Garden Flowers - page 5

The Lily of the Incas or Alstroemeria, also called the Peruvian lily, is appreciated for its magnificent blooming.

Anthemis, a fabulous perennial with daisy-like flowers, blooms from spring to fall and is simply beautiful.

Athyrium is a cute deciduous fern, ideal to decorate a shaded corner of the garden.

Astilbe is a dense, bushy perennial, notorious and found appealing thanks to its very ornamental leafage.

Anaphalis is an excellent plant for extremely dry gardens, to the point that its pearly, everlasting flowers make excellent dried bouquets!

Red flowers bring intensity and movement to the garden. Whether you create a massive red flower bed or simply pepper the area with red clusters, you’ll feel the garden gains in depth. A great many plant species display deep red blooms in different tones and hues.

Aster endears us with its superb blooming, often spectacular.

Air layering is the most successful way to propagate lavender. Wrap a wad of dirt around a stem that’s still connected

Centaury (or Centaurea) is a knee-height clump of wispy leaves that is dotted with beautiful flowers. It grow well in hard-to-grow places. Centaury key facts Botanical name – Centaurea sp. Common name – Centaury Family – Asteraceae Type – perennial

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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

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

Typically, when one thinks of wild hellebore, what comes to mind is the rare Helleborus foetidus. But there are other varieties that also exist in the wild, such as Helleborus argutifolius, a species that’s endemic in Corsica, Helleborus viridis, a cousin of the stinking hellebore that’s even more rare, and also Helleborus niger, which you […]

Stinking hellebore also has other poetic names: bear’s foot, dungwort, snake rose, and even madman’s grass.

Alpine gypsophila is a very cute perennial that blooms in summer.

Delphinium, also called larkspur, is an amazing plant that blooms from June to October.

Smart Smartweed facts Name – Persicaria affinis Family – Polygonaceae Type – flower, perennial Height – 8 to 12 inches (20 to 30 cm) Exposure – full sun, part sun Soil – ordinary, humus-rich Flowering – June to October Foliage – evergreen Planting smartweed One usually plants smartweed from fall to spring while avoiding periods of deep cold. Propagate through crown […]

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 – […]

Never get confused again between geraniums and pelargoniums! Most of the time, we call “geraniums” plants that actually belong to the genus Pelargonium.

Zebra grass, also called eulalia grass or Chinese silver grass, is a very ornamental grass that is easy to grow.

Cleomes are magnificent annuals that decorate our gardens in the middle of summer, producing large pink, white or violet inflorescences.

Santolina is a Mediterranean plant with interesting evergreen leafage.

The pincushion flower is as cute as it is discrete, and encountering it is sure to lift your spirits.

Echinacea, a fabulous perennial with colored flowers, blooms from summer to fall and it is simply beautiful.

Savanna daisy is part of the great Asteraceae family.

Lobelia is a very cute little plant which blooms almost all summer long.

Bidens is a magnificent perennial of the aster family with gold flowers.

Calibrachoa is a very beautiful flower that bears hundreds of small bell-shaped flowers often used as a cascading flower for suspended pots and overhangs.

Rudbeckia, whether perennial or annual, is a beautiful flower with summer blooming.

Dianthus is a very beautiful small perennial, belonging to the Caryophyllaceae family, which is excellent to decorate rocky areas and low-lying walls.

Freesia is a superb bulb flower, both extremely ornamental and fragrant.

Alumroot or heuchera is a perennial notorious for its very ornamental leafage.

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

Viola cornuta is a very cute little flower that blooms all winter long.