Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden (Adelaide) surrounded by green lawns, and four garden beds with ornamental trees and shrubs at the edges. Cornish's choice of plants was influenced by their symbolic meanings, selecting five "Populus nigra "Italica"" (Lombardy poplars) to represent the five women of the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Trust; "Quercus ilex" (holly oak) and "Myrtus communis" (myrtle) for protection and love; "Lonicera" (honeysuckle) for love, generosity and devotion; and "Syringa vulgaris" (lilac) to symbolize memory, protection, youth and tenderness. Here the designer carefully selected plants for their metaphorical meanings. Original plans for the garden included the use of a 'floral clock', that would represent the
Syringa, Idaho Syringa, Idaho Syringa (pronounced \sə-ˈriŋ-gə\) is an unincorporated town in Idaho County, Idaho, United States. The town is named for the shrub which grows in the area [Philadelphus lewisii], and is the Idaho State Flower. It is in the Pacific Time Zone, (-8 UTC). The climate is mild with an average precipitation of over 25 inches per year. The town lies at the base of the Clearwater Mountains, a subset of the Rocky Mountains, along the banks of the Middle Fork of the Clearwater River (MFCR). The area is on the edge of the Idaho Batholith, though Columbia River Basalt