Best Annual Flowers

Even if a name implies the flower is a true green, some are actually pale yellow while others are just dull-looking. That is, until it blooms. If you wanted a novelty shade garden, 'Green Lace' might look interesting next to Heuchera 'Green Spice' and...

Despite its romantic-sounding common name, this summer-blooming annual has no connection to the Emerald Isle other than its vivid green color. The bells' color may vary from pale celadon to a green bright enough to rival a Granny Smith apple.

The foliage is beautiful as well when the plant is not blooming.If you love irises and the unusual, ‘Olive Garden' should be on your want list. If you can find one to grow and then provide it with its particular growing conditions, you will surely love...

Known colloquially as lady's mantle for the unusual shape of its leaves, this plant grows in neat clumps about a foot high and twice as wide. Both types of nicotiana prefer a sunny to mostly sunny spot.offers handsome grey-green foliage all season long,...

The oldest extant records mentioning hempcome from central Asia and were made in the third millennium B.C.The Chinese symbol for hemp, for example, is over 4,700 years old (see image at the end of this article).Throughout history hemp was used as cooking...

But the flowers that our nieces and nephews and the neighborhood kids go for straightaway are the blooming clumps of Ox-Eye Daisies. Nonetheless, my father surprises her with a bouquet of Shasta Daisies every year on May Day as well as on their anniversary.

It was always amazing to me that a huge cluster of them could look so much like a blue lake, when I saw them from a distance.I did not know them as cornflowers when I met the yellow clad, gargantuan woman at church that day.

Their cheery colors and full daisy-like blooms will persist through freezing temperatures.Interestingly, chrysanthemums are the national flower of Japan and symbolize the Japanese emperor.Legend states that after Narcissus died, Apollo turned him into...

They are also rich in nutrients: rose hips are very high in Vitamin C; marigolds and nasturtiums also contain Vitamin C, and dandelion blossoms contain vitamins A and C. Research has shown that edible flowers have been used by the Roman, Chinese, Middle...

They are sensitive to ethylene, an odorless plant hormone. This will extend the plant's flowering season and keep plants looking neat. Both roots and flowers were used to treat maladies such as earaches, worms, indigestion, burns and snake bites.

It makes sense that all the flowers that are daisy- or sunflower-shaped should be yellow; I think of them as third cousins twice removed. But the roses, sweet peas, geum and nasturtiums too?Finally Setember comes with cooler temperatures and oh no, another...

Is your house filled with relics form days gone by? The easiest way to do this is to collect cuttings or seeds of heirloom flowers from family members or friends. With any luck, they will be willing to share cuttings or seeds with you.Garden design is...

Just like shoes or books, plants are clearanced for several reasons. Overall, my marked-down purchases have recovered well and proven to be fine additions to my stock.For example, I always splurge on a flat of fall pansies from a nearby,pansies, like...

From the tallest tree to the shortest stem. If you're like me, you love red. You really can not have too much RED!With a garden of radiant reds you're sure to get a few passersby stopping in to compliment you on your color of choice.

Then I met Josephine Kennedy and she opened me up to the world of salvia that I have grown to love and cherish to this day. I water them into the garden and water them once a week.

Long tendrils of roots growing neglected in the murky green soup of a mayonnaise jar. My priorities were not whether or not the bed would fit, but the amount of sun; morning or afternoon, and could I have permission to drill holes in the ceiling for my...

With the tubular like flowers these plants are loved by many butterflies. Thank you to GD_Rankin for the image.This is the annual to add to the garden if you want tall and bold tropical flare in the garden.

Is a unique opportunity for the gardening public to vote on a specific flower that they think has the most appealing garden characteristics. While most of the plants in competition for this award are new to the market, this Angelonia was actually already...

Sometimes gardeners purchase the same plant year after year because it performs well and adds consistent color from summer through fall. Do not cover, as light is needed for germination.Torenia is attractive planted in mass in beds or borders.

You dig little holes for your little plants, maybe fertilize a bit, and water when dry. Some blossoms are usually present on those young plants, giving you a sample of the floral splendor to come.

"They're miniature petunias" I said smugly to my husband. To we who are interested in growing them, this is important because calibrachoa and petunias are closely enough related that the two can be crossed.

For this reason, it is not necessary to feed the plants except at emergence and installation.. In the warmer climates, it grows rapidly to a height of up to 2 feet and a similar spread.

Read on to learn how.When collecting vinca seeds, look for long, narrow, green seedpods hidden on the stems beneath blooming flowers. ), annual vinca is a versatile little stunner with shiny green foliage and blooms of pink, white, rose, red, salmon or...

They add an interesting texture, reliable blooms, and unique flower shape to my mostly-perennial beds.My first year with South African foxglove has been a pleasant experiment. Her innate curiosity and love of plants led her to coddle the unknown seedlings...

Marigolds: Best Varieties for butterflies.Thanks especially to all those who contribute to Plant Files.eje. Tagetes erecta. Burpee'swas designed for this purpose. 'Cempolxchitl marigold'.

The National Garden Bureau has declared 2010 to be the Year of Marigolds. Care of marigolds is relatively simple. Keep marigolds watered through hot summer weather. Deadheading will keep plants looking neat and encourage repeat blooming.University of...

However there is a new yellow flaxseed named Omega that is gaining popularity due to its attractiveness in the food industry.Flax fibers have been a cultivated crop for centuries, producing linen cloth from the stem skin.