Frost Flowers

Nature's Exquisite Ice Extrusion

It is as beautiful as it is rare. A frost flower is created on autumn or early winter mornings when ice in extremely thin layers is pushed out from long-stemmed plants or occasionally wood.
This extrusion creates wonderful patterns which curl and fold into gorgeous frozen petioles giving this phenomenon both its name and its appearance. The weather conditions must be freezing and it is vital that the ground is not.