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Pictures of Flowers Candytuft Pictures and Candytuft Kind

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on February 13, 2009

Pictures of Flowers Candytuft Pictures and Candytuft Kind

Candytuft is a flowering plant of the mustard family. Candytuft is a favorite flower of both borders and beds in the gardens of old-fashioned flowers. The name is thought to have originated from Island of Crete, which was earlier known as Candia. During the 16th century, it was brought from Crete to England. Candytuft grows about a foot tall with white, pink or purple flower clusters. Purple and the evergreen varieties are the best known varieties of Candytuft.

Globe Candytuft is a garden variety that grows up to 16 inches. Red, lavender or pink blossoms grow in dense clusters on Globe Candytuft. The plant has bout 30 species and is native to Southern Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia. Several species of Candytuft are cultivated especially as garden flowers. Leaves, stems and roots of Candytuft possess medicinal properties. Seeds are considered as the most efficacious. In the ancient times, the plant was often used as medicine for the treatments of rheumatism, gouts and many other diseases. If taken in large doses, Candytuft can cause giddiness, nausea and diarrhea. The plant is also useful in cardiac hypertrophy, asthma and bronchitis.

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Pictures of Flowers Calla Pictures and Calla Kind

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on February 13, 2009

Pictures of Flowers Calla Pictures and Calla Kind

Calla or calla lily is a beautiful garden flower of the arum family. It is native to cool temperate regions of Northern Hemisphere, Northern Asia, North America and Central, Eastern and Northern Europe. Calla is an herbaceous perennial flowering plant that grows in bogs and ponds. 6-12 cm long leaves are round to heart shaped. The greenish-yellow inflorescence is produced on a spadix about 4-6 cm long enclosed in a white spathe. The fruit of calls is a cluster of red berries, berry containing several seeds.

Calls plant is very poisonous when fresh because of high oxalic acid contents. However, the rhizome is edible after drying, grinding, leaching and boiling. Calla grows from a bulb that must be planted in rich and well-watered soils. Often, it is planted in the soil mixed with manure. In many parts of North America, calla is grown indoors or in a greenhouse. In California and Texas, it can be grown outdoors in gardens and flowerbeds.

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Pictures of Flowers Bulb Pictures and Bulb Kind

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on February 13, 2009

Pictures of Flowers Bulb Pictures and Bulb Kind

Bulb is usually a thick flesh bud that has an underground vertical shoot with thickened leaf bases, which are used as food storage organs for dormant plants. Leaf bases usually do not support leaves but contain food reserves to enable the plants to survive adverse conditions. Leaf bases resemble scales or overlap and surround the center of the bulb as in the onions. A modified stem forms the base of the bulb and the plant grows from the basal plate. Roots emerge from the underside of the base while new stems and leaves grow from the upper side.

Bulbs are sometimes ignorantly referred to as corms, rhizomes or tubers. The plants that form true bulbs include onion, garlic and other alliums, lily, tulip and other members of lily family, members of Amaryllis family and two groups of iris family. Bulbs are generally of two types the scaly and the tunicate. Scaly bulbs, like in most lilies, are made up of a short central core inside the thick and flashy leaves. The tunicate bulb, like in onions, has fleshy leaf bases in smooth and continuous layers.

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Pictures of Flowers Bugbane Pictures and Bugbane Kind

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on February 13, 2009

Pictures of Flowers Bugbane Pictures and Bugbane Kind

Bugbane or baneberry is a genus of flowering plant native to temperate regions of Northern Hemisphere. It is a tall, perennial plant with large broad leaves divided into many leaflets. The plant has clusters of small white flowers. The name bugbane originally referred to a flowering plant that grows in Asia and Eastern Europe. Due to its typical unpleasant odor, it was used to keep bed bugs away. White baneberry, red baneberry and black bugbane are few other well-known species of baneberry.

Baneberry contains cardiogenic toxins that can have immediate sedative effects on human cardiac muscle tissue. Berries are the most poisonous parts of the entire plant. Ingestion of bugbane berries can often lead to immediate cardiac arrest and death. Berries are harmless to birds. Birds are the primary seed dispersers for bugbanes. Bugbane is the only species of its family that have fleshy fruits while others have dry fruits. Baneberry is recorded as the food plant for the larvae of Dot Moth. Roots of some of the species of baneberry were used by Native Americans for menstrual cramping and for the relief from menopausal discomforts.

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Pictures of Flowers Blazing Star Pictures and Blazing Star Kind

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on February 13, 2009

Pictures of Flowers Blazing Star Pictures and Blazing Star Kind

Blazing Star, Gay-feather or Button Snakeroot is a genus of ornamental plants native to North America, Mexico and the Bahamas. The plant grows abundantly on prairies and meadows in the eastern and western United States. Blazing star is often used as a popular summer flower in the bouquets. It is a perennial plant surviving the winter in the form of corms. Flower heads have disc florets and no ray florets.

Blazing star is a tall and slender plant that can grow from 1-6 feet tall. Thick clusters of small purple or red blossoms grow along the stems on thin spikes up to 18 inches long. Flower heads are surrounded by bracts or modified leaves, which have the color same as that of the flowers. The spikes of blossoms resemble a shooting star and thus the name blazing star. The name blazing star is also given for many aster, goldenrods and thistles species. Blazing star species are used as food plants by the larvae of some other species of plants.

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Pictures of Flowers Bindweed Pictures and Bindweed Kind

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on February 13, 2009

Pictures of Flowers Bindweed Pictures and Bindweed Kind

Bindweed is a genus of flowering plant with long string like stems that twist over other plants. It is also called as morning glory. The plant can be grown as an annual or perennial herbaceous vines and woody shrubs. Flowers are trumpet shaped and white or pink. Some of the species have blue, violet, purple or yellow flowers. Several species are considered as problematic weeds that can swamp other valuable plants by climbing over them. However, many species are grown for their attractive flowers.

Bindweed can be found in many temperate regions. Fields with lots of bindweeds are often left implanted. For many farmers, bindweeds make it difficult to harvest their crops and thus use chemicals to kill the plants. European bindweed is considered as the worst of all the bindweeds. It has white or pink flowers. Trailing stems of European bindweeds can grow as long as ten feet and its roots go deep in the ground, sometimes even more than 15 feet.

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Pictures of Flowers Belladonna Pictures and Belladonna Kind

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on February 13, 2009

Pictures of Flowers Belladonna Pictures and Belladonna Kind

Belladonna is a perennial herbaceous plant, which is well known for atropine drug. The drug is produced from the foliage, which along with the berries are extremely toxic and possess hallucinogenic properties. The species are native to Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. It has also been naturalized in few parts of North America where it can often be found in shady, moist areas with limestone rich soil. The name comes from the Italian word, which means beautiful woman. In the past, it was used by women to enlarge the pupils of their eyes.

Belladonna is also often grown in gardens for its beauty. The plant grows about 2-3 tall with drooping bell shaped flowers that are bluish-purple or dull red. Many people have died ignorantly eating belladonna berries. Belladonna is an important antidote for poisoning with certain insecticides and mushrooms. Belladonna is sometimes used for relief from cough and stomach problems. It is also used for relaxing the eye muscles and expanding the pupil.