Princess Haiku aspires to a small chrysanthemum garden

I am going to try to grow some of the amazing rare flowers, that I have featured in other posts on my blog. The special elder man that gave me these flowers and introduced me to the "Way of the Chrysanthemum" left this world a few weeks ago. He was very old and had a wonderful life and leaves a garden of mindfulness, compassion and empathy behind. If we all left such goodness on this earth the world would be well served.

For several days I was deeply saddened thinking that the beauty and grace of these flowers would no longer touch my life. Perhaps because I am a poet and not a flower grower it did not at first occur to me, that I could grow my own. A friend asked the obvious and voila; a wonderful idea was born.

I looked online, found King's Mums, which specializes in chrysanthemums and ordered five spider chrysanthemum rooted cuttings. They should arrive in a few days. The small cuttings need to be potted in four inch pots and as you can see I have five red pots waiting. After they grow larger I will transplant them into two larger rectangular boxes. The area I have prepared for this little garden is flooded with sunlight and I hopeful that my flowers will turn their faces to the sun. I have tried to do many things in life and often my health has interfered, but I am certain my tiny garden will flourish. When my flowers are full grown I will make gifts of them to others in the same spirit the magenta ones were given to me.

I ordered Flair (pale magenta) Fleur de Lis (deep magenta) Golden Rain and White Icicles. I intend to share every part of my chrysanthemum garden with you and perhaps these flowers, considered by Buddhist monks in Japan to be holy, will grace your lives too.