Charming Flowers

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.…

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…

Aconite is a poisonous plant that is beautiful, which brings many people to plant it in their gardens. Various species of Aconitum have been used for centuries both as poisons and medicines. The flowers tend to be blue-purple or yellow in color, and the plant is native to mountainous areas. Aconite is the common name for any of 100 or…

Cardinal flower is a brilliant scarlet-colored native wildflower that grows in marshes, stream banks and low woods. Its extremely showy blossoms can be recognized at considerable distance. Few native plants have flowers of such intense color as this common herbaceous perennial. The cardinal flower produces intense red blossoms at a time when many other perennials are declining in the summer heat. This…

Called as 10 O’clock flower, it opens when the sunshine is bright by office time & closes as offices close by the evening. Most gorgeous colors are yellow, scarlet, crimson, rose, pink, magenta. A truly beautiful, low-growing groundcover type plant is called the portulaca (Portulaca grandiflora), sometimes known as the sun rose or moss rose. Portulaca plants are native to…

Easy to grow from plant or seed, sweet alyssum is a cool-season flower that can be set out in early spring once all danger of frost has passed (in frost-free climates, sweet alyssum can also be grown throughout the fall and winter). Sweet alyssum is a colorful carpet of tiny flowers that can be used to blanket your garden or landscape. Lobularia…

African violets are one of the world's most popular houseplants and for good reason. These compact, low-growing plants flower several times a year, and they are available in a multitude of leaf forms and colors. African voilets are small houseplants that produce clusters of white, blue, or purple flowers over fuzzy leaves. Here’s how to care for African violets in your home!…

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…

With common names like miracle plant, tree of kings, and Hawaiian good luck plant, it makes sense that Hawaiian Ti plants have become such popular accent plants for the home. These plants cannot tolerate temperatures below 50 F. (10 C.), so be careful not to place them where they may experience drafts from windows or doors. Cordyline fruticosa(Ti plant) is…

Wow! Such a beautiful plant! We absolutely love the full shape and wonderful foliage on this houseplant. Growing in it's natural habitat - this native to south and central America plant grows in swamps up to 20 metres tall, which is surprising considering how well it's adapted to become an easy to care for indoor tree. The Mexican fortune tree…

Peperomia makes an attractive addition to your collection of houseplants. They are not too difficult to tend to and maintain. Their green and slightly brown stem gives them a beautiful texture. The easy going Peperomia houseplant could be a very good fit for you if you've a small space to fill in your home or office. Many peperomia species have attractive foliage…

The tree can grow up to 15 meters. It is evergreen and has compound medium green leaves in clusters of seven. This tree depends for mechanical support on other rainforest trees. The tree is multi-trunked and flowers bloom at the treetop. The umbrella plant is a multi trunk tree that can grows over 15 metres tall outdoors and has to be…