Flowers

Ruins of Herculaneum – Better Preserved Than Those in Pompeii

Herculaneum which neighbors Pompeii was destroyed in the same volcanic eruption in A.D. 79. So, there are in a lot of ways it is the better archaeological site. It...

Painted buttonquail (Turnix varius)

Family: Painted buttonquail (Turnix varius) is the quails that belong to the family Turnicidae, but do not closely...

Grover Krantz and His Dog

Grover Krantz and His Dog - After Grover Krantz passed away, his body, as well as his dog,...

An Overview of the Sunbird Family in Kenya

The magical curved beak birds of the sunbird family in Kenya are shining, striking, and superb. These sunbirds,...

Waffle Rock – A Big Attraction at Jennings Randolph Lake, Virginia

Waffle Rock is a large piece of rock is displayed just outside the visitor center of Jennings Randolph...

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...

Cosmos Flower: Ideal Plant For The Back of Your Garden

The most common varieties are hybrids of Cosmos bipinnatus, a half-hardy annual with daisy-like flowers sometimes as large as four inches across, and beautiful...

Pachysandra Terminalis: An 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 wait, for as...

Snapdragon – Perennials Grown Half Hardy Annuals

Snapdragon (Antirrhinum Majus) are perennials grown as half-hardy annuals. Flowers grow on spikes of varying heights, from six inches to four feet. Rocket varieties...

Peony Flower: Classified Doubles Huge Round Balls with Many Petals

Peony flowers are classified as “doubles” huge round balls with many petals, however, semi-doubles with fewer petals and “single” with one sparser row of...

How to Grow Pulmonaria Plant

Pulmonaria plant used to be called “lungwort. Its spotted leaves resembled diseased lungs and, in the homeopathic tradition of folk medicine, were thus supposed...