Botanical Essence: "Harmony"
These hard Japanese walnuts are one of squirrels’ favorite treat. Most of the nuts get eaten on the spot, but few were fortunate enough to be hidden underground and sprout in the coming spring.
Botanical Essence: "Live with the wind."
The puffballs serve as a parachute for the dandelion, and close like an umbrella in rain. When in fair and sunny weather, the puffball would open up again and the seeds would be blown away by the wind.
Botanical Essence: "Live with the wind."
The puffballs serve as a parachute for the dandelion, and close like an umbrella in rain. When in fair and sunny weather, the puffball would open up again and the seeds would be blown away by the wind.
Botanical Essence: "Secret"
The globe thistle has thorny flowers, but each of these thistles is a small bud, before the flowers bloom. After the flowers open, the globe thistle is transformed into a soft, fluffy flower.
Botanical Essence: "Powerful Life"
The fruit has approximately a dozen cubicles and each will tear vertically upon ripen, in order to spread their seeds. The seeds are covered by solid seed coats, which can survive up to 20 years under ground in soil.
Botanical Essence: "Strong yet gentle."
Bunny tail grass is a member of Poaceae family, native to Mediterranean region. Bunny tail grass is exactly what its name implies. The shape and color of golden flower panicles are attractive as an ornamental plant
Botanical Essence: Wishing upon the moon
The name "Luna," is from the Latin word for moon, as the thin disk-shaped fruit looks just like the moon. When ripe, the exodermis and seeds fall off and leave the silky white semitransparent endodermis standing.
Botanical Essence: "A Pure Love"
The rose has been appreciated since ancient times, even making its appearance in the Epic of Gilgamesh from ancient Mesopotamia. The flower is also famous for being loved by Cleopatra—“a woman of surpassing beauty.”
Botanical Essence: "Loyalty"
American sweetgum’s leaves turn into beautiful red and orange colors in the fall. The spiked compound fruits are composed of numerous capsules and the seeds spill out during fall season when the fruit dries and open.
Botanical Essence: Forever Charming
Sea lavender is native to Mediterranean region. Since the color of the flower is rather long lasting, it is also widely enjoyed as dried flower. It has also gained its fame as the "everlasting flower."
Botanical Essence: Sweet Temptation
The seeds inside spill out when the fruit dries up and splits open. The seeds of Yellow fennel flower have been used as medicine in Muslim culture and used as flavoring for desserts in Europe.
Botanical Essence: "The rain will stop."
The part that looks like a flower is actually the developed calyx, and small white flower blooms inside. “Statice” is the Greek word for “stop." It has been used as a gastrointestinal medicine.
Botanical Essence: Casual concern
Shell Ginger is a kind of ginger distributed in Okinawa. The seeds are often used as an ingredient in herbal teas that can relieve intestinal ailments.
