Primrose

Primrose Primrose is a hardy perennial flower, that includes a wide range of varieties. Primrose is native to Asia, Europe, and North America. In North America, they originally were found from the Midwest to the Northwest areas of the U.S  There are many kinds of Primrose. From a gardener's viewpoint, they can be put into two groups: those that grow in bogs and woodlands, and those that thrive in rocky areas and on cliffs or hillsides  Some...

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As sweet as your smile, my dahlia

As sweet as your smile, my dahlia In the language of the flowers, depending on which source you use, the dahlia means gratitude, dignity, pomp, instability and misrepresentation  Geraldine Adamich Laufer provides these even more specific meanings  double dahlia—participation  single dahlia—good taste   variegated dahlia—I think of you constantly  white dahlia—gratitude to parents yellow dahlia—I am happy...

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Cactus Flowers

Cactus Flowers It was said that Quehualliu was the most handsome Indian of the tribe. He was always picking up flowers for Pasancana, the beautiful daughter of the chief. Together they learned how to walk and to play. They played in the most beautiful places of the mountain  One day when they were older, they fell in love. But Pasancana's father wanted his daughter to marry another boy in the tribe. This other boy was an excellent hunter....

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Beautifull Foxgloves

Beautifull Digitalis The flowers are produced on a tall spike, are tubular, and vary in colour with species, from purple to pink, white, and yellow  The best-known species is the "Common Foxglove", Digitalis purpurea  This genus is native to western and south western Europe, western and central Asia, and northwestern Africa   The scientific name means "finger-like" and refers to the ease with which a flower of Digitalis...

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Lily, Trumpet Golden Splendor

Lily, Trumpet Golden Splendor Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large prominent flowers  Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world ...

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Lotus , best part to the outside world

Lotus , best part to the outside world Lotuses are perhaps the most spectacular plants in aquatic environments  The Chinese say that, once having seen the growing lotus, you never forget it  The lotus flowers have color from red, pink, pale yellow to creamy white  A separate, long, tubular stalk supports each flower and each large round leaf ...

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Daffodils warm color

Daffodils warm color Daffodils, meaning "sleep, numbness," in Greek mythology was a hunter from the territory of Thespiae in Boeotia who was renowned for his beauty  He was the son of a river god named Cephissus and a nymph named Liriope  He was exceptionally proud of what he did to those who loved him  Nemesis noticed and attracted Daffodils to a pool, wherein he saw his reflection and fell in love with it, not realizing...

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Anemones add a touch of elegance

Anemone flowers Anemone flowers, also known as Windflowers, come in a variety of both Natural and Tinted colors, and are offfered in bulk ! ...

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Nice Hibiscus

Hibiscus The leaves are alternate, ovate to lanceolate, often with a toothed or lobed margin  The flowers are large, conspicuous, trumpet-shaped, with five or more petals, color from white to pink, red, orange, purple or yellow, and from 4–18 cm broad  Flower color in certain species, such as H. mutabilis and H. tiliaceus, changes with age  The fruit is a dry five-lobed capsule, containing several seeds in each lobe,...

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Zinnias a favorite of butterflies

Zinnias a favorite of butterflies A number of species of zinnia are popular flowering plants  Their varied habits allow for uses in several parts of a garden, and their tendency to attract butterflies and humming birds is seen as desirable ...

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