How to Care and Grow Perennial Iris Flowers
Some iris, such as bearded iris, grow from rhizomes; some such as Siberian iris, have fibrous roots. The others, such as Dutch Iris Flowers,...
Caleana major – Unique and Strange Shape Plant
Caleana major is a species of orchid, commonly known as the Flying Duck Orchid or Large Duck Orchid. It is native to Australia and...
Flying Duck Orchid Flowers Resembling a Duck in Flight
Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana) is a small orchid that can be found in eastern and southern Australia and New Zealand. This is a terrestrial...
The Gorgeous Silver Lace Vine Flower
Silver Lace Vine is vigorous twining vine is unusual because it blooms profusely in later summer, usually August. The flowers are 6 inch clusters,...
The Pelargonium (geranium)
Pelargonium is annual, tender perennial zones 9–1. The part of the plant used: Z fresh 3 fresh, dried with a height of approximately 2...
Lilac or Syringa – Flowering Woody Plants in Olive Family
Most lilac is not very graceful; they get tall and leggy, and their leaves are a magnet for mildew in late summer. But their...
Bromeliad – The Most Exotic Houseplant
Bromeliad fascinating plants are among the most exotic houseplants a gardener can grow and among the easiest. Not a genus in themselves, but a...
Mayapple – A Charming Plant if Used in a Right Way
Mayapple is a very charming plant if used in the right way. In late spring each plant sends up what looks like two little,...
Polaskia chende (Roland-Gosselin) A. C. Gibson & K. E. Horak 1978
Polaskia chende looks like tree cacti, branching terminally to 4 m (13 feet) high with distinct trunks to 80 cm (31 in) high and...
Polaskia: A Tree-Like Cacti
Polaskia is named after Charles Polaski, an amateur American. In 1905, Robert Roland-Gosselin described two large cacti that grow in the dry, cactus-rich area...