Archive | January 23, 2008

Care & Handling of Flowers – Flower of the Month Club

Jan23

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If you purchase loose flowers for your own arrangements consider these tips:When selecting flowers, look for flowers with upright, firm petals and buds beginning to open. Yellow, spotted or drooping leaves are signs of age. When using woody stems and branches (such as quince, forsythia or lilac), cut the stem with sharp pruning shears. Place in warm water containing fresh flower food to promote flower openingSource – Society of American Florists

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Meaning of Flowers – Honeysuckle

Jan23

honeysuckleHoneysuckle ~ The bonds of love, sweetness of disposition
Botanical Name: Lonicera     Family: Caprifoliaceae“Ye have been fresh and green,Ye have been fill’d with flowers;
And ye the walks have been
Where Maids have spent their hours”
– Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Honeysuckle got its name from the sweet nectar in the center of the flower. Sweetly scented (pungent), it is beloved and admired by poets and writers for its virtues; Shakespeare often called it by the country name of Woodbine. With woody stems that twine clockwise around anything in its path, the honeysuckle is known as a climbing wild flower.

According to 100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names, by Diana Wells, the Honeysuckle is pollinated by the Hawk Moth. A Viennese botanist, Kerner, did an experiment to see how far it would travel to do the job. He placed the moth three hundred yards away from the nearest honeysuckle early in the morning and marked it. When dusk fell, he watched the moth wave its feelers and head straight for the very same blossom.

Flower Trivia … Answer to Yesterday’s Questions

Jan23

Yesterday’s Question – Which kind of flower can contain up to a hundred florets in the center “eye?”

 

Ox Eye Daisy, by fras1977 via Flickr

Ox Eye Daisy, by fras1977 via Flickr

Answer – The ox-eye daisy may look like a single flower. In fact, the real flowers occur as a tight cluster in the center or eye, and are surrounded by the petals.

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Heidi