by Carlisle | Dec 3, 2010 | Carlisle Flowers
After the rose, jasmine is one of the most powerful and captivating scents. It takes 6 million jasmine flowers to make one kilo of jasmine essence. Longwood Garden recent’s show, “Making Scents, the Art and Passion of Fragrance” was captivating and...
by Carlisle | Nov 21, 2010 | Carlisle Flowers
Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA trained this towering single-stemmed chrysanthemum with over 700 blooms for their annual Festival of Chrysanthemums, a lovely site as you enter their Conservatory. Chrysanthemums of different hues and topiary shapes including...
by Carlisle | Oct 24, 2009 | Carlisle Flowers
The Arboretum now part of the Barnes Foundation was originally founded as a private arboretum on the property of Captain Joseph Lapsley Wilson (1844-1928). Captain Wilson was a veteran of the Civil War, and worked for the Little Schuylkill Navigation Railroad and Coal...
