Flowers

Wandering Albatross – The Largest Flying Bird

Wandering Albatross (Diornedea exulans) is the largest flying bird with a wingspan of nearly three-and-a-half meters. True to its name it wanders around the globe in southern latitudes, frequently...

Violet-capped hummingbird (Goldmania violiceps)

Description: The violet-capped hummingbird (Goldmania violiceps) is rather similar to the Pirre Hummingbird in general appearance and closely related...

Domino Cuckoo Bee “Thyreus lugubris”

DESCRIPTION: A black Domino Cuckoo Bee with a distinctive spotted pattern of white hairs on the head, thorax, abdomen,...

Onion – ‘Allium cepa’

For a low-maintenance crop, try growing onions. They are raised from seed or from sets, which are specially...

Brave Buffalo Takes on Three Hungry Lions to Rescue Young Calf

Brave Buffalo Takes on Three Hungry Lions to Rescue Young Calf. Amateur photographer Andreas Häntzschel, 39 from Aachen,...

Gas Plant ‘Dictamnus albus’: The Alluring Plant That Can Ignite Fire!

The gas plant “dictamnus albus” is a flowering plant species belonging to the Rutaceae family. It is also called a burning bush, dittany, or gas...

Petunia Petals Hiding Secret Universes Inside Them

Petunia petals have many different patterns, colors, shapes, and sizes; it's not unusual to gaze upon a strange plant and realize that it reminds...

Diphylleia grayi Flowers Turns into Skeleton in Rain

Have you ever heard about flowers turning into skeletons in the rain? The Diphylleia grayi is an astonishing flower with white petals that turn...

Thick Fleshy Leaves Creeping Sedums Plants

Sedums, also known as stonecrops,  are succulents with thick, fleshy leaves filled with water. There are an enormous number of them, most of which...

Butterfly Orchid: The Petals Looks Like Antennae

This is not a butterfly taking a rest on a piece of shrubbery. This is a “Psychopsis papilio” much known as the butterfly orchid,...

Grow Hyacinth Flower For Fragrance and Colors

Hyacinth Flower is a small genus of bulbous flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. To grow Hyacinth Flower actually perfume the room,...

Rose of Sharon comes in Number of Varieties Shades

Rose of Sharon "Hibiscus syrfiacus" is the chief value of this shrub, also known as “shrub althaea,"  which lies in its late summer bloom....

The Pink Lady Slipper Flower

The Pink Lady Slipper Flower is also known as the moccasin flower. It is very own much admired and often misunderstood wild native orchid...

The Little Wild Rosa Canina

Rosa canina is a wild rose. The fact that most roses in our gardens have ample petals? While wild roses have a handful of...

Jasmine: The Evergreen Flower That Captivates Through the Seasons

Jasmines may twine to some extent, but as a group, they’re really in the category of shrubs. Some have long, arching stems, and are...