Monthly Archives: January 2013

In The Eye Of A Heavenly Hurricane – Anemone coronaria

Wow!  What a view.  Have you seen anything so beautiful? The color, the patterns, the mood of it all.  So chic, so mysterious.  It’s like looking into the eye of a heavenly hurricane or a vibrant whirlpool of the purest,

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Fashionable Ferox And Its Rad Red Rockets – Aloe Ferox

Talk about skyrockets in flight afternoon delight!  I think I’ve mentioned before that I’m a bit in love with aloes and their super cool flowers.  Something about the plant architecture and design aesthetic of the aloe form just speaks to

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Who You Callin’ Sugarbush?! – Protea neriifolia ‘Pink Ice’

I sometimes reference the plant world as its own universe.   Here’s one case where I think the idea of a universe definitely fits the bill.  Before your very eyes, you are witnessing what I would call a floral supernova

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Hot Buttered Popcorn Realness – Senna didymobotrya

In L.A., spring fever feels like it comes a bit early.  Just the other day I was strolling along, turned the corner, and ran into a voluptuous vision of flowery buttered popcorn realness.  What is this ‘realness’ of which I

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I Only Want To See U In The Purple Reign

Ever since I’ve lived in California, I’ve noticed that come January/February from out of nowhere I start see cascades of vibrant purple color popping up here and there. When I lived in Berkeley, there was a fence by the motorway

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