Gladiolus Flowers are Popular For Bright Color
Gladiolus, or glads as they’re sometimes nicknamed, are popular flowers. They're tall, brightly colored red flower spikes that are showy in the garden and...
Crocus Flower – Most Favorite Among Flower Lovers
Well, of all the small spring bulbs the Crocus Flower is the favorite among flower lovers. It is not the earliest to bloom, but...
Glory of the Snow – A Bright Blue Star Shaped Flower
The Glory of the Snow delightful bulbs has little bright blue, star-shaped flowers and grass-like leaves. They start blooming shortly after crocuses, which is...
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...
How to Grow Narcissus Flower
First, let’s establish what we’re talking about. We all know what a daffodil looks like, right? Well, maybe. When I was a child I...
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,...
Pachysandra Terminalis – Excellent Plant Around Tree Trunks
Pachysandra Terminalis
Few ground covers make such a thick, dense evergreen bed as Pachysandra Terminalis. It doesn’t do its job overnight but just wait, for...
Epemedium Flower – Look Like Maidenhair Fern
Epemedium grandiflorum is also called “bishop’s hat” is one of my favorite ground covers. It is one of those plants which look like maidenhair...
The Beautiful Flowers of the Shingle Beach
Flowers that grow by the sea must cope with exposure to wind and salt spray. Those living on Shingle Beach also have to adapt...
The Exotic Honeysuckle Plant
One of my best memories is sitting with your beloved ones under a huge Honeysuckle vine in Pennsylvania. And sucking the nectar out of...
How to Grow Tulip Flowers like a Jeweled Crown
A yard with a lot of Tulip Flowers blooming in it looks like a jeweled crown. There are so many wonderful Tulip Flowers that...
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...
Zinnia – The Flowers Come in Bright Colors
Zinnias Flower is tender annuals that all gardeners love because they make a great show and are easy to grow. Zinnia is a genus...
Viburnum – Trouble Free Fragrant Flowering Plant
Viburnums are a joy to grow because they are so trouble-free, and they offer so much. Most bear white flowers in mid or late...
Ferocactus emoryi (Engelmann) Orcutt 1926
Family: Ferocactus emoryi is a species of the family Cactaceae in the order Caryophyllales.
Genus: It is a barrel cactus in the genus Ferocactus.
Habitat: Ferocactus...
White Lily – Flower Forms in Dense Colonies
The White Lily is a perpetual plant that frequently forms dense colonies. The beautiful leaves arise on flexible stalks from large, thick rhizomes. The...
Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelmann) Orcutt 1926
Description: George Engelmann named the barrel-cactus variation Ferocactus cylindraceus in 1853. This unusual cactus poses a threat to plant collectors due to its exquisite...
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 African violet (Saintpaulia Hybrids)
African violet has a great range of colors and forms. It is very easy to grow and they will flower continuously over a long...
Flying Duck Orchid – Its 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 terrestrial plant...
Ajuga Reptans – A Fast Growing Plant
Ajuga Reptans is a fast-spreading plant, sometimes called “Bugle”, and has much to recommend it. Ajuga Reptans can take more foot traffic than most...
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,...
The Cruciferae (Brassicaceae)
Most of the urban flowers illustrated here have obvious similarities. The flowers of honesty, wallflower, and shepherd's-purse are, like the cuckoo flower. There are...
Lilac Flower – Most Popular Sweet Smelling Shrubs
Lilac Flower has become one of the most popular of our garden shrubs. The emergence of its sweet-smelling blossom in May is a sure...
Dahlia semicactus – From Tuber To Flower
Dahlia semicactus – From Tuber To Flower. Dahlias can be grown in any type of garden, either individually or in groups, or combined with...