#oleaceae

[francescointoppa]

Ancora Alberi. 1022. (Fraxinus ornus L.)

[timeless-takes]

A Fragrant Tea Olive

Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

When we drew near, its fragrance hit us. This that looks like the Osmanthus delavayi or Sweet Osmanthus or Delavay Tea Olive had attracted our attention with its bountiful little blooms.

Taken against the shade of the shrub with the exposure biased a stop darker.

[faguscarolinensis]

Osmanthus x fortunei / Fortune's Tea Olive at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden in Dallas, TX

[helluvatimes]

Heralds of Spring

Forsythia waiting eagerly in a lay-by to greet visitors on the Flower Field of the conservatory. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

This was taken against a maroon painted wall in a darker part of the conservatory. ISO had need to be set at 640 to get a 1/125-second shutter speed for the one-inch sensor camera.

[chlorophyll-and-chitin]

Jasminum mesnyi

18-SEP-2025

Melbourne, Vic

[ruthbancroftgarden]

Syringa protolaciniata

Plants in the genus Syringa are known as lilacs, and they are native to Eurasia. Syringa vulgaris is the common lilac, widely grown in gardens in temperate regions of the world, and it is taller-growing than the plant pictured here. I have labeled my photo Syringa protolaciniata, but its name and origins are in dispute. Many people think this plant is a hybrid originating in southern Asia, perhaps in Iran or Afghanistan, but in any case it is much shorter than S. vulgaris, though it shares the delightful fragrance for which lilacs are famous. It belongs to the Oleaceae, or Olive Family.

-Brian

[annimovsisyan]

How to Eat Lilacs (and Other Ways to Use Them)

Every year I wait for the sweet smell of lilacs to announce the arrival of real spring.  While they only bloom for a few short weeks, their

[botanizing]

signs of spring in amiskwaciwaskahikan

Manitoba maple (Acer negundo) and lilac buds (Syringa vulgaris)

Edmonton | April 24, 2021