Grape Hyacinth 'Blue Spike' Muscari armeniacum

Grape Hyacinth 'Blue Spike' Muscari armeniacum A vigorous bulbous perennial, muscari armeniacum boasts all of the charm of the genus with slightly larger blossoms. Commonly known as the Armenian grape hyacinth, its lush mid-green foliage is comprised of long, linear, strap-shaped leaves, with the outer leaves of each clump arching gracefully. In spring, a single, thick floral stem produces a conical spike of tiny, rotund but bell-shaped blue...

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Hyacinthus orientalis Yellow Hammer

Hyacinthus orientalis Yellow Hammer Hyacinthus orientalis is the Latin name for the common hyacinth. Native to Asia, it was brought to Europe in the 16th century. The flowers are highly fragrant and this plant is often cultivated to flower at Christmas so it can be given as a gift. Hyacinths are easy plants to grow, well suited for a beginner. They grow up to around 30cm in height with narrow and thick bright green leaves and bell shaped flowers...

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Dahlia Lambada

Dahlia Lambada The Dahlia is a beauitiful showy flowering plant, often used in floristry. The flowers come in all sorts of colours and are full, large and vibrant, sure to add colour to any garden. Originating from Mexico, it is now common throughout the world and there are many different and unusual varieties. Dahlias can be prone to damage from slugs and snails. They grow fast and like well-drained soil and lots of sunshin...

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Clematis

Clematis If you want to cover a barren wall or fence, the first plants that you’ll probably think of are clematis. This wonderful group of plants can easily swathe trellises and pergolas with flowers in just one season, making them an ideal garden plant. However, if you want to avoid a bare bottom and flowers well above eye level, then there’s some dramatic pruning that will need to take place. Clematis plants fall into three distinct groups,...

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Peony Coral Charm

Peony Coral Charm Paeonia is a genus of gorgeous flowering plants, grown for their large showy flowers. Depending on the species they can be between half a metre and five metres in height. They add a dramatic effect to the garden. They have pretty lobed leaves with pointed tips and fluffy looking flowers with lots of petals. Some species have flowers up to a foot across. They come in a range of colours, pink, red white or yellow. The nectar...

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Dahlia Twynings Smartie

Dahlia Twynings Smartie The Dahlia is a beauitiful showy flowering plant, often used in floristry. The flowers come in all sorts of colours and are full, large and vibrant, sure to add colour to any garden. Originating from Mexico, it is now common throughout the world and there are many different and unusual varieties. Dahlias can be prone to damage from slugs and snails. They grow fast and like well-drained soil and lots of sunshin...

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Tulipa Ballade

Tulipa Ballade Tulip is a widely grown and highly admired flowering plant. There are over 100 species of tulip and many hybrid cultivars. They're a very common garden flower, for both borders and containers and they make good cut flowers too. Tulips grow from bulbs and flower in the springtime. They can grow up to nearly 30 inches in height. The flowers are either cup or star shaped, with three or more petals. There are many different coloured...

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Amazing Flowers

Amazing Flowers Lily Pink Flavour Blue almost purple Hydrange...

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Stunning winter

Stunning winter Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest - White Mountains in eastern California Early Morning Pink - winter, Calgary, Alberta, Canad...

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What a good Mama

What a good Mama Fierce baby polar bear ...

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Sunset on the beach

Sunset on the beach Waves on a black sand beach White Sands ...

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Antillean Crested Hummingbird

Antillean Crested Hummingbird The Antillean crested hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, north-east Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, the British Virgin Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Lesser...

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Awesome views

Awesome views Sunset on Mt. Hood in Oregon, United States of America Winter sunrise in Bilzen, Belgiu...

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Field Flowers

Field Flowers Daisies Field sunset Stunning Tulip Fields in Keukenhof, Netherland...

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Silhouette photography

Silhouette photography  One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today -Dale Carnegie ...

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Anemones

Anemones Anemone is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the temperate zones. It is closely related to Pulsatilla and Hepatica; some botanists include both of these genera within Anemon...

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Herbaceous Perennial Plant

Herbaceous Perennial Plant A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground. Herbaceous plants may be annuals, biennials or perennials. Annual herbaceous plants die completely at the end of the growing season or when they have flowered and fruited, and they then grow again from see...

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