{"id":15269,"date":"2012-03-19T03:08:55","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T10:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=15269"},"modified":"2012-03-18T11:14:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-18T18:14:41","slug":"bergenia-blossom-palette-polymer-clay-color-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/bergenia-blossom-palette-polymer-clay-color-recipes\/15269\/","title":{"rendered":"Bergenia Blossom Palette | Polymer Clay Color Recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BergeniaVol-047-B<\/span> Series <\/span><\/span><\/strong>[Premo Sculpey]<\/em><\/span>
\n1B:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Bergenia Blossom
\n2B:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Lemon Grass<\/span><\/strong>
\n3B:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Pink Coral
\n4B: Exotique<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t these colors just make you feel alive! So fresh… so full of Springtime possibilities. Just the kind of colors to pull you out of the Winter dull drums and into a bright new beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n

These stunning flowers are the blossoms of the Heartleaf Bergenia (Bergenia cordifolia), or more commonly known as Elephant Ears.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Heartleaf Bergenia’s flowers are kind of a fleeting thought<\/em> as far as flowering plants go. With this particular species, it is all about the large Elephant Ear<\/em> shaped leaves. The flowers are there for just a short while, leaving the showy leaves to strut their stuff for most all of the growing season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although it is a perennial plant, in our temperate area of Vancouver BC, it acts much like an evergreen, with only a few of the older leaves dying back in the Winter.<\/span><\/p>\n

But when these flower spikes do show themselves, they sure are pretty… as this close-up photo that Doug took in our front garden last year, so clearly shows. Just look at all the neat colors that can be seen! It was hard to pick just four as the inspiration for our next B-Series Recipe Palette!<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone who is subscribed to my Polymer Clay Guest List<\/a> will be able to download the recipes free, one per week on Friday mornings during the month of April 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n