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This exquisite pot was more than a challenge. Making daffodils (undersized to boot) look natural with the wind (blow dryer) showing movement and leaves that stand upright was impossible. Hours were spent all for naught. Never again shall we try to recreate what the artist/potter achieved in his/her depicting the beauty of spring against a […]
Little daffodils (also called trumpet narcissus) with petals or perianth as long as the trumpets. For flower arranging use perhaps curly willow sticks in the pot to hold them up for a rustic look. Save bulbs in cool place to plant in fall or just try to plant bulbs after greens have died down. Certainly […]
When picking out the flowers for the week first order of business, the stargazer lilies. We wanted to see how easily or not they would integrate with carns and poms, their being so big and the others so small, their being celestial versus terrestrial. Stacking the flowers and surveying the color palette, tones of pinks […]
Is that what they were trying to say with this name Gee I Me? Don’t know. But here’s a trivial fact. For every President’s wife a rose is named. Michelle Obama’s color, which designer will it be? And the muscle tones, will they be featured?
This early 17th century Delft pottery pyramid vase is from the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The one metre (40 inches) high tulipiere was inspired by Chinese exported pottery and can hold 36 flowers. Clay differed from each country so the colors differed as well, the Delft faience (porcelain) not as translucent as […]
Formal gardens with a “plant palette of Mediterranian and indigenous plants to Zone 7 “including boxwoods, cherry laurels, spirea and annuals were used to create the four primary axises,” said Joe Cugliotta of J. Cugliotta Landscape/Nursery Inc., the designer of this exhibit at the Philadelphia Flower Show sponsored by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society this past […]
Knowing full well that they were not going to get away with anything, these stragglers were told to straighten up, (well we could use some curves too). Now here is what we told them, “You can be loud, but be soft. You can be a non-conformist, but conform. You can hang out in groups, but […]
So, the enchantment is still there but way tired. Pull those old petals off and start anew. See CarlisleFlowers.net on You Tube for more…
Check your flight now for Chicago to see these wonderful Mayan inspired ruins at the Chicago Flower and Garden Show. www.chicagoflower.com Del Agua Viene La Vida (From Water Comes Life) National Museum of Mexican Art—Chicago Designed by Kane Brothers Water Features—Burr Ridge, Ill. Inspired by an ancient Mayan Galactic butterfly symbol representing all consciousness—past, […]
The Philadelphia Flower Show drew a record 48,000 people on Saturday, March 7th, 2009. All toll, 245,000 attended the week long event. “Bella Italia” with ancient Roman gardens, a Venetian canal, views from the Alps, Milan’s haute couture, and art in a Florence garden (with an Irish Blarney stone exhibit included too,) gave testament to […]
