Hooker’s Lips – The World’s Most Kissable Plant
Here’s a dumb question: if (the young) Mick Jagger was a plant, what would he be? Probably Psychotria Elata, commonly known as Hooker Lips or the Hot Lips Plant for the shape of its bright red bracts that resemble two luscious lips. This weird plant might look like the work of a photo editing software, but I […]
The Stunningly Beautiful Porcelain Flowers of Vladimir Kanevsky
Ukrainian-born artist Vladimir Kanevsky creates exquisitely handcrafted porcelain flowers that look perfectly natural, but never die. From hyacinths and chrysanthemums to clematis and hollyhocks, Vladimir Kanevsky makes botanically-perfect flowers from porcelain. Inspired mostly by 17th- and 18th-century European botanical prints, but also by the glass flower collection at Harvard University’s Museum of Natural History, the talented artisan has […]
The Mind-Blowing Installations of Bloemencorso, an Annual Flower Parade in the Netherlands
Held every year in the Dutch town of Zundert, Bloemencorso is the world’s largest flower parade made entirely by volunteers. Millions of flowers are used to decorate giant floats built from steel wire, cardboard and papier-maché. The Netherlands is inextricably linked to tulips, but at the annual Bloemencorso flower parade, it’s all about dahlias, as […]
Stunning Photos from the World’s Most Amazing Suburban Family Garden
Located in the small backyard of a family-owned property in Wallsall, England, is one of the most incredible-looking gardens in the world. The Four Seasons Garden may not be as large as other famous English gardens you may have visited, but it certainly makes up in beauty and charm. There are hundreds, probably thousands of […]
Gardener Claims Viagra Makes Plants Perkier
Celebrity TV Gardner David Domoney has made a startling revelation. The drug that has helped so many men spruce up their love-life apparently works wonders for flowers as well. And only 1/50th of a regular sized pill of Viagra is all that’s required. Cut flowers that are placed in a vase end up wilting in […]
The Dissected Flowers of Fong Qi Wei
Singaporean photographer Fong Qi Wei likes to pick apart flowers by hand and rearrange them on blank a canvas, creating incredible works of art. In a series entitled “Exploded Flowers” 33-year-old Fong Qi Wei disassembles popular flowers like the rose, lotus or orchid, carefully rearranges their components on a blank white canvas and then takes photos of […]
The Incredible Flower and Sand Carpets of La Otorava
In the Spanish town of La Otorava, Tenerife, the festival of Corpus Christi Festival is celebrated by lining the streets with beautiful themed carpets made from flower petals and colored volcanic sand. Featuring some of the most fragrant art displays in the world, the feast of Corpus Christi attracts thousands of visitors from all around […]
Lily Allen Portrait Is Made of Real Lilies
British singer Lily Allen is getting married this Saturday and London florist McQueens wanted to celebrate the event by creating a unique portrait of the artist, using actual lilies. A team of six flower experts worked nine hours arranging the Asiatic lily blossoms into an Andy Warhol-style portrait of the acclaimed artist. The one-of-a-kind floral […]
Thailand’s Beautiful Soap Flowers
They look like beautiful exotic flowers, and they even smell the part, only unlike the real thing, Thai soap flowers last forever. Although these days, soap flowers can be bought as souvenirs from all around Thailand, these scented masterpieces originated in the villages around Chiang Rai. When they weren’t too busy tending to their farms […]
Incredible Flower Carpets at the Genzano Flower Festival 2010
If you’re a flower enthusiast, and you happen to be in Rome, in the second week of June, you just have to visit the small town of Genzano, for its world famous Infiorata. The Genzano Infiorata is a flower festival that can be traced back to 1778. Every year, local artists cover an entire street […]
Rainbow Roses Are for Real
I know they look ‘photoshopped’ but these amazing flowers are the real thing, and can be bought at some select flower-shops around the world. Invented by Peter van der Werken, the owner of a flower company close to Den Bosch, Holland, rainbow roses look like they’ve been seriously modified in programs like Adobe Photoshop. But, […]
Titan Arum, the largest flower in the world
But before you think about getting one for your special someone, there are a few things you should know. First of all the Titan Arum‘s flowering stalk reaches a height of 3 meters and has a diameter of over a meter, so it’s going to be pretty hard to carry. And second of all and, […]