December 2010

This interesting aquatic plant is sometimes found by the edges of streams and pools It is called Menyanthes trifoliata, and is also known as the buck bean. It is herbaceous and flowers in early summer, the flowers being bell-shaped, white inside, and streaked with red outside. The flowers are borne on stems which float on […]

Type:  Perennial Flower Species:  90 Height:  2 – 5 Growing:  Australia Flowers:  Blue, Violet Kingdom:  Plantae Unranked:  Angiosperms, Eudicots, Asterids Order:  Asterales Family:  Goodeniaceae Genus:  Dampiera Share in:

Type:  Perennial flower Species:  255 Height:  to 1 M Growing:  Mexico, South America Flowers:  Purple, Violet, Yellow Kingdom:  Plantae Unranked:  Angiosperms, Monocots, Commelinids Order:  Poales Family:  Bromeliaceae Genus:  Aechmea More Aechmea Photos: Share in:

There are pink, scarlet, double pink and double white varieties of Bouvardia, which is a greenhouse shrub bearing fragrant flowers in winter. It is dwarf and bushy, and grows well in a compost of three parts loam, one part leaf-mould, and some sand. Pots of 5 in. or 6 in. diameter will suit it. The […]

Type:  Annual Flower Species:  2 Height:  20 – 80 cm Growing:  China Flowers:  Blue, Purple Kingdom:  Plantae Unranked:  Angiosperms, Eudicots, Asterids Order:  Asterales Family:  Asteraceae Genus:  Callistephus Share in: