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Blossom Bouquet

Pink Dombeya

Dombeya burgessiae F. Sterculiaceae

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Australia has waited 20 years for her first home-grown herbal, but here it is at last! Isabell has always been the source of plants and advice for many of us, her admirers. We can be proud of her encyclopaedic work (Acerola to Yucca) on plants, which includes a vast reference background, as well as practical advice. "Shipard on herbs" is destined to be one of those foundation books that will be in print for the next century. Buy one for yourself, and your grandchildren.
Bill MollisonFounder, The Permaculture Institute
In all the places I have travelled and worked in the world as a Permaculture designer and teacher, I've never met anybody who has such a depth and diversity of knowledge of individual plants, their functions, cultural uses and the growing conditions they require as Isabell Shipard. This book is destined to become a classic reference for everyone who needs to understand all the vital characteristics of herbs, for medicinal, culinary and functional uses. In the quest for sustainability, we are lucky to have such information available in explicit detail.
Geoff LawtonDirector, Permaculture Research Institute, The Channon, NSW, Australia
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Description

Evergreen bush, native to Africa, 2-4 metres tall with a leafy canopy of large, soft-textured, downy leaves to 20cm long with 3 lobes, and the centre lobe tapering to a long point.

Dried Blossom Bouquet for decorations
Dried Blossom Bouquet

Sweetly perfumed, long-lasting, 5-petalled pale pink flowers form in clusters of 3 to 12 blossoms, giving the effect of a bouquet of flowers. Formation is similar to hydrangea, but the flower petals are slightly more cupped. Flowers do not drop their petals like many other plant species, but after many days of flowering, develop an enlarged round flower centre, which splits open into 5 cavities, each segment carrying 3 or more oval shaped brown seed. Flowering can span over many months of the year. Propagation is by seed, or semi-hardwood cuttings. Plant in a sunny position and give at least 3m for bush spread. Bushes are considered drought and frost hardy. Occasional hard pruning is a good practice, as it keeps the bushes at a reachable size for picking the blossoms.

Dried Wreath, Gold for decorations
Dried Wreath, Gold for decorations

Uses

Herbs in the ‘broad sense’, can be any plants beneficial to man whether for food, flavouring, healing, dye and fibre, arts and crafts, or utilitarian uses. Blossom bouquet fits in the arts and crafts category, as well as having utilitarian uses. As the flowers hold their petals after flowering, they have potential for use in floral artwork, and with crafts for decorating boxes, gifts, hats and cards. Flowers allowed to fully mature will go brown after picking, but will still manage to keep their lovely form. When used in this natural state, or spray painted silver, gold or bronze, they are most attractive. Two or three of these sprigs tied together make a petite posy; a small bouquet for friends, a gift from your garden, or for sale at stalls and markets. If flowers are picked when just opening, they will dry with cream petals and have a sweet perfume for many months, ideal to add to pot-pourri.

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Dried wreath for decorations
Dried wreath for decorations
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