Galadriel, Arwen's grandmother and a High Elf, was the lady of Lothlorien, a forest of *mallorn* trees. *Mallorn* had silver bark, and their leaves did not fall in autumn, but turned golden, then fell in the spring, when the trees flowered with golden blossoms. Galadriel gave Sam Gamgee the *mallorn* seed he planted where the party tree had stood.