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Pictures of Flowers Strawflower Plant Pictures and Strawflower Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Strawflower Plant Pictures and Strawflower Plant Kind
Strawflower is a tall herb consisting of about 600 species of flowering plants in the sunflower family. The plants are native to South Africa, Madagascar, Eurasia and Australasia. The plants can be annuals, herbaceous perennials or shrubs, which grow to a height of 60-90 cm. Leaves, are oblong and flat. Base of the flowerhead is smooth or honeycombed and resembles daisies. Flowers come in almost all the colors except blue.
Many species are grown as ornamental plants and as dried flowers. Open flowers and stalks can preserve their color and shape for longer periods if the flowers are cut when young and then dried. An essential oil with a yellow or reddish tint is produced from the strawflower plants. All over the world, dried flowers are used in winter bouquets. Some of the species of the plants have everlasting flowers, which last for long periods in dried forms. Many new species of strawflowers have been identified, which have natural habitats in rocky areas.
Pictures of Flowers Strawflower Plant Pictures and Strawflower Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Strawflower Plant Pictures and Strawflower Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Static Electricity Plant Pictures and Static Electricity Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Static Electricity Plant Pictures and Static Electricity Plant Kind
Static Electricity is a name commonly applied to Statice or Sea Lavender species of flowers that have wide distribution in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and North America. The plant has about 120 species, out of which, about 100 species are native to the area stretching from Canary Islands east through Mediterranean region to central Asia. The plants are herbaceous perennials that grow 10-70 cm tall from a rhizome. Few of the species are woody shrubs up to 2 meters tall. Several species of static electricity plants flourish in saline soils in the coastal areas.
Leaves of static electricity plants are broad and entire or lobed, which are produced in a dense basal rosette. Flowering stems bear only small brown bracts. Flowers are pink, violet or purple in most of the species while yellow or white flowers grow in some species. Fruit is a small capsule containing one seed. The plant is popular as garden plant due to its showy flowers and beautiful appearance of calyx. Calyx remains even after the true flowers have fallen and thus the plants are often known as ‘everlasting flowers’
Pictures of Flowers Star of Bethlehem Plant Pictures and Star of Bethlehem Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Star of Bethlehem Plant Pictures and Star of Bethlehem Plant Kind
Star of Bethlehem is a genus of small and hardy perennial plants native to Southern Europe and South Africa. The plant grows from bulbs and has grass-like basal leaves and a slender stalk up to 30 cm tall. Star of Bethlehem bears large clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes. Due to its star shaped flowers and its appearance in the Biblical Account of the birth of Jesus, the plant has been named as ‘Star of Bethlehem’.
Some of the species of Star of Bethlehem plants are poisonous to grazing animals and have also been reported to kill cattle and livestock. Few of the species are edible and can be used as vegetables. The plant was first developed in Italy and now it has become a common sight in the gardens of North America. Many people grow Star of Bethlehem in gardens, greenhouses and window boxes. Flowers bloom during the months of May and June. Bulbs of the flowers contain alkaloids, which are toxic.
Pictures of Flowers Star of Bethlehem Plant Pictures and Star of Bethlehem Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Spring Beauty Plant Pictures and Spring Beauty Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Spring Beauty Plant Pictures and Spring Beauty Plant Kind
Spring Beauty or Claytonia is a genus of 25 species of flowering plants mostly native to North America. Few species exist in Guatemala, South America and northeastern Asia. The plant blooms in early spring in Nova Scotia, Georgia and Texas and in the western United States. Spring beauty plants can be found in lawns, woods and thickets. Spring Beauty is a perennial plant that grows up to 6-18 inches tall.
Flowers are whitish-pink or rose-colored with pink or purple veins. Single pair of leaves grow about halfway up on the stems. One of the species known as miner’s lettuce is distributed throughout mountains west of North America in moist soils. This particular species was used by the miners as fresh green salad during the 1849 Gold Rush in California and from when the name miner’s lettuce has become a commonly popular name. Serpentine spring beauty is a species that is native to British Columbia, Idaho and California in different habitats on serpentine soils.
Pictures of Flowers Spring Beauty Plant Pictures and Spring Beauty Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Spring Beauty Plant Pictures and Spring Beauty Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Spring Beauty Plant Pictures and Spring Beauty Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Spring Beauty Plant Pictures and Spring Beauty Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Spring Beauty Plant Pictures and Spring Beauty Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Spring Beauty Plant Pictures and Spring Beauty Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Spring Beauty Plant Pictures and Spring Beauty Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Spring Beauty Plant Pictures and Spring Beauty Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind
Sorrel is a perennial herb, which is cultivated as garden herb or leaf vegetable. The plant is also known as common sorrel, garden sorrel spinach dock or narrow-leaved dock. Sorrel is a slender plant that can grow to a height of about 2 feet. Its roots run deep into the ground. Stems and leaves are juicy and edible. The sorrel plant bears whorled spikes of reddish-green flowers, which become purplish upon blooming in the summer season. Ripened seeds of sorrel plants are brownish and shining.
Common sorrels have been cultivated for centuries for its leaves that are used in soups, sauces and salads. Flavor of leaves is similar to kiwifruit or sour wild strawberries. Sharp and sour taste of the leaves comes from the oxalic acid. Sorrel is often used as a laxative and also in the treatments of kidney or bladder stones. Little wood sorrel or sour grass is grown in shady woods, lawns and gardens throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Common sorrels grow wild in the meadows. Due to wide spreading underground stems, sorrels are often considered as invasive weeds.
Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snowball Plant Pictures and Snowball Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snowball Plant Pictures and Snowball Plant Kind
Snowball is the common name for beautiful deciduous shrubs of honeysuckle family. The plant is well known for its ball-like clusters of snowy white flowers, which resemble snowball. Snowball is native to Europe, Asia and North Africa. The plant is also widely grown in North America. Snowball is also called as European cranberry or Guelder Rose or snowball tree.
The plant grows to 7-12 feet tall. Size of flower clusters may be as much as 4 inch wide. Flowers of cultivated species are sterile and do not produce fruits. However, wild species of snowball plants bear juicy red berries. In Europe, the Middle East and Western Asia, some of the species are termed as snowdrop. Snowdrops are widely grown in gardens across Europe and North America. Snowdrops can grow up to 9 inches tall. White and bell shaped flowers of snowdrops grow in the early spring. Snowball plants are easy to grow in partial shades and moist soils. Bulbs of snowdrops are planted 3-4 inches deep during the fall season.
Pictures of Flowers Snowball Plant Pictures and Snowball Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snowball Plant Pictures and Snowball Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snowball Plant Pictures and Snowball Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snowball Plant Pictures and Snowball Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snowball Plant Pictures and Snowball Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snowball Plant Pictures and Snowball Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snowball Plant Pictures and Snowball Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snapdragon Plant Pictures and Snapdragon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snapdragon Plant Pictures and Snapdragon Plant Kind
Snapdragon is a genus of flowering plants native to the Mediterranean region. Snapdragon is the plant whose flowers resemble to the face of dragon and which open and close its mouth when squeezed laterally. Snapdragon is one of the most favorite flowers in the gardens of Europe and North America where there are 30 species of this family. Snapdragons are easy to grow and thus several varieties of are grown in the greenhouses for cut flowers and ornamental garden plants.
Snapdragons are classified into three categories depending upon its size. Dwarf varieties grow up to 9 inches height, intermediate varieties grow up to 20 inches and tall varieties grow to a height of up to 4 feet. Showy and two-lipped flowers of snapdragon plants blossom first at the bottom and then go up to the top of the tall stem. Colors of the flowers range from white through various shades of pink, red, yellow, orange and lavender. In warmer locations, snapdragons can thrive as perennials while in the cooler climates the plants survive as annuals.
Pictures of Flowers Snapdragon Plant Pictures and Snapdragon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snapdragon Plant Pictures and Snapdragon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snapdragon Plant Pictures and Snapdragon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snapdragon Plant Pictures and Snapdragon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snapdragon Plant Pictures and Snapdragon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snapdragon Plant Pictures and Snapdragon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snapdragon Plant Pictures and Snapdragon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snapdragon Plant Pictures and Snapdragon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Snapdragon Plant Pictures and Snapdragon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose Plant Pictures and Rose Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose Plant Pictures and Rose Plant Kind
Rose, one of the most beautiful flowers among all the flowers, is a genus of about 100 species of perennials or shrubs. Most of the species are native to Asia. Few species are native to Europe, North America and northwest Africa. Species from different parts of the world can easily hybrid and thus many types of new species of garden roses have been developed all over the world. Rose is believed as the symbol of fragrance and loveliness throughout the world. No other flower has been described in literary works of all the times and all the civilizations as often as rose.
Leaves are alternate and pinnately compound with sharply toothed oval shaped leaflets. An edible fleshy fruit called rose hip grows on the plants. Rose plants range in size from tiny and miniature roses to Rose Climbers that can grow up to 20 meters tall. Rose is the national flower of England and state flowers of many states of USA. Besides garden and ornamental plants, rose is extensively used in perfumes, jam, jelly, marmalade, rose water, rose oil and many other food products for its high Vitamin C contents. Rose is also used often in cosmetics and makeup products.
Pictures of Flowers Rose Plant Pictures and Rose Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose Plant Pictures and Rose Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose Plant Pictures and Rose Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose Plant Pictures and Rose Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose Plant Pictures and Rose Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose Plant Pictures and Rose Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose Plant Pictures and Rose Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose Plant Pictures and Rose Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose Plant Pictures and Rose Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose of Sharon Plant Pictures and Rose of Sharon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose of Sharon Plant Pictures and Rose of Sharon Plant Kind
Rose of Sharon is the common garden flower in the family Hibiscus Syriacus. It is a flowering shrub native to many parts of Asia. Rose of Sharon is a vase-shaped flower that grows 2-4 meters tall. The plant is widely planted in the regions with hot summers. Rose of Sharon is very much popular for its attractive pink, white, red, lavender, or purple edible plants. The flowers can remain fresh for much longer time than any other flowers.
Rose of Sharon is the national flower of South Korea where it also appears in National Emblem and National Anthem. Flower’ symbolic significance stems from the South Korean word that translates into ‘Immortality?. The plant is hardy and can do well even in unfavorable conditions in the city or countryside. The plant can be easily grown in the pots and then transplanted to outdoors. Rose of Sharon is cultivated widely in North America. Rose of Sharon is an ornamental shrub that includes many varieties of cultivated plants such as Diana, Lady Stanley, Ardens, Lucy and Blushing Bride.
Pictures of Flowers Rose of Sharon Plant Pictures and Rose of Sharon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose of Sharon Plant Pictures and Rose of Sharon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose of Sharon Plant Pictures and Rose of Sharon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose of Sharon Plant Pictures and Rose of Sharon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose of Sharon Plant Pictures and Rose of Sharon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rose of Sharon Plant Pictures and Rose of Sharon Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rhododendron Plant Pictures and Rhododendron Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rhododendron Plant Pictures and Rhododendron Plant Kind
Rhododendron is a large genus of about 1000 species of flowering plants with showy flowers. Rhododendron is the national flower of Nepal. The genus is characterized by shrubs and small to medium large trees, smallest species being 10-100 cm tall and largest species over 30 meters tall. Leaves are spirally arranged and either evergreens or deciduous. Leaves of some of the species are covered by scales or hairs on their undersides. Many of the species are well-known all over the world for their large clusters of beautiful flowers.
Rhododendron is a very widely distributed species throughout most of the Northern Hemisphere except for dry areas and extending into Southern Hemisphere in southeastern Asia and northern Australasia. Greatest diversity of Rhododendrons is found in the Himalayan mountains Uttarakhand, Nepal and Sikkim to Sichuan and in the mountains of Indo-China, Korea, Taiwan and Japan. In Europe and North America, relatively fewer species are found and in South America and Africa, Rhododendrons have not yet been found. Rhododendrons are extensively used in gardening, landscapes and ornamental plants.
Pictures of Flowers Rhododendron Plant Pictures and Rhododendron Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rhododendron Plant Pictures and Rhododendron Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rhododendron Plant Pictures and Rhododendron Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rhododendron Plant Pictures and Rhododendron Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rhododendron Plant Pictures and Rhododendron Plant Kind
Pictures of Flowers Rhododendron Plant Pictures and Rhododendron Plant Kind
