The Rhododendron is the national flower of Nepal. The hills and mountain-side ranges of Nepal are decorated with different colors and shape. Rhododendrons are plants with beautiful flowers and glossy leaves. The flowers are usually shaped like a tube or a funnel. They may be white, pink, red, purple, yellow, or blue. Some plants grow large clusters of flowers. Rhododendron…
Snapdragons are tall, stately stalks, the upper reaches of which are covered with small, colorful blooms. The color range among snapdragons is wide; an amazing variety of pinks, peaches, yellows, blues, purples, whites, and many combinations thereof. Planting snapdragons out can be among the first late winter gardening tasks. This fragrant specimen can handle frost, so start planting snapdragons early…
Hyacinth is a popular fall planted bulb for cheerful, fragrant spring blooms. These flowers help to drive away winter glooms. The inedible bulbs contain oxalic acid and can cause skin irritation. The intensely fragrant flowers are usually blue but may be pink, white, or other colours in cultivated varieties. Hyacinthus is a small genus of bulbous, spring-blooming perennials.They are fragrant flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily…
Impatiens flowers are bright and cheerful annuals that can light up any dark and shady part of your yard. Impatiens flowers do best if fertilized regularly. Use water soluble fertilizer on your impatiens every two weeks through spring and summer. You can also use slow release fertilizer at the beginning of the spring season and once more half way through…
The 4 O'clock flower, Mirabilis jalapa earned its name because the flowers open around late afternoon each day, and the blooms close and die come morning. Because four o'clock plants bloom in the late afternoon and evening, it's best to plant them where you’re sure to see them and catch a whiff of their fragrance, such as around a patio.…
Calibrachoa is a very beautiful flower that bears hundreds of small bell-shaped flowers often used as a cascading flower for suspended pots and overhangs. Its trailing habit makes it perfect for use in hanging baskets, containers or as a small area ground cover. They prefer to be grown in moist but well-drained, organically rich soil in full sun. They do…
Upside down leaves and brightly coloured blooms; these are the characteristics that make the alstroemeria such a distinctive and interesting flower. Sometimes mistaken for miniature lilies, the alstroemeria can be easily recognised by the dark markings in their trumpet shaped heads and yellow throats. The alstroemeria has a host of spiritual interpretations, from devotion and friendship to the achievement of…
With small, showy flowers on low-mounding to sprawling plants, diascia can be used interchangeably with alyssum, pansies, nemesia and other cool season annuals. The flowers of diascia come in a range of pinks, whites, corals, and oranges. During cool weather, the plants are covered in blossoms. With delicate, prolific blooms reminiscent of open-face snapdragon flowers, diascia is a colorful option for early spring…
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…
Cyclamen is a petite flowering plant that has sweet-scented, small blooms on long stems that stretch up above the foliage. It is a tuberous perennial, meaning it dies down to its thick roots (tubers) during its summer dormancy period and then regrows quickly each fall. Its flowers come in shades of pink, purple, red, and white. It's commonly grown as…