CACTUS: How to Grow. If the cacti are to be grown in a room, a very light and sunny position in front of a window should be selected. In a greenhouse plenty of air and the avoidance of a damp atmosphere likely to result in success . The great thing is to get the plants […]
This is the popular name applied to trailing heath-like plants belonging to the genus Arctostaphylos. They are useful for the moist side of the rock garden, and the best sort, A. Uvaursi, has pink flowers in early summer and red berries in the autumn The bear berry needs only the culture given to ordinary rock […]
The flowers and also the aromatic leaves of borage arc used for flavoring such beverages as claret cup or negus; the leaves and young tops may be employed in salads. The flowers are blue, the leaves oblong and clothed with white hairs, the stems about 2 ft. high, hollow and rough. The plant is best […]
Type: Annual Flower Species: 25 Height: 15 Growing: North America Flowers: White, Pink, Violet, Blue Kingdom: Plantae Unranked: Angiosperms, Eudicots, Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Plantaginaceae Genus: Collinsia Share in:
The best known species is the native Sagittaria sagittifolia, which has arrow-shaped leaves 3 in. to 6 in. long, and white flowers in widely spaced whorls in July. The numerous stamens have purple anthers. It is found in pools and is a good plant for the water garden, but the water should not be more […]
Type: Annual and Perennial Species: 15 Height: 30 Growing: Australian Flowers: White Kingdom: Plantae Unranked: Angiosperm, Eudicots, Rosids Order: Myrtales Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Acmena Share in:
Dictamnus fraxinella, as the burning bush is known to botanists, is a herbaceous hardy perennial. 2 to 3 ft. high. It bears alternate pinnate leaves and purplish red-veined flowers in summer, and has a pronounced and agreeable odour. During hot weather the plants exude a volatile, inflammable oil which may ignite if a lighted match […]
Snapdragon or antirrhinum is a time old English plant. It was originally a wall plant. Modem cultivation has raised its height from six or nine inches to two feet or so, diversified and multiplied its colorings and increased the size of the individual flowers. While, strictly speaking, a perennial, the snapdragon is often at its […]
Type: Perennial Flower Species: 5 Height: 40 – 70 cm Growing: Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria, Westarn Australia Flowers: White Kingdom: Plantae Unranked: Angiosperms, Monocots Order: Liliales Family: Colchicaceae Genus: Burchardia Share in:
The eschscholtzia, or Californian poppy, is commonly seen bearing deep orange flowers with a yellow margin; but there are also white, pink and red varieties. Notable varieties are the white or alba; semi double o range or flore pleno; Mandarin , which is orange shaded red; Rose Queen; Ruby King; Rose Cardinal , a creamy […]
The best known species of arnebia is echioides, a hardy perennial from Armenia. It is about 12 in. high, and produces yellow flowers in May. Each blossom has five dark spots, fabled to be the marks of the lingers of Mahomet, hence its popular name of the Prophet flower. It is a curiosity for the […]
Bean capers are the flower-buds of a small tree of the genus Zygophyllum, sometimes used as substitutes for the true caper. Gather the buds on a dry day, lay them on a paper out in the sun for a few hours, and turn into wide-mouthed bottles or jars. Boil one pint good vinegar with 1/2 […]
BROOM: The Plant. This name is given both to cytisus and genista, hardy spring and summer flowering shrubs of great garden value. They thrive particularly well on poor or light land. When planting brooms it is important to choose small plants which have been grown in flower pots; large plants lifted from the open ground […]
CALLIOPSIS Flower
The daisy-like flowers of the calliopsis (or coreopsis) are orange, yellow, crimson, and brown, growing on stems l,5 – 2 ft. high. The annual varieties are sown out of doors in March – April, where they are to bloom in summer. Several kinds are perennial, but as they are liable to perish after having flowered […]