Quick Tip: Edible Flower Ice Cubes
Another way to use edible flowers is in ice cubes that make iced drinks or a punch bowl festive (figure A). Simply fill an ice cube tray half way and freeze. Then place flowers on top of the ice (making sure you know they're pesticide free ... [... more]
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500 Flowers: A celebration of the natural world
 Through stunning digital photography, Roger Camp creates glorious collages of color to present five hundred of the world's most beautiful flowers. A feast for the eye, this is a fine art photographer's rendition of the natural world. Details of the five ... [... more]
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Pollen: The Hidden Sexuality of Flowers
A scientific and artistic collaboration reveals a stunning, even sensual, microscopic world. Pollen grains have fascinated the scientifically curious since the 17th century. They are minute, almost impossible to see without a high-powered microscope, and ... [... more]
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Flower Confidential (Thorndike Press Large Print ...
Wierd title, great book When I saw Amy Stewart's name on a new book I had to have it. I enjoyed her book about earthworms so much that I didn't think she could match it, but I was wrong. This is a wonderful expose of the flower trade around the world. ... [... more]
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ZZ Baby Flower Patch 3-Piece Crib Set
There is almost nothing more fun that outfitting a baby's room, and crib bedding by Anna Claire takes it over the top. This 3-piece ensemble in the ZZ Baby Flower Patch pattern includes a beautiful and sweet hand-stitched patchwork quilt with a ... [... more]
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Poinsettia Flowers
Removing the small flowers will not make the plant last longer, nor will it make the bracts more colorful. Flowers may be removed to limit them falling on the floor or furniture throughout the holiday. ... [... more]
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Loves Me, Loves Me Not: The Hidden Language of Flowers
Loves Me, Loves Me Not: The Hidden Language of Flowers [... more]
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A Garden of Flowers: All 104 Engraving from the Hortus ...
Excellent reproduction in one volume of 2-volume facsimile edition teems with accurate, full-page images of garden flowers from all four seasons. Information on each plant describes leaves, flowers, seed pods, roots, and size and color of each blossom. A ... [... more]
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Glycerinizing Flowers
To glycerinize plants for long term preservation, combine 1 part glycerin (available at drug stores) with two parts warm water. Immerse stems stripped of foliage. Place plants in a cool, dark location. Add further solution if needed, until plants ... [... more]
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Cut Flowers -- Preservatives
Homemade solutions include a teaspoon of chlorine bleach and tablespoon of sugar per gallon of water. Another method is to use a cup of clear, lemon-lime soda per half gallon water. The acid in the bleach and soda slows down bacterial growth. The ... [... more]
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Flower Preservatives
Homemade solutions include a teaspoon of chlorine bleach and tablespoon of sugar per gallon of water. Another method is to use a cup of clear, lemon-lime soda per half gallon. The acid in the bleach and soda slows down bacterial growth. The ... [... more]
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How To Grow One Of The Easiest Flowers: Marigolds
The two ingredients that marigolds require are full sun and well-drained soil. Another thing you can do to improve growth - something that's good for any plant, really - is to place mulch on the soil surrounding your marigolds once they have ... [... more]
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