Spring Flowers

Floriography Allamanda in April slowly open its trumpets around posts that look like Buttercups of honey for bees to dive in to replenish their striped bellies Crocus's yellow stigmas that flavour our food are a blessing by Hermes, but Dead Nettle is hardly so dead with her fuschia coloured flowers on tall stalks Early Star Of Bethlehem awaits for snow to melt and to be reborn to bless Freesias that innocently rest atop wedding cakes with their snowy icing buds as Glory Lily with reflexed pink petals look like a turkish cap in a showstopper Hyacinth clusters ease tension while boasting off its colourful array of petals Irises' three petals looking heavenwards and one downwards links us to gods Jasmine's pristine beauty rests in my bun, leaving a trail of fragrance in morns Knife Acacia's drooping yellow clusters add beauty to xeriscape landscaping Larkspur's purple petals are like curtains displaying an open light heart while Mountain Laurel in translucent white with pink accents are humbled before Narcissus smiling from above the rockery at its reflected beauty in the pond below Orchids, rare and royal, flourish in moss and add grandeur to pinned coats Portulaca overhangs my flower pots on boundary walls in appeasing hues Queen of nights likens to a creamy lotus on a cactus, blooms but once annually Red Hot Poker's stand like tall red candies in clusters attracting children Spring Snowflakes are reversed scalloped white cups dangling with breeze Teddy dahlias in naughty bonniness wear the brightest sunny hoods Ursinia fields wave in the spring breeze like floating islands in an orange sea Virginia Bluebells ring in the spring, chiming in nooks till silenced by the rains Wake Robin is stemless and sits on leaves with its fetid aroma to attract flies Xeranthemum is purpled in royalty to favour love and changes its owner's life Yellow Star of Bethlehem grows wildest in landscapes, yet aspiring to help Zinnia blossom as space-flower in its debut aboard the NASA space station April 26, 2016 For Shadow Hamilton Abecedarian