Flowers all over the table

Passing shepherds named him Iamus after the violet (ion) bed…….(source: wiki/Viola_odorata )

Theophrastus named Dianthus as divine (dios) flower (anthos)

Dianthus, photography by Tamara Jare

Bougainvillea saw the first woman to circumnavigate the globe

“As for me, olives, endives, and smooth mallows provide sustenance.” Horace, Odes

Spruce – Picea – 1930 /2016

1930 :

https://stareslike.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/grad-sneznik2-1.jpg

2016 :

Gazing globe and peony

Acanthus – Corinthian Capital

Giusti Garden, Verona

Balcony greenery -Piazza delle erbe, Verona