Unbelievable Real Life: Skeleton Flowers
By Marcy Kennedy (@MarcyKennedy)
Welcome back to my unbelievable real life feature where I show you places, animals, and other oddities from our world that look like they stepped right out of the pages of a fantasy novel.
Today I wanted to show you the Diphylleia grayi–a plant commonly known as the Skeleton Flower. The name conjures up creepy images of a flower made of bone, but it’s actually more beautiful than creepy.
Most of the time, the Diphylleia grayi looks like a plain white flower. Not very interesting. But, when it rains, their white petals turn clear as fragile glass and their veins run through like white bones. They grow naturally only in the cold wooded mountainsides of Japan and China, but you can buy them in North America to plant in your garden.
Take a look!
What do you think? Would you plant a Skeleton Flower in your garden?
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Apr 14, 2015 @ 16:22:59
Beautiful! It’s too warm here in Arizona to grow those, however. :/ Thanks for sharing!
Apr 15, 2015 @ 00:44:11
I didn’t think about the difference in climate across North America. I’ve been wondering if my location would suit them because I’d love to have them in my garden…and that’s saying something because I’m not much of a gardener. I have to really want a flower to consider planting it and caring for it 🙂
Apr 14, 2015 @ 17:23:18
Beautiful. I have a zombie in my front flowerbed, and these would look lovely surrounding him 🙂
Apr 15, 2015 @ 00:45:58
A zombie garden ornament sounds like it would be a perfect complement to these 🙂
Apr 14, 2015 @ 19:24:30
Cool! I never heard of these. Very pretty!
Apr 15, 2015 @ 00:45:09
Since I’ve started doing these posts, I’ve learned about all kinds of strange things I’d never heard of!