Dogwood
SOLD
2004
Cornus florida
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Malus pumilus
Apple
SOLD
2003
Raphanus sativus
Radish
2004
SOLD
Prints available
Clematis
‘Tis customary as we part
A trinket to confer—
It helps to stimulate the faith
When lovers be afar—
‘Tis various—as the various taste—
Clematis—journeying far—
Presents me with a single Curl
Of her Electric Hair…
Galanthus nivalis
Snowdrop
2004
Nigella damascena
Love-in-a-mist
2004
In Latin nigellus or niger, meaning black, refers to the color of the seeds; damascena denotes coming “from Damascus”. The plant’s feathery foliage guarding its dainty flowers has stirred the imagination to generate a host of popular names—Love-in-a-mist, Devil-in-the-Bush, Love-entangle, Hair-of-Venus, Jack-in-prison and Lady-in-Shade.
Lathyrus odoratus
SOLD
Sweet pea
Lilium
Stargazer
Ipomoea purpurea & Convolvulus sepium
SOLD
Ips is the Greek word for worms. Ipomoea, or worm-like, describes the twining growth bait of this genus. However, it has undergone many name changes in its history. Starting off as Pharbitis purpurea incarnate, then Convolvulus major, followed by Convolvulus pupurea, it was only in the 20th century that the Morning Glory earned its current name. Because the flowers open at night or in diffuse light and last only a single day, saluting the sun, the name is well-deserved — though quite a contrast to ‘worm-like’!
Zantedeschia aethiopica
White calla lily
SOLD
Not-so-Still-Life
Crocus
Yellow and purple crocus
SOLD
Prints available
Tropaeolum majus
Nasturtium
SOLD
As a botanical painter I have a wish list, many miles long, of numerous plants I’d like to document each season. After our interminable, monochromatic northeastern winters when spring finally arrives I’m bursting with impatience to select my specimens and get to work. Most of the early plants I encounter in my neighborhood are various shades of white, pale pinks, pastel mauves — snowdrops, lily-of-the-valley, hyacinths, magnolias. Since botanical illustration is so meticulously detailed, commanding scientifically accurate visual information, it is, alas, painstakingly slow. So my wish list stays as long as ever!
Muscari
Grape hyacinth
Ipomoea purpurea
Heavenly Blue morning glory
Allium sativum
Garlic, a member of the Amaryllidaceae family, thrives in full sunlight and is a good neighbor to most plants, except legumes and alfalfa, and is thought to repel rabbits, deer, moles and insects. Its flowers are hemaphrodite, having both female and male organs. It is a perennial that is not frost tender and is cultivated worldwide.
Malus pumilus
SOLD
2002