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RE: SevenDaysPositivity Day 4: Michael Emry Is Out Of Prison
That's interesting, I've only heard "syringa" in reference to lilacs. Meanwhile that lovely shrub with the white flowers sounds a lot like philadelphus coronarius, which my grandmother called 'mock orange'. We had one in the back yard at the entrance to the vegetable garden - I imagine it's still there unless they've finally torn the place down. It blooms about this time every year and fills the yard with a sweet orange scent that's always pleasant and never too powerful.
All the best from BC.... it's heating up here now! Whew!
Syringa is in the lilac family, and so is mock orange at least according to Wiki: "Philadelphus lewisii —also known as Gordon's mockorange, Indian arrowwood, wild mockorange and syringa—a name that usually refers to the unrelated lilacs.—is a deciduous shrub native to western..."
I don't care what anybody else calls it, I call it HEAVENLY lol!
Heheh, and gentlebot agrees!