Garden Flowers - page 2

Often called French lavender, especially in the United States, Lavandula dentata is a wonderful ornamental shrub.

Everything in it is subtle: small delicate flowers, light fragrance, rounded leaves, airy bush bearing, and it brings poetry to the mind when added to the bouquets you can prepare from it: grahamii sage will stay with you until the first frosts of the season.

Cosmos is a very cute little annual plant, very trendy nowadays.

Graham’s sage is a cute shrub plant that bears flowers from spring to fall.

English lavender is the quintessential lavender variety. Grown and cultivated for its fragrance, today Old English lavender is

Garden verbena, or landscaping vervain, is a simply beautiful flower and will be a perfect match for gardens and container-based growing alike.

Easy to grow, lavender lets us savor the sun through its fragrance. Swaying at the tip of long scapes, its blue, violet

Lavandula latifolia is one of the three original lavender varieties. Often used as a pollinator to create hybrid lavenders, it also deserves

Perhaps one of the least hardy European lavenders, Spike lavender will thrive in climates that are, at most, tickled

Wallflower is a little flower with an endearing scent that is a must-have in perennial flower beds for its colors as much as for its unique shape.

Arabis is a simply beautiful herbaceous plant that blooms for a long time in spring, thus offering delicate white flowers.

Truly unexpected as a garden plant, ornamental tobacco used to be outlawed. Today, local governments recognize that this ornamental plant doesn’t pose any health risks. Ornamental tobacco, a short facts list Name – Nicotiana Family – Solanaceae or nightshade family Type – perennial Height – 20 to 60 inches (50 to 150 cm) Exposure – full sun, part sun, shade Soil – […]

Lavandula angustifolia is the scientific name of common lavender. It’s grown both in gardens and in large fields for its amazing fragrance and

This special variety of wallflower, Ravenelle, is a little flower with an endearing scent that is a must-have in perennial flower beds for its colors as much as for its unique shape.

Vinca is a plant genus that’s part of the dogbane family. Two kinds of Vinca exist, major and minor.

Bana grass is a particular variety of Pennisetum. Its amazing growth power makes it suitable for many purposes, from tall grass hedge to fuel and fodder.

Perennial geranium is a variety that has the advantage of being hardy and thus resists freezing.

Queen of flowers in China, peony was introduced to Europe after the Chinese emperor of the time had sent a collection of the flowers to Napoleon Bonaparte’s wife Joséphine.

Are you starting to feel that watering in summer is a chore? Wouldn’t it be pleasing to have only plants with no watering? Select plants that can cope with lack of water and you’ll have found a great solution to your problem!

Bellflower is a little flower that is perfect to mark edges and provide ground cover.

Primrose is one of the first flowers to bloom in the year.

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.

Usually lavender plants grow old and woody after 6 to 10 years. Flowers, though still fragrant, grow sparse. And

Peony is a beautiful flower, but it tends to be choosy, and the blooming depends heavily on how it is cared for.

Marvel of Peru is an exotic shrub native to the Americas. It blooms in abundance and

Dracaena marginata is one of the most common house and office plants. When you encounter it in the wild, however, the dragon plant really earns its name!

Developed in a profusion of shapes and colors, dahlias are available in a host of varieties. To promote the most beautiful and the most hardy, the distinguishing “Red label dahlia” seal of quality was created.

The four o’clock flower is a perennial with abundant flowering all summer long that propagates itself quite fast, sometimes to the point of being invasive.

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.

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

Forget-me-not is a cute biennial or perennial flower, depending on the variety and climate.

Few flowers bloom at the heart of winter: the hellebore can illuminate your garden even when cold snow blankets all.

Sunpatiens is the answer to all those who love impatiens and wish to see them bask in the sun!

Fuchsia has magnificent flowers that are simply beautiful all summer long.

Bleeding heart is a sumptuous perennial bearing elegant and colored flowers.

Lantana is a perennial that is simply beautiful! It will lend a special touch to the garden boxes and flower beds in your garden.

Beeblossom, or gaura, is a magnificent perennial plant that makes for easy growing and minimal care. It procures us beautiful and durable blooming.

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

The true spelling of the fuschia plant is actually fuchsia.

There are hundreds of Madagascar periwinkle varieties. They vary in size and shape, and of course in flower color. Here’s a list of the

Brugmansia and Datura look alike, but they are actually different plants.

The true spelling of this confusing flower plant is actually fuchsia.

Native to China, Mahonia eurybracteata has only been made available to the world at large in the past two decades.

Strapwort, also called Corrigiola, is a small plant that grows in rocky wilderness.

Mirabilis jalapa is one of the most fragrant shrubs that can be planted in the garden.

Japanese anemone is a perennial with remarkable fall blooming.

Candytuft hold its name from the amazing blooming that renews itself from spring to fall.

Lavender is often a sentimental plant. After about a decade, it tends to grow large, woody, and unshapely. Learn how to

Tetterwort, or Greater Celandine, is often considered a weed. It’s cute flowers and amazing orange sap, however, are full of health benefits!

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!