The six pointed star is a symbol of this blending. In the night garden dark and light are blended. In the dark night, the light of the Moon and soft lights of the stars merge. And it is in the night that perhaps we are better able to think and to wonder about our place in this solar system whose overhanging tapestry, even in the dark night, consists of light. To begin an evening garden one must learn what nocturnal flowers are available, what occurs in the night, and what living things decided millions of years ago that the world of night is where they would grow and glow, sometimes with the help of moths.
Flowers have a pronounced fragrance at night.
They smell like lilies of the night. They bloom in the midst of winter if potted and grown on a kitchen window. As soon as the night sky emerges, the flowers open like a pinwheel. Members of the nightshade family produce flowers meant to be walked by, especially under Full Moon nights when the air feels warmly tropical. Their perfume is sweet and spicy and they grow into large shrubs up to eight feet high.