Friday, August 17, 2007
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
HUMMINGBIRD
Friday, August 03, 2007
Photo Friday ( WET )
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Balloon Flower (Chinese Bellflower)
This heavy bloomer gets its name from the way each flower bud swells before its starry petals unfold. Balloon flowers are one of the easiest perennials you'll ever grow, and they bloom in profusion in mid to late summer, when many other perennials are beginning to fade.
The upward-facing flowers bloom throughout the summer and into early fall in shades of blue, pink and white. The plants form a low, neat mound and bear 2- to 3-inch cuplike blossoms accented with delicate purple veins and yellow stamens. Balloon flowers are a cottage garden standard, and they are excellent for cutting. To make the flowers last in the vase, sear the stems with a match or candle flame immediately after cutting.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Daisy
A Daisy flower is composed of white petals and yellow centers, although the flowers are sometimes a pink or rose color. Stems of Daisies are smooth and leafless and support a single flower. Daisies are not one type of flower. A Daisy is made up of two types of flowers - disk florets and petal-like white ray florets. The Disk florets are at the center and the ray florets are at the periphery. But these are arranged to give the impression of being a single flower. This arrangement on Daisies is a type of inflorescence known as a capitulum.
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