Gardenias

"You can easily incorporate pieces of your china pattern as well by filling a soup tureen or other large serving pieces with water and floating fragrant blossoms such as gardenias, magnolias or peonies," Winkler says.

As Annette Bening put it gracefully, actors are like fragile gardenias and she and her husband Warren Beatty, also present, protect one another. ❋ Regina Weinreich (2011)

In one case, a woman reported picking up a damp pink cloth that exuded an odor of gardenias. ❋ M.D. Scott Mendelson (2012)

His mother planted gardenias and oregano in rusty powdered milk tins and perched them on the wall where they would get some sun. ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

Under that smell is something sweet—gardenias? grapefruit? ❋ Michael Hartford (2011)

Jan and Dean's "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" grew gardenias by day but by night drove "real fast and … real hard" in her "brand new, shiny red Super Stock Dodge." ❋ Unknown (2009)

He planted gardenias in pots next to the stoop at the front door, and he has hung a sheet in the doorway with images of a superhero wearing a sword and a pistol. ❋ Patrick Barta (2011)

Especially the little hotel that I stayed at near the small (at that time) plaza, complete with a courtyard and women washing the bed sheets in a large wooden tub filled with gardenias. ❋ Unknown (2009)

About the missing people, my great uncle always said we were to be as quiet about this as possible, not to talk about who was last taken before a visit—or discuss who was taken most recently just after a visit—though the families who lost members could grieve, could throw large funerals with roses and gardenias. ❋ Heather Fowler (2012)

Three florists are designing the arrangements, which feature gardenias, lily of the valley, delphiniums and roses. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Also, roses, peonies and gardenias sold with a vial of their own scent are popular. ❋ Suzy Bales (2010)

Associated Press Actress Annette Bening "Actors are like gardenias," said the actress Annette Bening as she accepted a ribboned certificate with the names of the Circle members on it for "The Kids Are All Right." ❋ Marshall Heyman (2011)