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Heirloom flowers have stood the test of time. Antique flowers consist of annuals, perennials, bulbs, climbing flowers and roses. Gardeners, friends and family members have shared the beauty of their garden so that others could share the beauty too.
Antique annual flowers have been handed down over the years through open pollinated seeds that are very similar if not identical to the parent plant.
Perennials seed themselves year after year. These seeds have been gathered and passed on to be given or sold.
Old fashioned bulbs might consist of Iris, dahlias and gladiolus just to name a few.
Climbing, trailing, rambling and bushing old roses are beautiful additions to gardens. Whether they stand alone, are used for bordering or are used as an accent in a garden they help to add beauty. The color of a rose has become to signify a different meaning~
red - sincere romantic love, respect and passion from the heart
yellow - friendship, zealous, familiar love, I care for you and domestic happiness
orange - pride, friendship, amazement, fascination and for brighter days
pink - happiness, elegance, gratefulness, gentility, admiration and poetic romance
white - unity, reverence, sincerity, wishfulness, loyalty, purity and love stronger than death
purple - majestic glory, eternal love
lilac - love at first sight
lavender - enchantment
black - rejuvenation on the horizon or farewell
by Gail Gibbons
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Customer Review: The seller advertised this book well. It was a smooth transition. This book helped to teach my October literacy unit.
by Helen Gibb
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Customer Review: I received the book in a timely manner and it was in very good condition. I like to collect ribbon instruction books--especially ribbon embroidery books.
by Helen Gibb
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Customer Review: I am fairly new to making ribbon flowers. This is a great book. Explains well and a wide variety.
by Lynn Coulter
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Customer Review: I find myself going back to this book for reference so often while I'm researching plants to consider for planting our garden of around 1860.
I just love to read the discriptions of the plants and where they originated.
by Helen Gibb
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Customer Review: Helen Gibb is the best at reintroducing the Victorian Art of Ribboncraft and offering practical projects for today.
I've actually made some roses using Helen's instructions. This is a very good introductory book into making ribbon flowers.
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Customer Review: I've planted two seasons from one packet of these seeds. They are colorful, but not as flavorful as one would hope. The maroon-skinned carrots are orange inside and taste the best. The white ones grow hard and fast, and go to seed sooner than the others. The orange ones taste like carrot, but are not very sweet. They will also grow HUGE if you leave them in the ground long enough.
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Customer Review: I let seed soak for 3-4 days, used store purchased potting soil and plants grow pretty big.
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Customer Review: I just received my charm and it does not look anything like the picture. It is very dull looking and the surface is uneven. If you are trying to add it to your troll collection it will not look good!
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Customer Review: These Lobelia seeds had been previously opened and resealed before they were sent to me. There definately were NOT 350 seeds in the package (as stated) but the hundred or so remaining are plenty for a nice, full hanging basket. Seller was SCS Collectibles, Inc, so perhaps they are previously owned seeds collected by them - however the package says "350 new seeds." We planted these seeds this month (August) for a Fall and Winter hanging basket to brighten the back porch until late Spring, because we live in an area of the Southwest Desert that has relatively mild weather all Winter. (It just gets too hot too fast here in the SPRING for planting anything, so we enjoy Fall gardens that usually ...
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Customer Review: Just what I wanted, a good variety of sunflowers that are growing as I write.
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