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)
Richardphotos
they are beautiful and your layering
Minda
wow@ beautiful flowers and excellent color sandra!!
andrewl
wonderful image :)
petercp
Very beautiful flowers indeed!
witch_1612
Wonderful Work!!!
lucindawind
this is excellent and so gorgeous !
beatoangelico
fantastic image and beautiful flowers...!!!
mgtcs
Fantastic photo, my friend, amazing colors...Great! 10+
Cgaynor
Wonderful images, beautiful flowers and perspectives.
OrphanedSoul
What great information and a superb capture!
carlx
Wonderful composition!!!
mariogiannecchini
Un vero piacere per gli occhi !