2023’s Best U. S. Cities for Local Flowers
May 11, 2023 – 10:29 pm | Comments Off on 2023’s Best U. S. Cities for Local Flowers

Looking at five floral categories in the 200 largest U.S. cities, Lawn Love came up with these two lists.
They checked out access to flower shops and specialty-cut flower vendors, consumer ratings, and the number of …

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Bouquets: French Still Life Painting
December 10, 2014 – 8:09 am | Comments Off on Bouquets: French Still Life Painting
Bouquets: French Still Life Painting

The first major American exhibition to consider the French floral still life across the 19th century premiered last October at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 North Harwood, Dallas, Texas.
“Bouquets: French Still-Life Painting from Chardin …

Lotus Flower Season
December 8, 2014 – 8:56 am | Comments Off on Lotus Flower Season
Lotus Flower Season

The Blue Lotus Water Garden opens December 27, 2014, for its annual Lotus Flower Season, which runs through April 7, 2015, at 2628 Warburton Highway, Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia.
The water garden features thousands of lotus …

The Flower of the Season: Poinsettia
December 7, 2014 – 11:46 pm | Comments Off on The Flower of the Season: Poinsettia
The Flower of the Season: Poinsettia

A quick way to catch the holiday spirit is a wander through a holiday flower show.
‘Tis the season for holiday flower shows, and the flower of choice is the poinsettia. Purists know that the colorful …

Flower of the Day: Trumpet Vine
December 6, 2014 – 8:07 am | Comments Off on Flower of the Day: Trumpet Vine
Flower of the Day: Trumpet Vine

Blood orange trumpet vine flowers grace a wall in Athens, Greece, on a sunny early September afternoon.
According to Wikipedia, Campsis (trumpet creeper, trumpet vine) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native …

Romance of the Winter Garden
December 1, 2014 – 8:22 am | Comments Off on Romance of the Winter Garden
Romance of the Winter Garden

“Branches, Blossoms and Buds — Romance of the Winter Garden” — that’s the theme for a garden tour February 13 and 14, 2015, at Filoli, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside, California.
The guided walks go through Filoli’s …