cosmos

Cosmos Produces Cosmic Beauty
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Cosmos

How would you similar to own a univers? Tniversehis will most likely in no way take place but you can raise a plant which produce "showy flowers" in an "logical arrangement of cosmic size". Cosmos is the flower you should raise. Spanish priests grow cosmos in their duty gardens in Mexico. The lightly located petals lead them to christen the flower "Cosmos," the Greek word for concord or planned universe. Cosmos, like many of our warm weather annuals such as marigolds, originated in Mexico and South America.
Cosmos belongs to that vast family of plants known as Compositae. Although here are 20 branded type of cosmos, two yearly type Cosmos sulphureus and Cosmos bipinnatus, are the popular familiar to home gardeners. These two type are nearly all simply differentiate by leaf structure and flower color. The foliage of C. sulphureus are extended with thin lobes and bushy boundaries The flower insignia of this species are forever sunglasses of yellow, orange or red. The C. bipinnatus has foliage that are thinly cut into threadlike segment. The flora look alike to ferns. The flowers are white or a range of tinted lenses of pink to dark rose.
Cosmos sulphureus (Yellow Cosmos) - the class local to the Americas - is my preferred and the single I advise you attempt if you have not at all grown-up cosmos.. Plants of yellow cosmos can range in height from 4 to 7 feet but the cultivated varieties such as 'Crest Red', 'Ladybird Dwarf Red', 'Ladybird Dwarf Gold', 'Ladybird Dwarf Orange', 'Ladybird Dwarf Lemon', and Yellow Cosmos - Klondyke Mix are not as tall. The flower head are collected of recording and beam flowers. The disc, or middle flowers are yellow: the beam, or external petals variety as of light yellow or mustard to orange-scarlet. Red is a moderately fresh toting up to the color variety of C. sulphureus. The resident type is golden-yellow to orange.
Is C. sulphureus cosmos simple to produce? You bet they are! Here is the educational in order provide by John Thomas of Wildseed Farms who charge C. sulphureus cosmos with an 80 percent plant achievement: YELLOW COSMOS INFORMATION FROM WILDSEED FARMS
wealthy lush soil be apt to create oddly tallgangly plants. Yellow cosmos require occupied sun. Sow seed of C. sulphureus in near the start spring because seedling are not winter enduring The regular planting achievement with this type is 80 percent. The plant stature is 2 - 4 feet depending on civilization and diversity chosen Plants will grow in 7 - 21 days when the earth hotness is best for germination at 70 - 80 degrees F. Plant seed 1/16 inch deep by raking into the soil. C. sulphureus plants bloom from May - November. Plants should be shear every 30 days or whenever seed pods predominate. Large areas can be seeded at a rate of 15 pounds per acre C. sulphureus plants bloom approximately 50 - 55 days after germination. Yellow cosmos wants to be replanted every spring for continued success.
Yellow cosmos is simple to create from kernel Rich, fertile situation are not essential to produce yellow cosmos, but sufficient drainage is. The seeds may be sown outdoors after all risk of ice is history and the earth has warmedwar to at slightest 65 degrees F. Scatter the seeds correct where the yellow cosmos are to be display Firm or collect seeds into a wobbly soil -- if the seed is plant too profound germination can be pretentious stay the earth damp for 5 - 10 days following seeding. Seeds will sprout in 7 - 21 days. If the in the early hours spring has been chilly soil temperature will stay cool also. If the earth temperature is under 65 F., seeds may not germinate as fast. Thinning is in fact not essential.
Yellow cosmos is a sun - loving yearly it will not make as a lot of bloom if adult in the shadow. decide site l that receive at slightest 8 - 10 hours of through sunbathe sunlight. Cosmos will carry out best if adult in well-drained dirt Yellow cosmos is not a serious feeder. overload fertilization will reason plants to create extreme sheet increase at the cost of flower making.

poppy

defination
A poppy is single of a cluster of a flowering plants in the poppy family, a lot of  which are adult in grounds for their bright flowers.
Poppy flowers have 4 to 6 petals. Petals may be about any tint and some have markings. Before blossoming, the petals are creased in the bud, and as flowering close the petals normally lie down flat earlier than waning away. A whorl of stamens is in the midpoint of the flower.
The pollen of the oriental poppy, Papaver orientale, is murky blue. The pollen of the ground poppy or bump poppy (Papaver rhoeas) is dark blue to grey. Bees use poppies as a pollen source.

Symbolism

Poppies have extended been worn as a mark of together slumber and loss sleep since of the opium extracted starting them, and loss since of the ordinary blood-red dye of the red poppy in exacting. In Greek and Roman myths, poppies were old as aid to the deceased^[1] Poppies old as emblem on tombstones be a sign of undying slumber. This imagery was evoke in the children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in which a paranormal poppy meadow in danger to create the protagonists to slumber eternally.^[1]
A moment analysis of poppies in usual legends is that the brilliant scarlet colour signify a agree of restoration past demise.^[2]
The poppy of time of war memory is Papaver rhoeas, the red-flowered callus poppy. This poppy is a ordinary weed in Europe and is set up in a lot of location, as well as .Flanders, the scenery of the well-known poem "In Flanders Fields," by the Canadian doctor and fighter John McCrae. In the United States,^[3][4] Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand artificial poppies (plastic in Canada, paper in the US^{[citation needed]}, UK, Australia and New Zealand) are tatty to remember those who die in war. This shape of honor is related with Veterans' Day in the United States and with Remembrance Day in Canada, together of which go down on November 11. In Canada, poppies are frequently shabby on or after the start of November pending the 11th. In New Zealand and Australia, the military are commemorate on ANZAC day, April 25.^[5]

tube rose

The tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa) is a perennial plant of the agave family Agavaceae, extract of which are worn as a middle note in perfumery. The common name derives as of the Latin tuberosa, meaning swollen or tuberous in reference to its root system. It consists of about 12 species. Polianthes means "many flowers" in Greek language.
The tuberose is a night-blooming place thought to beative n to Mexico along with each other species of Polianthes. The Aztecs called it Omixochitl [oh me' zu che' tl] or bone flower.
It is a top plant in Indian culture and mythology. The flowers are worn in wedding ceremony, garlands, ornament and various fixed rituals. Its Hindi name is "Rajnigandha", though it is sometimes by mistake referred to as "Raat ki Rani" ("Queen of the Night"), which is really Cestrum nocturnum. The name Rajnigandha means "night-fragrant" (rajni=night; gandha=fragrance). In Bengali, it is called "Rajoni-Gandha", meaning "Scent of the Night". In Marathi, it is call "Nishi-Ghanda". In parts of South India, it is known as "Sugandaraja", which translates to "king of fragrance/smell". In Chinese, it is called WanXiangYu 晚香玉, which means "night scent In Indonesia it is call "bunga sedap malam", meaning night aromatic flower. In Tamil Nadu it is called as Sambangi or nilasambangi and traditionally used in all type of garlanding especially in south Indian marriage. In Cuba it is called "azucena" which is the name given to amaryllis in Mexico.
inside Iran the tuberose is recognized as "Gole Maryam" ("Mary flower") and the oil extracted from the flower is used as a perfume.
The tuberose is also used traditionally in Hawaii to create leis and was considered a funeral flower in Victorian times. Its scent is described as a complex, exotic, sweet, floral.
The tuberose grows in elongated spikes up to 45 cm (18 in) long that produce clusters of fragrant waxy white flowers that flower from the bottom towards the top of the point. It has long, light green leaves clustered at the base of the plant and lesser, clasping leaves along the stem.
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Ranunculus

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"Buttercup" redirects here. For other uses, see Buttercup (disambiguation).

Ranunculus
Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Genus:	Ranunculus L.
Species
250-400+; see text

Ranunculus glacialis, one of the white-flowering species

Blooming outside Conservatory of Flowers

Seed head of Ranunculus showing developing achenes

Ranunculus (pronounced /ræˈnʌŋkjʊləs/)^[1] is a large genus of about 600 species of plants in the Ranunculaceae, which includes the buttercups, spearworts, water crowfoots and the lesser celandine (but not the greater celandine of the poppy family Papaveraceae).
They are mostly herbaceous perennials with bright yellow or white flowers (if white, still with a yellow centre); some are annuals or biennials. A few species have orange or red flowers. There are usually five petals, but sometimes six, numerous, or none, as in R. auricomus. The petals are often highly lustrous, especially in yellow species. Buttercups usually flower in April or May but flowers may be found throughout the summer especially where the plants are growing as opportunistic colonisers, as in the case of garden weeds.
The Water crowfoots (Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium), which grow in still or running water, are sometimes treated in a separate genus Batrachium. They have two different leaf types, thread-like leaves underwater and broader floating leaves although for some species, such as R. aquatilis, a third, intermediate leaf form occurs.
Ranunculus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Hebrew Character and Small Angle Shades. Some species are popular ornamental flowers in horticulture, with many cultivars selected for large and brightly coloured flowers.

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The name Ranunculus is Late Latin for "little frog," from rana "frog" and a diminutive ending. This probably refers to many species being found near water, like frogs.
In the interior of the Pacific Northwest of the United States the buttercup is called "Coyote’s eyes" — ʔiceyéeyenm sílu in Nez Perce and spilyaynmí áčaš in Sahaptin. In the legend Coyote was tossing his eyes up in the air and catching them again when Eagle snatched them. Unable to see, Coyote made eyes from the buttercup.

[edit] Toxicity

All Ranunculus species are poisonous when eaten fresh by cattle, horses, and other livestock, but their acrid taste and the blistering of the mouth caused by their poison means they are usually left uneaten. Poisoning can occur where buttercups are abundant in overgrazed fields where little other edible plant growth is left, and the animals eat them out of desperation. Symptoms include bloody diarrhea, excessive salivation, colic, and severe blistering of the mucous membranes and gastrointestinal tract. When Ranunculus plants are handled, naturally occurring ranunculin is broken down to form protoanemonin, which is known to cause contact dermatitis in humans and care should therefore be exercised in excessive handling of the plants.^[2] The toxins are degraded by drying, so hay containing dried buttercups is safe.

amarhyllies

Characteristics

Amaryllis belladonna flowers

Amaryllis is a bulbous plant, with each corm being 5–10 cm in diameter. It has several strap-shaped, green leaves, 30–50 cm long and 2–3 cm broad, agreed in two row The foliage are produced inside the autumn or early spiral in warm climates depending on the onset of rainfall and eventually die down by late leap The bulb be then unknown awaiting late summer. The plant is not frost-tolerant, nor does it do fine in damp environments since they involve a dry resting stage between leaf increase and flower spike creation
From the dry position in late summer (August in zone 7) each bulb produces one or two leafless stems 30–60 cm tall, each of which bear a cluster of 2 to 12 funnel-shaped flowers at their clippings. Each flower is 6–10 cm width with six tepals (three outer sepals, three inner petals, with similar form to each other). The common color is white with crimson veins, but pink or purple also occur naturally. The common name "naked lady" stems from the plant's outline of flowering while the plant life has died down.^[2]
The species was introduce into cultivation at the start of the eighteenth century. They copy little by little either by bulb division or seeds and have regularly naturalized from plantings in town and suburban areas throughout the lower elevations and coastal areas in much of the West Coast of the USA since these environments copy their local South African surroundings
Many bulbs sell as Amaryllis and describe as 'ready to bloom for the holidays' really belong to the similar genus Hippeastrum, despite being labeled as 'Amaryllis' through sellers and nurseries. Adding to the name confusion, some bulbs of other species with a similar growth and flowering pattern are also from time to time called this plant's common name "naked ladies". Some of those species have their own more broadly used and established ordinary names, such as the restoration Lily (Lycoris squamigera).
There is an Amaryllis belladonna × Crinum moorei cross, called × Amarcrinum ^[3], which has named cultivars.

carnation

arnations

Carnations are possibly one of the most accepted flowers in the world. owing to the fact that carnations last extended even when cut, carnations are very popular as boutonnieres, in corsage, bouquets, and in a extensive range of floral planning

Of the several kinds of Carnations, the three most common are annual carnations, border carnations and perpetual-flowering carnations.
Carnations are also commonly referred to by their logical name, "Dianthus", the name known by the Greek botanist Theopharastus. Carnations got the name Dianthus from two Greek Words - "dios", referring to the god Zeus, and "anthos", connotation flower. Carnations are thus "The Flowers of God".

About Carnation Flower and Plant

The lone flowers of the Carnations species, Dianthus caryophyllus have 5 petals and vary from white to pink to plum in color. Border Carnation cultivars may have double flowers with as many as 40 petals.
When grown-up in gardens, Carnations grow to among 6 and 8.5 cm in diameter. Petals on Carnations are usually clawed or notched
Carnations are bisexual flowers and flower simply or in a split or forked collect. The stamens on Carnations can happen in one or two whorls, in like number or twice the number of the petals.
The Carnation vegetation are narrow and stalkless and their colour vary from green to grey-blue or purple. Carnations raise big, full blooms on well-built straight stems.

Types of Carnations

protea

Protea cynaroides

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King Protea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Protea
Species:	P. cynaroides
Binomial name
Protea cynaroides L.

The King Protea (Protea cynaroides) is a flowering plant. It is a distinctive Protea, having the largest flower head in the genus. The species is also known as Giant Protea, Honeypot or King Sugar Bush. It is widely distributed in the southwestern and southern parts of South Africa of the fynbos region.
The King Protea is the National Flower of South Africa. It also is the flagship of the The Protea Atlas Project, run by the South African National Botanical Institute.
The King Protea has several colour forms and horticulturists have recognized 81 garden varieties, some of which have injudiciously been planted in its natural range. In some varieties the pink of the flower and red borders of leaves are replaced by a creamy yellow. This unusual flower has a long vase life in flower arrangements, and makes for an excellent dried flower.
Protea cynaroides is adapted to survive the fires by its thick underground stem, which contains many dormant buds; these will produce the new growth after the fire.

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[edit] Description

Protea cynaroides is a woody shrub with thick stems and large dark green, glossy leaves. Most plants are one metre in height when mature, but may vary according to locality and habitat from 0.35 m to 2 metres in height. The "flowers" of Protea cynaroides are actually flower heads with a collection of flowers in the centre, surrounded by large colourful bracts. The flowerheads vary in size, from about 120 mm to 300 mm in diameter. Large, vigorous plants produce six to ten flower heads in one season, although some exceptional plants can produce up to forty flower heads on one plant. The colour of the bracts varies from a creamy white to a deep crimson, but the soft pale pink bracts with a silvery sheen are the most prized.

[edit] Etymology

The specific epithet cynaroides refers to the artichoke-like appearance of the flower-heads: the artichoke belongs to the genus Cynara.

[edit] Sport

The King Protea is the National Flower of South Africa and as such lends its name to the national Cricket team, whose nickname is the Proteas. In the early 1990s there was a political debate as to how and if the flower should be incorporated onto the national Rugby teams shirts, perhaps replacing the controversial Springbok.

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Protea cynaroides

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• Protea cynaroides info on PlantZAfrica.com - from the South African National Biodiversity Institute

lilium

Range

The range of lilies in the Old World extends across much of Europe, across most of Asia to Japan, south to the Nilgiri mountains in India, and to the Philippines. In the New World they extend from southern Canada through much of the United States.
They are commonly adapted to either woodland habitats, often montane, or sometimes to grassland habitats. A few can survive in marshland and epiphytes are known in southeast Asia (including L. arboricola). In general they prefer moderately acidic or lime-free soils.

[edit] Botany

Lilium longiflorum flower – 1. Stigma, 2. Style, 3. Stamens, 4. Filament, 5. Tepal

Lilies are leafy stemmed herbs. They form naked or tunic-less scaly underground bulbs which are their overwintering organs. In some North American species the base of the bulb develops into rhizomes, on which numerous small bulbs are found. Some species develop stolons. Most bulbs are deeply buried, but a few species form bulbs near the soil surface. Many species form stem-roots. With these, the bulb grows naturally at some depth in the soil, and each year the new stem puts out adventitious roots above the bulb as it emerges from the soil. These roots are in addition to the basal roots that develop at the base of the bulb.
Most cool temperate species are dormant in winter, while some are dormant in dry summer and sprout with the autumun rain and need winter chilling to induce flowering the following year^{[citation needed]}.
Most species are deciduous, but a few species (Lilium candidum, Lilium catesbaei) bear a basal rosette of leaves during dormancy.
Seeds ripen in late summer. They exhibit varying and sometimes complex germination patterns, many adapted to cool temperate climates.
The large flowers have six tepals. They are often fragrant, and come in a range of colours ranging through whites, yellows, oranges, pinks, reds and purples. Markings include spots and brush strokes. The plants are late spring or summer flowering.
Some species formerly included within this genus have now been placed in other genera. These genera include Cardiocrinum, Notholirion, Nomocharis and Fritillaria.

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dafodil

All Narcissus type have a middle trumpet-, bowl-, or disc-shaped corona bounded by a ring of six floral avesle called the perianth which is joint into a tube at the ahead edge of the 3-locular ovary. The seed are black, surrounding and enlarged with hard coat. The three outer segment are sepals, and the three inner segments are petals. Though the traditional daffodil of folklore, poetry, and field might have a yellow to golden-yellow color all over, both in the wild type and due to breeding, the perianth and corona may be variously colored. Breeders have urban some daffodils with twice, triple, or obscurely numerous rows and layers of segment, and several wild species also have known double variant.

[edit] Toxicity

All Narcissus varieties surround the alkaloid poison lycorine, mostly in the corm but also in the leaves.^[7][8]
On 1 May 2009 a number of school children fell ill at Gorseland Primary School in Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, England after addition a daffodil bulb to soup during a cookery class. The bulbs could often be confused with onions, thereby leading to incident of accidental poisoning.^[8]
One of the most frequent dermatitis problems for florists, "daffodil itch" involves drought, fissures, scaling, and erythema in the hands, often accompanied by subungual hyperkeratosis (thickening of the skin beneath the nails). It is blamed on introduction to calcium oxalate in the sap.^[9][10] It has long been recognised that that some cultivars hassle dermatitis more readily than others. The cultivars 'Actaea,' 'Camparelle,' 'Gloriosa,' 'Grande Monarque,' 'Ornatus,' 'Princeps' and 'Scilly White' are particularly troublesome.^[11]

[edit] Medicine

In kampo (traditional Japanese medicine), wounds were treat with narcissus source and wheat flour insert,^[12] though it does not emerge in the modern kampo herb list. The Roman physician Aulus Cornelius Celsus listed narcissus root in De Medicina among medical herbs, describe as emollient, erodent, and "powerful to disperse whatever has collected in any part of the body". In one scientific study, the ethanol extract of the bulbs was found effective in one mouse model of nociception, para-benzoquinone induced abdominal constriction, but not in another, the hot plate test.^[13]

red ginger

Red Ginger or Alpinia purpurata are Malaysian plant life with brassy flowers growing from cheerfully colored red bracts.  Unlike what most people supposed that the cone-shaped flourish appearing as the vital appeal of the plant is the plant’s flower, the true flower of Red Ginger are in fact the small flowers formed at the top sides of this cone.  Thus, a earlier look at a blooming Red Ginger would let you see little white flowers rising from the brilliant red bracts.
Alpinia purpurata, also called as Ostrich Plume and Pink Cone Ginger, has 2 (two) variety: the Jungle king and the Jungle emperor.  The Jungle King is extremely stately as it boasts its deep red spikes of flowers.  Symbolizing its femininity is the deep cherry Jungle emperor  Along with their glossy green foliage the blooms of the jungle king and jungle queen are popularly used in tropical cut flower arrangements.  Alpinia red ginger flowers frequently elongated l and can bear long reserve shipping making them very trendy in the world of score flowers.  When included in different landscape design plans, the Red Ginger can add a steamy affect which will surely take your gasp away.

Allium

Description

Allium gold or silver coins are like harbs perennials with flowers bring forward on scapes. They grow from lonely or clustered tunicate an electric light container and many have an onion odor and taste. Shrubs are perennialzed by an electric light container that form again every year from the base of the old an electric light container, or are bring forward on the ends of rhizomes or, in a few gold or silver coins, at the ends of stolen. A little number of gold or silver coins have tuberous the bottom. The  electric light container have outer a covers that are commonly brown or grey colour, with a not rough texture, and are containing fibers, or with cellular reticulation. The inner a covers of the electric light container are membranous.
Many alliums have situated at the base abandon that commonly wither away from the tips downward in front of or while the shrub flower, but some gold or silver coins have persistent foliage. Shrubs bring forward from one to twelve abandon, most gold or silver coins having linear, channeled or flat leaf blades. The leaf blades are straight or variously coiled, but some species have broad leaves, including A. victorialis and A. tricoccum. The leaves are sessile, and very rarely narrowed into a leaf-stalk.
The terete or flattened flowering scapes are usually persistent. The inflorescences are umbels, in which the extension flowers bloom first and flowering progresses to the internal. Some species bring forward bulbils within the umbels, and in some species the bulbils replace some or all the flowers. The umbels are subtended by noticeable spa the a small leaf below calyx, which are commonly fused and usually have on every side 3 veins.
The flowers are erect or in some gold or silver coins pendent, having six petal-like tepals bring forward in two whorls. The flowers have one the manner of writing and six epipetalous stamens; the anthers and pollen can vary in color depending on the species. The ovaries are superior, and three-lobed with three locales.
The fruits are capsules that open longitudinally single the capsule wall in the intermediate space of  the partitions of the lobule. The seeds are black, and have a circular shape.

Lotus

The lotus flower arrived in a mythological story creating from very old Egypt. It played an important part in very old Egyptian any system of faith and worship. The pure white lotus flower, the only shrub to fruit and flower simultaneously, issues from the deepness of the muddy swamp. Growing from the mud at the bottom of ponds and a current of water, the exquisite Lotus flower rises over the water and is in the ordinary way white or pink with 15 or more egg-shaped, spreading shrubs, and a strange, flat seedcase at its center.

Seen A Lotus Flower. This is a representation of the sun, of the act of creating and rebirth. Because at night the flower closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it rises and opens again. According to one the act of creating myth it was a titan lotus which first rose out of the watery complete this order at the commencement of time. From this a titan lotus the sun itself rose on the first day. A representation of Upper Egypt .The lotus flower played a prominent role in the version of the act of creating story that originated in Heliopolis. Before the universe came into being, there was a boundless ocean of inert water which constituted the primeval being named Nun. Out of Nun issued a lotus flower, together with a single an artificial hill of dry land. The lotus flower-bud opened, and out stepped the self-created sun god, Atom, as a child. A slightly various version of the act of creating story originated in Hermopolis. In that version, the sun god who formed himself from the complete disorder of Nun issued from the lotus shrubs as Ra. The lotus is a flower which opens and closes each day. His history went on to say that the petals of the lotus flower-bud enfolded him when he returned to it each night.

The lotus flower has been featured comprehensively throughout the art of very old Egypt. In different works of art, you may see it held in the hand of a god or human, serving as a border to outline a section of the artwork, unfolding to reveal different gods or humans, and many other depictions. The ancient Egyptians from the 4th dynasty greatly valued the sacred lotus, in religious ceremonies and burial.