Author Archives: The Flowerblog Team

Flower Facts: Flowers that Attract Butterflies

15/5/12 Flower Facts: Flowers that Attract Butterflies Want to attract these lovely bugs (yep! butterflies are still bugs folks) to your garden? Here’s some flower recommendations from Horticulture Magazine to help you create a summer butterfly haven: “Adult butterflies require … Continue reading

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Flowers A to Z: A is for Anemone

15/5/12 Flowers A to Z: A is for Anemone Yessir, we’re back to square one with our Flowers A to Z category, and this week we wanted to bring you a fun little flower that often gets confused for another … Continue reading

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Flower Recipe: Warm Mushroom Spinach Salad with Fresh Arugula Flowers and Chives

15/5/12 Flower Recipe: Warm Mushroom Spinach Salad with Fresh Arugula Flowers and Chives Yeah, this recipe from Jeanette’s Healthy Living has a HUGE name, but the ingredients needed to make this yummy-looking salad are small in number, we promise! Perfect … Continue reading

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Flower DIY: Easy Peasy Statement Ring

15/5/12 Flower DIY: Easy Peasy Statement Ring Thanks to this great tutorial and images from Trinkets in Bloom, we can show you how to make your own cute flower statement ring, yay! Materials: Hose clamp Colors of ribbon Gold elastic … Continue reading

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Flower Facts: Edible Flowers

7/5/12 Flower Facts: Edible Flowers Ok, so we’ve got an entire page of our site dedicated to posting yummy recipes relating to flowers–but how do you know that what you’ve got growing in the backyard is going to be delicious … Continue reading

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Flowers A to Z: Z is for Zantedeschia

7/5/12 Flowers A to Z: Z is for Zantedeschia Zanta-what? It’s cool, we can’t pronounce the name either. But we can pronounce Calla Lilies, which is one of the common names for the Zantedeschia–but don’t be fooled! There aren’t actually calla … Continue reading

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Flower Recipe: A Kid-Friendly Mother’s Day Brunch

7/5/12 Flower Recipe: A Kid-Friendly Mother’s Day Brunch Mother’s Day brunch, a tradition that many families try to uphold. But with kiddos involved, sometimes it’s hard to find something both Mom and the kids can enjoy together. Kids– there’s nothing … Continue reading

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Flower DIY: Mother’s Day Body Scrub

7/5/12 Flower DIY: Mother’s Day Body Scrub Tell mom, “Thanks!” more than one day out of the year with this awesome DIY from Dellie: Vanilla Sugar Body Scrub Original recipe by Leah of Freutcake (with a few subs) 1/2 cup … Continue reading

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Flower Facts: Space Flowers!?

4/30/12 Flower Facts: Space Flowers!? Check out these gorgeous space “flower” and its story from National Geographic: Spring flowers are blooming—even in space. This recently released picture shows NGC 7023, also called the Iris nebula for its floral appearance, as … Continue reading

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Flowers A to Z: Youth and Old Age

4/30/12 Flowers A to Z: Youth and Old Age Commonly known as the Zinnia, this flower is a delight for gardens and attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Read on to learn more about this garden beauty: Named after the German botanist … Continue reading

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