Comments on: Le Jardin de Ville, Flowers by Lia Valera & Company…

By: Osay

Osay — Tue, 22 May 2007 14:34:01 +0000

Rowi, i echo the same thoughts. Kalachuchis are by far my favorite scent especially during the summer dusk walks. I get my fix around the greenhills car park on my way to church. Kudos to Marketman for finding them vandas. Is the Salcedo market open year round?

By: Bubut

Bubut — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:11:52 +0000

you would find cadena de amor (pink flowers)being grown at the MRT station. It is the national flower of MMDA.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:20:50 +0000

millet, the C de A’s lasted about 30 hours in water, more than enough time for a church set-up for a wedding and or the reception too…

By: millet

millet — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:13:06 +0000

haha….korek,MM! i wish more people would use cadena de amor for weddings. do they last long as cut flowers, though? rowi, i think you are referring to “bleeding hearts”? they’re nice flowers, too, but the cadena de amor look more dainty and sweet.

By: carina

carina — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:16:26 +0000

MM, those are lovely blooms. I also prefer the lesser popular flowers than roses. Sigh.

By: Rowi

Rowi — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:52:03 +0000

It’s a pity that kalachuchis are still associated with funeral arrangements. I enjoy the scent of this exotic flower esp. at the Calatagan golf course where the trees have been there since one could remember. I love it’s international name as well, frangipani.

When I used to live in Manila, I did an arrangement for our open house party where I used some freshly-picked kalachuchis, (the ones with a hint of magenta), let them float on a huge, shallow bowl filled with water and added some floating candles. The effect as commented by guests was both romantic and dramatic.

There is a similar plant here in Sweden called “Lieutenant’s heart” (Dicentra spectabilis) and the flowers are heart-shaped and come in white and in pink. Lovely perennial bush that grows abundantly during the summer until late autumn.

By: sister

sister — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:07:13 +0000

Behind Lola’s house, above the canal, draped over the fence and rooted above the septic tank on the Mango side are massive 10 ft. high climbing cadena de amor, at least the last time I looked, which was probably 25 years ago…

By: Maricel

Maricel — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:31:31 +0000

I have also always loved cadena de amor. Pretty little things aren’t they? I believe the blooms are edible and can be added to a fresh vegetable salad to add color. Haven’t tried eating them though.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:27:35 +0000

millet, this is my current train of thought… if so many folks get divorced, annulled, legally separated or simply stuck in a marriage that is less than ideal and THEY had white roses, lilies of the valley, orchids, calla lilies, chrysanthemums, etc. at THEIR nuptials, I would happily take my chances with Cadena de Amors at my wedding…not only statistically but aesthetically as well…Heeheehee. And just in case folks were wondering, the chrysanthemums so often used now in churches are typically reserved only for wakes in other cultures…so it’s just what you get used to, I suppose… Millet, to arrange, mass the vines (about 4-5 feet in length in the photos above) and I used a VERY tall clear glass vase so the vines fall nicely…

By: millet

millet — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:09:03 +0000

thank heavens, thank heavens somebody appreciates cadena de amor! i have always loved them-we used to have pink and white trellises of them when i was growing up, and always imagined myself in wedding finery under those. when it came time for my wedding, though, i found out nobody grew them commercially, and i was told that was because they often grow wild in cemeteries. i never found out if that one’s true, but i still love them. i have difficulty arranging them, though. how did you do it, MM? you can always make your masses of blooms look spectacular.