Flowers

Brussels Sprouts – The Ultimate Cool Weather Crop

Some vegetables, like lettuce and asparagus, are grown for the thrill of an early harvest of fresh-tasting produce for the table. Brussels sprouts are a late thrill. The ultimate...

Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae)

The Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae) is a bold and persistent hunter, flying directly in pursuit of prey. A...

The Healing Powers of the Earth

In ancient times and during the middle ages, the healing powers of the earth were extensively used for...

Ruddy Kingfisher: A Perfect Photogenic Bird

When you’re a beginner, you get excited about seeing beautiful birds of any kind. However, when you’ve been...

Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis)

The Woodland Kingfisher is an intra-African migrant, present on its austral breeding grounds during the summer. It occurs...

Salvia – A Long Lasting Flower

Salvia! comes in different color Long Lasting Flower. Of a number of salvias is grown in the garden blue salvia, or mealy-cup stage.

Why I adore dahlias Like No Other Flowers

We must do this at the beginning. Dahlias aren't the only flowers; I love them. They're simply dazzling and stunning. Dahlias have a certain...

Dahlia – Comes in Endless Flower Classification

Dahlia is one of those plants with endless flower classifications. Some are single, like daisies. Some are like round balls others are “Cactus-Flowered”, “Orchid-Flower”...

Portulaca Gandiflora – The Rock Garden Plant

Portulaca Gandiflora is often thought of as rock garden plants because they do so well in that setting. They are tender annuals with succulent,...

Pansy or Viola Tricolor Hortensis

The garden pansy is a type of large-flowered hybrid plant cultivated as a garden flower. It is derived by hybridization from more than a...

How to Grow Petunia?

Petunias are half-hardy annuals and are related to the potato and other members of the nightshade family. Their familiar trumpet-shaped flowers come in several...

Forget-Me-Not or Myosotis Sylvatica Flower

Hardy biennials are often grown as hardy annuals, forget-me-nots or Myosotis Sylvatica Flower are typically bright blue but sometimes pink or white. Usually no...

Magnificent Tricolor Goblet Shaped Flower

Photographer Rosie Nixon has given the name 'Tricolor' due to its purple-lilac goblet shape which also has a band of white and yellow at...

The Sweetly Scented Lily of the Valley

Lily of the Valley is every so often written lily-of-the-valley. Actually, its scientific name is “Convallaria majalis” and is pleasantly scented. It is a...

The Unbelievable Blooms of Amorphophallus

A pair of beautiful plants Amorphophallus with blooms as erratic as their odor is pungent. It is likely to make a short-lived appearance this...