We aren't botanists, but we strive for botanical accuracy in our flower designs. It's a tricky business when you're dealing with slightly obscure flowers. So imagine our delight/horror/gratitude when a customer DM'd us about an inaccuracy in one of our designs! [Gasp!] [...]
If I asked you to describe Encelia farinosa anatomy, where would you start? [Waiting for a response...] Ah! Compound flowers you say? That's indeed a good starting point. So, what is a compound flower and what is the opposite of a compound [...]
Presenting the Saraswati Aim enamel pin! Because our Saraswati Aim ( ऐँ ) bija mantra collection wouldn’t be complete without an enamel pin... Simple and unadorned, like Saraswati herself. Available in our Etsy shop with either a magnetic or butterfly clutch back.
Months before the first semester of law school started, I stayed in Fresno, California with my mom and brother. The neighborhood was generally very quiet. But one day, I distinctly heard meowing nearby. It wasn't our cat, I thought to myself. So [...]
Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) is almost as ubiquitous as Creosote in the Colorado/Sonoran Desert. Their silvery leaves are instantly recognizable and, in the spring, fragrant golden yellow flowers emerge filling out the round, bushy plant. Encelia farinosa was an interesting flower design to [...]
The first flower design and the flower that started it all! Not only did we have a ton of pictures and videos of Fagonia laevis, but the more we (er, Geoff) looked at them, a pattern started to emerge. The way that [...]
The Desert Five Spot (Eremalche rotundifolia) is an interesting flower. Besides its distinctive markings, which lends it its common name, when it's fully opened, it's shaped like a globe. In that sense, it's like the Desert Mallow. Desert Five Spots (Eremalche [...]
Another little desert beauty: Ditaxis lanceolata. If you see a small plant with slender, lanceolate-shaped, hairy leaves, take a closer look. The flower is small and white and almost gets lost nestled in the fuzzy, white hairs. We usually find Ditaxis in [...]
Gilias are some of my favorite flowers in the desert. They are so tiny and perfectly formed. I love looking at the blue anthers (what I called "pom-poms" for the longest time). I'm not sure what species of gilia this is, as [...]
This was originally published as The Princess and the Bee when we first photographed it. The Ghost Flower (Mohavea confertiflora) mimcs another flower, the Sand Blazing Star, to attract pollinators such as the Xeralictus bee, a native bee. Who needs to produce [...]
