Pride of India Flower Petal Charms (Teardrop) Teardrop:2 From garden to finished earring:

From garden to finished earring: the better part of a season

petal by petal

cured for about a week

opening a deep mauve on the tree

So the flowers are gathered

Pride of India Flower Petal Charms (Teardrop) Teardrop:2 From garden to finished earring:Lagerstroemia speciosa, also known as Jarul across North and East India, Taman in Maharashtra and Gujarat, Pride of India or Queen's Flower elsewhere. Native to India, it lines riverbanks, forest edges, and city avenues alike, blooming in peak summer and edging into the first weeks of monsoon. Its petals are thin and crinkled, closer to crepe paper than to leaf, opening a deep mauve on the tree, thin enough that held up to light, each one turns almost