Botanical Name

Sansevierias act as indoor air purifiers removing toxins from indoor environments. The leaves form a tight rosette, the size of a bird's nest, and the plant only grows 6-8” tall.

San Diego Botanical Gardens (aka Quail Botanical Gardens) is one of my favorite southern California gardens to visit. There are several botanical gardens I frequent for photography and to see new and exciting plants.The two closest to me are among the...

Until the elusive Blue Coleus is found, I will have to be content with the blue varieties found in my kitchen garden. However, the floral pattern originally used, changed very little throughout its production.Used for hundreds of years, this collectable...

Angel's Trumpet ‘Moonlight Glow' (Brugmansia hybrid) Long, slender white flowers with fanciful tails have a unique fragrance unlike any other Angel's Trumpet we have smelled to date.

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While driving across the town of Concarneau I spotted a ship cemetery which is quite a stunning thing to see. Nowadays seaweed is used either as food or for processing into a large array of byproducts for the cosmetics, drugs and food industries.Ah well,...

You must be starving so we will leave the garden to go eat a carri ti jaque or a rougail saucisse in nearby Saint-Louis and come back to resume the visit. But follow me and you will see how this is only a facade!

The fruit ripens in late fall before plants go dormant for the season. Selected for its low chill dormancy requirements, ‘Big Red' will flower as far south as central Florida and is hardy to zone 8 in the north.

*Please note that “HYOO-ker-ah” is the pronunciation given in every print dictionary and online plant pronunciation source I have consulted. If you're in doubt, just call heuchera by its common name, coral bells!"100 Flowers and How They Got Their...

In Plant Pronunciation, Part 1, we examined some of the vagaries in the pronunciation of "people plants," or those whose Latin names honor a particular scientist or botanist. Not for Sissies -- Sisyrinchium, Anemone and Other Tongue TwistersPlease join...

After a while, the names will become familiar, and they won't seem so awkward to use. Plants in the same genus are closely related, but usually can't interbreed. Latin names make it easier to communicate and exchange information, and using them can prevent...

He also introduced tea trees from China (an important local crop nowadays) and camphor trees. With a mere 25 hectares there is room for all sorts of flowers, trees, water ponds and large lawns which give the place an old-fashioned English character.We...

Its seeds have a downy coating that is used as stuffing in bedding and pillows and its cigar shaped heads have been dipped in oil and used as torches.With so many uses and applications, it is not remarkable that this wildflowers' design would be chosen...

There was a very interesting structure (pictured at right) in the garden here, but there was no sign on it and we could not locate anyone to explain its purpose.[1] Effective June 1, 2009 there are new requirements for proof of citizenship for crossing...

Valued for its resistance to diseases such as black spot and rust it is endangered as a wild plant. In the next article we will take a look at some of the other popular floral designs such as the Blue Onion, Blue Willow and Blue Tulip that were in use.Devon...

That was my plan when I was three going on four.Time has passed, and I don't remember painting any roses red, but I do remember painting my first picture of roses. The painting dates to about 1500 B.C. and the archeologist who discovered it stated that...

So please, stay close to the garden path and keep your hands in your pockets -- we may encounter some creepy-crawlies! I hope this series of articles about plant names and their pronunciation has piqued your interest in botanical nomenclature as it has...

Nicholaus wrote a great article onif you need some convincing. (And if you are one of the remaining 30% who are curious about plant names,contains thousands of botanical terms, their meanings and pronunciation.)This is easy once you know how to read botanical...

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