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Astilbe

Plumes of creamy white, burnt red, royal purple, peachy coral, and soft pink, each as soft as cotton candy, reach out from its shaded location inviting the garden visitor, "Can you gently touch me?" Blooming for four weeks in mid-summer, the vigorous astilbe flowers refresh us like a soft breeze that comes into the valley on a summer evening. The plume effect is created by a clustering of tiny flowers, delicately and gracefully gathered around a central stalk.

The gentle softness of the astilbe is reminiscent of the immense peace that we can sometimes experience in the presence of the Lord ...
This teaching continues in the book, entitled "Humility and Gentleness."

Excerpt from A Garden of Love, copyright © 2009 by Thomas B. Clarke, 82 colorful pages, $19.95. By interweaving a depiction of flowers and the Scriptures, this book attempts to illustrate how flowers such as the astilbe can inspire a Scriptural application of love. Thirty flowering plants are presented – each photograph was taken in the Gethsemane Prayer Garden.