Flower Bed Designer * 3D Screensaver * Over 300 Varieties * Growing Flowers
Flower Fantasy™ Deluxe is a unique computer program that allows you to plant and grow flowers and create wonderful living flower beds right on your computer screen, in full 3D. Flower Fantasy Deluxe includes a brief flower encyclopedia with historical information, interesting legends and useful facts about all the flowers featured in the program
Facts About Flowers
Facts About Iris
For ages, people have commented upon these flowers that grow along the banks of rivers and lakes, and bloom in all the colors of the rainbow. For this reason, they were dubbed “irises,” in honor of the goddess, Iris, or “rainbow” in Greek. In nature, one finds an enormous number of colors and shades that are characteristic of the iris - from white and yellow to green and black…
Facts About Lily
The Greeks knew the lily well, and attributed divine origin to it. According to one legend, lilies appeared from drops of milk fallen from Hera, the wife of Zeus. Strolling in her garden one day, Hera discovered a small child in the bushes. Obeying her womanly instincts, she resolved to give it shelter and feed it. But the infant, whose name was Heracles, behaved obstinately and bit the goddess. Milk sprayed in all directions. The drops that flew into the sky formed the Milky Way, and wondrous, snow-white flowers grew out of the few drops that fell to the ground….
Facts About Lily of the Valley
The lily-of-the-valley was greatly valued in Eastern and Western Europe. It was thought to be a healing substance beneficial in the treatment of both bodily and spiritual ills. It was used in the preparation of many potions and powders, and was especially valued as a curative measure for heart disease. In the Europe of the Middle Ages, patients presented lilies-of-the-valley bouquets to their doctors in recognition of superior medical services. This is why Nicolaus Copernicus, the great astronomer and physician, is sometimes portrayed with a bouquet of lilies-of-the-valley…
You can read more about these and other flowers and their qualities if you click on the
History button in the Flower Fantasy program.
