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It’s spring! And flowers are center stage

by Jacqueline

March 20, 2008

Spring has sprung and I’ve got lots of flower news to share. There is much to inspire …

• This is a great time to fill your home with flowers. Spring blooms include tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, iris, daisies, lilies and many more. See the full list at aboutflowers.com/holidays_b6.html, where you’ll also find floral decorating tips. And check out slideshow.ivillage.com/home/fun_spring_flowers for cool ideas on displaying spring flowers.

Pink tulips

 • A colleague let me borrow a book that rethinks people's relationship with plants: Michael Pollan’s “The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s Eye View of the World” amazon.com.

Pollan’s prose is thoughtful, provocative and wry. Describing Dutch tulipomania of the 1630s, he writes: “Although by any conventional measure it is folly to pay thousands for a tulip bulb (or for that matter an Internet stock), as long as there is an even greater fool out there willing to pay even more, doing so is the most logical thing in the world. By 1636 the taverns were crowded with such people, and as long as Holland remained home to an expanding population of greater fools — people blinded by their desire for instant wealth — the truly foolish act would have been to abstain from the tulip trade.”

• Another colleague shared this super-helpful post on choosing the right plant for your bathroom: apartmenttherapy.com/sf/plants-flowers/best-plants-for-your-bathroom-045923. OK, I am definitely buying an orchid this weekend!

• Did you know that the Easter Bunny was a pagan symbol? Fellow flower lovers blogged about the first day of spring and the history of Easter traditions at tulipstalk.wordpress.com. 

• Delawareonline.com marked the day by writing about trillium, “an icon of the wildflower garden.” Read more at: delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080320/LIFE04/80319062.

• And if you want to see something cute and creative, take a look at this little floral guy: dailycuteness.com/flower-puppy.html.  

Today's Flower Fact of the Day comes from author Michael Pollan: When the tulip first arrived in Europe, the Germans boiled and sugared the bulbs; the English tried serving them with oil and vinegar. Mmmm ... ;)

Happy spring! 
 


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Virginia
Virginia | Reply
March 24, 2008

Spring!  Finally!!  Although, the snow outside isn't helping me feel the new season just yet.  I guess that's where flowers come in, right?  Thanks for all the links, they helped me get in the mood.  There are a lot of ideas to be found at the end of each one.

If I'm not mistaken, didn't the Dutch import the tulip from Turkey?  I've seen the flower's likeness on antique oriental rugs.

Happy Spring from a new flower blog fan.


Heidi Richards
Heidi Richards | Reply
March 26, 2008

Dear Jacqueline,

Thanks so much to the reference to my blog Tulips Talk (http://www.tulipstalk.com)  I appreciate your highlighting it for your readers. I love the Florist Blog - it is filled with great info on a variety of topics of interest to florists (including me).

Today is Make up your own holiday Day so I am calling it Florists Day!  Happy Florists Day!

Heidi

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