Garden Flowers

Helxine (Soleirolia sp.) is a cute carpet-forming plant that grows both indoors and in the garden. Sometimes it’s called Angel’s tears or Baby tears.

French lavender is a nice alternative to common lavender thanks to its very original flowers.

Aubrieta is a cute little perennial ground cover. Its blooming sets on early in the season, with its first flowers blooming in April.

Osteospermum is a magnificent perennial with flowers that are just as remarkable.

Saxifrage is a beautiful little perennial that blooms for most of the year depending on the variety.

Layering is a propagation technique that can be used for lavender.

Lavender is a bush famous in the Mediterranean with its distinctive fragrance and color.

With its one-of-a-kind designer-like silhouette, agave helps make your garden seem to come from out of this world.

Surfinia is actually a kind of hanging petunia that bears hundreds of small bell-shaped flowers. It is often used as a cascading flower to cover balconies and deck overhangs.

Argentinian verbena : Botanical name – Verbena bonariensis Common name – Argentinian verbena, Purpletop vervain Family – Verbenaceae Type – perennial, grown either as an annual or a biennial

Impossible not to feel the charm of the statice, sea lavender! With its hundreds of tiny flowers forming cloud-like clusters of blue, yellow or soft pink, it’s hard to resist the enchantment!

In the bulb flower category, tulip is a universal favorite in our gardens.

Lily is a truly exceptional bulb flower thanks to its blooming and also thanks to its leafage.

Whether white or blue, directly in the ground or in pots, plant Lily of the Nile ! Thanks to the different varieties, every region can avail of these beautiful flowers.

Lavender is a famous Mediterranean plant. Propagating lavender is possible through seed, cuttings and layering. In some cases, division of the lavender clump is also an option. Read also: growing lavender Seeds, easy but slow and not always true to form Natural lavender varieties have succeeded in reproducing through seeds over millennia. However, due to […]

Graphic pom pom shapes with a variety of sizes and bearings, ornamental onion enlightens flower beds with their colored heads.

After those drab winter months, what a joy to finally see the first flowers appear! They’re bringing bursts of color to flower beds, hedges and taller trees. Focus on the first flowers to appear in spring, signaling that finally, the weather has taken a turn for the better.

Bulbs must be planted in light ground if they are to develop properly. However, the soil of some gardens is clay and often waterlogged during the winter months.

Ivy-leaved cyclamen is distinct from common florists’ cyclamens because of its fall blooming and its perennial life cycle.

Bulbs are fabulous to spruce up gardens, especially if they’re set up in fun containers. Have fun inventing your own!

Short but dense, Oshima sedge or Carex hachijoensis ‘Evergold’ hits the spot

Carex are cute grasses well-known for the diverse hues of their foliage.

French marigold is a plant that exhibits very beautiful flowers during the summer.

A fragrance of jasmine and spices, an abundant blooming from January to the end of March… In winter, at a time where flowers are dire, daphne comes to enchant the garden.

Colchicum, or autumn crocus, is a very cute little bulb flower that blooms from the beginning of fall up to the first frost spells.

Winter doesn’t mean your terrace or balcony must remain void of all life.

Bring on the sunshine in the garden with these brilliant yellow flowers.

As long as it doesn’t freeze, it’s possible to work on flowering the garden or the balcony even in winter. Perennial and spring bulbs are on the planting checklist here!

Though it’s certainly the most famous one, Helleborus niger isn’t the only white hellebore in the world. There are indeed a good twenty species within the Helleborus genus, each of which is again subdivided into many varieties. Of these, there are quite a few hellebore with white flowers.

Mirabilis is a family of flower shrubs that are often amazing when planted in a garden.

Ophiopogon planiscapsus ‘Nigrescens’ isn’t only original because of its shiny, long blackish leaves. It doubles its appeal with delicate pinkish-white flowers in summer.

Mexican feather grass, also called pony tails, is a superb grass known for its shimmering golden panicles.

Tufted hairgrass does just that – it brings on images of long-haired fairies waving their tufts in the wind! Deschampsia cespitosa grows easily, too. Deschampsia cespitosa key facts Botanical name – Deschampsia cespitosa Common name – tufted hairgrass Family – Poaceae Type – landscaping grasses

Pampas grass is one of the most majestic grasses, but it’s also one of the most invasive.

Blue fescue is a cute little grass.

Omphalodes is a cute perennial with broad, bright green leaves. When it blooms, it’s dotted with graceful lapis-blue flowers.

Lavandin is a stunning variety of lavender. The abundant productive flowers hint as to why it’s a favorite of professional growers.

A grass with atypical flowers, Chasmanthium latifolium is a superb grassy perennial.

Tending to flowers in planters comes naturally in spring and summer, they’re perfect for dressing up our decks and balconies. But winter is also a season where flowers and colors abound!

Growing a hellebore in a pot makes it possible for those of us who don’t have a garden to still witness the exceptional winter blooming of this herbaceous flower.

Hellebore, also called Christmas rose, is a magnificent winter-blooming flower.

Green hellebore, key facts Botanical name – Helleborus viridis Common name – green hellebore Family – Ranunculaceae Type – perennial herbaceous flower

Lenten rose is the hellebore that’s most planted in our gardens. Its appeal lies in its abundant and long-lasting blooming.

At the end of summer, the garden feels a bit sad without its flowers… unless you plant grasses there!

Black hellebore key facts Botanical name – Helleborus niger Common name – black hellebore, white hellebore, Christmas rose Family – Ranunculaceae Type – perennial grassy flower

Helichrysum italicum, the Italian everlasting, curry plant: all these names bear witness to just how surprising this plant can be, whether for its unusually silver-hued foliage or for its fragrant-smelling flowers.

Montbretia is a nice perennial that is making a true comeback in our gardens.

Sweet alyssum or Lobularia maritima is a annual that is simply beautiful.

Gentiana is a superb flower with incomparable blue or yellow hues.

Helianthus is the scientific name of what is commonly called sunflower. It is a plant that grows either as a perennial or an annual and it blooms very beautifully. Helianthus facts listed out Name – Helianthus Family – Asteraceae Type – perennial or annual Height – 1½ to 10 feet (0.5 to 3 meters) depending on the species Exposure – full sun Soil – rich enough Flowering – July […]

If you’re looking for one of those elusive rare flowers that bloom in winter, then hellebore is an excellent pick! Christmas magic comes alive with this rose-like flower!