Charming Flowers

Coneflowers are popular perennials with good reason. They are heat and drought resistant, easy to grow, bloom for months, make great cut flowers, and attract birds and pollinators. The Coneflower is also known as Echinacea and is native to the United States. This plant produces a cone-shaped center that is surrounded by pink petals. These flowers bloom over a long…

Although desert rose is a beautiful, low-maintenance plant, it can become long and leggy in time. Pruning will avoid this problem by creating a bushy, fuller-looking plant. Caring for desert rose plants requires a full sun location and well-drained soil. Properly mimicking their native regional conditions will garner plenty of rose-like blooms on an architectural marvel of a plant. The…

This plant spreads over large areas quickly to cover them in bright blossoming flowers. They produce daily flowers which can be a creamy white color or lavender depending on the variant of the plant. Ganges primrose is a perennial herb 30-80 cm long; stem branched, 4-angled, climbing. The Ganges Primrose is a naturally evergreen (in frost-free climates), groundcover-like, mounding and spreading, shrub-like perennial.…

During the summer grow them in a shaded greenhouse, indoors on an East or West windowsill or anywhere that is bright but without strong sunshine - early morning or evening sunlight is weaker and therefore ok. Their blooms look very similar to African violets with their purple, pink and white hues, but cape primroses also possess red varieties in brilliant…

It is not the same as ornamental marigolds of the Tagetes genus grown in vegetable gardens. Calendula is native to Asia and southern Europe and has been traditionally used in Ayurvedic and Unani systems of medicine. Calendula blossoms form a neat ray of petals that gently unfold from a tight bud, opening up to radiate from the center as the…

This perennial gets its name from its flowers. They appear on tall stalks, blooming from the top down rather than from the bottom up, similar to sparklers. Blazing star is a favorite nectar plant for butterflies like monarchs as well as many other pollinators. After the exuberant growth of spring and early summer, our gardens can slow down and sag a bit,…

A flower that adds colour, fragrance, repels insects, is good for your beauty regimen all at one go; that’s lavender for you. It may not fall under the traditional houseplant category, yet the benefits far outweigh any qualms you have; especially since the plant thrives in sunny climes like India! Lavender is a flowering plant in the mint family that’s…

The Nephrolepis, or Lemon Button Fern, is one of the most pleasant small ferns an Indoor Gardener can grow. Once it finds its place in your home, and you establish its care cycle, its pretty much care-free. A small fern that grows to about a foot high and not much more across, it boasts tiny arching stems. The plant usually…

Paddle plants are quaint looking houseplants with paddle shaped leaves. They are short in structure and can be easily potted in small pots. Their red-tinged leaves give it an excellent look and adorn your home beautifully. Paddle Plant is an unusual-looking succulent that grows in a rosette of flat, round leaves. It adds bold texture, color and form to a…

Poinsettia care begins with proper light, water, and temperature conditions. During the holidays, while in full bloom, they typically enjoy semi-cool, humid locations in bright, indirect light with plenty of moisture. Poinsettias change color in response to shorter winter days. Poinsettia flowers are actually made up of the bracts, which look like petals, and the tiny yellow flowers in the…

These gorgeous looking plants are an absolute delight to have indoors. With grass like structure and soft hanging spurs, the Asparagus Fern is quite easy to grow indoors. It grows very quickly; hence one has to take care of overgrowth. The asparagus fern plant  is normally found in a hanging basket, decorating the deck or patio in summer and helping…

This gorgeous variety of palm has flowing and slender green leaves, rendering it the look of a ponytail tied up on a kids head. It has a bulbous trunk that is used to store water, making it apt as an indoor plant collection.  The good news is that they'll put up with a bit of affection like this from time to time…