Tropical Flowers: Frangipani or Plumeria

Tropical Flowers: Frangipani or Plumeria

Images- Pinterest, Bella Vita The next flower in our Tropical Flower Series is the beautiful frangipani or plumeria. Their flowers come in an array of colours including white, yellow, pink, red and purple. Of course, frangipani/plumeria tends to be associated with...
Tropical Flowers: Anthurium

Tropical Flowers: Anthurium

Here’s some lovely inspiration to brighten up your Monday morning- the  heart-shaped anthurium is the next bloom in our Tropical Flower wedding series (See Hibiscus and Bougainvillea). Anthuriums are native to the West Indies and come in many colours including...
Tropical Flowers: Hibiscus

Tropical Flowers: Hibiscus

Today we’re looking at the next flower in our Tropical Flower series- the hibiscus. This pretty bloom comes in various shades including pink, white, peach and yellow. The tea made from the hibiscus has medicinal benefits -it’s a natural diuretic and can...
Tropical Flowers: Bougainvillea

Tropical Flowers: Bougainvillea

I thought it would be nice to start a series on flowers you can find around the island and to build inspiration boards for you based on those choices. We’ll start off by looking at- bougainvillea. Image-Alchemy Fine Events (Luna Photo) I’ve mentioned...
Island Flowers

Island Flowers

I initially planned to use bougainvillea for my wedding – it’s pretty, plentiful, easily sourced and free (big score!)  once you know someone with enough of it (easy enough in Barbados). And then sadly these pretty flowers went scarce just before our date. Gah!! May...
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