Answer by Rod B
Pretty much anything that is not a weed. For instance, in Mexico, the poinsettia is a weed, here it is a coveted holiday flower.
Coreopsis inflorescence
Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge, Texas
Answer by Tink
They only bloom once a year. No, you can't force them - here are the instructions for the most common type of orchid.
http://www.aos.org/Default.aspx?id=217
Vivid Pomegranite Blooms
At their peak of bloom. the orange flowers of my neighbor's pomegranite trees are so dramatic in the sun. Each orange bloom is about the size of a standard carnation bloom. Some of the tall, scraggly trees droop over my fence, but that's fine with me. There are two colors of blooms, and the one that is hardest to capture is a two color, pale bloom that is white and light red-orange. If I ever capture the focus and color on those, I will post here onine.
If you like orange ALOT, click on the link for the large view, ha ha!
Answer by Eagle Eye
orange blossoms are harvested from the orange trees and that you already know, so that leaves the country of the blossoms ,and for this consider Florida, Sicily, Calabria , Africa all the countries that have a large production of oranges would supply a company .with their blossoms. read this it has more info on it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_Seasonings
Blossoms in the Rain
The wonderful cherry blossoms of DC after a night of rain.
High tide, a full river, early morning, and no people = great opportunity to take photos.
More photo descriptions (and other photo articles) can be found on my blog @ geeklens.blogspot.com
Answer by Sexy Homer is back!
Don't eat them
Flower and Buds
Answer by Stark
To prevent your dog from reinfecting himself with roundworms clean up his stool as soon as you can from the yard. And if you have your dog on heartworm prevention, it should also help prevent intestinal parasites, such as roundworms. Check with your vet on what kind of heartworm prevention he is on, and ask if it prevents intestinal parasites.
My dog is on heartgard which prevents hearworm disease, And roundworms and hookworms.
Urban gardening
That was the state of my garden before leaving for holidays. Now it has grown up, but unfortunately I don't have a balcony anymore so the tomato plants have invaded my 24m studio..
Answer by *~ tn~*
Heliconia caribaea is called Prince of Darkness because Growing about 16' ( 4.80 m ) high in full sun to light shade. Inflorescence consisting of 5 to 11 bracts. Bracts are red at base with thin yellow area along lip proximally. Red shading to dark red and almost black towards tip. Lower bract often green with some dark red at base. Dark colored areas on bracts become increasingly dark with age.
G Grass inflorescences
Bedeciu, Romania
Answer by mommyof2beautyqueens
About 3-4 days.
Crab Apple Blossoms
Blossoms on a Crab Apple tree in front of my house.
Canon FD Mount Lens
50mm
f/1.8
Answer by Sparrow
Everything will die including love.
Flowers (Holga Macro)
Flowers - Grant park, using my new Holga macro lens.
Answer by KiKat2U
My Mother in law swears by mothballs for keeping cats out of her flowers.
Animals also hate the smell of mothballs, so you can toss a few into your garden and flowerbed as well, to keep away cats, dogs, and rodents.
Did you know onions are a natural pesticide as well? Here's an easy-to-make concoction that will repel insects (and animals too) in your flowers and vegetables: Use a blender to puree 4 onions, 2 cloves of garlic, 2 tablespoons of cayenne pepper, and one quart of water. Put the mixture aside and then dilute 2 tablespoons of soap flakes in 2 gallons of water. Pour all the contents in your blender, stir it up, and this gives you an eco-friendly bug spray to use on your plants
Garden mothing 2011 #37, 31 August
A record shot of a not very green Green Carpet, Colostygia pectinataria.
A rather unfruitful session, with no new species for the year - and not much of anything else either!:
Garden Carpet 1
Common Carpet 1
Green Carpet 1
Willow Beauty 2
Flame-shoulder 1
Large Yellow Underwing 21
Lesser Yellow Underwing 8
Setaceous Hebrew Character 9
Square-spot Rustic 9
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Common Wainscot 1
Mouse Moth 1
Flounced Rustic 4
Vine's Rustic 1
Burnished Brass 1
Spectacle 1
Straw Dot 1
Snout 1
Answer by Darren N
breathe breathes
Yellow inflorescences
Answer by Harshal
kindly click on the link below and see . It is Prunus stem ( very similar to cherry , which is also Prunus ).
This is a view similar to a piece of cake . But you can convert it in to a circular section by a bit of imagination .
http://accessscience.com/loadBinary.aspx?aID=4185&filename=163400FG0010.gif
Cherry Blossom shot
Cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin, National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC
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Answer by wX
Don't think flowers have sex...
Flowers
These beautiful flowers were covering the lawn. Thanks to the FLOWERS Flickr group, we have learned that they're Siberian Squill (Scilla siberica) - which are similar to Glory-of-the-Snow (Chionodoxa forbesii), by the way.
Answer by Chrys
there are pest sprays at Pets stores...and some like to use moth balls...
Summer Garden, Munstead Wood
The Summer Garden at Munstead Wood (also known as the Three Corner Garden because of its triangular shape).
For more information on Munstead Wood, see www.gardenvisit.com/garden/munstead_wood_garden.
This image is in copyright but published under a Creative Commons License with some rights reserved: you may use it on your website/blog provided you credit the photograph with a hyperlink to www.gardenvisit.com.
Answer by Spanish
The middle of a daisy?
Check out these websites: http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/ahb/inf9.html
http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/ecotree/flowers/flowerparts.htm#top
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case4/c4facts1a.html
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/teacher/documents/k5_DesertGardeners_flowerDissection.pdf
Hope it helps....
Xanthorrhoea australis
Xanthorrhoea australis
Xanthorrhoea
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae
Austral Grass Tree
one with the flowering spike-like inflorescence
Find out more at SA Water Mediterranean Garden
Located at the Adelaide Botanic Garden
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Answer by Tink
They only bloom once a year. No, you can't force them - here are the instructions for the most common type of orchid.
http://www.aos.org/Default.aspx?id=217
A bloom in winter
From the Scott Arboretum's guide to the Cosby Courtyard:
Viburnum x bodnantense 'Charles Lamont' is a powerfully fragrant, winter flowering viburnum. The blooms and sweet fragrance enliven many gardens at the end of winter. The deciduous shrub reaches 10 feet by 6 feet. 'Charles Lamont' prefers full sun or partial shade with moist, well-drained soil.
I will personally confirm that the blossoms are incredibly sweet-smelling.
Answer by JerBear
Whisper sweet nothings to it
Blossom in the Lakes
Now into the second week of my Lake District holiday. The first week was not so good as far as weather goes, overcast much of the time and cold. Had what I thought could turn into a major medical problem but pleased to say it only lasted one night. I've been out every day, although no long walks this year which I don't think I could manage now. Having some problems with the internet connection, mainly just so slow, and also problems with the laptop in particular the photo processing software. The blossom is putting on a pretty good show this year.
Answer by Wdog
syrop... the best thing on earth
flower
I cannot identify this flower. What is this flower?
Answer by S1lent
Hi
I have about the same size garden at 10 by 8 feet. I just use the Miracle Grow (sorry about the spelling). So I fertilize weekly...I know it is too often...but I get great tomatoes.
Actually, all I grow is tomatoes and lemon cucumbers...and I am able to provide them to all my neighbors.
Enjoy the garden, I sure do,
s1lent
Garden mothing 2010 #42, 18 September
Brimstone Moth, Opisthograptis luteolata. A moth I associate more with summer, but I still see the odd one in early autumn.
Not a bad session for the time of year, but I cut it short because the rain came down. There was one new species for the garden, an Engrailed - a common moth but for whatever reason it hasn't turned up here before.
Small Dusty Wave 1
Garden Carpet 1
Grey Pine Carpet 1
Brimstone Moth 1
Engrailed 1 NFG
Turnip Moth 1
Large Yellow Underwing 13
Lesser Yellow Underwing 6
Setaceous Hebrew Character 5
Brown-spot Pinion 1
Beaded Chestnut 2
Lunar Underwing 2
Burnished Brass 1
Silver Y 4
Micros:
Epiphyas postvittana 3
Eudonina angustea 2
Answer by glenn t
2-3" long lanceolate leaves are short-petioled and have a prominent midrib
flowers have fringed petals with a distinct eye and a carnation shape
Delicate inflorescence
Hedge Bedstraw (Galium mollugo, Rubiaceae); Agarbiciu, Transylvania, Romania
Answer by reynwater
Blooming is encouraged by longer days of Spring and Summer...you'll just have to wait or adjust your lights to simulate long spring/summer daylight hours.
Vivid Pomegranite Blooms
At their peak of bloom. the orange flowers of my neighbor's pomegranite trees are so dramatic in the sun. Each orange bloom is about the size of a standard carnation bloom. Some of the tall, scraggly trees droop over my fence, but that's fine with me. There are two colors of blooms, and the one that is hardest to capture is a two color, pale bloom that is white and light red-orange. If I ever capture the focus and color on those, I will post here onine.
If you like orange ALOT, click on the link for the large view, ha ha!
Answer by soccerchic
akura
Thats how i say it
Cherry blossoms
Cherry blossoms blooming in my yard. Taken a few springs ago.
Answer by B Anne
It is called Oasis floral foam and you can buy it at stores like Michaels or Hobby Lobby or Joanne's.
Flower at sunlight
Flower at sunlight
Answer by daylily
The fence isn't dense enough, add a tighter mesh fencing over it. Or run out and get some Repels All (about $ 15, works for several weeks before it needs to be renewed) at a garden center or Lowe's and spray around the plants.
Garden mothing 2010 #11, 17 May
Muslin Moth, Diaphora mendica (male).
Another not very good mothing session - I had the trap out for a couple of hours and managed just four moths. One of the moths was new for the garden, however, and was this Muslin Moth. He's a bit drab when viewed from above so I thought I'd show off his wonderfully fluffy 'face' here.
Muslin Moth (new for the garden)
Grey/Dark Dagger (first of the year)
Clouded Drab
Spectacle
Answer by solpredator
Sorry. A strawberry is was and will always be a fruit.
Sedge inflorescence
Carex sp., Cyperaceae
Western Carpathian Mts., Romania
Answer by gerriscool2
always trim any shrubbery or tree in the fall when its sap stops flowing never trim major arteries that will shock it and it will die if you are brave enough to go inside the foliage you can trim the dead ends as i call them to open up the inside for air circulation this will produce more oxygen and make for a healthier plant
Aloe Bloom Gathering, Metallic
Tweaked image of aloe blooms on stalks in my yard. See the original photo previous and my treatment here looks best in the largest view.
When done working with a photo, click on Photoshop Filters>Render>Lighting Effects. Select omnidirectional light and move the center of this highlight above and over where you wish to have the light fall. You can adjust the diameter and coverae of the light by moving this round area around on your photo. Play with the sliders for negative-positive and for ambiance and finally select the channel to be red or another color you like. Voila! This way a fun discovery to make while playing around last night with a photo that was not what I had hoped it would be. This treatment works wonders in abstract, colorful images.
Answer by breaker
Give them bloom-booster fertilizer(any fertilizer with a high middle number like 15-30-45-or 60) This middle number on the fertilizer package means high in phosphate which promotes budding and blooming. Also give them a little more light then you are now.
Cherry blossoms
Cherry blossoms (and the pole of a sign warning visitors about low tree limbs ahead) reflected in a bicycle mirror. Washington, D.C.
Answer by Julian
Wild flowers are free and thoughtful.
Flower in Okinawa
Flower in Okinawa
Answer by family z
its just around the garden and there are small bushes lining the gate all the way around the yard and it is open
Garden fork
My garden fork
Made position #315 in Explore on May 13, 2006
Answer by Lana
Think of sexually as the sex you know and see in movies, there must be contact between two bodies. Do you see flowers doing that very often? Not really right? So they reproduce asexually. Pollen is in fact flower sperm and it gets carried to the next flower to pollinate it, soooo asexually!
Palm inflorescence
#145
Answer by stone
You need to allow it to get sunlight... When the danger of frost is over, plant bulb in the vegetable garden until frost. then dig the bulb and allow to completely dry out in a dark location like a root cellar for 2 or 3 months... then pot again for the new bloom.
Colourful blooms
Colourful blooms
Answer by Alex K
It says the White is.
Blossom Hill Crisp & Fruity California White.
I would go with a White Zin myself.
Cheers!
bethel blossoms
Our blossoms have gone by, but in Vermont, about 150 miles north, they are just arriving.
Answer by chilicooker_mkb
And we wonder why biology was so boring in high school.
Flower in July
Flower in my garden
Answer by family z
its just around the garden and there are small bushes lining the gate all the way around the yard and it is open
Garden fork
My garden fork
Made position #315 in Explore on May 13, 2006
Answer by Lana
Think of sexually as the sex you know and see in movies, there must be contact between two bodies. Do you see flowers doing that very often? Not really right? So they reproduce asexually. Pollen is in fact flower sperm and it gets carried to the next flower to pollinate it, soooo asexually!
Palm inflorescence
#145
Answer by M M T
If you don't want any flowers this year, go ahead. Otherwise wait until after they are finished blooming. If you cut the flower buds off, they will not make more this season = no flowers.
Bee Bloom
High-key bee and bloom of Century plant (Agave americana), Coral Gables, Florida
Answer by *Dear Prudence*
I'm not sure if you live in a large metropolitan area or not...but if there is a Chinese Grocery store around you can probably find them there...good luck
105/366 Catford blossoms
Couldn't resist snapping this blossom shot on my way out to a local craft fair with Jess this afternoon. Absolutely glorious :)
Answer by Ms. Diamond Girl
Decorate with fresh edible flowers on desserts or in salads. Ask your florist for some that haven't been sprayed with pesticides (or gather some from your yard).
Gently wash fresh edible flowers in water. Place on paper towels and let air dry before using. Then quickly freeze in plastic bags before placing on the cake. Do so right before serving to ensure their freshness look and smell.
If placing the flowers on top of the cake, to keep them fresh, cut a 3" piece from a drinking straw. Bend one end up and tape it. Then fill the straw 3/4 full with water and stick the flower stem in. Arrange the flowers on the cake. The flowers will stay fresh and won't wilt by the time you serve the cake.
hope this helps. good luck and enjoy.
Flowers
First flower of the year, the snow left, the sun is present, the nature restarts.
Answer by Cat
Decide what plants you want to grow. What do you like to eat? In the spring, go to your local plant nursery - see what they have available. Some plants are easier to grow by buying plants - some are very very easy just to throw the seeds in the ground - depends what you want to grow.
Since you have to wait for winter to be over anyway, go to the library and grab a big stack of books on vegetable gardening, and look them over. Usually one or two will catch your eye. Spend the winter reading.
In the most simple terms, a veggies garden is:
digging the soil to loosen it up, in a sunny spot.
Plant your veggies.
Pull weeds as they grow.
Water if it doesn't rain.
Watch them grow.
There are tons and tons of details to learn - even after gardening for years and years - there's always more to learn.
I recommend starting small - with just 2 or 3 different kinds. Then add more each year as you learn and become experienced.
Garden mothing 2011 #35, 11 August
Orange Swift, Hepialus sylvina.
A reasonable variety, but quite low numbers:
Orange Swift 1 NFY
Small Blood-vein 1
Small Dusty Wave 1
Single-dotted Wave 1
Riband Wave 4
Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet 1
Garden Carpet 1
Common Carpet 7
Yellow Shell 2
Wormwood Pug 1
Tawny Speckled Pug 1 NFY
Willow Beauty 10
Dingy Footman 2
Buff Ermine 1
Ruby Tiger 2
Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
Flame-shoulder 1
Large Yellow Underwing 14
Lesser Yellow Underwing 5
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1 NFY
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 11
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Six-striped Rustic 2 NFY
Nutmeg 1
The Clay 1
Marbled Beauty 2
Dark Arches 3
Cloaked Minor 2
Common Rustic agg. 9
Dusky Sallow 1 NFY
Flounced Rustic 2 NFY
Burnished Brass 1
Straw Dot 9
Fan-foot 1
In addition, 23 species of identified micros were found in the trap.
Answer by gardengallivant
Calendula officinalis has a clasping leaf attachment. The leaf partially encircles the stem. The leaf attachment points spiral around the length of the stem. The leaves are slightly hairy and oblong.
The inflorescence is radially symmetric. The bracts at the base of the flower are narrow green & leafy. They have two 'petal' types the surrounding ray florets and the central disc florets. The petals give both color and flavor, similar to saffron, to food.
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=105062
http://www.richters.com/newdisplay.cgi?page=MagazineRack/Articles/namegame.html&cart_id=875153.3259
Calendula, native to southern Europe & the Mediterranean, do well in sandy loam and tolerate fairly acid soils well.
White Inflorescence
A Umbelliferae plant; Bedeciu, Romania
Answer by msmag
Perhaps because of all the heat an no rain. It didn't get enough water. These kid of trees require a lot of attention. Try trimming it back some and if the branches are dead , it most likely is not going to recover.
Blossom Flowerpot 3
I found Blossom Flowerpot!!! <3 Isn't she adorable? :D She's such a sweetheart. I named her little butterfly Flutter. :)
Answer by ~Ammie24 4life~
you can get iris in alot of different shades of blue, and lilies in coral. also you can take food coloring and dye white flowers to the color you want.
Yellow flower
flower
Answer by Laurie
I will just name one product: neem. It is good for controlling some fungal diseases and many insects. You can buy it at places like Home Depot. It's usually packaged as a spray with a name that indicates it's uses, not as neem. Just look at the active ingredients, and it should say 70% neem oil. It is approved for organic production. Make sure it is labeled for your crops.
Nymans garden
A portal way to a garden fair
to view past time and with wonder stare
a family home then built for few
now open to all with so much to do
a world of wonderment round each bend and nook
as back in time i this journey took
for a hour or two all worries aside now tossed
relaxing in the moment when all other thought are lost
poem by ironmonger
Answer by babitha t
The crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia sp.), native to SE Asia, is a widely popular woody ornamental flowering shrub/small tree throughout southeastern US landscapes. The wide assortment of inflorescence colors, forms and sizes, coupled with a rather long flowering period (up to 120 days), plus a commonly found exfoliating bark, have given rise to the popularity of this genus. Breeding programs in USA and Europe have generated, in the last three decades, a wide range of plant sizes (from miniature 30 cm shrubs to +10 m tall trees), growth habits (broad, upright, weeping, etc..), cold hardiness (Zones 6-10), disease resistance (powdery mildew) and a wide range of bark characteristics, flower color and foliage fall colorations. Likely unknown to gardeners and horticulturists are the commercial timber and medicinal uses of some of the approximately eighty (80) species found in the Lagerstroemia genus.
Bulbophyllum dearei, inflorescence
091230-02
On the 5th of October the bud of my orchid: Bulbophyllum dearei finally opened!
:D
Answer by mqudee
Didn't there use to some in Piedmont park?
Blossom Flowerpot 2
I found Blossom Flowerpot!!! <3 Isn't she adorable? :D She's such a sweetheart. I named her little butterfly Flutter. :)
Answer by trip
flowering almonds are a deciduous tree meaning it will lose its leaves in the fall. they are a beautiful tree when grown 20 or more years, but i would not recommend them in the front yard, unless you co-ordinate them in a landscape that they would complement during the winter months. for more info Email me: skullandbones@yahoo.com
Flowers at Kew Gardens
Flowers at Kew Gardens
Answer by ranger_co_1_75
Every fall, I dump my leaves in my garden and spread them around. In the spring the leaves on top have not composted so I roto till them into the garden soil. They continue to compost in the soil and haven't affected my vegetable plants.
A Mediterranean Garden
Glendale Gardens and Woodland
Vancouver Island, BC
Answer by democraticbean
Try doing a google image search.
Bulbophyllum dearei, inflorescence
091230-02
On the 5th of October the bud of my orchid: Bulbophyllum dearei finally opened!
:D
Answer by kellyv9123
You wouldn't harm the trees by cutting the blooms, but the blooms themselves will die almost immediately.
Better off to leave them right where they are...beautifully blanketing your myrtle tree with color.
Blossoms and Blue Skies
We are finally seeing some signs of spring in north Texas. The Bradford Pear trees are in full blossom now. Photo taken in Grapevine, Texas on March 14, 2010. Please View Large
Answer by old lady
Marigolds are wonderful - they come in a whole range of colors and are truly beautiful when clumped together. Nasturtiums will bloom in a few months time, as will portulaca. You should really check with one of your local nurseries, because they can tell you which flowers will do best in your area. Some flowers are sun lovers, others are not. Some need dry weather, others prefer the odd rainy day. So visit your local nursery and enjoy seeing first hand what your flowers will look like.
Flower
Red flower
Answer by Lene O
18 rose bushes at $ 25 each +compost etc to amend the soil.
Perennials at $ 5-10 each depending on type size and quantity
Annuals from seed or purchased as starter plants in flats $ 15 per flat for 12 plants
Mulch at a depth of 2" to fill in the spaces, keep weeds down, improve the look
Material for paths between the beds or mower to cut the grassy paths left between beds
Garden hose, trowel, shovel, rake, edging.....
If you have this professionally done, there is plant purchase, mark up, transport, labor....you could easily spend several thousand, depending on where you live.
If you plan it and develop it yourself over time with cuttings taken from existing plants and roses purchased slowly or on sale, you might do it for a few hundred, again depending on location
Garden mothing 2010 #28, 21 July
It was the last day of term, so I celebrated by having a moth session. Wonderful being up into the small hours during the week and not having to get up early for work.
This Pebble Hook-tip, Drepana falcataria, was a highlight and was a new garden record (and there were two of them!). Other nice ones to see were Scalloped Hook-tip, Olive and Fen Wainscot (all new for the garden).
Scalloped Hook-tip 1 NFG
Pebble Hook-tip 2 NFG
Chinese Character 4
Buff Arches 1
Blood-vein 1
Small Fan-footed Wave 6 NFY
Small Dusty Wave 2
Single-dotted Wave 6
Riband Wave 16 incl 13 f. remutata
Red Twin-spot Carpet 2
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet 2
Large Twin-spot Carpet 1 NFY
Common Carpet 2
Barred Straw 1
Small Rivulet 2
Clouded Border 4
Early Thorn 5
Poplar Hawkmoth 2
Elephant Hawkmoth 1
Yellow-tail 2
White Satin 4
Dingy Footman 4 incl 2 f. stramineola
Scarce Footman 1 NFG? (first definite)
Common Footman 3
Buff Ermine 4
Ruby Tiger 3
Short-cloaked Moth 2
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Large Yellow Underwing 1
Double Square-spot 3
Nutmeg 4 NFY
Dot Moth 1
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Smoky Wainscot 6
Miller 1
Olive 1 NFG
Dingy Shears 1
Dun-bar 2
Dark Arches 17
Light Arches 6
Marbled Minor agg.
Cloaked Minor 1 NFY
Common Rustic agg.10
Dusky Sallow 2 NFY
Fen Wainscot 2 NFG
Uncertain 5
Mottled Rustic 1
Silver Y 13
Snout 3
Fan-foot 1
Plus quite a few micros I'll try to ID!