“Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind.” ― Amit Ray
My darlings, have you ever seen a frost flower?
A rare phenomenon limited to the Ozark Mountain region in which thin layers of ice are extruded through the stem of dormant, unbloomed flowers.
Occurring only in the early morning late fall, early winter hours – it’s said, to witness a frost flower is to look directly into the eyes of the Divine.
Can you imagine a love so great, my darlings – that it knows the flower’s deepest wish, and conspires to form its bloom?
beautiful!
Yes, exactly! And, just think how many more amazing things are out there just waiting to be discovered 🙂
xo
Tara
I live in north Alabama and we have frost flowers too. They are amazing. They seem to be produced in the hollow stems of certain wildflowers, like tobacco weed and only on cold windy nights. The conditions required to produce them seem to be pretty exact.
Oh, Christy ~ how wonderful! Thank you for sharing this, would love to post more photos, if you have some 🙂
Much love, dear ~
Tara
hi i looked on ebay fir this flower as i love unusual flowers in my central oregon garden,,there is snow and ice rigtht now and its still fall….do these seed, and are they perrinnials…i would love to have a clipping or seeds if you would like to trade for something ,,,ty and if you would like to add me on fb that would be great as well….ty connie mousseau
I have never seen a Frost but the picture of them is beautiful.
As many times as I have been in the Ozarks, I was never privileged to view that. How I wish that I had! It’s beautiful! God is amazing!
And, it’s just one of the many wonders of this great big universe.
it looks like ribbon
I live in Texas and our plant is different and we call it frost weed. But the flower is pretty too.
Where can you get one of these! It’s beautiful! Love to have one!
pat its frost so none of us could ever have one of these sadly , but nature doing its work is just gob smackingly amazing
They are beautiful. They are the product of respiration of fungi in dead sticks in freezing cold air. We have them here in the Pac-Nor.
Thank you for explaining
Gorgeous! Thanks so much for the photos – it’s something this southern California girl has never seen.
You’re most welcome, Christine ~ <3
Absolutely beautiful!!!
Thank you, Jenny.
I would love to share this story on my blog but won’t until I have your permission to do so. Please let me know as I think beauty should be shared wherever possible.
Of course, my darling ~ by all means.