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:

There are four major classes of organic molecules in cells: carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins. All of these molecules contain carbon backbones, and almost all of them contain oxygen and hydrogen as well as other elements. Some or all of the members of each class of organic molecules occur as very large molecules, called […]

Type:  Annual Flowers, Biannual Flowers Species:  30 Height:  60 – 90 cm Growing:  Europe, North America, South America, Australia Flowers:  Yellow Kingdom:  Plantae Unranked:  Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids Order:  Brassicales Family:  Brassicaceae Genus:  Brassica

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:

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

The rose family (Rosaceae) contains a wide array of fruits grown in the cool regions of the world: apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries, strawberries, and raspberries. Apples are the most important fruit tree crop of temperate regions. Apple and pear fruits are known as pomes because the edible fleshy part of the fruit is a […]

     Anatomy is the study of plant tissues. New plant cells are formed within meristems. There, the cells begin the process of becoming specialized (differ­entiated) for a particular function. As a result, three categories of plant tissues are formed: dermal, vascular, and ground.      Dermal tissues, which form protective cover­ings, include the epidermis, which covers […]