Throughout the millennia, blooms have been used to convey feelings when words simply would not suffice. Prior to the Victorian Era, people had already been using floriography, or “the language of flowers” in Persia and the Middle East. For whatever…

Throughout the millennia, blooms have been used to convey feelings when words simply would not suffice. Prior to the Victorian Era, people had already been using floriography, or “the language of flowers” in Persia and the Middle East. For whatever…
Photo credit: http://www.gardenia.net Attention, please; attention please. Will the audience kindly swivel their eyes towards the Rozanne Geranium? Note its violet-blue hue that attracts bees and butterflies alike, begging for a sweet exchange of fondness and pollen. It has won…
Photo credit: R. Tyler A cure for winter blues, hellebores are an early gift from spring. The dark and cold can hold us captive until we witness a fresh bloom emerging from the soil. The promise of newness, of energy…