Category Archives: Featured Flowers
WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?
June 10, 2018
Where does the time go? I can’t believe it’s already June of 2018. Looking back on the year so far, there are already so many wonderful flowers to reflect on from Floating Petals. Truth be told, every flower is my favorite, but here are a few of my most favorite blooms of 2018 to date. If you want to learn more about each one, there are links to check out each flower for more information ab...
Read MoreBLOOMING SUBJECTS: HOW DO I PICK THEM?
April 15, 2018
Get it?…my blooming subjects: how do I pick them? Actually, I don’t hand pick any of them unless I photograph them in my studio. When it comes to choosing my blooming subjects, I look for something unique. I always love the well-known flowers like peonies, tulips and cosmos. The artist in me also pushes me to look for the unique, curious and unknown. I find it also opens up a new world of wond...
Read MoreTHE FOUR-LEAF CLOVER
March 11, 2018
Do you associate the clover with St. Patrick's Day as much as I do: the luck of the Irish, the four-leaf clover? Did you know that clovers produce delicate flowers, one being the Pink Flowering Oxalis (featured at the top of the post)? I never associated flowers with clovers until I stumbled upon this sweet pink one at Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior, Arizona. Do you associate the clover wit...
Read MoreMUM’S THE WORD: CHRYSANTHEMUM FESTIVAL
November 05, 2017
Mum’s the word at the Longwood Gardens Chrysanthemum Festival held in late autumn every year. A few years ago, I traveled with my Sherpa (aka: my husband) to Longwood Gardens to experience the festival. They have been growing mums since the opening of the garden in 1921, though it wasn’t until 1981 that the festival became known as the ‘Chrysanthemum Festival’, which is “the most intrica...
Read More4 SUMMER FLOWER TIDBITS
August 27, 2017
I’m always trying to learn more about flowers. Below are a few things I have learned about some of the summer flowers that are growing in my garden. If you have any summer flower tidbits, I would love it if you would share them with me below in the comments section. 1. SNOW IN SUMMER?!? This is a flower that I added to my garden last year. I planted it, not only for its sweet, white flower...
Read MoreAS BUTTERFLIES TAKE FLIGHT
July 23, 2017
Flight of Butterflies Iris is the most beautiful, tiny and delicate of Irises that I have ever seen. I came across it a few summers ago at the Dorset Farmers Market. Michelle, who owns Tanner Hill Flower Farm and who grows and sells her own flowers and makes the most beautiful floral arrangements, had these beauties. I was in awe of them, and I couldn’t help but buy the container she had that da...
Read MoreFORSYTHIA fər-ˈsi-thē-ə
April 28, 2015
A word that I enjoy saying because of how it rolls off my tongue, like Sunoco or Madagascar. A shrub I love seeing because it mutes out the grey, dreary sticks of winter in the Northeast with the most vibrant pop of yellow. It renews my spirit and gives me the belief that spring really is coming even if it seems like it’s moving at a snail’s pace. For me, it’s sunshine on earth, and it bring...
Read MoreCHANGE YOUR WORLD FOR A MOMENT
April 14, 2015
I had anticipated sharing the story of where the name ‘Floating Petals’ came from today, but instead I came across a quote by Georgia O’Keeffe that I shared yesterday, and it encompasses all that my website is about, which is how flowers can become your world, your view and change a moment in an instant. Life is active and always changing. We have to seek out those things that make us mos...
Read MoreSPRING HAS SPRUNG
March 24, 2015
Did I just hear a 'Hallelujah'? Maybe I felt it come from inside me, from the bottom of my toes to the top of my head, because spring has arrived. Though another 6” of snow fell on Friday, the Spring Equinox, it didn’t bother me because I knew we had turned the corner. The corner that one turns and can anticipate something better, something warmer, something brighter: the blue skies extending ...
Read MoreTHE LUCK OF THE IRISH
March 17, 2015
Do you associate the clover with St. Patrick's Day as much as I do? The luck of the Irish, the four leaf clover. Did you know that the clover produces a delicate flower, Pink Flowering Oxalis, like the one at the top of this post? I never associated flowers with clovers until I stumbled upon this sweet pink one at Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior, Arizona. I have since learned that this flowe...
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