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FRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: TROPICAL HYDRANGEA
April 21, 2017
Each bloom of the Tropical Hydrangea, Pinkball lasts for about a month, and some say these festive pompom-like blooms smell like cake batter. To learn more about this flower and download it for your desktop, join me on this journey of the discovery and delight of the 400,000+ flowers that petal our world.
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: THERE ARE ALWAYS FLOWERS
April 17, 2017
MY TWO CENTS There are always flowers for those who want to see them... A very true statement that if you are willing to seek flowers you will find them. Just ask my husband how often I stop to look at a new flower along the way. This quote has a much grander meaning, though: that there are many wonders, many surprises, and many things to be thankful for, for those who want to seek and appreciate...
Read MoreFRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: CORAL SENECIO
April 14, 2017
The species name of the Coral Senecio is, fulgens, meaning “shining”, referring to the dazzling scarlet, orange blooms. To learn more about this flower and download it for your desktop, join me on this journey of the discovery and delight of the 400,000+ flowers that petal our world.
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: BUTTERFLIES ARE SELF
April 10, 2017
MY TWO CENTS Butterflies are self propelled flowers... A quote so befitting of this Iris: Flight of Butterflies. It's a quote that makes me smile and brings a moment of joy and peace to my day. ABOUT THE AUTHOR It is always so fascinating to learn about each author of Monday’s Flower Quotes as each time I find it creates for me more meaning with quote; this one is just another example of t...
Read MoreFriday’s Flower Fact: African Daisy
April 07, 2017
Often labeled as an annual, Osteosermums are in fact half-hardy subshrubs that cannot tolerate frost but can be overwintered in a protected environment. To learn more about this flower and download it for your desktop, join me on this journey of the discovery and delight of the 400,000+ flowers that petal our world.
Read MoreFriday’s Flower Fact: Salicifolia Begonia
March 31, 2017
An unusual upright cane-stemmed form of begonia, Salicifolia Begonia tends to drop its lower leaves if overwatered. To learn more about this flower and download it for your desktop, join me on this journey of the discovery and delight of the 400,000+ flowers that petal our world.
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: A GARDEN TO WALK IN
March 27, 2017
MY TWO CENTS A garden to walk in...Truly what more could one want than a few flowers at our feet and the stars above us. After learning more about Victor Hugo, I can picture him walking in his own gardens and coming up with this simple, yet profound quote. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a novelist, poet and dramatist of the Romantic movement. A few of his most famous works inclu...
Read MoreFriday’s Flower Fact: Canada Lily
March 24, 2017
The leaves on this The Native Americans once gathered and consumed the roots of the Canada Lily which are starchy like a potato. To learn more about this flower and download it for your desktop, join me on this journey of the discovery and delight of the 400,000+ flowers that petal our world.
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: THE FLOWER DOESN’T DREAM
March 20, 2017
MY TWO CENTS The flower doesn't dream... No it doesn't, it does the hard work of blooming and growing into its full and amazing potential and receives the bee as its reward to continue on. How lovely the relationship is between the flower and the bee. For me this quote reminds me that I must do the hard work to attract the "bee", and I can only hope I have, when it comes to Floating Petals. ...
Read MoreFriday’s Flower Fact: Pink Flowering Oxalis
March 17, 2017
The leaves on this Pink Flowering Oxalis are trifoliate, with each of the three leaflets, a heart, which fold in poor weather or at night. To learn more about this flower and download it for your desktop, join me on this journey of the discovery and delight of the 400,000+ flowers that petal our world.
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