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“I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath;
I am the memory of a moment of happiness;
I am the last gift of the living to the dead;
I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.
-Kahlil Gibran
"Song of the Flower XXIII”
― The Flower Arrangement
I am the memory of a moment of happiness;
I am the last gift of the living to the dead;
I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.
-Kahlil Gibran
"Song of the Flower XXIII”
― The Flower Arrangement
“Blue pincushion
Meaning: I mourn your absence
Brunonia australis | All states and territories
A perennial found in woodlands, open forests and sand plains. Medium to deep blue flowers usually in spring, in hemispherical clusters on a tall stem. Can be difficult to establish. May die after a few years.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: I mourn your absence
Brunonia australis | All states and territories
A perennial found in woodlands, open forests and sand plains. Medium to deep blue flowers usually in spring, in hemispherical clusters on a tall stem. Can be difficult to establish. May die after a few years.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Sturt's desert pea
Meaning: Have courage, take heart
Swainsona formosa | Inland Australia
Malukuru (Pit.) are famous for distinctive blood-red, leaf-like flowers, each with a bulbous black centre, similar to a kangaroo's eye. A striking sight in the wild: a blazing sea of red. Bird-pollinated and thrives in arid areas, but very sensitive to any root disturbance, which makes it difficult to propagate.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: Have courage, take heart
Swainsona formosa | Inland Australia
Malukuru (Pit.) are famous for distinctive blood-red, leaf-like flowers, each with a bulbous black centre, similar to a kangaroo's eye. A striking sight in the wild: a blazing sea of red. Bird-pollinated and thrives in arid areas, but very sensitive to any root disturbance, which makes it difficult to propagate.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Cootamundra wattle
Meaning: I wound to heal
Acacia baileyana | New South Wales
Graceful tree with fern-like foliage and bright golden-yellow globe-shaped flower heads. Adaptable, hardy evergreen, easy to grow. Profuse flowering in winter. Heavily fragrant and sweetly scented. Produces abundant pollen, favored for feeding bees in the production of honey.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: I wound to heal
Acacia baileyana | New South Wales
Graceful tree with fern-like foliage and bright golden-yellow globe-shaped flower heads. Adaptable, hardy evergreen, easy to grow. Profuse flowering in winter. Heavily fragrant and sweetly scented. Produces abundant pollen, favored for feeding bees in the production of honey.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“What plant?'
'Sorry?'
"What plant did Mum leave, at the grave?'
Sally went to the open window and reached through to pick a peach-colored flower from a blooming bush. She offered it to Alice.
'Beach hibiscus,' Alice cried softly, remembering the flower crown her mother made when she was a child. Remembering its meaning in the Thornfield Dictionary. Love binds us in eternity.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
'Sorry?'
"What plant did Mum leave, at the grave?'
Sally went to the open window and reached through to pick a peach-colored flower from a blooming bush. She offered it to Alice.
'Beach hibiscus,' Alice cried softly, remembering the flower crown her mother made when she was a child. Remembering its meaning in the Thornfield Dictionary. Love binds us in eternity.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“I hope you're well, Alice.
Here's to courage. And to heart, right?
How about, here's also to the future, and everything it holds.
Moss.
Alice shook the envelope; a packet of desert pea seeds fell into her palm.
'That looks like some kind of magic,' Sally said.
Alice gave her a small smile. 'It is.' She closed her hand around the packet of seeds, feeling their individual shapes and thinking of the color they would grow. To the future.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Here's to courage. And to heart, right?
How about, here's also to the future, and everything it holds.
Moss.
Alice shook the envelope; a packet of desert pea seeds fell into her palm.
'That looks like some kind of magic,' Sally said.
Alice gave her a small smile. 'It is.' She closed her hand around the packet of seeds, feeling their individual shapes and thinking of the color they would grow. To the future.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Painted feather flower
Meaning: Tears
Verticordia picta | Southwestern Australia
A small to medium-sized shrub with pink, cupped flowers that are sweetly scented. Once established, it will only live for around ten years, with a profuse display of bright flowers over a long season. ”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: Tears
Verticordia picta | Southwestern Australia
A small to medium-sized shrub with pink, cupped flowers that are sweetly scented. Once established, it will only live for around ten years, with a profuse display of bright flowers over a long season. ”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Yellow bells
Meaning: Welcome to a stranger
Geleznowia verrucosa | Western Australia
A small shrub with great yellow flowers. Sun loving, drought tolerant and requiring a well-drained soil. Will grow in a little shade, but sun for most of the day is essential. Makes a wonderful cut flower, although fickleness in propagation and seed germination make this a rare plant.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: Welcome to a stranger
Geleznowia verrucosa | Western Australia
A small shrub with great yellow flowers. Sun loving, drought tolerant and requiring a well-drained soil. Will grow in a little shade, but sun for most of the day is essential. Makes a wonderful cut flower, although fickleness in propagation and seed germination make this a rare plant.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Vanilla lily
Meaning: Ambassador of love
Sowerbaea juncea | Eastern Australia
Perennial with edible roots found in eucalyptus forests, woodlands, heaths, and sub-alpine meadows. Grass-like leaves have a strong scent of vanilla. Flowers are pink-lilac to white, papery, with sweet vanilla perfume. Resprouts after fire.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: Ambassador of love
Sowerbaea juncea | Eastern Australia
Perennial with edible roots found in eucalyptus forests, woodlands, heaths, and sub-alpine meadows. Grass-like leaves have a strong scent of vanilla. Flowers are pink-lilac to white, papery, with sweet vanilla perfume. Resprouts after fire.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Thorn box
Meaning: Girlhood
Bursaria spinosa | Eastern Australia
Small tree or shrub with furrowed dark grey bark. Smooth branches are armed with thorns. Leaves yield pine-like fragrance when bruised. Sweetly scented white flowers bloom in summer. Provides nectar to butterflies and safety to small birds. Intricate architecture of thorns is much sought after by spiders for constructing webs.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: Girlhood
Bursaria spinosa | Eastern Australia
Small tree or shrub with furrowed dark grey bark. Smooth branches are armed with thorns. Leaves yield pine-like fragrance when bruised. Sweetly scented white flowers bloom in summer. Provides nectar to butterflies and safety to small birds. Intricate architecture of thorns is much sought after by spiders for constructing webs.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“River Lily
Meaning: Love concealed
Crinum pedunculatum | Eastern Australia
Very large perennial usually found on the edge of forests, but also at the high-tide level close to mangroves. Fragrant, white slender star-shaped flowers. Seeds sometimes germinate while still attached to the parent plant. The sap has been used as a treatment for box jellyfish stings.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: Love concealed
Crinum pedunculatum | Eastern Australia
Very large perennial usually found on the edge of forests, but also at the high-tide level close to mangroves. Fragrant, white slender star-shaped flowers. Seeds sometimes germinate while still attached to the parent plant. The sap has been used as a treatment for box jellyfish stings.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Pearl saltbush
Meaning: My hidden worth
Maireana sedifolia | South Australia and Northern Territory
Common in deserts and salty environments, this low shrub creates a fascinating ecosystem of almost hidden treasures: geckoes, fairy wrens, fungi and lichen colonies. Drought-tolerant, with silvery grey evergreen foliage that forms a dense groundcover that is fire-retardant.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: My hidden worth
Maireana sedifolia | South Australia and Northern Territory
Common in deserts and salty environments, this low shrub creates a fascinating ecosystem of almost hidden treasures: geckoes, fairy wrens, fungi and lichen colonies. Drought-tolerant, with silvery grey evergreen foliage that forms a dense groundcover that is fire-retardant.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Honey grevillea
Meaning: Foresight
Grevillea eriostachya | Inland Australia
Kaliny-kalinypa (Pitjantjatjara) is a straggly shrub with long narrow silver-green leaves that produces bright green, yellow and orange flowers. Commonly grows on red sandhills and dunes. The flowers contain thick, honey-like nectar, which can be sucked from the flowers; a favorite treat for Anangu children.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: Foresight
Grevillea eriostachya | Inland Australia
Kaliny-kalinypa (Pitjantjatjara) is a straggly shrub with long narrow silver-green leaves that produces bright green, yellow and orange flowers. Commonly grows on red sandhills and dunes. The flowers contain thick, honey-like nectar, which can be sucked from the flowers; a favorite treat for Anangu children.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Sticky everlasting
Meaning:My love will not leave you
Xerochrysum viscosum | New South Wales and Victoria
These paper-like flowers display hues of lemon, gold, and splotchy orange to fiery bronze.
They can be easily cut, dried, and preserved while retaining their stunning colors.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning:My love will not leave you
Xerochrysum viscosum | New South Wales and Victoria
These paper-like flowers display hues of lemon, gold, and splotchy orange to fiery bronze.
They can be easily cut, dried, and preserved while retaining their stunning colors.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Striped mintbush
Meaning: Love forsaken
Prostanthera striatiflora | Centtral Australia
Found in rocky gorges and near outcrops. Very strongly mint-scented. Narrow leathery leaves. The white flower is bell-shaped with purple stripes inside the bloom and yellow spots in the throat. Should not be ingested, as it can cause difficulty in sleeping. Vivid dreams are also symptomatic.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: Love forsaken
Prostanthera striatiflora | Centtral Australia
Found in rocky gorges and near outcrops. Very strongly mint-scented. Narrow leathery leaves. The white flower is bell-shaped with purple stripes inside the bloom and yellow spots in the throat. Should not be ingested, as it can cause difficulty in sleeping. Vivid dreams are also symptomatic.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Return of happiness, spoke one bouquet of waratahs, each the size of a human heart. Devotion, rose boronias said, a bunch of fragrant cupped flowers.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Copper-cups
Meaning: My surrender
Pileanthus vernicosus | Western Australia
Slender woody shrub found in coastal heathlands, sand dunes and plains. Magnificent flowers ranging from red to orange and yellow. Flowering occurs in spring, on twiggy branchlets densely covered in small hardy leaves. Young floral buds bear a glossy oily coating.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: My surrender
Pileanthus vernicosus | Western Australia
Slender woody shrub found in coastal heathlands, sand dunes and plains. Magnificent flowers ranging from red to orange and yellow. Flowering occurs in spring, on twiggy branchlets densely covered in small hardy leaves. Young floral buds bear a glossy oily coating.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“River red gum
Meaning: Enchantment
Eucalyptus camaldulensis | All states and territories
Iconic Australian tree. Smooth bark sheds in long ribbons. Has a large, dense crown of leaves. Seeds require regular spring floods to survive. Flowers late spring to mid-summer. Has the ominous nickname 'widow maker', as it often drops large boughs (up to half the diameter of the trunk) without warning.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: Enchantment
Eucalyptus camaldulensis | All states and territories
Iconic Australian tree. Smooth bark sheds in long ribbons. Has a large, dense crown of leaves. Seeds require regular spring floods to survive. Flowers late spring to mid-summer. Has the ominous nickname 'widow maker', as it often drops large boughs (up to half the diameter of the trunk) without warning.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Blue lady orchid
Meaning: Consumed by love
Thelymitra crinita | Western Australia
Perennial spring-flowering orchid. Flowers are intensely blue and form a delicate star shape. Does not need a bushfire to stimulate flowering, but can be smothered by other vegetation, so periodic burns to restrict taller-growing shrubs are beneficial.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: Consumed by love
Thelymitra crinita | Western Australia
Perennial spring-flowering orchid. Flowers are intensely blue and form a delicate star shape. Does not need a bushfire to stimulate flowering, but can be smothered by other vegetation, so periodic burns to restrict taller-growing shrubs are beneficial.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Gorse bitter pea
Meaning: Ill-natured beauty
Daviesia ulicifolia | All states
Spiny shrub with stunning yellow and red pea flowers. Blooms in summer. Easy propagation from seed, following scarification. Seed retains viability for many years. Unpopular with gardeners for its very prickly habit, but beneficial to small birds as a refuge from predators.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: Ill-natured beauty
Daviesia ulicifolia | All states
Spiny shrub with stunning yellow and red pea flowers. Blooms in summer. Easy propagation from seed, following scarification. Seed retains viability for many years. Unpopular with gardeners for its very prickly habit, but beneficial to small birds as a refuge from predators.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Showy banksia
Meaning: I am your captive
Banksia speciosa | Western Australia and Southern Australia
Small tree that has thin leaves with prominent 'teeth'. Cream-yellow flower spikes appear throughout the year, which store seeds until opened by fire. The flowers attract nectar-feeding birds, particularly honeyeaters.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: I am your captive
Banksia speciosa | Western Australia and Southern Australia
Small tree that has thin leaves with prominent 'teeth'. Cream-yellow flower spikes appear throughout the year, which store seeds until opened by fire. The flowers attract nectar-feeding birds, particularly honeyeaters.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Orange Immortelle
Meaning: Written in the stars
Waitzia acuminata | Western Australia
Perennial with long, narrow leaves, and papery orange, yellow and white flowers. Spring blooming after winter rain. En masse these flowers are spectacular. Have been found in their millions across much of the scrub and desert in the west, with people often traveling long distances to see them.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: Written in the stars
Waitzia acuminata | Western Australia
Perennial with long, narrow leaves, and papery orange, yellow and white flowers. Spring blooming after winter rain. En masse these flowers are spectacular. Have been found in their millions across much of the scrub and desert in the west, with people often traveling long distances to see them.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Broad-leaved parkeelya
Meaning: By your love, I live and die
Calandrinia balonensis | Northern Territory
Parkilypa (Pit.) is a succulent growing in sandy soils of arid regions, with fleshy leaves and bright purple flowers, which appear mainly in winter and spring. In times of drought the leaves can be a water source; the whole plant can be baked and eaten.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: By your love, I live and die
Calandrinia balonensis | Northern Territory
Parkilypa (Pit.) is a succulent growing in sandy soils of arid regions, with fleshy leaves and bright purple flowers, which appear mainly in winter and spring. In times of drought the leaves can be a water source; the whole plant can be baked and eaten.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Desert oak
Meaning: Resurrection
Allocasuarina decaisneana | Central Australia
Kurkara (Pit.) have deeply furrowed, cork-like bark, which is fire-retardant. Slow-growing but fast to develop a taproot that can reach subsurface water at depths over ten meters. Mature trees form a large, bushy canopy. Many found in the central desert are likely to be more than one thousand years old.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: Resurrection
Allocasuarina decaisneana | Central Australia
Kurkara (Pit.) have deeply furrowed, cork-like bark, which is fire-retardant. Slow-growing but fast to develop a taproot that can reach subsurface water at depths over ten meters. Mature trees form a large, bushy canopy. Many found in the central desert are likely to be more than one thousand years old.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Lantern bush
Meaning: Hope may blind me
Abutilon leucopetalum | Northern Territory
Tjirin-tjrinpa (Pit.) is found in dry, often rocky inland regions. Leaves have a heart-shaped base. Yellow hibiscus-like flowers appear mostly in winter and spring, but can sometimes appear endlessly, their bright color shining all year round. Used by Anangu children to make small toy spears.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: Hope may blind me
Abutilon leucopetalum | Northern Territory
Tjirin-tjrinpa (Pit.) is found in dry, often rocky inland regions. Leaves have a heart-shaped base. Yellow hibiscus-like flowers appear mostly in winter and spring, but can sometimes appear endlessly, their bright color shining all year round. Used by Anangu children to make small toy spears.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Bat's wing coral tree
Meaning: Cure for heartache
Erythrina vespertilio | Central and northeast Australia
Ininti (Pit.) wood is widely used for making spear throwers and bowls. Bark, fruit and stems are used for traditional medicine. Has bat's-wing-shaped leaves, and coral-colored flowers in spring/summer. Attractive, glossy bean-shaped seeds vary in color from deep yellow to blood red, and are used for decoration and jewelry.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: Cure for heartache
Erythrina vespertilio | Central and northeast Australia
Ininti (Pit.) wood is widely used for making spear throwers and bowls. Bark, fruit and stems are used for traditional medicine. Has bat's-wing-shaped leaves, and coral-colored flowers in spring/summer. Attractive, glossy bean-shaped seeds vary in color from deep yellow to blood red, and are used for decoration and jewelry.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“As she drove away she thought about the flowers she'd sketched for him. Billy buttons. She'd drawn one after the other, bright balls of yellow on skinny stems, over and over again, covering the paper, except for the far right corner where she'd written their meaning.
My gratitude.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
My gratitude.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Green birdflower
Meaning: My heart flees
Crotalaria cunninghamii | Mid to western states
Widespread on sandy soils in mulga communities and on sand dunes, this shrub bears soft hairs on thick and pithy branches. The flower resembles a bird attached by its beak to the central stalk of the flower head; yellow-green, streaked with fine purple lines. Blooms in winter and spring. Pollinated by large bees, and birds.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: My heart flees
Crotalaria cunninghamii | Mid to western states
Widespread on sandy soils in mulga communities and on sand dunes, this shrub bears soft hairs on thick and pithy branches. The flower resembles a bird attached by its beak to the central stalk of the flower head; yellow-green, streaked with fine purple lines. Blooms in winter and spring. Pollinated by large bees, and birds.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Foxtails
Meaning: Blood of my blood
Ptilotus | Inland Australia
Tjulpun-tjulpunpa (Pit.) are small shrubs that form spikes of purple flowers covered in dense white hairs. Leaves are covered in closely packed star-shaped hairs that slow the rate of water loss. Traditionally, women used the soft furry flowers to line wooden bowls in which babies could be carried.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: Blood of my blood
Ptilotus | Inland Australia
Tjulpun-tjulpunpa (Pit.) are small shrubs that form spikes of purple flowers covered in dense white hairs. Leaves are covered in closely packed star-shaped hairs that slow the rate of water loss. Traditionally, women used the soft furry flowers to line wooden bowls in which babies could be carried.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Wheel of fire
Meaning: The color of my fate
Stenocarpus sinuatus | Queensland and New South Wales
Profuse bright red and orange flowers create a spectacular display from summer to autumn. Shaped like the spokes of a wheel before they open, these symmetrical blossoms get their name from their resemblance to a spinning fire.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Meaning: The color of my fate
Stenocarpus sinuatus | Queensland and New South Wales
Profuse bright red and orange flowers create a spectacular display from summer to autumn. Shaped like the spokes of a wheel before they open, these symmetrical blossoms get their name from their resemblance to a spinning fire.”
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
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