Fabric designs over the centuries have mostly derived their inspiration from nature and in particular from plants and flowers. It is no different today: the largest choice in wallpapers and fabrics is still in the floral ranges. Even the occasional abstract design is more often than not based on natural forms. We all love flowers and therefore use them as decoration wherever possible. The choice is immense now and there is every style of design available from very smart, small- scale, all-over flower patterns to great splashy chintzes smothered with full-blown summer garden flowers, ideal for curtains. Read the rest of this entry »
Once you have discovered the hundreds of different variations on a green theme there are, it is worth exploring still further towards are some plants which are only ever seen in the more subtle colouring found in the which are variegated. Variegation is the feature present when a plant has areas of its leaves with colours other than the green of the rest of the plant.What may have happened as an aberration in a plant is spotted by the plant breeder and developed and used to best advantage. Some people don’t like their plants variegated, others can’t get enough and collect masses of examples for their gardens or greenhouses. There are many houseplants now which have variegated plain green versions and there their variegated forms. Read the rest of this entry »
