CHRYSANTHEMUM, ANNUAL (French Marguerite) (Crowndaisy) (Title derived from chrysos, golden; anthos flower, refers to undeniable fact that some species are yellow) The Annual Chrysanthemums are in style in England, however…
PETUNIA (Named from petun, the Brazilian identify for tobacco, to which Petunia is allied) Everybody has some room for Petunias as a result of they’re probably the most profuse flowering…
GAILLARDIA – Blanket flower (Named for M. Gaillard, a French patron of Botany) The brilliant, sundown colours of the Blanketflower are an asset in any backyard. There are annual and…
The Candy Peas of our gardens delight us whereas they provoke us. We sincerely want that they may bloom for an extended time, but they’re an unqualified pleasure when they’re…
SILENE – Catchfly (From the Greek for saliva, referring to the stickiness of the stems of some species) The Candy-William Catchfly, Silene armeria, is a bit identified however worthy annual…
CLEOME Spiderflower Cleome spinosa (pungens) (gigantea), grows 3 to six ft tall and is a most attention-grabbing backyard topic. The four-petaled flowers are pinkish-lavender and white and are given a…
LINUM Flowering Flax (From linon, flax) There are a number of annual Flaxes, together with Linum grandiflorum (coccineum), the Scarlet Flax, a couple of foot tall, with wide-open, shiny flowers,…
Backyard Beds and Borders Annuals are in all probability most generally used for filling gaps in borders, on the rock backyard and elsewhere, for they supply splashes of welcome colour…
PERILLA Perilla is talked about right here as a result of in years previous it was an important favourite as a foliage plant. The leaves are darkish purple and have…
LOBELIA (Named for M. L’Obel, botanist and doctor of King James I) Clear blues are discovered among the many annual Lobelias. The kinds of the Edging Lobelia, Lobelia erinus, the…
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