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Flower planting

By Pictures of flowers

on October 1, 2010

Flower planting

Flowers and beauty are inseparable. Whatever be the place or occasion, flowers brighten up the place, making it livelier. And what more exciting it would be to grow them at home?
Well, it’s not at all a difficult task. The first step is to clean up the place and make a layer where flowers would bloom and grow at their own pace. Next, sow in the seeds and carefully closed them with layers of sand. Make sure the place has enough air and keep them away from extreme condition. You can add fertilizer too , so that they are free from pests and grow better and fully .Usually an overcast period or spring time are considered to be the best time to plant a flower .
With careful and cautious about the basic steps, its quiet easy to plant flowers on own and relish its beauty

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Pictures of Flowers Static Electricity Plant Pictures and Static Electricity Plant Kind

By Pictures of flowers

on March 8, 2009

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’

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Pictures of Flowers Safflower Plant Pictures and Safflower Plant Kind

By Pictures of flowers

on March 6, 2009

Pictures of Flowers Safflower Plant Pictures and Safflower Plant Kind

Safflower is an herbaceous thistle-like annual plant. The plant has many branches with long sharp spines on its leaves. It grows 30-150 cm tall with globular flowerheads. Brilliant yellow, red or orange flowers bloom in the month of July. Each branch of the plant typically has 1-5 flowerheads, which contain about 15-20 seeds per head. Safflower plants have strong taproot with which it can thrive in dry climates. The plant is susceptible to frost injury.

Traditionally, Safflower plants were grown for its seeds that were used in food coloring and flavoring. Besides, it was also used in medicines and for making red and yellow dyes. However, due to cheaper varieties of synthetic dyes, it is no more used for making dyes. All over the world, the plant is extensively cultivated for extracting vegetable oil from its seeds. Latest research has also reported that genetically modified safflower can be used to make insulin. Safflower oil is colorless, odorless and nutritionally similar to sunflower oil. Safflower oil is used as cooking oil, salad dressing and for the production of margarine.

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Pictures of Flowers Liquorice Pictures and Liquorice Kind

By Pictures of flowers

on February 23, 2009

Pictures of Flowers Liquorice Pictures and Liquorice Kind

Liquorice is a well-known flavor, which is the product of the sweet roots of the plant Liquorice. The plant is a legume, related to beans and peas, native to southern Europe and parts of Asia. The plant is also cultivated widely in Italy, Spain and Russia. Although a small quantity grows in Louisiana and Cal but large quantities of Liquorice are imported into United States.

Liquorice is an herbaceous perennial plant that grows to a height of about one meter. The plant has long pinnate leaves with 9-17 leaflets. Long, purple to pale whitish blue flowers grow in a loose inflorescence. Fruit is an oblong pod containing several seeds. The plant grows best in deep, fertile, well-drained soils with full sun. It is harvested in autumn 2-3 years after planting. Liquorice extract is produced from the Liquorice plants by chemically boiling its roots and evaporating most of the water. Liquorice extract is traded both in solid and syrup form. Liquorice flavor is used in vast varieties of candies and other food products.

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Pictures of Flowers Hollyhock Pictures and Hollyhock Kind

By Pictures of flowers

on February 22, 2009

Pictures of Flowers Hollyhock Pictures and Hollyhock Kind

Hollyhock is a genus of flowering plant of about 60 species native to southwest and central Asia especially China. Hollyhock is one of the most favorite flower and garden plant in the United States and many other parts of the world. Hollyhock belongs to mallow family. The plant is usually biennial or short-lived perennial plant that grows to a height of about 3.5 meter. Leaves are broad, rounded and lobed.

Numerous flowers in white or yellow grow on the erect central stem in the wild species of hollyhocks. Flowers may be single or double with plain or frilled petals. Flowers bloom from June to late summer and last for 3-4 days. Ripe fruit breaks into many part each consisting of one large, flat and coin-shaped seed. The plant needs rich and well-drained soil and sunlight. Common hollyhocks, Antwerp hollyhocks and marsh mallows are few of the commonly known species of hollyhocks. Hollyhocks are popular ornamental and garden plants. Besides the colors found in the wild plants, flowers with dark purple, red and other various colors are developed for garden plants.

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Pictures of Flowers Goldenrod Pictures and Goldenrod Kind

By Pictures of flowers

on February 22, 2009

Pictures of Flowers Goldenrod Pictures and Goldenrod Kind

Goldenrod is a yellow flowering plant that has about 120 species, mostly native to North America. In USA, goldenrod is often considered as the national flower and in many states; it has been adopted as the state flower. Goldenrods grow at many places including mountains, plains, swamps, dry areas, meadows, ditches, pastures, roadside, waste areas and by the sea. Due to its typical bright yellow flowers, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish various species. Goldenrods are often mistakenly blamed for causing hay fever.

Goldenrods vary in size from less than one foot to as high as eight feet. Leaves can be notched or smooth. Stems may be smooth or hairy. However, all the species have tiny flowers that grow in thick clusters or long plumes at the end of slender stems. Flowers are followed by feathery fruits and seeds. Goldenrods are perennials and bloom in summer or early fall. Goldenrods are widely used as decoration flowers. At many places, they are considered as a sign of good luck or good fortune while at some places they are thought as weeds.

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Pictures of Flowers Catkin Pictures and Catkin Kind

By Pictures of flowers

on February 14, 2009

Pictures of Flowers Catkin Pictures and Catkin Kind

Catkin is a flower cluster that consists of numerous small flowers arranged around a long central axis. Catkins have no petals or inconspicuous petals. Catkins are found in many plant families. Catkin bearing plants include many other trees or shrubs such as birch, willow, sweet chestnut, sweet fern and few herbaceous plants. Catkin is also called as ament.

Each flower of catkins lacks a petal unlike many other wild flowers. Since there are no petals, grayish or yellowish-green catkins are rarely thought of as flowers. Each catkin is either staminate (male, producing pollen) or distillate (female, producing seeds). Wind pollinates female catkins. In Salix species, the pollination occurs by insects. Pussy willow is the most familiar catkin. Majority of catkins are long and drooping. Catkins contain many, usually unisexual, flowers that are arranged closely along a drooping central stem. Catkins can be found in many plant families. Catkins appear on the branches of willows, birch and many other plants long before other spring flowers blossom.

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Pictures of Flowers Canterbury Bell Pictures and Canterbury Bell Kind

By Pictures of flowers

on February 14, 2009

Pictures of Flowers Canterbury Bell Pictures and Canterbury Bell Kind

Canterbury Bell or bell flower is an annual or biennial flowering plant with attractive bell shaped flowers with a flat base. Flowers come in blue, purple, mauve or white colors. Bell flowers produce huge spikes of extremely long lasting blooms. The plant grows to about 2-3 feet tall. The plants are best in borders or among shrubs in the gardens. Flowers are 2-3 inches long and widely spaced on a single flowering stem. Leaves grow at the base of the plants and are about 10 inches long. Leaves that grow on the flowering stems are usually shorter.

Canter Bell plants can grow best in cool or warm zones and are not suitable for tropics, dry or hot regions. It takes about 14-21 days for the seeds to germinate. The plant thrives in sunny and shaded locations in well drained soils. Bell flowers grow nicely in flower beds, borders and containers. Canter bell flower work well in floral arrangements. Many beekeepers use bell flowers for making potently sweet honey. Canter bells are native to Southern Europe.

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Pictures of Flowers Annual Pictures and Annual Kind

By Pictures of flowers

on February 11, 2009

Pictures of Flowers Annual Pictures and Annual Kind

Annual is a plant that usually grows from seeds, blossoms, produces flowers and seeds and dies withing one year. Annual plant generally refers to a plant that is grown outdoors in the spring and summer and survives just for one growing season. Many food plants including domesticated grains are grown as annuals. Some of the perennials and biennials are also grown in gardens as annuals mainly for convenience. For instance, true biennials such as carrot, parsley and celery are usually grown as annual crops for their edible roots, petioles and leaves respectively. Examples of true perennials that are grown as annuals are Tomato, Sweet Potato and Bell Pepper.

Examples of true annual plants are pea, corn, lettuce, cauliflower, bean, watermelon and marigold. Once the plants die, the seeds live on to produce plants in future. Majority of the annuals live for their whole life from one spring to fall growing season. Winter annual species begin to grow in autumn, live through winter, produce seeds and die the following spring or summer. Annual garden flowers have various colors, shapes, sizes and blooming period. Several desert species have a seed-to-seed life cycle of only few weeks with seeds spending most of the year to survive dry conditions.

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Pictures of Flowers Cashew Pictures and Cashew Kind

By Pictures of flowers

on December 29, 2008

Pictures of Flowers Cashew Pictures and Cashew Kind

Cashew is a tree in the flowering plant family that is widely grown in the tropical regions for its cashew nuts and cashew apples. Cashew is native to Central America in southeastern Brazil. Cashew is a small evergreen tree that can grow to about 10-12 meter height. Its trunk is short and often irregularly shaped. Leaves are large, spirally arranged, leathery and green, measuring about 4-6 inches long and 4 inches wide. Flowers grow in a panicle up to 26 cm long, each flower being small, pale green at first and then turning reddish with five slender and acute petals measuring 7-15mm long.

Cashew produces an oval or pear shaped fruit. It is an accessory fruit or a false fruit that develops from the receptacle of the flower. Better known as cashew apple, the fruit ripens into a pale yellow and/or red structure about 5-10 cm long. Fruits are edible and have a strong sweet smell and sweet taste. Pulp of the cashew apple is juicy but the skin is fragile and thus cannot be transported without damaging the fruit. A true fruit of cashew is a kidney or bean shaped fruit that grows at the end of the false fruit ? cashew apple. Within this true fruit lies the seed or cashew nut. In botanical sense, the cashew nut is a seed.