Posted on September 6, 2019

While walking around campus the other day, we came across these beautiful yellow flowers. It was a lovely day, and we thought “What a perfect flower for this weeks Flowery Friday.” Then the trouble began… [Read More]

Posted on August 30, 2019

These mostly unidentified Flowery Friday watercolors were painted by former University of Idaho Faculty Sara Annette Bowman. Bowman served as Professor of Drawing (later Free Hand and Industrial Drawing) from some of the earliest days for the University. Starting in 1893, she taught drawing along with other art media until... [Read More]

Posted on August 23, 2019

For this Flowery Friday we were flipping through L. Bruggeman’s Tropical Plants and Their Cultivation. There were so many beautiful plates of flowers to choose, but Hymenocallis littoralis kept catching our attention. [Read More]

Posted on August 16, 2019

These captivating Flowery Friday orchids are from Erich Nelson, Book of Plates of the Genus Orchis. Erich Nelson was a German artist, designer, and botanist. His illustrations have a insurmountable amount of detail which contributed greatly to the understanding of orchids. Throughout his life he completed several volumes of illustrations.1... [Read More]

Posted on August 9, 2019

Sometimes we get reference requests. Sometimes we can’t find what someone is looking for. Sometimes we discover incredible flowers we didn’t know could exist. Happy Flowery Friday [Read More]

Posted on August 2, 2019

Today’s Flowery Friday is a single trillium bloom. The western white trillium is the most widespread trillium in the western states, it can be found from the Pacific Northwest, into California, and inland to Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. [Read More]

Posted on July 26, 2019

This week several of us in the University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives have been rehousing some materials from Herman Ronnenberg, a beer enthusiast from Troy, ID. It is not uncommon to come across correspondence when going through materials, but we found the perfect addition for Flowery Friday on... [Read More]

Posted on July 19, 2019

This Flowery Friday takes us down to Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. This postcard depicts a lovely garden, and reads: [Read More]

Posted on July 12, 2019

These amateur Flowery Friday photographs were taken by Mildred Edith Burlingame. Mildred was an associate professor of psychology at the University of Idaho from 1942 to 1969. Her hobbies included gardening and photography, which explains the large number of slides in her papers, many of which include wildflowers. The above... [Read More]

Posted on July 5, 2019

Sometimes you are walking around campus and you find the most wondrous hidden things. It turns out the the Life Sciences Building has wonderful painted flowers and pine cones above their entrances. It is a reminder that even when you feel you know everything about campus, there may still be... [Read More]

Posted on June 28, 2019

This Flowery Friday we stepped outside the library to enjoy the summer weather. While there we found some lovely purple blooms in the library courtyard. [Read More]

Posted on June 21, 2019

This Flowery Friday is brought to you from the Kyle Laughlin Photograph Collection. Kyle Lauglin was a long time resident and business owner of Moscow, ID. As a resident of Moscow, he and his wife had several business ventures, including photography. Even after he closed his photography business, Laughlin continued... [Read More]

Posted on June 14, 2019

These stereoscope and slides belonged to Olaf P. Larson. Larson was a Norwegian immigrant who came to the US in 1884, moving to Moscow, ID by the mid-1890s. He established himself as a photographer and produced stereographs. Stereoscopic slides depict two images, a left-eye and right-eye view of an image,... [Read More]

Posted on June 7, 2019

Officially designated Idaho’s state flower in 1931, Syringa (philadelphus lewisii) has been the floral choice of Idaho since at least the 1890′s, when it was depicted in the state seal. These little white flowers are known for their strong, sweet fragrance, nicknamed “mock orange” because of the similar scent of... [Read More]

Posted on May 31, 2019

A few weeks ago, we took a walk around town and saw a new flower (for us at least). This Yellow Crown Imperial stands 2-3 feet tall with the yellow blooms pointing down. Crown Imperials are native around Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, they are often cultivated as an... [Read More]

Posted on May 17, 2019

Over the last few weeks, we have noticed the flowering of many beautiful spring and summer flowers. So, we thought we would start off the summer sessions with a new series. Every Flowery Friday we will be posting content related flowers from our collections (or walks around the neighborhood). [Read More]