Gladden Fields by Himring

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The "gladden" is identified by Tolkien in Letter 297 as yellow flag or yellow iris, although he mentions that botanists tend to apply the name to a different kind of  iris (usually spelled "gladdon" with -o- in this sense).

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Photo of yellow iris with an inset photo of yellow water lilies.

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Posted on 10 July 2022 Updated on 10 July 2022

Gladden Fields

Photo of yellow iris, water and rain drops, with image of yellow water lilies in bottom left corne, titled "Gladden Fields" in top right corner

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It seems an unexpectedly bright and cheerful flower for such sad events as the death of Isildur and the death of Deagol, doesn't it? But as someone pointed out to me, they may not even have been in bloom right then and, besides, there is so much time for many far less sad events to have happened in the area at other times in the Third Age that we do not know about...