Californica 2023- July Carpenteria californica

For July I'm working on the Carpenteria californica also known as Tree anemone.

The tree anemone is a sweetly smelling flower. It can be 1 to 3 inches across. Each flower has anywhere from 5 to 8 white, white petals around a cluster of yellow stamens. According to Calscape this flower is endemic to seven places two counties: Fresno and Madera. Only seven! Wow! It apparently grows in the chaparral between the King and San Joaquin rivers at an altitude of 1,000 to 4,000 feet. Like many a California native, it's well-adapted to wildfire and reproduces stump sprouts after burning.

Here's the plan:

Colors: DMC white/blanc, 15, 310, 720, 986, 989, 3348

Ovary & Stigma (A): Padded satin stitch- 2 strands of 15 with French knot atop

Petals (B): Blanket stitch- 3 strands of white

Anthers (C): French Knots- 2 strands of 720

Sepals (D): Padded blanket stitch- 2 strands of 3348 so that the ridge of the blanket stitch makes the ridge line formed by the closed sepals touching each other. (I don't know if this is a common stitch but I'm gonna try it!)

Stem (E): Stem stitch- 2 strands of 989

Leaves (F): Fishbone- 2 strands of 986

Name: Backstitch- 2 strands of 310

Box: Split stitch- 2 strands of 310, but maybe you want to save this for after you've completed more months to get a nice even stitch across months.