Gardenia ~ symbol of beauty and grace

Song title. “Gardenia” by Mandy Moore 2007.

[Agnes]

Beautiful close up

[Peter Dulis]

lovely

[winghong_ho]

Lovely capture.

[Kathy A]

Beautiful

[Merrelyn]

Lovely close up.

[Linda Godwin]

Beautiful close up! it hard to find such a perfect bloom such as this!

[Mags]

What a lovely shot of this gardenia.

[Krista Marson]

And they smell divine!

[Bucktree]

Gorgeous.

[Diana]

Such a perfect close up of this beauty, I can almost smell it!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Astonishing

[Susan Wakely]

So lovely.

[Jo Worboys]

Wonderful close up, I bet you are enjoying being outside

[Beverley]

I adore the fragrance- beautiful perfect flower

[Kitty Hawke]

Ohhh....she's a beauty.

[Dorothy]

Perfect! Makes me realise I haven’t smelled a gardenia for a long time.

[Kathy]

And smell so pleasant too. A beautiful capture of this flower.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful.

[Fisher Family]

Beautiful, super detail!

Ian

[Beryl Lloyd]

Beauriful

[Joan Robillard]

Fabulous

[PhotoCrazy]

Wonderful pic!

[Steve Chappell]

Beautiful

[Bill Davidson]

It is indeed very beautiful.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh that's a lovely one

[carol white]

Beautiful.Fav😊

[Desi]

It sure is a symbol of beauty and grace. How lovely this is

[Dawn]

Beautiful

[Margaret Brown]

Such a snowy white , lovely

[Granny7(Denise)]

Lovely

[John Falconer]

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Thanks everyone. This is pretty much SOOC. I was quite surprised by the detail. Normal the whites blow out on photos from my iPhone.

[John]

The epitome of the Southern flower! You described it perfectly! Fav!

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful

[haskar]

Beautiful

[Harry J Benson]

Beautiful detail

[Babs]

Beautiful.

[Rob Z]

Lovely shot - I almost detected the perfume... :)

[Dave]

Nice.

[Carole Sandford]

Pretty capture!

[Peter]

Simply gorgeous capture John, Fav:)

[Valerie Chesney]

Such a beauty & the perfume is lovely!

[Judith Johnson]

Such a beauty. Don't think I've ever seen this flower before

[Ian George]

Fabulous shot without a blemish on the bloom.

[Pyrrhula]

A pitty we can`t smell it. Beautiful shot.

[Islandgirl]

Gorgeous bloom!

[Phil Howcroft]

it hit's that symbol John

[Shutterbug]

BEAUTIFUL capture. I can practically smell its wonderful fragrance.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Very pretty! This is my friend Judy's favorite flower.

[LManning (Laura)]

How lovely.

[Yao RL]

Very sweet.

[Rick]

Love those flowers and the smell. Great shot.

[Paula Fontanini]

Beauty & grace and a heavenly scent too!! :)

[Maggiemae]

Perfect whiteness - am confused now with all the shades of whiteness that are described nowadays!

[eDorre]

Lovely flower and light

[Oli Lindenskov]

Beautiful😊

[Boxplayer]

Love those soft petals

[Krista Mae]

What a beautiful capture of this lovely, hardy gardenia. Now I have to go listen to the song you mentioned! Thanks for sharing song and photo! (I got rid of a huge gardenia bush this year. They smell so fragrant, but I had no room on my 10 x 10 ft patio.)

[John Falconer]

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Thanks again for taking the time to comment. As I said before I think that this is the best “white flower” photo I’ve done. And hardly any post processing needed.

[John Falconer]

@peekysweets
Hi. Thanks for commenting. Please don’t be too disappointed with the song when you hear it!!

[Junan Heath]

Gorgeous capture!

[Krista Mae]

@johnfalconer Lol, lol! I like Mandy Moore!

[John Falconer]

@paintdipper @peekysweets

Thanks for commenting. And liking Mandy Mooire!!

[Krista Mae]

@johnfalconer Sure thing! Is this in your garden or did you just see it out and about? My friend's mom worked at a nursery... she said my gardenias were sick, because they had a rotten looking center. This one is PERFECT. Thanks for capturing and sharing!

[Cordiander]

So beautiful!

[John Falconer]

@cordulaamann
Thanks for commenting.

[John Falconer]

@peekysweets
Sorry. I’m no gardener. Our garden is minimalist to be polite about it. This gardenia is cared by I know not who.

[Olwynne]

So beautiful

[CC Folk]

Fav. I still have some gardenia and roses in bloom.

[John Falconer]

@ollyfran @gardenfolk Thanks for the much appreciated comments.