It has large, shallow-cupped flowers full of petals that curl around the golden stamens.

They are purple (occasionally white) with six petals and a central boss of golden stamens and are attractive to bees.

The petals are usually daisy-like, and a mass of golden stamens brightens the center of each flower head.

I must have Windrush, a lemony-yellow semi-double with beautiful contrasting deep golden stamens.

Its deep pink, three-inch, semidouble flowers with golden stamens open in June and produce fat red hips in fall.

The velvety dark petals of this semi-double are enhanced by golden stamens.

It bears bright carmine red flowers with golden stamens through spring.

Helleborus niger, the Christmas rose, is also an essential addition, with its drooping white flowers and golden stamens.

And look, it is beautiful," she said, pointing to the long grassy slope, covered with a cascade of blue flowers, shimmering with their golden stamens.

A single white peony, silky petals surrounding golden stamens, floats in a bowl on the piano of my childhood.