Russia (bbabo.net), - Pots with flowering lilac bushes have been installed in the Alexander Palace of the Tsarskoye Selo Museum-Reserve. Thus, a tradition that existed in the emperor's family and was interrupted in 1917 was revived here.
Under Nicholas II and Alexander Feodorovna, fresh flowers decorated the interiors of the palace every year, they say in the museum. The last time they were here at the beginning of 1917, when the Imperial was in her house under arrest. But they were soon removed - "prisoners are not entitled to luxury." After 105 years, in January 2022, blooming lilacs returned to the rooms of the palace - in particular, to the Maple Drawing Room and the Lilac Study.
Lilacs were forced to bloom at an unusual time in the same way as a century ago - with the help of distillation. Specialists of the Tsarskoye Selo greenhouse complex began preparing plants for awakening back in December. At the same time, we are talking about historical varieties - the same ones that members of the imperial family admired. Among them is the white "Madame Lemoine", the world's first terry lilac.
- Empress Alexandra Feodorovna loved flowers, especially lilacs, - they say in the museum-reserve. - She preferred lilac tones in clothes, perfumes with the scent of lilacs ... In her memoirs, the maid of honor of the Empress Anna Vyrubova wrote: "The Empress spent most of the day in her office, with pale lilac furniture and walls of the same color ... This room was full of flowers , bushes of blooming lilacs or roses, and flowers were in vases.
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