Sweet Peas The Sweet Pea is a flowering plant found in the genus Lathyrus among the Fabaceae family. The sweet pea is native to the eastern Mediterranean regions from Sicily east to Crete. The flowers on the plant are generally purple in color, although wild sweet peas can be variable in color. Sweet pea seeds Continue Reading …
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Alphabet of Color: Snapdragon to Sunflower
Snapdragons · The snapdragon is also known as the Antirrhinum; it is a genus of plants more commonly known as the snapdragon because of the resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens its mouth when squeezed just right. · Snapdragons are perennial plants that can be sold during the cold season as annual Continue Reading …
Alphabet of Color: Protea to Rose
The Protea The Protea, unlike several other flowers does not have a botanical and an English common name. The Protea is both the botanical and the common name used. It is a genus of flowering plants that is sometimes called sugar bushes. It’s name dates back to the early 1700s. It was named by Carolus Continue Reading …
Alphabet of Color: Lisianthus to Poinsettia
Lisianthus flowers · The Lisianthus flower is pronounced “lizzie-ann-thus” and is sometimes called Eustoma, Prairie Gentain or the Texan bluebell. · It is native to the prairies of Texas and Mexico but can also be found in other warm regions of the Southern United States like the Caribbean and northern South America. · It is Continue Reading …
Alphabet of Color: Hydrangea to Lily
Hydrangeas · The hydrangea is a genus of about 70-75 species native to southern and eastern Asia and North and South America. · They are common in the Azores Islands of Portugal, also known as the blue island due to the vast number of hydrangeas growing on the island. · The hydrangea was first discovered Continue Reading …
Alphabet of Color: Freesia to Hyacinth
Freesia Freesia flowers are a genus of about 14-16 different species of flowering plants in the family of Iridaceae. They are native to Africa; 12 native to Cape Province, South Africa, and the remaining two to tropical Africa. The name freesia comes from a man named Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Freese; a German physician that studied Continue Reading …
Alphabet of Color: Carnations to Delphiniums
Carnation flowers The carnation is a species of Dianthus native to somewhere in the Mediterranean region, although the exact location is unknown due to extensive cultivation. Carnations require well drained, slightly alkaline soil and a lot of sun. Carnations have been worn on several special occasions; most often during Mother’s Day and weddings. They are Continue Reading …
Alphabet of Color: Asters to Bouvardia
Aster Flowers The Aster flower comes from the family of Asteraceae containing at one time almost 600 species. The genus was divided into two separate species and now there are roughly about 180 of its species that can be found in Eurasia and North America. It’s name comes from the ancient Greek word astron which Continue Reading …
Alphabet of Color: The “A” List of Flowers
Alstroemeria Flowers The Alstroemeria is commonly known as the Peruvian Lilly or Lily of the Incas. There are about fifty species of this flowering plan which are mostly restricted to two distinct areas; central Chile and Brazil. Alstroemeria plants that grow in Chile are mainly winter growing plants, and those in Brazil are mostly summer Continue Reading …