Osteospermum is native to South Africa. Starting in March, many garden centers, flower shops sell compact, low-growing, osteospermum plants up to 20 cm (7.9 inches) tall, and then planted in the open ground, they reach a height of 60 to 100 cm (2-3.3 feet) The leaves are gray-green, toothed, and […]
California Beauty – Clarkia Unguiculata
Once my relatives sent me a photo of an unknown plant marked “unknown with” roses “on the stems”, which pleased them throughout the summer. It was a California beauty-Clarkia unguiculata syn. C. elegans. A remarkable representative of the family Onagraceae, native to the United States (California). The name of the […]
Scaevola Aemula – Beautiful Flower from Australia
Recently, a beautiful flower native to Australia – Scaevola Aemula from the almost unknown family Goodeniaceae-has been appearing more and more often in our flower beds. Scaevola aemula is an annual with creeping shoots reaching a height and width of up to 50 cm (1.6 ft), the leaves are toothed, […]
Cineraria in the Garden
Many of us, choosing a plant for the border, want it to be decorative, eye-catching, while well framed paths or favorably emphasized bright flower beds. Cineraria is what you need! Cineraria has many species that are very different from each other in appearance: herbaceous flowers and ornamental shrubs. Cineraria flowers […]
Coreopsis: Summer Flower in Autumn Garden
Coreopsis is another wonderful plant from the family Asteraceae, coloring garden all shades of yellow and Golden brown in a gloomy and cloudy days of summer and in early autumn. The flower is a bit like Gaillardia: the same bright yellow baskets with dissected tips of petals (reed flowers), only […]