Let's explore the range of winter white to yellow

It is the season of the "mums" and the "marigolds" and  " it is the season to be jolly.....". We don't have the snow white from the winter snow but we have the chrysanthemum blossoms,  the large white ones, so very special at this time of the year bringing peace and serenity and the winter beauty that lies in the vast expanses of snow. The mums come in a variety of forms, button to daisy and decor types and in different colours too.  The garden types are hardy, withstanding the chill and fog of our tropical winter.
Before you see the spectacular mums, I must share the lovely sweet-scented, orange jasmine blossoms that head the line of snapshots presented here. They must have just come up as their last bloom before the cold spell and will be back again during the spring and summer-monsoon seasons, as they bloom all round the year. The shrub is a dark green bush which forms a solid colour background for the white bunches of fragrant, orange jasmines, greatly admired in small home gardens in this part of the world. Even the small bunches spread a sweet scent that can simply be felt from a distance and fills the whole garden air. Again, the chapter cannot be sealed lest I mention the marigolds' gold or mustard yellow. They come as solid balls of golden yellow tight-lipped, tiny petals holding strong and others are tiny, so tiny yet they fill the garden as tiny wild bushes. We do miss the bright summer sun at this time of the year, but the marigolds  remind each of us of the sun-yellow brightness and are used as flowers for all festive moods of this season, from weddings to temples, decorations to garlands, they cover it all in their gold yellow.