                        {B} A Pelargonium that has small flowers which are pink in early summer   
                                        {C} Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy Name. Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.   
 
                                           :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix:

                                 {A} Pure Heart Hosta       
                                 {B} A hosta with lavender blooms     
                                 {C} The motto of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is   
                                         "May the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus be loved everywhere."

Amen.

                                              {A} Cuphea David Verity     
                                              {B} A hummingbird plant with scarlet tube-shaped flowers that are tipped in yellow   
                                              {C} The true lion of Juda is Christ the son of David. Revelation 5:5   
     
                                                 ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

                                {A} Hemerocallis Hungry Eyes     
                                {B} A daylily with mauve rose flowers with an orange tint   
                                {C} The traditional enumeration of the corporal works of mercy includes:   
                                         To feed the hungry, To give drink to the thirsty   
                                 
                                   :tea: :teaparty: :tea: :teapot: :tea: :teaparty: :tea:

                                                  {A} Hemerocallis Enter Night   
                                                  {B} An early midseason daylily with a magenta rose blend and a lemon throat   
                                                  {C} On Palm Sunday Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a donkey.   
   
                                                     :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave:

                               {A} Hemerocallis Easter Triumph   
                               {B} An early blooming daylily with pale yellow flowers   
                               {C} Easter is a celebration of thanks for the greatest gift ever bestowed upon mankind.   
   

                                    {A} Tall Bearded Iris Rejoice   
                                    {B} An iris that is white     
                                    {C} Rejoice! The Lord has risen! He has truly risen!   
 
                                       O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:)

                                       {A} Hybrid Tea Rose Alleluia   
                                       {B} Double Tea shaped red rose   
                                       {C} Alleluia, Song of Gladness is an Easter hymn.   
         
                                            :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp:

This is a splendid looking vine, if it were not tropical I would like to grow it.

                                                {A} Daylily Two Thumbs Up     
                                                {B} A midseason red daylily   
                                                {C} As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Peter and Andrew.

                                                  {A} Daylily Rune Mark 
                                                  {B} A peach daylily edged with gold and a lavender sunburst eyezone   
                                                  {C} The feast of St. Mark is observed on April 25.

                                      {A} Tropical Hibiscus Jack Pentecost   
                                      {B} A shrub which has showy flowers year round 
                                      {C} In German, Pentecost is called Pfingsten.

                {A} Rose de Meaux
                {B} A compact rose with pink blossoms and a mild fragrance, class centifolia.
                {C} The flower for the feast of St. Caecilius, Confessor, the priest and saint who converted St. Cyprian of Carthage. St. Cyprian took the name Caecilius in his honor. The sweet fragrance of the saints brings to mind the holiness given to them of God.

   

Truly my friend!  :D

                                         {A} Tropical Hibiscus Jack Pentecost   
                                         {B} A shrub which has showy flowers year round   
                                         {C} In German, Pentecost is called Pfingsten.

Yes the hibiscus certainly is an impressive looking flower!

It's good to learn a little of another language!  :D

                                 {A} Hybrid Rugosa Rose Mrs Anthony Waterer   
                                 {B} A rose introduced in 1896 with dark red roses   
                                 {C} St. Anthony of Padua at the age of fifteen was sent to the Abbey of Santa Cruz in Coimbra.
 
   

                                          {A} Drummond's Phlox Promise Peach   
                                          {B} An Annual Phlox that is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds   
                                          {C} The time for making promises was the time of the prophets. 
       
                       

I used to have a little valley full of phlox at my old house.

 

They were purple and white. I have heard the deer like to eat phlox.

I believe it is wild phlox or phlox divaricata.

                                 {A} Daylily Help Other People   
                                 {B} A reblooming daylily that is pink and coral/apricot   
                                 {C} Fifth Station of the Cross: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry his cross.     
 

                                   {A} Daylily Pumpkin Perfect   
                                   {B} A reblooming daylily that is a pumpkin color with a yellow green throat   
                                   {C} We are called to become saints, to be perfected in charity, to grow in holiness.     
 
   

                                {A} Hibiscus Easter Basket   
                                {B} A hibiscus in pastels of lemon yellow, tangerine orange, and soft pink   
                                {C} Easter is the celebration of Jesus' resurrection.
 
                                   :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell: :angelbell:

                                 {A} Compassion Climbing Rose   
                                 {B} A rose bush with double tea shaped orange pink roses   
                                 {C} The loving compassion of God is fully revealed in Jesus Christ.   
 
                                   

Compassion Climbing Rose looks a lot like the hybrid rose I have, it normally has white blossoms but sometimes it has pink ones. This is a bit inspiring.

I do not know the name of it.

                         {A} Tall Bearded Iris Rare Find   
                         {B} An iris which is pink and coral/apricot   
                         {C} Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened."

                                         {A} Daylily Song of Faith   
                                         {B} A lavender daylily       
                                         {C} Faith is one of the three great virtues.

                                     {A} Daylily A Servant's Hand   
                                     {B} A pink daylily that reblooms   
                                     {C} It is like a man about to go abroad who summoned his servants and entrusted his property to them.

{A} Sweet Scented Golden Rod
{B} Has many golden flowers atop its long stems.
{C} The flower for the feast of St. Margaret of Louvain, Virgin and Martyr

Sweet-scented golden rod has been used to make medicinal tea. What shining crowns await those who persevere till the end in Heaven.

                      {A} Daylily Abbey Dore Court   
                      {B} An Early midseason daylily that is gold (yellow-orange)   
                      {C} Mountfaucon Abbey was in France.     
     
                         :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight:

{A} Golden Starwort
{B} The medium sized golden flowers resemble small sunflowers, surrounded by green spiny leaves. The plant can grow two feet high.
{C} The flower for the feast of St. Cloud, Confessor.

The Confession of the Faith is like the sun shining through the clouds.

Some fine golden flowers and daylilies these past few weeks!

                                        {A} Daylily Shaolin Priest   
                                        {B} A reblooming daylily that is coral/apricot     
                                        {C} Jesus is the great High Priest.   
       
                                          :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix:

{A} Tall variable golden rod
{B} A tall plant with many small golden flowers.
{C} The flower for the feast of St. Justina, Martyr

'But after the second veil, the tabernacle, which is called Sancta Sanctorum, having a golden censer, the ark of the testament covered about on every part with gold, in which was a golden pot having Manna, and the rod of Aaron that had blossomed, and the tables of the testament, and over it were the Cherubims of glory overshadowing the propitiatory. . .'

Hebrews 9:3-6

'Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize? So run that you may obtain. And every one that striveth for the mastery refraineth himself from all things: and they certes, that they may receive a corruptible crown: but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as it were at an uncertain thing: so I fight, not as it were beating the air: but "I chastise my body, and bring it into servitude," lest perhaps when I have preached to others, myself become reprobate."'

1 Cor. 9:24-27

                             {A} Hosta Ryan's Big One   
                             {B} A hosta with heart-shaped leaves and near white blooms   
                             {C} The Nicene Creed: We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty

                             {A} Daylily Golden Tear Drops   
                             {B} An early midseason daylily that is pink and gold   
                             {C} Revelation Chapter 21 Verse 4 He will wipe away all tears from their eyes 
               
                                :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky:

                                      {A} Azalea Pleasant White     
                                      {B} An azalea bush that has white flowers   
                                      {C} Psalm 119: Verse 103 How pleasant your promise to my palate, sweeter than honey in my mouth.

                                {A} Hybrid Tea Rose New Zealand   
                                {B} A rose bush with tea shaped flowers which are light pink     
                                {C}  Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy has given     
                                        us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.   
                                            1 Peter Chapter Verse 3   
 
                                          O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:)

                                  {A} Hybrid Tea Rose Perrfect Moment   
                                  {B} A rose bush which has large yellow flowers edged with a bright red   
                                  {C} Prayer to Saint Anthony begins: Saint Anthony, perfect imitator of Jesus

                                     {A} My Friend Jonathan Iris   
                                     {B} An iris which is bright fuchsia and brick red     
                                     {C} At which, Jonathan said to David, 'Whatever you think'   
                                              1 Samuel Chapter 20 Verse 4

                                   {A} Hydrangea All Summer Beauty   
                                   {B} A hydrangea with lovely large blooms in pink or blue   
                                   {C} Ezekiel Chapter 28 Verse 17     
                                          Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor.   
 
                                   

                                  {A} Daylily Righteous Remnant   
                                  {B} A daylily which has delicately ruffled blooms that are nearly white on sunny days   
                                  {C} The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful.  James Chapter 5 Verse 16   
                           
                                        :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+:

                                        {A} Sister Elizabeth Rose   
                                        {B} An English shrub rose that has lilac pink blooms     
                                        {C} Saint Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist.   
     
                                          :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix:

A timely flower!  :D  :D  :D

                                           {A} Never Ending Fantasy Daylily     
                                           {B} A lavender pink daylily which has a purple eyezone and ruffled edge   
                                           {C} The love of the Lord God is never ending.   
 
                                             :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

                                  {A} Mary Rose rose   
                                  {B} An English (Austin} rose with medium/deep pink double blooms     
                                  {C} After hearing she was to become the mother of Jesus, Mary asked: "How is this to be?"

                                  {A} Daylily Wait For Baby   
                                  {B} A reblooming daylily which is dark purple and white   
                                  {C} Advent is a time for waiting for the Lord.   

                                     :biggrin: :thumbsup: :biggrin: :thumbsup: :biggrin: :thumbsup: :biggrin: :thumbsup:

 :biggrin: :thumbsup: :D

                             {A} Handwriting On the Wall Daylily   
                             {B} Dusty pink daylily which has a yellow throat that blends out to a lavender and wine purple colored eye   
                             {C} Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord   
                                         Isaiah Chapter 38 Verse 2   
   
                 

 :flower:  :rejoice: :tinyangel: :angelblue: :tinyangel: :rejoice: :angelblue: :tinyangel: :rejoice:  :flower:

 

 :D

                                        {A} Tall Bearded Iris Balthazar   
                                        {B} A showy iris plant with big flowers     
                                        {C} King Balthazar was one of the Three Wise Men.   
 
                                           :principalities: :principalities: :principalities: :principalities: :principalities:

{A} Winter hellebore
{B} Hellebores are one of the few plants notable for flowering in winter.  Evergreen. Even in cold climates, and the worst conditions, the virtues flower and fruit, and are all the more special for it.
{C} Flower for today's feast of St. Simeon Stylites, Confessor. St. Simeon Stylites lived his life atop a pillar, in the wind, rain, and sun, God miracles maintained him to show forth the flower of virtue.

 :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower:

                                   {A} Red Hot Poker Christmas Cheer   
                                   {B} A Tritoma that is red-orange   
                                   {C} The story of Christmas is the story of God's relentless love for us.   
 

                                     {A} Daylily Quiet Please   
                                     {B} A midseason daylily which has green flowers   
                                     {C} I urge then, first of all that petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgiving should be offered for everyone,   
                                            for kings and others in authority, so that we may be able to live peaceful and quiet lives   
                                            with all devotion and propriety.   
                                                1 Timothy Chapter 2 Verses 1-2   
 
                                      :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer: :+: :littleprayer:

                                    {A} Flame Thrower Echinacea   
                                    {B} Coneflowers that have two-tone orange and yellow flowers   
                                    {C} At the Easter Vigil, on Saturday evening, the new flame is lit.   
   
                                      :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred:

It sure looks firey! I know echinacea can be used for herbal medicine for the immune system though I don't know if you can get that from this variety. :D

                                  {A} Heliopsis Burning Hearts   
                                  {B} An oxeye daisy that is golden with a scarlet center   
                                  {C} Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love

Amen.

My grandfather would have liked this flower as his favorite color was yellow.

 :flower:

                                        {A} Daylily Monica Marie   
                                        {B} An Early midseason daylily that is cream         
                                        {C} St. Monica is the mother of St. Augustine.     
 
       

What a beautiful flower! 

:flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower:

   

                                         {A} Pink Wonder Daffodil   
                                         {B} A daffodil with white petals and a ruffled peach/pink center cup   
                                         {C} The Feastday of St. Macarius the Wonder-Worker is April 1.

                                    {A} Purple Mystery Daylily   
                                    {B} A daylily which has lavender purple blooms with a gold heart     
                                    {C} The Bible states that the garment the guard put on Jesus during his trial and beatings was purple.   
     
                                          :teapot: :teapot: :teapot: :teapot: :teapot: :teapot: :teapot:

                          {A} I See Stars Siberian Iris             
                          {B} An iris with large blue-violet star-shaped blooms which have six falls.   
                          {C} Jesus healed Bartimaeus and the blind beggar was able to see.

                                 {A} May Night Salvia     
                                 {B} Dense spikes of deep violet-purple flowers   
                                 {C} Nicodemus came to Jesus by night.

It's the time of year to think about planting for spring, flowers and herbs like salvia and daylilies.

 :flower: :flower: :flower:

                                 {A} Purple Ghost Geranium   
                                 {B} A hardy perennial geranium with deep purple foliage and soft lavender flowers   
                                 {C} The Holy Ghost is referred to as the Holy Spirit.

Lent is a wonderful time of year.  :D

                                {A} Tall Bearded Iris Rode to Oz     
                                {B} An iris which is bright yellow and brown/bronze   
                                {C} On Palm Sunday Jesus rode on a donkey when he entered Jerusalem.   
 
                                    :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave: :happywave:

                                      {A} Daylily Royal Easter   
                                      {B} A Reblooming daylily which is bright yellow and medium purple     
                                      {C} O Sons and Daughters should be included for Easter Day.   
 
 
                                         :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp:

                               {A} Tall Bearded Iris Resurrection Story     
                               {B} A Midseason iris which is scarlet   
                               {C} The resurrection of Jesus is a magnificent event.   
 
                                  :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim:

                                      {A} Louisiana Iris Easter Tide   
                                      {B} An iris which is pale yellow and lavender     
                                      {C} The Paschal Candle is kept near the ambo throughout Easter Time.   
 
                                        :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy:

                                  {A} Doubting Mariposa Lily   
                                  {B} A perennial plant in the lily family.   
                                         The flowers are white or very pale lavender.   
                                  {C} The risen Christ showed his wounds to Doubting Thomas.   
         
                                    :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix:

                                 {A} Floribunda Rose Easter Basket     
                                 {B} A semi-double rose which is light yellow with a pink blend     
                                 {C} The Easter Vigil service occurs on Holy Saturday evening.   
 
                                   :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

                                            {A} Japanese Water Iris Crowning Moment   
                                            {B} A lavender/medium purple and white iris     
                                            {C} The statue of the Blessed Virgin is crowned with a garland of flowers at the May Crowning.   
 
                                               :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower:

                                      {A} Streptocarpus Gloria     
                                      {B} Cape primrose with light pink flowers     
                                      {C} The Glory to God prayer is referred to as the Gloria.   
 
                                       :littlewings: :thrones: :angelyellow: :seraphim: :cherubim: :angelblue:

                                           {A} Daylily Upper Crust Society     
                                           {B} A Reblooming daylily that is pale pink     
                                           {C} When Pentecost came round, the Apostles were in the upper room.   
 
                                             :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

                                 {A} Harpswell Hallelujah Siberian Iris     
                                 {B} A Late Midseason iris which is blue-violet     
                                 {C} Alleluia, not Hallelujah is the traditional Christian and proper English form of transcription.   
 
                                   :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp:

                               {A} Strike It Rich Grandiflora Rose     
                               {B} A rose bush that has gold roses   
                               {C} The Scripture story of the rich young man is a story of a man   
                                       who is seeking the secret of happiness.   
 
                                ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???

It surely is a grandly colorful rose!

 :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower:

                               {A} New Guinea Impatiens Divine Blue Pearl   
                               {B} A lavender impatiens which requires consistently moist soil   
                               {C} The Divine Praises   
                                       Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy Name.     
                                         Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.

                                         {A} Daylily Brave World     
                                         {B} A Reblooming daylily that is red and coral/apricot           
                                         {C} The brave religious of the Order of Our Lady of Ransom devoted themselves   
                                                to saving poor Christians captured by the Moors.

Our Lady of Ransom, rescue the captives and enslaved we pray.
Our Lady of Ransom, pray for us.

O Lord Redeemer, liberate all captives and bring freedom to those all enslaved

                                {A} Daylily Cranberry Chalice     
                                {B} A Reblooming daylily that is red   
                                {C} The chalice contains the Precious Blood of the Lord Jesus.   
 
                                      :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix:

                                   {A} Canna Lily Royal Red   
                                   {B} A late summer perennial which is rose/mauve   
                                   {C} King Edward I of England founded Vale Royal Abbey in 1277.   
                       
                                    :rejoice: :rejoice: :rejoice: :rejoice: :rejoice: :rejoice: :rejoice: :rejoice: :rejoice: :rejoice: :rejoice: :rejoice: :rejoice: :rejoice:

                                       {A} Mount Hood Narcissi     
                                       {B} A Mid Spring daffodil that is white   
                                       {C} Mount Zion is called the "mountain God has chosen".   
   
                                         :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim:

                             {A} Moses Fire Reblooming Daylily     
                             {B} A Midseason daylily which has large blooms of deep red     
                             {C} Moses delivered the Israelites from Egyptian slavery.   
 
                              :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred: :angryred:

                                      {A} Airbred Iris First Chapter   
                                      {B} An Earl midseason iris which is rose/mauve and medium purple     
                                      {C} The Book of Zephaniah has three chapters.

                            {A} Earth Angel Floribunda Rose     
                            {B} An old-fashioned rose with blooms of light cream, pink     
                            {C} The seraphim are angelic beings associated with the prophet Isaiah's vision of God   
                                    in the Temple when the Lord called him to his prophetic ministry.   
 
                              :cherubim: :angelyellow: :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim: :seraphim: :angelyellow: :cherubim:

That is indeed a nice old fashioned looking one.  :flower:

A good devotion to the nine choirs of angels is the Chaplet of St. Michael.

     

                                 {A} Triumph Tulip White Virgin   
                                 {B} A Midseason tulip that is white     
                                 {C} The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is August 15th.

Very nice and very fitting flower.. I should like to plant this in the garden next year, hopefully I will be able to and remember. :D

   

Shin, I am glad that you like Triumph Tulip White Virgin.

                      {A} Intermediate Iris Abbey Chant     
                      {B} A Reblooming iris which is Bright Yellow and White       
                      {C} Count Amadeus III of Savoy helped restore the Abbey of St. Maurice of Agaune.   
 
                       :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp:

{A} Fleur de St. Louis, "fleur-de-lis"
{B} A three petalled lily in heraldry. The three petals are said to represent the Holy Trinity, and faith, wisdom, and chivalry
{C} The flower for the feast of St. Lewis, King of France, and the flower of the kings of France and Catholic saints of France, as well as others kings and also popes in heraldry.

   
On August 5 1873 restoration of the monarchy of France might have occurred. Henry, Count of Chambord would have been King of France. Since he was childless, Henry's relative Philippe, Count of Paris would be his successor. Henry could only reign under the tricolor flag, the symbol of the people's sovereignty. Henry would not. He wanted the flag with the Fleur-de-lis.

                                  {A} Begonia Madame Queen   
                                  {B} This begonia grows in shade to partial shade. It has olive-green leaves.   
                                  {C} The feast day of the Queenship of Mary is August 22.   
 
                                    :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer:

                      {A} Aribred Iris First Chapter   
                      {B} An Iris with bloom color:     
                                 Rose/Mauve   
                                 Medium Purple   
                                 Maroon/Burgundy   
                                 Cream/Tan   
                      {C} In the Gospel According to Saint Luke: Chapter 5, Verse 35   
                              (Jesus replied) But the time will come when the bridegroom is taken   
                              from them, in those days, they will fast.

{A} Costmary, 'Herbe Sainte-Marie'
{B} Very tiny bunches of little yellow flowers, smells similar to camphor, the leaves were put in linens and Bibles to give them a sweet scent and protect against insects. Flowers in full sun, grows leaves in the shade.
{C} One of the flowers for the Nativity of Our Lady, September 8th. Little yellow flowers that only form in the sun, remind us of how Christian life only blossoms in the light of Christ.

'When [the infant Mary] was alone, or when she was laid to sleep, which was in her most moderate, She was engaged in the contemplation of the mysteries and the excellencies of the Most High, and in the enjoyment of the divine visions and the conversation of his Majesty.'

Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. I, 353

                          {A} Hosta Stained Glass   
                          {B} A hosta with heart-shaped leaves and near white flowers   
                          {C} There is a stained glass window of The Child Jesus Teaching in the Temple in   
                                  St. Thomas the Apostle Church in St. Thomas, Missouri.

                              {A} Canna Lily Leo   
                              {B} A perennial which has flowers Rose/Mauve     
                              {C} Pope Leo II dedicated two churches, St. Paul's and Saints Sebastian and George.

                               {A} Daylily Donna Sylvester   
                               {B} A daylily with double flowers which are red   
                               {C} Pope Sylvester III's papacy began January 20, 1045 and ended March 10, 1045.   
 
                                  O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:)

                                {A} Daylily Rune Mark   
                                {B} A Reblooming daylily which is Coral/Apricot and Lavender   
                                {C} Saint Mark is one of the Gospel writers.   

                                  :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin:

St. Mark, ora pro nobis! :D

                                  {A} Daylily Blessing   
                                  {B} A Midseason daylily which is pink     
                                  {C} Prayer for God's Blessing of One's Daily Work   
       
                                    :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+:

                                 {A} Handwriting on the Wall Daylily     
                                 {B} A daylily with dusty pink blooms with a lavender and wine purple colored eye     
                                 {C} In Daniel Chapter 5 The King and Daniel saw the handwriting on the wall.

                              {A} Aquilegia, Hybrid Columbine Harmony Music Mix   
                              {B} A dwarf columbine in blooms of red, blue, pink, yellow and white   
                              {C} Liturgical music ministry is more than performing the right notes.   
 
                       

                           {A} Saint Cecilia Rose   
                           {B} An English rose with pale pink flowers     
                           {C} Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of music.   
 
                            :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin:     
 
                             :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp:

                                       {A} Daylily Justin George   
                                       {B} A reblooming daylily that is a blend of orange and gold   
                                       {C} The feastday of Saint Justin is September 17.

                             {A} Daylily Jean Clement   
                             {B} A Midseason daylily which is rose/mauve and magenta   
                             {C} Pope Clement I is known for his epistle to the church in Corinth (c. 96),   
                                   in which he asserts the apostolic authority of the bishops/presbyters of the church.   
       

                         {A} Arilbred Iris Early Mass     
                         {B} A Midseason iris which is light blue   
                         {C} What time is your earliest Sunday Mass?

                               {A} Tall Bearded Iris Messiah   
                               {B} A Late Midseason iris that is orange   
                               {C} O Come, Divine Messiah is an Advent hymn.   
 
                                   :principalities: :principalities: :principalities: :principalities:

                      {A} Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris Can't Wait     
                      {B} A Midseason iris which is fuchsia and dark purple   
                      {C} Advent offers an opportunity to learn how to wait patiently, prayerfully and trustingly on the Lord.   
 
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                             {A} Daylily Heavens Rejoice   
                             {B} A Late Midseason daylily with pink flowers   
                             {C} The Third Sunday of Advent is called Gaudete Sunday.   
                                    Gaudete means Rejoice!   
 

                         {A} The Prophet Flower: Arnebia pulchra   
                         {B} An East Indian perennial herb having yellow flowers     
                                    marked with five spots that fade after a few hours   
                         {C} Micah is considered one of the Twelve Minor Prophets of the Hebrew Bible. 
 
                 

                             {A} Hosta Night Before Christmas   
                             {B} A hosta with pale lavender flowers     
                             {C} In Bethlehem on Christmas Midnight Mass is celebrated at the place of Jesus' birth in the Church of the Nativity.   
 
                               :principalities: :principalities: :principalities:

                                      {A} Begonia Midnight Sun   
                                      {B} A Begonia with variegated pink and red foliage and pink flowers   
                                      {C}  Midnight Mass includes the sing of Christmas Carols. 
 

                                {A} Galanthus Epiphany   
                                {B} A snowdrop flower   
                                {C} In the older traditional Latin Mass was a very length prayer for   
                                          the blessing of holy water on the Eve of Epiphany.     
     
                                  :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :+: :+: :+: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :+: :+: :+:

                              {A} Iris Melchior   
                              {B} A Tall Bearded Iris which is deep velvet-maroon
                              {C} Melchior is said to be one of the Magi who paid homage to the Child Jesus.   
                                     He is usually said to have given the gift of gold to the Christ Child.

                              {A} Twelve Apostles Plant     
                              {B} A houseplant with sword-like foliage and has white, yellow, and blue flowers     
                              {C} James the Less was one of the Twelve Apostles.   
 
                                O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:)

It is a very interesting appearing plant too. :D

                                 {A} Leander Rose   
                                 {B} An English Shrub Rose that has deep apricot flowers     
                                 {C} Before Gregory I's election to the see of Peter,   
                                         St. Leander of Seville suggested that Gregory write the commentary on the Book of Job called the Moralia.

                                  {A} Honor Hybrid Tea Rose     
                                  {B} A rose bush with white flowers         
                                  {C} Honor thy father and thy mother.     
             
                                :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :farmer: :farmer: :farmer: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby:
 

                          {A} Daylily Ezekiel   
                          {B} A Double Daylily with flowers which are double, deep red to near black with a yellow green throat   
                          {C} Ezekiel was a prophet who lived in Babylonia at the time of the destruction of the First Temple.

A good name for a daylily. :D

                                     {A} Hemerocallis Isaac   
                                     {B} An Early midseason daylily that is light yellow   
                                     {C} Isaac is the father of Esau and Jacob.

                          {A} Iris Janie Meek     
                          {B} A Tall Bearded Iris which is pale pink and lavender   
                          {C} Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.     
 
                             Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz

                                  {A} Daylily College Colors     
                                  {B} An Early midseason daylily that is medium purple   
                                  {C} The Sacred College of Cardinals is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church.   
 

                                     {A} Rosa Temptation     
                                     {B} A large climbing rose which has medium red roses   
                                     {C} In the wilderness Jesus was tempted by Satan.   
   
 

                                   {A} Lord Baltimore Hibiscus         
                                   {B} A hardy hibiscus with crimson red blooms     
                                   {C} At the end of a Lenten Prayer   
                                         And make us worthy to share in His Resurrection.   
                                          We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son. Amen     
   
                                   :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer:

                                   {A} Blood Covenant Dwarf Iris   
                                   {B} An iris that is Brown/Bronze and Cream/Tan     
                                   {C} The Lord made a covenant with Abram.

                        {A} Dark Mystery Hibiscus   
                        {B} Hibiscus with pale pink to light pink petals and a dark red shiny eye   
                        {C} Through the liturgy Christ our High Priest continues the work of our redemption   
                              through the Church's celebration of the Paschal Mystery by which he accomplished our salvation.

                            {A} Bloomerang Dark Purple Lilac     
                            {B} A lilac which flowers in spring and reblooms in summer and fall     
                            {C} Statues in Catholic churches are covered with purple veils during Lent.   
 
           

                          {A} Quick Silver Rose   
                          {B} A climbing rose with lovely lavender blooms   
                          {C} Judas betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.   
     
                            :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea:

{A} Pale Violet
{B} The flowers of pale violet are white to pale cream-colored, with darker, purplish veins.
{C} 'And thou shalt make the tabernacle in this manner: Thou shalt make ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, diversified with embroidery.' Exodus 26:1

{A} Dandelion
{B} A spikey yellow flower that everyone is familiar with.
{C} The flower for the Feast of St. Leo the Great this day. St. Leo the Great rode out and met Atilla the Hun, who then turned back from his invasion of Italy.

                                   {A} Iris Easter Charm     
                                   {B} A Tall Bearded Iris which has Light blue standards and white and yellow falls   
                                   {C} Easter is the principal festival of the Christian church.   
 
                                    O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:)

                   {A} Rosa Easter Morning     
                   {B} A miniature rose bush which has creamy white flowers   
                   {C} That Easter morn at break of day,   
                         The faithful women went their way   
                         to seek the tomb where Jesus lay.   
             
                              :littleprayer: :littleprayer: :littleprayer:

                       {A} Iris Blue Rising   
                       {B} A Tall Bearded Iris with Icy blue lavender standards and near white falls   
                       {C} The rising of Jesus is the theme of several glrious Easter hymns.   
     
                         :principalities: :principalities: :principalities: :principalities: :principalities: :principalities:

                           {A} Jesse's Song Iris   
                           {B} A Tall Bearded Iris with medium purple standards and white falls     
                           {C} Psalm 100 Verse 2 Come before the Lord with joyful song.

                                   {A} Always Afternoon Daylily   
                                   {B} A mauve daylily with a purple eye   
                                   {C} Jesus told them a parable about the need to pray always.   
 

{A} Rose de Maux
{B} A compact rose, of old origin, member of the class centifolias, roses 'of a hundred leaves'. 'de maux' is French for of 'ailments'
{C} We offer the Holy Rosary to Our Lord and Our Lady for the sake of our illnesses and difficulties.

                       {A} Big Sky Matthew Saul Coneflower     
                       {B} An echinacea which has golden petals with a bright orange cone   
                       {C} Jonathan was the eldest son of King Saul.

                           {A} Angel Trumpet Valley Misty Pink     
                           {B} A Brugmansia with pale pink flowers     
                           {C} I am a flower of Sharon,       
                                   a lily of the valley.   
                                    Song of Songs Chapter 2 Verse 1     
 
                      :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin:

                              {A} Narcissus Comfort   
                              {B} A large cupped daffodil     
                              {C} Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. 
                                                Matthew Chapter 5 Verse 4   
     
                              :toocrying: :toocrying: :toocrying: :toocrying: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead:

                            {A} Our Lady's Delight   
                            {B} The pansy is named after the Virgin Mary, who is Our Lady.   
                            {C} Our Lady is honored with a May Crowning in May.   
 
                              :planter: :planter: :planter: :planter: :planter: :planter: :planter: :planter: :planter: :planter: :planter: :planter: :planter: :planter:

                             {A} Daylily Sacred Heart     
                             {B} A daylily with flowers which are a burgundy purple blend   
                             {C} June is the month we honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus.                           

                       {A} Iris Signs of Hope   
                       {B} Tall Bearded Iris which has flowers of cream with fails of peach with purple markings     
                       {B} The sign of the cross represents the victory of Jesus over death.     
 
                         :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix:                   

                            {A} Daylily Delight in the Lord       
                            {B} A daylily which is lightly ruffled and rose pink     
                            {C} Psalm 40 Verse 8     
                                    my delight is to do your will; your law, my God, is deep in my heart.   
 
                         :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp: :harp:

                    {A} Iris Watch It     
                    {B} A Tall Bearded Iris that has dark violet standards and blackish violet falls   
                    {C} The Guardian Angel Prayer for Friends     
                                Guardian Angel, watch over those whose names you can read in my heart.   
 
                 :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :angelyellow: :angelyellow:

                            {A} Morning Lilac Itoh Peony     
                            {B} A peony which is fuchsia with dark purple and white streaked-running petals     
                            {C} Sirach Chapter 18 Verse 26   
                                     Before morning and evening the weather changes;   
                                      before the Lord all things are fleeting.

                        {A} Dahlia The Prophet     
                        {B} A sem-cactus dahlia which is dark pink   
                        {C} Nathan was a court prophet in the court of King David.   
 

                           {A} Iris Altar Candles     
                           {B} A Tall Bearded Iris     
                           {C} The high altar is so called from the fact that it is the chief altar in a church.   
 
                            :thrones: :thrones: :thrones: :thrones: :thrones: :thrones: :thrones: :thrones: :thrones: :thrones: :thrones: :thrones: :thrones:

                    {A} Tropical Hibiscus Moorea Imaculate Heart   
                    {B} A shrub with showy flowers with a dark pink center   
                    {C} Immaculate Mary, your praises we sing   
 
                      :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin:

                  {A} Narcissus Trumpet Warrior   
                  {B} A daffodil which has deep lemon yellow petals and a white cup with a yellow rim   
                  {C} TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME    
                        The Book of Hebrews Chapter 12 Verse 19   
                           And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which they that heard excused themselves,   
                                  that the word might not be spoken to them.   
 
                   :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight: :swordfight:

                {A} Daylily Reign in Me   
                {B} A reblooming daylily which is deep purple with white edge   
                {C} TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME     
                       Responsorial Psalm Psalm 146 Verse 10     
                        The Lord shall reign forever: thy God, O Sion, unto generation and generation.

                           {A} Rose Golden Celebration     
                           {B} A shrub rose with deep yellow flowers     
                           {C} The Book of Baruch Chapter 3 Verse 17   
                                       Those who heaped up the silver   
                                        and the gold in which men trust;   
                                        of whose position there was no end?   
 
                          :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\

                        {A} Daylily Pride of Father     
                        {B} A midseason Daylily which is light peach edged with rose   
                        {C} TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME   
                                Amos Chapter 4 Verse 7   
                                Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob,   
                                  'Never will I forget anything they have done.'

                                 {A} Tulip Compassion     
                                 {B} A showy tulip that flowers in Spring     
                                 {C} Compassion is a sign of the Kingdom of God breaking forth.             
 
                                  :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead:

                            {A} Cathedral Rose   
                            {B} A Floribunda rose that is apricot           
                            {C} Conrad II was crowned king of Germany in Mainz Cathedral on September 8, 1024.

                              {A} Daylily Share a Moment   
                              {B} A daylily which is medium yellow with a pink blend     
                              {C} Is it easy to share one's faith with anyone?     
   
                             :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea:

                                    {A} Narcissus Piety     
                                    {B} A daffodil that is white     
                                    {C} Historians remember St. Rose of Lima for her piety and charity.     
 
                                       :gardener: :gardener: :gardener: :gardener: :teaparty: :teaparty: :planter: :planter: :planter:

                                  {A} Tulipa Elias Martin   
                                  {B} A Double Early Tulip which is pink and salmon rose     
                                  {C} Although he had accepted Emperor Zeno's Henotikon of 482, St. Elias remained loyal to Rome.

                        {A} Narcissus Doubtful   
                        {B} Small cupped daffodil that has yellow petals and an orange cup   
                        {C} First Timothy Chapter 1 Verse 15   
                                Here is a saying that you can rely on and nobody should doubt that   
                                  Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.

                           {A} Saint Mary Rose     
                           {B} A miniature rose which is mauve   
                           {C} All Saints' Day is on November 1st.   
 
                             O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:)

                       {A} Bountiful Violet Iris     
                       {B} A Siberian Iris that is violet-blue   
                       {C} In the midst of straits Pope John III (561-574) knew how to be bountiful.

                                {A} Fringe Benefit Daylily   
                                {B} A daylily which reblooms and has a pink mauve lavender color blend   
                                {C} Grace After Meals     
                                        We give Thee thanks for all Thy benefits, O Almighty God   
                                         
                              :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea:

                           {A} Daylily King of the Ages   
                           {B} A daylily which reblooms that is peach apricot with a burgundy eye     
                           {C} Prayer to Christ the King     
                                         O my Divine Saviour, Transform me into Yourself.

                    {A} Dahlia The Prophet   
                    {B} A dahlia which has dark pink flowers     
                    {C} The Book of the Prophet Zechariah     
                              Chapter 9 Verse 9     
                                your king shall come to you;   
                                      a just saviour is he.

                                 {A} Daylily Glad Tidings   
                                 {B} An early midseason daylily which is bright rose   
                                 {C} The Book of the Prophet Isaiah Chapter 61 Verse 1   
                                              The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,     
                                               because he has annointed me     
                                                to bring glad tidings to the poor.   
 
                              :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

                        {A} Daylily Sky Bridge     
                        {B} A lavender lily with multicolored patterns of lavender, charcoal, and purple   
                        {C} Isaiah Chapter 7 Verse 11   
                                Ask for a sign from the Lord, your God; let it     
                                       be as deep as Sheol, or high as the sky!

                        {A} Daylily Christmas Is     
                        {B} An Early midseason daylily which is a deep Christmas red with a green throat   
                        {C} Christmas Vigil Prayer   
                                God of endless ages, Father of all goodness,   
                                 we keep vigil for the dawn of salvation and the birth of your Son.

                        {A} Narcissus Christmas Valley     
                        {B} A Double Daffodil with white petals and a pink corona   
                        {C} The December feast of Christmas reached Egypt between 427 and 433.   
 
                         :principalities: :principalities: :principalities: :principalities: :principalities: :principalities:

                                {A} Epiphany in Gold Daylily   
                                {B} A Midseason-Late daylily which reblooms     
                                {C} Gold was one of the three gifts that the Magi presented to the Child Jesus.

                           {A} Iris Jordan's Joy     
                           {B} A Tall Bearded Iris which is blue   
                           {C} The Lord Jesus was baptized in the River Jordan.

Another beautiful name and thought for a flower!  :flower:

                       {A} Daylily Be Glorified   
                       {B} A Reblooming daylily which is cherry cranberry with a notched ivory pink watermark   
                       {C} For great is the power of God; 
                                by the humble he is glorified.   
                               Tne Book of Sirach Chapter 3 Verse 19   
                         
                         :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin: :violin:

                      {A} Daylily Humbled Before You     
                      {B} A Midseason daylily that reblooms   
                             It has a red orange blend with a huge yellow green eye and an olive throat   
                     {C} 2 Chronicles Chapter 12 Verse 6     
                                At this, the Israelite generals and the king humbled themselves and said, "Yahweh is just!"     
             
                     :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

                            {A} Iris Lightshine     
                            {B} A Tall Bearded Iris which has yellow standards and magenta falls   
                            {C} Isaiah Chapter 58 Verse 8   
                                   Then your light will blaze out like the dawn and your wound be quickly healed over.   
 
                             O:)  :principalities: :principalities: :principalities: :principalities: :principalities: O:)

                          {A} Daylily Innocent Discovery   
                          {B} A daylily which reblooms and is bright rose red   
                          {C} Innocent V was thge first Dominican to be elected pope. He became pope in January 1276.

                   {A} Daylily Holy Moses                 
                   {B} An Early midseason daylily which is black red     
                   {C} Leviticus Chapter 19 Verses 1-2       
                        Yahweh spoke to Moses and said: Speak to the whole community of Israelites and say:     
                             "Be holy, for I, Yahweh your God, am holy."     
 

Soon it will be Spring! 

:flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower: :flower:

                         {A} Credible Justification Iris     
                         {B} A Tall Bearded Iris with copper standards and cream falls       
                         {C} Romans Chapter 5 Verse 18     
                                  and one man's good act has brought justification and life to all humanity   
 
                              :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead: :pathead:

                            {A} Daylily Saved by Mary     
                            {B} A midseason daylily which is a peach pink blend with a darker pink eye   
                            {C} Second Timothy Chapter 1 Verse 9   
                                     who has saved us and called us to be holy

                                {A} Daylily Living Water           
                                {B} A daylily that is deep pink lavender 
                                {C} The Gospel of John Chapter 4 Verse 11   
                                          'You have no bucket, sir,' she answered, 'and the well is deep:   
                                             how do you get this living water?'   
 

                            {A} Dahlia Lights Out     
                            {B} A dahlia that is dark red maroon     
                            {C} Ephesians Chapter 5 Verse 8     
                                     You were darkness once, but now you are   
                                      light in the world; behave as children of light.

                              {A} Iris Spirited     
                              {B} A Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris which is Primrose Yellow     
                              {C} Ezekiel Chapter 37 Verse 14     
                                       and put my spirit in you, and you revive, and I resettle you on your own soil.   
 
                                        :gardener: :planter: :gardener: :planter: :gardener:

                            {A} Daylily Jerusalem       
                            {B} A daylily which is bright gold with a yellow green throat     
                            {C} Matthew Chapter 21 Verse 10   
                                   And when he (Jesus) entered Jerusalem the whole city was shaken and asked, "Who is this?"

                      {A} Iris Easter Blush     
                      {B} An Aribred Iris with violet standards and yellow ochre fails     
                      {C} Easter celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus on the third day after his Crucifixion.

                            {A} Faithful Dream Peony     
                            {B} A peony with salmon pink flowers   
                            {C} Psalm 118 Verse 2     
                                      Let the House of Israel say, 'His faithful love endures forever.'

                    {A} Narcissus Prophet   
                    {B} A daffodil with Yellow Perianth and White Petals   
                    {C} The Gospel According to St. Luke  Chapter 24 Verse 19       
                            He asked, "What things?" They answered, "All about Jesus of Nazareth, who showed himself   
                             a prophet powerful in action and speech before God and the whole people."

                  {A} Dahlia Long Island Lil   
                  {B} A dahlia with showy orange flowers     
                  {C} Acts of the Apostles Chapter 2 Verse 40     
                        He (Peter) spoke to them for a long time using many arguments, and he urged them,     
                         "Save yourselves from this perverse generation."

                                {A} Iris Open Your Eyes   
                                {B} A Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris with white standards and white falls which have a dark blue spot   
                                {C} Then, in my vision, I saw a door open in the heaven and heard the same voice   
                                        speaking to me, the voice like a trumpet

                              {A} Iris Suffering Became Beauty   
                              {B} Tall Bearded Iris with pale sulphur yellow standards and red purple falls   
                              {C} First Peter Chapter 3 Verse 17     
                                      And if it is the will of God that you should suffer,     
                                       it is better to suffer for doing right than for doing wrong.

A beautiful verse for the flower!

                      {A} Daylily Ascension by Fire     
                      {B} A daylily which is scarlet rose self above chartreuse throat   
                      {C} The Ascension shows that Jesus is the bridge to eternal life.

                   {A} Daylily Fire of Pentecost     
                   {B} A daylily which is bright cardinal red self above orange throat   
                   {C} The word Pentecost means "50th day".

{A} Rose de Meaux
{B} A rose of old origin, grows on a small shrub with miniature flowers and leaves, the pink flowers are full of petals.
{C} Construction of the Cathedral of Saint Etienne de Meaux in France began in the year of Our Lord 1170. Etienne is the French for St. Stephen, so the cathedral honors St. Stephen.

                    {A} Daylily Sacred Heart   
                    {B} A daylily which is burgundy purple with yellow picottee edge     
                    {C} The Sacred Heart of Jesus

                      {A} Narcissus Concordat     
                      {B} A large bright yellow trumpet daffodil     
                      {C} In 1289 King Denis of Portugal signed the Concordat of Forty Articles with Pope Nicholas IV,   
                               swearing to protect the Church's interests in Portugal.

                            {A} Narcissus Sylvester   
                            {B} A daffodil with white petals and a white cup   
                            {C} Sylvester I was the Pope when the First Council of Nicaea occurred in 325.

                             {A} Tropical Hibiscus Compassion     
                             {B} A hibiscus which is yellow and pink   
                             {C} Institute of the Divine Compassion   
 
                              :tiphat: :tiphat: :tiphat: :teaparty: :tiphat: :tiphat: :tiphat:

                      {A} Iris Letter Perfect   
                      {B} Pacific Coast Iris which is purple and white   
                      {C} Saint Paul wrote the Letter to the Galatians.   
 
                         ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Truly Letter Perfect! :D

                         {A} Iris Precious Thing   
                         {B} Tall Bearded Iris which has lavender standards and lavender falls     
                         {C} July is the Month of the Precious Blood of Christ Jesus.   
 
                           :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix:

                        {A} Peony Highlight   
                        {B} A peony with showy dark purple flowers   
                        {C} The High Priest of Israel served in the Solomon's Temple.   
 
                          O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:) O:)

                         {A} Peach Merchant Daylily   
                         {B} A daylily which has a Double bloom form and it reblooms. It is peach.     
                         {C} Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 45   
                                Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls   
 
                              :irishwisdom: :irishwisdom: :irishwisdom: :irishwisdom: :irishwisdom: :irishwisdom: :irishwisdom: :irishwisdom: :irishwisdom: :irishwisdom: :irishwisdom: :irishwisdom:

                          {A} Narcissus Maniesto   
                          {B} A Trumpet (Long Cupped) Daffodil   
                          {C} The Baptism of the Lord   
                                    When Thou, O Lord was baptized in the Jordan, the worship of the Lord was made manifest.

                 {A} Daylily Fire King   
                 {B} A daylily which is brilliant orange with orange throat   
                 {C} First Kings Chapter 19 Verse 12   
                         And after the earthquake, fire.     
                         But Yahweh was not in the fire.   
                         And after the fire, a light murmuring sound.   
 
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                      {A} Splendor of the King Daylily   
                      {B} A daylily which is red with lighter watermark and white edge   
                      {C} Prayer of Pope Pius XII - Bend Tenderly Over Our Wounds   
                             Enraptured by the splendor of your heavenly beauty,   
                              and impelled by the anxieties of the world,     
                               we cast ourselves into your arms,   
                                 O Immaculate Mother of Jesus and Our Mother, Mary                       
     
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                       {A} Daylily Rooted in Love   
                       {B} A daylily which is cream with a rose pink eye   
                       {C} Colossians Chapter 2 Verse 7   
                                be rooted in him and built up on him, held firmly by the faith you have been taught   
 
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                         {A} Daylily Preserved Apricot   
                         {B} A daylily which has an orange apricot blend   
                         {C} Matthew Chapter 16 Verse 22   
                                Then, taking him aside, Peter started to rebuke him.   
                                 "Heaven preserve you, Lord," he said, "this must not happen to you."