Tag Archives: silk-of-the-day

Protea – Silk Flower Stem of the Day

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Chris

Proteas are far more interesting than I ever could have suspected, and may possibly be the most interesting silk flower stem of the day up to this point. That’s a pretty bold statement considering tulips caused an economic disaster, and … Continue reading →

Snowball – Silk Flower Stem of the Day

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Chris

The Snowball, today’s Silk Flower Stem of the Day, raised a lot more questions than answers for me. First, what is a snowball? If you look up ‘snowball’ in Botanica, somewhere between smithiantha and solandra is … not snowball. That’s … Continue reading →

Zinnia – Silk Flower Stem of the Day

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Chris

Just a short post for today’s silk flower stem of the day, the zinnia. This colorful flower (comes in yellow, orange, red, purple, white, and lilac, which means it pretty much goes with everything). The most well known species, zinnia … Continue reading →

Chrysanthemum – Silk Flower Stem of the Day

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Chris

I can write about the Chrsyanthemum today knowing that that is actually the name of this genus of flower. 15 years ago, I would have called them Dendranthema, which isn’t a mum, but a ma. So I guess the category … Continue reading →

Ranunculus – Silk Flower Stem of the Day

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Chris

You might know today’s Silk Flower Stem of the Day better as the buttercup, but on our website, we call it the Ranunculus. While I like the mysterious sounding ranunculus better than buttercup, I agree that ‘Build me up, Ranunculus’, … Continue reading →

Dahlia – Silk Flower Stem of the Day

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Lynne

Elegance, treachery, dignity, instability. You might be asking yourself, “how do these words correlate with the Dahlia“, today’s silk flower stem of the day. But no other words could describe it better. Let me explain. The dahlia itself is a very … Continue reading →

Tulip – Silk Flower Stem of the Day

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Chris

Tulips, another favorite of my mom’s front yard, are one of the most interesting flowers we’ll talk about this month. Why? Because tulips were responsible for an economic disaster in the Netherlands, and I’m pretty sure that no other flower … Continue reading →

Orchid – Silk Flower of the Day

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Chris

The first thing I learned about orchids is that you cannot look up orchid in a flower book and get an answer. Orchid is only one part of the story. Wikipedia informs us that there are over 20,000 species of … Continue reading →

Rose – Silk Flower Stem of the Day

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Chris

I don’t have any personal memories of roses, except for a small rose bush that my mom had by the side door of our house. It stood a few feet from where we kept our trash cans, and I thought … Continue reading →

Hydrangea – Silk Flower Stem of the Day

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Chris

Today’s Silk Flower Stem of the Day, the hydrangea, reminds me of my parents’ house in Pennsylvania. My mom always had a hydrangea bush out front, and it was always really beautiful. Well, thinking about it now it was pretty, … Continue reading →