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Plants on walls…need some convincing? I do too. Last time I checked out botanical wallpaper, it was still under the thrall of William Morris, with dense geometric patterns wound so tight that having them on my walls would make me fear for my sanity. But take a look at this field of kniphofias from a post by desiretoinspire<\/a> on designer Karen Knox (Making Spaces<\/a>).<\/p>\n The wallpaper is by Little Greene<\/a> and has an interesting back story: “The design features brightly coloured kniphofia flowers, commonly known as torch lilies or red hot pokers (African in origin but named after German horticulturalist Johan Hieronymous Kniphof). They were recorded by English Heritage as having been hand-painted and stuck over a pre-hung wall covering in a late-18th century Upper Brook Street house as a bespoke decoration. To replicate a natural scene behind the pokers Little Greene has adapted a motif from its Stag Toile paper. Supplied in a standard 10m roll, there are three drops, each 3.25m in height. The pokers repeat every drop but the full background scene is only completed when all three drops are hung<\/em>.”<\/p>\n The designs are loosening up, with greater emphasis on the plants themselves. From Wallart<\/a> you can cover a wall with flamboyant Oriental poppies<\/a> or proclaim your love of euphorbias. <\/p>\n Shades of Rousseau…with agaves instead of tigers — Paysage Boscage by GLAMORA<\/a><\/p>\n Personally, I’d love to see something stark and simple with Mexican fence post cactus, and I’m not finding anything yet, but B&Q<\/a> is covering Arizona cacti, albeit completely in teal, which to me makes it less vibrant, more sedate and vintage in feel.<\/p>\n Applying wallpaper to my old lath-and-plaster walls scares the bejeezus out of me. I looked around a bit and found an Etsy artist who makes removable wallpaper.<\/a> Vibrant and removable — definitely heading in the right direction! <\/p>\n Some of the most exciting botanicals I’ve seen lately come from Katie Scott<\/a>, whose Botanicum<\/a> notecards I picked up at Kew Gardens last October. Some of her work appears to have made it into wallpapers, and one can only hope there will be more.<\/p>\n <\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Plants on walls…need some convincing? I do too. Last time I checked out botanical wallpaper, it was still under the thrall of William Morris, with dense geometric patterns wound so tight that having them on my walls would make me … Continue reading ![\"](\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/december2017\/5666fc9d-9b5e-48ed-a81b-db1aecce8af6.jpg\")
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