Trentham Estates 2: Lilac and Pink by sandra46
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Description
Many, if not most, plants considered decorative flowers originated as weeds, which if attractive enough would sometimes be tolerated by farmers because of their appeal. This led to an artificial selection process, producing ever-prettier (to humans) flowers. This is thought to have occurred for the entire history of agriculture, perhaps even slightly earlier, when people tended to favor naturally occurring food-gathering spots. This may also explain why many flowers function as companion plants to more useful agricultural plants; they had evolved that symbiotic relationship with the food plants before either was domesticated, and therefore was found in the same area, convenient to be selected as an attractive plant. Once domesticated, though, most flowers were grown either separately or as part of gardens having some other primary function. In the West, the idea of gardens dedicated to flowers did not become common until the 19th century, though in fact many modern gardens are indeed flower gardens.
These are some beds from the more modern part of the Trentham Estates garden, where the gardeners had favoured flowers and herbs from the palest lilac to the darkest pink achieving an extreemely agreable visual effect.
Thank you for your kind comments.
Comments (42)
clbsmiley
Very Very Pretty!!!!
flora-crassella
wonderful photo work!!!!! Great!!!!!
kaward
Vibramt image with real floral impact!
decie
excellent image and beautiful flowers.
MOSKETON
genialllllllllll. fantasticcccccccca creacion cada dia me gustan mas. felicidades.
tennesseecowgirl
This is fantastic, looks like a painting. well done!
magnus073
I think these are wonderful and have such brilliant colors
allnaydi
Very beautiful flowers and colors Sandra. Wonderful presentation!
MC-Jay-One
Beautiful picture, great colors and work!
Amosicho
Fantastic Sandra!!!
greensleeves81
Wonderful! Good information.
virginiese
fantastic shot ! lovely flowers :-)
claude19
Always a documented comment with a SPLENDID image !!! GREAT coloring of flowers !!!
BessieB
Wonderful colours and work, excellent
Mousson
Magnificent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FAV !
lyron
Wonderful image!!
pops
The flowers are beautiful asi the photo Wonderful information
auntietk
A weed is just a plant that's growing where you don't want it!
Miska7
Very nice scene. Great flowers and post work! Well done.
brycek
Very pretty..wonderful colors!!
MrsRatbag
What a stunning shot, very beautiful indeed!
miwi
Very pretty image,klasse shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
schonee
WOW this is wonderful!...I like flowers & herbs in my veggie garden to bring the bees.
SerenityBlue
Beautiful! We just bought some of these flowers. ;c) Excellent image.
durleybeachbum
An outstanding image!
jocko500
love the marco and the close up ones and the far away ones. cool shot
elfin14doaks
Absolutely stunning photo! WOW!
Radar_rad-dude
A phenominal splash of color and elegance! You can't beat nature for beauty like this! Fantastic photo and setting! Very well done!
jeroni
Wonderful and very creative work
lior
So wonderful colors & superb composition!>fav