Charming Flowers

A popular ‘everlasting’ flower, easy to grow, produces a mass of small globular flowers. Typical colour is purple. Others include orange, pink & off white. Gomphrena is a cheery little clover look-alike that for centuries has graced classic cutting gardens. American gardeners have relied on its pleasing bachelor button flowers since the early 1700s. With pink, purple, or white gumball flowers, globe amaranth has…

Bellflowers will bloom heaviest in June and July but can delight you with flowers all the way into October in some areas. The primary characteristic is the upturned, open cup-shaped flowers in hues of pink and white but primarily lavender or light blue. The plants will spread over the seasons and the lower growing varieties make excellent ground cover. Most…

Canna lilies are low maintenance and easy to grow, and both their flowers and foliage offer long lasting color in the garden. The flower color may be red, orange, or yellow. Depending on the variety, foliage color varies from green to maroon, bronze, and variegated types. When growing cannas in the garden, placing them in mixed borders or group plantings…

Fuchsias are one of the mainstays of the summer garden. They produce masses of delightful, pendant, bell-like flowers for months on end, from early June to the first severe frosts of autumn. Fuchsia usually grows in the form of shrub that can reach from 8 inches to more than 13 feet in height, depending on the variety. Fruit of fuchsia…

This pretty annual variety is an attraction for children. It blooms in a variety of shades of white, violet purple, rose pink, red & mauve, single & double. The flowers bear double petals and come in an array of colors but are partially hidden by large attractive leaves with pronounced veins. Some fun balsam plant information is found in another…

If you’re looking for a showy annual bloom in the sunny garden or the container, something you can just plant and forget about, try growing Gazanias. Gazania is excellent flower plant to grow in winter. If you plant one Gazania in the garden soon it will multiply into many plants. When growing Gazanias, expect the plant to reach 6 to…

Dracaena is a popular houseplant because it is easy to grow and very forgiving of novice gardeners. It’s also a top pick because there are so many varieties with different sizes, leaf shape, and color. A variegated dracaena plant, like the Song of India dracaena, for instance, gives you beautiful, multicolored foliage. The song of India plant is a species…

Given the right indoor environment, they will thrive and make for a wonderfully unique houseplant. Ferns come in a wide variety of colors and textures. The Bird’s Nest Fern has large simple fronds that are tropical-like in that they resemble banana leaves. These ferns have a slow growth rate. They're best planted in the spring, though houseplants generally can be…

Looking for an indoor plant that is exceptionally easy to care for? A plant whose leaves whose leaves can add a dash of contrast to your home? Then look no further. Studies have shown that spider plant is quite effective in cleaning indoor air by absorbing chemicals including formaldehyde, xylene, benzene, and carbon monoxide in homes or offices. Spider plants…

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…

Tillandsias grow differently than most other house plants, so they can be confusing to the beginner. They are really very hardy, and require much less attention than other house plants. Tillandsia is a genus of around 650 species of evergreen, perennial flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, native to the forests, mountains and deserts of northern Mexico and south-eastern United…

You could go for a variety of plants to make your interiors look bright and beautiful. One of them is the String of Pearls Plant. These succulent plants are a great indoor collection and are one of the easiest to grow in any weather condition. They belong to the family of Senecios that are stringed beady plants, great for indoors.…