Butterflies & Flowers!

It is a popular belief that butterflies have very short life spans. However, butterflies in their adult stage can live from a week to nearly a year depending on the species. Many species have long larval life stages while others can remain dormant in their pupal or egg stages and thereby survive winters.

Butterflies, and flowers, are both magical and mysterious. Whenever I think of the two, I always think of Alice in Wonderland. “You can learn a lot of things from flowers…” I just love that scene, and of course I also love the bread & butterflies! They are just so cute. So take a minute from you day and enjoy this peaceful video on flowers and butterflies – it will soothe the soul!

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Tulip Flowers

Tulips are spring-blooming perennials that grow from bulbs. Depending on the species, tulip plants can be as short as 4 inches or as high as 28 inches! Most tulips produce only one flower per stem, and are generally a cup-shaped flower that has three petals and three sepals. Tulip flowers come in a wide variety of beautiful colors!  You can pretty much find every color of the rainbow — and more!

This is a great video on how to achieve gorgeous tulip blooms, using a pot or other container.  I like the tips in this video because she shares that you can even grow your tulips indoors!

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Hydrangeas

An important part of hydrangeas is making sure to take care of them and prune them at the right time of year. Another important care is deadheading. This is where the dead blooms are removed. New growth is very important to hydrangeas! The amazing thing about these blooms is they can change from pink to blue to purple. In fact I have hydrangea with all colors on the same plant!

Here is a video showing some tips on caring for the glorious hydrangea plant. I just love my hydrangeas and if you have any tips on care for these beautiful blooms, please let us know and leave a comment down below!

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Sunflowers

I love a pretty sunflower — I just seem to associate sunflowers with happiness.  These glorious flowers grow so tall and make a beautiful addition to all flower gardens.  The truly remind me of a gift from God here on earth.

The common sunflower, or helianthus annuus, is a plant that can get blooms in the late fall. Unfortunately, as Autumn is nowhere in site at this time, we probably will not see them for a while. However, I like to cover all flowers and enjoy them all times of the year!

The sunflower got its name from its huge, fiery blooms, whose shape and image is often used to depict the sun. The sunflower has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads of flowers. The heads consist of 1,000-2,000 individual flowers joined together by a receptacle base.

This is a really cool video I found called “how times flies and sunflowers catch the sun”.  Although, this is just a fun little video with no real relevance to gardening sunflowers, I still enjoyed it and though I would share!

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Stargazer Lilies

As Spring is right around the corner, I thought it would be great to post a list of flowers that bloom in Spring. I’m so excited to see some life come, and also the cold days of Winter go! I just love the mild weather of Spring and the fresh pops of color that come out during the season.

Here is a list of flowers that will be blooming in Spring (my favorite being Stargazer Lily):

• Agapanthus
• Amaryllis
• Anemone
• Apple blossom Bird of Paradise
• Brodea
• Calla lily
• Cherry Blossom
• Corn flower
• Cosmose
• Dahlia
• Delphinium
• Delwood
• Forsythia
• Freesia
• Gardenia
• Heather
• Helleborus
• Hollyhock
• Hyacinth
• Larkspur
• Casa Blanca Lily
• Gloriosa Lily
• Stargazer
• Liatrus
• Lilac
• Lisianthus
• Narcissus
• Orchid
• Peach blossom
• Peony
• Phlox
• Poppy
• Protea
• Pussy willow
• Ranunculus
• Rose
• Seeded Eucalyptus
• Solidago
• Statice
• Stephanotis
• Stock
• Sweet Pea
• Tulip
• Viburnum
• Wax flower
• Zinnia

What is your favorite Spring time blooming flower?  Leave a comment and let us know what makes you excited for Spring!

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Pansies

Some of my favorite flowers are the Pansy flowers. The pansy, viola or violet is a plant that is found in almost every continent, except for Antarctica. Grow violets in the sun or shade with these simple instructions on plant care.

I love that my beautiful Pansies come back year after year. They are such a sturdy flower that is anything but “a pansy”. Typically, when we hear pansy we think weak. This flower is anything but that. Also, whenever I see Pansies I always think of Alice in Wonderland with the garden scene and “You can learn a lot of things from the flowers”.

In this video the host talks about some growing tips for this beautiful flower. I love that these sweet little flowers come in all different colors too. I love a variety of shades in my garden for a rainbow-like look. They are so simple and beautiful, and quite possibly my most favorite flower!

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Exbury Gardens

The Gardens are spread over a spectacular 200 acre site and contain the world-famous Rothschild Collection of rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias and rare trees and shrubs. This earthly paradise is said to offer a pure riot of colour in spring, an oasis of tranquility in summer, and is followed by a splendid show as the leaves change in the Autumn.

Their site states the following message:

Discover Exbury’s hidden beauty and escape the cares of the world as you explore a myriad of pathways. Let the train take the strain on a 20 minute journey or ride a chauffeur driven buggy to tour the Gardens. In December 2011 the Gardens were awarded the prestigious Hudson’s Heritage “Garden of the Year” award.

The following video is put together beautifully touching on the delights the Exbury Gardens have to offer! It truly makes me think this is a little piece of Heaven on earth.

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The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden

The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden was designed in 1916, and completed in 1988. It is located at the New York Botanical Garden. It is one of the highlights of the botanical garden and a favorite place for many to visit and admire.

The garden has received many awards and features of 3,500 rose plants! Among all those beautiful roses are over 600 varieties. Personally, I had no idea there were that many variety of roses – it is amazing!

Through a generous gift of David Rockefeller, the garden was made in honor of his wife, Peggy. This is truly a sight to be seen whenever visiting the Northeast region of the United States!

I feel absolutely enchanted by this rose garden and cannot wait to visit on my next visit to New York!

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Gardens of Versailles

Whenever I think of the palace of Versailles, I think of Marie Antoinette. I have been ingrigued by the life and death of the Dauphine of France, and I have to say the movie made in 2006 is one of my very favorites! It prompted me to research the Gardens of Versailles, as the movie portrayed it as a very magical and lovely place. I have to say the most beautiful scenes from that movie were the ones filmed outside.

Garden of Versailles is France’s most famous palace and gardens. It is well-known across the world and symbolizes everything we think of as luxury, beauty and elegance. Not only does it showcase thousands of beautiful plants and flowers, it has has numerous elegant statues and sculptures that line the footpaths. It is also famous for the Fountain of Latona.

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Beautiful tulips

I love tulips. They are without a doubt one of my very favorite flowers. They are so beautiful, graceful, without being pretentious. I’m not sure how some flowers seem “pretentious” but they do. The tulip is simple, refined and lovely. This video shows tulips in rows of colors that as the poster stated:

At first glance, it looks like a giant child armed with a box of crayons has been set loose upon the landscape. Vivid stripes of purple, yellow, red, pink, orange and green make up a glorious Technicolor patchwork. Yet far from being a child’s sketchbook, this is, in fact, the northern Netherlands in the middle of the tulip season.

I have a dream of visiting her one day!  Until then, I will watch this video and enjoy from afar.

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