Lagerstrom Indian is a deciduous shrub with smooth silver-gray spotted trunks 5-8 m (5.5-8.7 yard) high, up to 8 m (8.7 yard) wide. The leaves are oval to elliptical, 2-7 cm (0.8-2.75 in) long. Flowers with a diameter of 2.5 cm (1 in), with a wavy edge, white, pink, crimson, […]
Jerusalem Artichoke: Personal Growing Experience
I was captivated by Jerusalem artichoke not only with its sunny, optimistic yellow flowers, but also with its unpretentiousness and undemanding nature. On the path leading to the bathhouse, I managed to mow it a couple of times before I saw the familiar shoots among the grass-so it didn’t bother […]
The Poisonous Beauty of Nerium Oleander
Nerium oleander is often an evergreen shrub of varying height and appearance with a flexible, poorly woody stems. Leaves lanceolate, leathery, 3 whorls. Flowers from white to dark purple, simple and double, sometimes fragrant (they have a delicate smell of vanilla or almond, a little bit with bitterness), collected in […]
Butomus Umbellatus for Your Pond
Butomus umbellatus is a perennial herbaceous rhizomatous plant of the Suskovich family with an erect, leafless flowering stem, 40-150 cm (1.3-4.9 feet) high. The leaves are ensiform, flat, and very long. The flowers are numerous, pink and white, collected in umbellate inflorescences; they bloom in June – July. Fruits-combined leaves; […]
What Determines the Taste of Tomatoes
Are there any characteristics by which it can be uniquely determined – size, shape, color, smell? Is it possible to influence the taste of the fruit during cultivation? Components of taste All substances responsible for the taste of tomato can be divided into 6 groups: the sahara; fatty acids; polyphenols; […]
Nymphaea: Varieties and Growing Problems In Cold Climates
In the names of objects and phenomena we put the main thing that reflects their essence. The famous taxonomist K. Linnaeus for centuries and for all peoples named these beautiful creatures Nymphaea in honor of the goddesses personifying nature. And for the English botanist R. Selisbury Nymphaeas were apparently a […]