Bougainvilleas are considered one of the world’s most beautiful flowering vines They are members of the Four-O’Clock (Nyctaginaceae) family and are native to Brazil, Peru and Argentina. These colorful climbing shrubs have paper-like blossoms which are actually bracts, located just below the flower stalk. Look closely into the middle of…
Daily Archives: April 27, 2011
Garden Fairies– Alive n’ Stuffed
Garden Fairies love to dress up. Some people save Halloween to relieve childhood dress-up days, whereas the Garden Fairies look at just about any occasion to create colorful costumes. Some of our outfits and hats get transformed as much as our yards. An outfit that has had more lives than…
Sustainable & Symbolic flowers for the royal wedding
The ephemeral nature of weddings makes them wasteful by design. The cost of putting on royal wedding is staggering. But imagine the mountain of rubbish that will be left behind. An estimated 140 tons will have to be cleaned off the streets after thousands descend on London for the big…