paper flowers.

 card paper flowers.

 coloured paper flowers.

 tissue paper flowers.

 tissue paper rose flower photo.

tissue paper decoration flower.

White Elder flowers.

white goodness

bunch of berries

 Sambucus nigra  is widely found in Europe, western Asia, and North Africa growing naturaly and is often cultivated. It is naturalised in North America where the native species is  S. canadensis .

European elder is a shrub or small tree growing to a height of about 10m (33ft) ;  American elder grows to a height of about 4m (13ft). The branches of the plant have a brownish grey corky bark, and there is a large proportion of soft, light, whitish pith. Its leaves have 5 � 7 toothed leaflets. The creamy white elderflower gives rise to purplish black fruit. Herbal products are normally obtained from the flowers.

 The natural health benefits of elderberries and elderflower is by no means a modern discovery, with a long history of traditional use among European herbalists documented since ancient times in the writings of  Dioscorides, Hippocrates and Pliny the Elder. In recent years dietary supplements and other natural health products containing extracts, juices or syrups of European elder have become popular in America  as remedies for the treatment of cold and flu symptoms, marketed primarily through natural food stores alongside other popular herbal remedies used for treatment or prevention of upper respiratory tract infections and other symptoms associated with colds and flues.

white elder flower tree branch. 

crown of thorns flowers.

Availability: Year-round.

 Crown-of-Thorns

Common Name: Crown-of-Thorns, Christ Plant, Christ Thorn

Botanical Name: Euphorbia milii var. splendens (u-FOR-bee-a MIL-ee-eye)

Decorative Life: Weeks, months to years, depending on use.

Post Harvest Care:

• Treat more like a cactus. Provide plenty of light (even full sunlight) to maintain leaves and flowers.

 Family Roots:

• Member of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge) family.
• Native to Madagascar.
• Related species include poinsettia, caster-oil-plant (yummie!) and croton.

 Personality:

• Plant is classed as a dicotyledon, leaves not parallel veined.
• Leaves are roundish, up to 2 inches long, and stems are thorny.
• Flowers occur in pairs on leafless stems held above leaves, up to 1 inch wide.
• Flowers are not fragrant.

 crown of thorns flowers plant.

Tidbits:

• Named after Euphorbus, the physician to the king of Mauritania, Juba.
• In addition to the many ornamental species in this family, others yield rubber, edible fruits and roots and have valuable medicinal properties.
• Many Euphorbia species have been shown to cause dermatitis related problems with some individuals but the precise potential reactions (if any) from this species have not been located to date in the literature.
• Possible better known as Euphorbia splendens.