4-Squares

Less is often more. Simple symmetries yield startling results.

Seeing red 
(January 2025)

Mostly reddish scans from 2024. Dahlia, cornus, crocosmia, rosehips, castor bean, swamp maple, crabapples, strawberries and more.

Not my favorite color
(January 2025)

Mostly pinkish scans from 2024 reimagined. Center out: Water lily. Dahlia petals. Bromelliad. Rose. Gladiola. Snowberry. Oriental lily. Cereus. Dahlia. Pokeweed. Filipendula. Lori called it ‘Gorgeously baroque!’

whitish 4 square

Whitish
(January 2025)

Sorted through 2024 collections and pulled together the ones that were mostly white. This is first attempt at monochromatic 4 square, with maybe a few that are a little yellow (and of course some green).

jimmys bouquet

Jimmy’s bouquet 4-square
(January 2025)

Fiddled with the plant material I gathered for Jimmy’s bouquet.

Solstice doodle

Solstice doodle
(December 2024)

four square with reds, violet, white and green

Seasonal excessive disorder
(December 2024)

Amarylis and papyrus

Amarylis and papyrus
(November 2024)

Black Friday leftovers.

Black Friday leftovers
(November 2024)

bromelliad wreath

Wreath season
(November 2024)

more fall fruit

More fall fruit
(November 2024)

teasel four square

Teasel et al
(November 2024)

lots of reds four square

Fall reds
(November 2024)

fall fruit four square

Fall fruit
(November 2024)

gingko four square

Gingko leaf drop
(November 3, 2024)

pink petals

Fave dahlia petal 4 square
(October 2024)

hot petals

Hot dahlia petals
(October 2024)

gourd four square number two

 ‘It’s Decorative Gourd Season, MFers’ #2
(September 2024)

decorative gourds

 ‘It’s Decorative Gourd Season, MFers’ #1
(September 2024)

another dogs dinner

Naked ladies, colchicums, brugmansias and more
(September 2024)

passiflora 4 square

Passiflora
(August 2024)

dogs dinner

Dog’s dinner
(July 2024)

garlic scapes

Garlic scapes
(June 2024)

Iris-tradescantia doodle

Iris-tradescantia doodle
(May 2024)

tulip 4 square
Cinco de Mayo (May 2024)
daffodil 4 square

Daffodils for Eunice
(April 2024)

In memory of my mother-in-law, Eunice Danvers. From April 11 collection.

early bloomers 4 square
Early Bloomers (February 2024)

Early Bloomers
(February 2024)

Still too cold to do fresh scans, though ephemerals are blooming early outside. So I used last year’s scans to create this 4-square that started as a bouquet and morphed into a mandala.

interior plants in 4 square arrangement
Windowsill (January 2024)

Windowsill
(January 2024)

In need of some greenery on this blustery MLK Day holiday weekend, found these interior plants mostly on my office windowsill.

4 square mostly of weed seeds seedheads berries
Christmas walk (December 2023)

Christmas walk (December 2023)

Mostly weeds gathered on walk to nearby field on Christmas Day. Foxtail, multiflora rose, milkweed, clematis (?), snowberries.

crocuses
Crocuses (March 2024)
fancy snowdrops
Galanthus nivalis ‘Flore Pleno’ (March 2024)
crocuses
More crocuses (March 2024)
warm color 4 square
4-square in gold, orange & yellow (Dec. 2023) from archived scans.
4-square (Feb. 2023) from archived scans for tessellation.
4 square with daffs and fritts
May Day (May 2016)
garlic scapes
Scape season (June 2015)
Heucheras
Heucheras (June 2015)
Willow and honeybells (June 2012)
Equinox blooms (September 2012)
Equisetum et al (June 2012)
goatsbeard et al
Goatsbeard et al (June 2012)
Salix integra ‘Hakuro-nishiki’
Salix integra ‘Hakuro-nishiki’et al

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