Flowers

Williamson’s Sapsucker: Beauty in the Bark

The Williamson’s Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) is one of the four sapsucker species occurring in North America. Unlike other sapsuckers, the male and female plumages are so dissimilar that it...

The Semi Transparent Flying Gurnard Fish

The Flying Gurnard Fish (Dactylopterus volitans), is a bottom-dwelling fish of tropical to warm temperate waters on both...

Green-and-black fruiteater: A Jewel of the Rainforest

The green-and-black fruiteater “Pipreola riefferii” is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. The green-and-black fruiteater has broad...

Kohlrabi – Where and When to Grow

Description Kohlrabi is a hardy biennial grown as an annual and is a member of the cabbage clan. It...

Little Bronze Cuckoo: A Graceful Flier That is Symbol of Resilience and Adaptability

Family: The little bronze cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus) is a member of the cuckoo family Cuculidae in the genus...

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...

Fritillaria Imperialis – A Commonly Grown Plant

Two types of fritillaries are very commonly grown in gardens. They’re like Mutt and Jeff. Fritillaria meleagris (checkered lily) has flowers shaped like little...