What are these brown flower/leaf things?

I am looking for brown accents in a white/green bouquet. I found some brown flower/leaf things that I love. Does anyone know what these are? Here is a picture.



http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbvi...



Any other suggestion for brown flowers would be great! I have looked at brown cosmos and peonies.



Thanks!

What are these brown flower/leaf things?
I thought it could be a variety of

PROTEA - the flower NOT be fully opened.

I have looked up the flower - but cant find any pics of them that colour so am NOT sure



looking further it could also be a * Leucadendron * which is part of the same family as the Protea
Reply:A brown flower that I am using in my bouquets are brown orchids. They are very pretty. Not as dark as the ones in your picture, but very nice just the same, if you don't mind them being lighter.
Reply:Calla lillies come in a dark maroon that is almost a brown. You should ask these pictures of your florist; sh/e may have ideas.
Reply:Could they possibly be tulips?

This is the only picture I was able to find that was even similar

http://books.google.com/books?id=kjW_40B...

Best bet of course is to bring it to your florist...good luck to you.
Reply:the flowers are gorgeous!! They look almost like magnolia leaves, but I'm not quite sure. You should take this picture to your florist, I'm sure they would know. You can also go with silk flowers, I think you would have more of a variety of brown. It would probably be less expensive too. Do talk to you florist tho.
Reply:It's a lovely bouquet. I'm not exactly sure what the flowers are. The petals look a bit like the sweet shrub which come in kind of a reddish brown color:



http://www.directgardening.com/detail.as...



As for other brown flowers I've seen brown sunflowers, brown roses called Terra Nostra rose (they're pretty), brown gerberas, brown calla lilly, fiddlehead ferns (they're a bit odd looking you may not want them, but they do come in brown and I've seen them in bouquets before), pappaws



brown rose:

http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/upl...

brown calla lilly:

http://www.budget-bride.com/002229a.JPG

fiddlehead fern:

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/d...

pappaw:

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wood...



I'll show that photo to my aunt who's a florist and ask her what she thinks it is.



Congrats! And good luck! %26lt;3

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Can someone help me describe some of Manet's paintings?

I have to do this project for French class on a French painter. I got Edouard Manet and I have to describe at least 5 of his paintings.

I'm not very good at interpreting art so I need a little help.

I was wondering if someone could describe his paintings.

These are the ones I have on my powerpoint:

The Spanish Ballet (1862)

Branch of White Peonies and Pruning Shears (1864)

Le Fifre (1866)

The Railroad (1872)

The Grand Canal in Venice (1874)



Can someone help me?



Thanks

later

--AMB

Can someone help me describe some of Manet's paintings?
In each case, start with name, date, and where it is located.

Then move to description - which is exactly you see: how many figures, what is the scene, or still life, how is arranged. Where are figures facing. What is in the background. What colors does the painter use. Is there light and shade, if so where does the light come from and fall. What is the brushwork like - smooth, rough, can you see the individual strokes?

Interpretation:

You can have your own ideas, but they should generally be backed up by something you know or have read:

The Spanish Ballet 1862. Oil on canvas. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, read http://blogs.princeton.edu/wri152-3/pber...

Branch of White Peonies and Pruning Shears, 1864, oil on canvas, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/man...

Le Fifre (the Fifer), 1866 (110 Kb); Oil on canvas, Musee d'Orsay, Paris

Read http://www.sai.msu.su/wm/paint/auth/mane...

The Railroad, 1872, oil on canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Painting described in paragraph "the painting shows......." http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.ht...

res=9400E1DB1431F930A35750C0A96E958260

Grand Canal in Venice , 1874. Oil on canvas. Property of the Provident Securities Company, San Francisco

read http://blogs.princeton.edu/wri152-3/s06/...

Hope this points you in the right direction
Reply:The "railroad" link is http://query.nytimes.com/gst/f...

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Reply:If the link doesn't come up try typing in "In the Old Neighborhood With Monet Report It

The meaning of a poetry in simple words?

The Things That Make a Soldier Great ~ Edgar Albert Guest (1918)



The things that make a soldier great and send him out to die,

To face the flaming cannon's mouth, nor ever question why,

Are lilacs by a little porch, the row of tulips red,

The peonies and pansies, too, the old petunia bed,

The grass plot where his children play, the roses on the wall:

'Tis these that make a soldier great. He's fighting for them all.





can someone summarize this stanza for me in simple English?! I know what it means, but I'm afraid my teacher will find flaws in my explanation. So I need someone's help. I wanted to say that, according to Edgar Guest, a soldier fights to keep some flowers flourishing always; to save his children from evil and keep them playing all the time. Would that be right?

The meaning of a poetry in simple words?
To me this poem by Guest means the soldier (no matter who or where) fights for "home."



This is represented by all those flowers = (which equal) his country; every city, town, homeplace and person. And of course the addition of 'where his children play' make that even more clear.



A soldier fights for his "home."

Luck on your school work.
Reply:Almost. To be more general, a soldier fights for the simple beautiful pleasures in life -- lilacs, tulips, children playing. This is making an argument that true bravery is not fighting for country (i.e., abtracts ideals like patriotism or honor) but for beauty and life. You can then say that Guest is implying that these things are the only things worth dying for.



At least that's my interpretation. Poetry offers itself up to different interpretations -- there is and never should be just one meaning of poetry.
Reply:People don't fight for big abstract ideas like freedom or nationalism. They fight, and are willing to die, for the small, ordinary, beautiful, familiar things in their lives.
Reply:Simply, Poetry is the motivation engine for all nations. soldiers, lovers, students to do what in the mind of the poet.
Reply:expression of fellings
Reply:What a trite and unrythmic poem. I hope your teacher didn't make you read this.

Please help identify painting - Manet?

It's a vase of peonies, mostly creamy white/light pinky peach with a few darker peach lowlights, with 2 large blooms and one small round (unopened flower) in a dark blue or black ceramic vase with gold trim around the base. There are leaves hanging out slightly on the left and right in the vase. To the left of the painting near the bottom are some green leafy areas, and on the left in the middle is a rounded shape resembling another piece of pottery, also dark with a lighter goldish line running around the middle. The rest of the painting is a seemingly random background of golden yellows, greys, blacks. I've located some similar paintings by Manet, but can't find this one. Pretty sure it is Manet, though.

Please help identify painting - Manet?
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"Bouquet of Peonies"

http://www.artkent.com/showProducts.php?...



Vase of Peonies 1864 Edouard Manet

http://artwork.barewalls.com/artwork/pro...

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MONET / VASE OF PEONIES 8x10 Ceramic Tile

http://cgi.ebay.ca/MONET-VASE-OF-PEONIES...



Bouquet of Peonies and Iris~Henri Fantin-Latour

http://www.paintingall.com/product.php?p...



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Reply:try typing peonies in paintings in the google image search box

Will somebody read my poem (pastiche) and tell me what you think and how to do a commentary on it?

It's for AS eng lit and lang, and basically i don't have any sheets on how to write a commentery so does anyone have any straight to the point tips? Thank you



Some people have a childhood garden

Filled with green and growing things

Some people have a childhood garden

Filled with purple peonies

Mine is sere

Throughout the year

Nothing grows here



Some people have a childhood rainbow

A sea of colors all aglow

Some people have a childhood rainbow

Red to violet in a row

Mine is gray

Bow of clay

Without a ray



Some people have a childhood temple

Covered with a million treasured dreams

Some people have a childhood temple

A sunny Wat of Gods and kings

Mine is plain

Squats in the rain

Functional 'n sane



Where childhood memories abound

Life flows vividly around

Where childhood memories have fled

Hearts lie dead



Tim Bovee -

one at bottom is mine



Some people have a childhood home

Warm, soft and yielding

Some people have a childhood home

Peaceful, joyful and healing

Mines at war

Forever more

Behind a closed door



Some people have a childhood spirit

Boundlessly open and carefree

Some people have a childhood spirit

Everything that child wants to be

Mine is undone

The haunted one

Crazy as the sun



Some people have childhood memories

That they lovingly hold dear

Some people have childhood memories

Filled with tenderness and freedom from fear

Mine break my heart

Rip my sanity apart

Artists sick art



One plays games, one plays tricks

One pushes, one picks

So wrapped up they forget

The childs heavy heart in a cold sweat

Will somebody read my poem (pastiche) and tell me what you think and how to do a commentary on it?
that is real good u should tell some people about it so they can put dat in a book

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Need great ideas for a Japanese type garden?

I have created a new area in my back yard and plan on putting a large Asian statue in the center of this area. I am working on an area behind where the statue will sit to plant bamboo in a controlled area. I am fixing a sort of tunnel and plan to put wisteria on it, to grow over the wire tunnel. I would like ideas on other plants to use in this area to enhance the statue and give an air or serenity. This will be a sort of *secret* garden, as you won't be able to see it all until you go through the tunnel.



I have thought about some peonies, and plan to use white gravel and have black enamel benches in it. I would like to use reds mostly, to give more impact to the overall effect.



I am in zone 6

Need great ideas for a Japanese type garden?
Azaleas would be nice. For a low growing tree that has that Asian look is the Mimosa. Most Asian Garden don't have alot of flowers in them, they are mostly evergreens is interesting shapes. For your "RED" how about placing high glazed red pots filled with small evergreens that you shape into your own style of Bonzais.
Reply:Nandina, called heavenly bamboo--the "domestica" variety has red berries...also, japanese plum yew...you can also plant Daylillies (Hemerocallis) in a grouping--"Chicago Apache" is a good red variety.



Have you considered a water feature, a small pond or fountain--for sound as well as a serene effect? Aqua Bella online is a site you might look at for ideas.
Reply:might be some help here...



http://images.google.com/images?q=Japane...



a great Japanese style garden looks great in all seasons... so be careful about the look of what you plant for when it's winter.... like, the peony will disappear in winter, so what will be in that spot then?.... will something behind it take it's place?... like an archetectural yucca or some red-twigged dogwood?....plan for the whole year for the best effect.... like the trees... they should be shapely evergreens or deciduous ones with either interesting shapes like 'weeping' or gnarly trunks or peeling bark.... the gravel, benches and arbor will hold up thru the winter just fine....the wisteria vines will be interesting, too.... but the bamboo should be chosen wisely.. there are types that are 'clumping' bamboos that don't need to be contained... look for them and save yourself some aggravation and work....

Can roses grow in heavy clay soil?

I keep hearing that roses can grow in heavy clay soil from doing some research on-line, but I'm skeptical. Here is what I have:



Soil - Clay

Moisture - Moist

Ph - 6.7 - 7.0

Zone - 8

Drainage - Poor to Fair



Plant success in current soil - Daylilies, Peonies, and Asters

Plant failures - Texas Sage



Is it possible to grow roses in clay? I am not too sold on ammending my soil because I have established plants in my garden now and I don't want to upset their balance by dig a giant hole to ammend soil.

Can roses grow in heavy clay soil?
Yes, Roses can grow well in heavy clay type soil. You can improve the moisture capability by adding ordinary sand into this area. Purpose of adding sand into clay soil is that it prevent frequent bricking of the soil and it prevents too much nitrogen escaping from those gaps. You might have to mix the soil atleast once a week thoroughly for better results.



The other idea is to put green leaves of some tree(which may not attract insect while decomposing like Azadirachta indica) into this area - this may provide you slow decomposing fertilizer and prevent bricking by bonding.



I have succesfuly grown roses in pure clay soil under extensive heat by adding sand, decomposing leaves. Actually, my dog died and we buried her near my lawn - she was very special - at that time I had only clay to cover the dig - later I planned to plant Gardenia, Rose, Jasmine - Rose %26amp; Jasmine grew up without any problem except Gardenia



So you dont have dig any part of your lawn - just add sand and you will have Roses !!!!!!!!



Please check the following links for clay soil care and plants for it.



http://gardening.about.com/od/gardendesi...



http://www.ehow.com/how_16885_water-clay...
Reply:Why not build raised beds or planter boxes to elevate your roses 8 to 12 inches above the clay layer? That way, you can improve the soil and the drainage at the same time. It will minimize weed growth and greatly improve the appearance of your rose garden.



Use some 2x8, 2x10 or 2x12 redwood or cedar boards to frame your rose bed. Dig the clay soil about 6 to 12 inches deep, and add some compost or other amendments to improve the foundation. Then fill your rose box with high quality topsoil and plant your roses. Water well and fertilize monthly during the growing season with fish emulsion per the directions.
Reply:It depends on the type of Rose %26amp; of course is it red clay? There are many wild Rose's that can grow in odd place's %26amp; need little care, however I believe I would buy some top soil for starters if it was me. Have a nice day. Mimi
Reply:i dont think they can i would dig a huge hole and add better dirt like topsoil or you could just build a raised bed and plant roses in it then you can make the soil perfect for your roses
Reply:All we have is clay here, and roses do great. We dig the hole out much deeper and wider than the roots. (much wider like 2 feet in diameter at least). Fill around rose with compost or potting soil. It will get going and dig into the clay just fine.
Reply:The clay itself is OK, but the drainage might be a problem . Try a couple %26amp; find out . Also try this . Dig down ~ 1/3 as deep as you need for the whole root ball . Then mound soil /compost/manure ( whatever you are using, but some manure is very good for 'em) around it the rest of the way . See what works out better . Don't dig a hole in the clay and fill it with a different type of soil , esp. if the site is level. You get what's known as the "Bathtub Effect" . Water CAN move more readily through the amended soil, ...so it does. You can actually end up concentrating water in the hole .



ps . (this applies to roses in any situation ) If any of the roses should happen to die , remember rule of 3 . ( 3yrs or 3ft. or 3 cu. ft) Rose roots give off some chemical(s) that will kill any subsequent roses. Nobody knows yet, quite how it works, but it does . I've seen a lot of dead roses , %26amp; once I heard that, at least half were explained by it. If a rose dies , you need to wait 3 yrs, replace the soil for 3 ft in every direction, or plant the new one at least 3 ft away . Got this info from a knowledgeable source who got it from Adrian Bloom (Blooms of Bressingham) %26amp; a couple other growers, so trust it completely . Mention this because it's fairly recent , %26amp; not in wide circulation .
Reply:we have the same environment here, i think, in the Philippines as you mention the qualities of your soil. it would grow as normal and as easy. just dug the whole and plant it.
Reply:yes they can just remember they like good drainage and you need to put a few rocks in the hole you are digging for them .put the rocks at the bottom and then fill with water and then plant and then finish with the soil . good luck .
Reply:just dig the hole as big or a little bit bigger then the root ball and ammend it! they will certainly die in clay soil! i've tried it. so far i've planted and dug back up my new roses about 6 times this year and they're just now starting to do good!