Author: Jill Brooke
For Sunday Pentecost Flowers, the Theme Is Always Red
Pentecost Sunday, a joyous occasion in Christianity, is June 9 in 2019, and celebrated with red flowers. In some countries that means roses, and the Sunday is even called Festa Rosalia, the Rose Feast. The Greeks call is Rousalia. But it is in Eastern Europe where the red peony, which is also called “Mary’s rose,” …
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Tuberose: The Secret Scent to Elevate Your Bouquet and Garden
Those dainty Victorians considered the rich, heady scent of a tuberose to signify dangerous love and voluptuousness. It must have put them into a swoon. In fact, they forbade young ladies from smelling it, for fear it would make them have an orgasm. Of course we’re talking about the English Victorians (are there really any …
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Park Avenue – Turns Out They’re Digging For Tulips Not Gold
In May it is not unusual to see men, women, even children standing in the median strip of Park Avenue – the technical term is the “mall” – shovels in hand, digging around in the flower beds. New Yorkers being suspicious types might think they are not supposed to be there, but they are invited. …
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Petal Pushers In Floral Dresses: Halle Berry & Jourdan Dunn
Halle Berry, 52, showed off her great legs with a frilly and very pretty $850 floral dress by the designing Zimmermann sisters for her appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. She was there in advance of the opening of the movie “John Wick 3,” a Keanu Reeves misunderstood-assassin vehicle, where Berry, Anjelica Houston …
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Garden Trellises – You Know You Need One, Maybe Two
The answer to everything below is: Get a trellis! Or get two. You could not resist buying that Eden climbing rose. Or the clematis that you are sure would climb the lamp post. Now what? There’s a blank wall on your patio that has always annoyed you. You’ve looked at it year after year. It …
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The Trade Secrets Sale Of Rare Plants And Garden Fixtures
Trade Secrets garden sale of plants and antiques Bunny Williams exotic and rare plants, garden planters, Sharon Connecticut, once-a-year sale in Northwestern Connecticut, a staple on the society gardener calendar. Top-notch vendors and nurserymen.
The Hydrangea: Why Not Give Special Aunts A Day And Flower?
Parents welcome the co-parenting skills of their siblings. Aunts are not only confidants to children but can act as a mediator as well as a babysitter. It expands the definition of love.
When Mourning a Mother or Child’s Death – The Iris Flower
https://youtu.be/FWYY3GxgP7E In honor of my mother who just passed away, I am going to make a Mother’s Day floral arrangement using an Iris. This purple bloom is significant and emits a special meaning. The flower was named after the Greek goddess Iris. In Greek mythology, Iris was the goddess who created the arc of …
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The Triumph Tulip Carre – A Flower Of Promise and Reality
By Linda Lee Here was the plan. I planted the Triumph Tulip Carre bulbs in November and they were supposed to bloom for Easter, which was late this year. I carefully planted them next to daffodils and the yellow tulips in the front hosta bed. The Triumph Tulip Carre, which came out in 2016, was …
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Why NOT Give John Derian Decoupage A Try For Your Mothers Day?
By Linda Lee Let’s see. Scrapbooking, Color Me Mine, Paint by Numbers… Oh, right, Decoupage. Say day-coo-pahgh. It was all the rage in the 1960s. Still, it’s Mother’s Day, so here is our salute to the man who has made a brilliant career of decoupage: John Derian. It’s not too late, if you live …
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