Charming Flowers

Flowers of celosia are known as wool flowers or cockscombs. They have unusual flowers that can bloom up to 10 weeks. These flowers can have red, pink, purple, gold or bicoloured blooms. When many celosia flower blooms are next to each other. The Celosia flower is also known as the Prince of Wales’ Feathers. The plume-like flowers range in color…

Lavender is more than just an aromatic plant. Studies suggest it may help relieve stress, chronic pain, high blood pressure, and asthma. Lavender is also grown for the production of its essential oil, which comes from the distillation of the flower spikes of certain lavender species. The oil has cosmetic uses, and it is believed to have some medicinal uses.…

Bee balm is a great addition to a pollinator garden. The flowers attract hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees; and the seed heads will attract birds in the fall and winter. The bee balm flower has an open, daisy-like shape, with tubular petals in shades of red, pink, purple, and white. Bee balm plants are perennial, coming back year after year to…

Very long blooming period of about four months. Common varieties are a combination of yellow & brown red colour. They have purple disk flowers and yellow, orange, or white ray flowers with three or more teeth that give the plant a fringed appearance. Most have hairy leaves that are either grouped at the base of the plant or alternate along the stem.…

Bergenia will grow a spike from 12 to 16 inches (30-41 cm.) tall, and the tiny, bell-shaped blooms will cover the spikes in pink, white or purple flowers. These flowers remain for a number of weeks, then begin to die off. Bergenia needs these leaves as food to survive through the winter, and many of them are evergreen. Bergenia is also…

Abutilon is a shrub that blooms during the summer. The blooms are saucer-shaped, and the stems have gray, hairy leaves. The shrub may grow to around 15 feet, and many hybrids have been developed that you can enjoy. Abutilon is a bell shaped flower and the color of the flower ranges from yellow to pink to orange to deep red. The leaves…

Ivy can make a wonderful, bright light houseplant. It can grow long and lush and bring a bit of the outdoors inside. Growing ivy indoors is easy as long as you know what makes an ivy plant happy. This evergreen plant climbs up the side of trees and buildings, adding color wherever it goes. Hedera, commonly called ivy (plural ivies),…

The foliage shows compact growth and the upright stem in the later years of growth transform into climbing stem. Native to Central and South America and known for their unique arrow-like leaf shape, Arrowhead plants are easy to grow and do well in low to medium light. The Goosefoot or Arrowhead plant is named so because of the arrow or…

The elephant ear plant (Colocasia) provides a bold tropical effect in nearly any landscape setting. In fact, these plants are commonly grown for their large, tropical-looking foliage, which is reminiscent of elephant ears. Elephant ear plants can be used as background plants, ground covers, or edging, especially around ponds, along walkways, or patio enclosures. Colocasia is a genus of flowering…

Prayer plants make an amazing addition to your collection of indoor houseplants. They have dark green leaves with light green/white and red strip running down its spine. This plant gets its unique name because of the unique nature of its leaves. They fold in an upright position at night, resembling that of folding hands in prayer. The Red Prayer Plant…

Do you feel your living room looks pale, drab or dull? Want your kids to join you at the dining table for food and some heart-to- heart chats? Then let a croton with its bright yellow, orange, red and even black foliage spruce it up for you. You could always grow the plant in a colourful pot to add to…

Here’s another fuss free houseplant to clear the air of your house of pollutants such as xylene and toluene. The plant has huge value attached to it because it successfully weathers every kind of condition well : low light, bright light and even neglect! Warnecki Dracaena (Dracaena deremensis) is a popular small house and office plant that produces dark gray-green…