Readers Notes On Deathwatch

Jasmine Flower

The false jasmine mock orange or has returned to bloom in my garden.
endured the cold and wet winter with stoicism. And right mimosa spring appear, put on multiple sheets. Now it looks beautiful clusters of petals cream waited weeks before summer.
As every year, their slender branches pruned carefully, because their flowering is very important to maintain and conduct a biennial stems clear of them.
remember the day they gave me this plant. Transplant very carefully, but I had to change the site because it is not progressing well. The closer to the house and let him better shelter and protection.
Every day I observe with great care especially since I know that their flowers are ephemeral and will not look so beautiful. But each year renew their beauty.

another photo I made this the only example I know. It has taken me know what kind it was. Finally, using the parent Google, I got it. This is the "Madagascar Jasmine."

Before turning to the internet, asked people who might know ... the owner of the restaurant where for many years, his wife, the gas station ... Some did not know more than their characteristic smell of jasmine others spoke Chinese or Persian jasmine .... Everyone knew not plant these parts.
The son of one of those who run the restaurant told me that was Don Diego Marin the owner, who brought the plant from a distant country. Realized it was his wife, Mrs. Rosario, a botany enthusiast, who took advantage of his trips to exotic countries to collect different species of plants.
One of his passions was a botanical and ornithological interest of the family property . This is the Finca "El Retiro".

Churriana is located on, near Malaga. It is an extraordinary stylistic set in gardens, which shows a perfect combination of ornamental shapes Europe to develop adas with the use of tropical and subtropical plant species.

The farm has a variety of different environments, like a bird park, aquarium both freshwater and saltwater, tropical fish, a botanical all over 30,000 palm trees, historic gardens (one of the most important in Spain declared a National Historic Landmark in 1984), and several waterfalls.

The facade facing the north, yet another jasmine blossoms. this is the famous "jasmine fragrant" or English. A long, cold winter and rainy weather has been stopped pending the warmth of spring. Already halfway through the spring and has not been populated Leaf Well, it's true that I have not pruned until it was the wrong time, but his intrepid longer looking for the wall stems grip.

The summer is near, as we well know, their stems should be filled with tiny flowers, white and fragrant. And, as every evening, someone will pick up a handful of buds before they open, to deposit an offering to the portrait of a loved one with the simple and plain intention to keep his memory and perfume.

As I continue to keep alive the memory of that evening my teenage adorned with flowers and joyful songs ... NINO BRAVO. I vividly remember the day he died in an unfortunate accident. And I have not broken away from the sadness that came over me that day ... I remember every time I hear some of his songs ... "A Kiss and a Flower "