Flowers

The Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

Herring Gull is a medium-to-large-sized sea bird with long pointed wings, a stout, slightly hooked bill, and webbed feet. They are plentiful in temperate coastal areas and throughout the...

The Natural Smoking Hills of Canada

The smoking Hills of Canada are one of the most wonderful natural events on planet Earth. In the...

The Small Australian Fernwren

Australian Fernwren (Crateroscelis gutturalis) foraging habitat is the litter of the forest floor under upland rainforests in northeastern...

The Spectacular Palm Cockatoo

The majesty of the Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) can be appreciated only by watching the bird in the...

Peregrine Falcon Call

CALL/VOICE/SOUNDS Peregrine Falcon call is usually silent except near the nest, where the most frequent call is a loud,...

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...

Amorphophallus Titanum – A Large and Unsual Shape Flowering Plant

The Amorphophallus titanum plant has been known for its large size and unusual shape. It is also called the corpse flower because of its...

Matucana intertexta

Matucana intertexta plants are usually solitary. The stunning flowers are oblique, pale orange to vermilion to scarlet, with violet margins, 7–10.5 cm (2.8–4.1 inches) long,...