The Bloom Book: Darby Creek's Flower Blog

Bloom of the Week: Calla Lily

Calla lilies are popular garden and household plants native to South Africa. Their botanical name is Zantedeschia and they are mainly grown for their beautiful, asymmetrical, “spathe” shaped blooms. Each flower’s colored petal-like leaf is cup-shaped shaped and wraps around a typically yellow finger-like stalk...

Bloom of the Week: Coneflower

Coneflowers are members of the daisy family. Coneflower is actually a nickname for the more formal Echinacea. These Echinacea are tough little flowers that draw butterflies, bees and birds to gardens! 

This bloom is native to America, specifically to the eastern United States. It grows to be between two to four feet high and...