Osteospermum, or African daisies, have flowers that look a very familiar, yet totally foreign. They made a big splash in display gardens in the 1990s. African daisies look a lot like common daisies, with petals radiating around a center disk.
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Bright yellow sunflowers are the poster flower of summer. Sunflowers are native to North America, but they are very often associated with the Mediterranean area. The flowers have a wide central disk surrounded by shorter petals.
Container gardening with flowers is a great way to instantly introduce color, fragrance, and beauty into our lives. It makes flowers part of any landscape - even on a deck, patio, porch, or balcony. See our tips - Container Gardening With Flowers.
Zinnias are a gift from Mexico but gardeners everywhere can easily grow them. They are warm season annual flowers that bloom with abandon and require only minimal care.
If flowering bulbs are one of nature’s mysteries, watching the claw-like tuber of a ranunculus produce three dozen rosette-shaped flowers must be one of nature’s miracles. For sheer petal count, it’s hard to top the ranunculus, also known as the Persian buttercup. If you’ve seen them in flower arrangements, you’ve probably been tempted to flick your thumb across the flower’s surface as one would rifle through a voluminous book. How to Grow Ranunculus Flowers?
Euphorbia is a very large genus of plants with more than 2,000 species. About 1,200 of them are succulents, some with bizarre shapes and wide, fleshy leaves and others that look remarkably like cacti, complete with spines. They are often grown for their architectural shapes and fascinating foliage, but a few are known for their flowers. Most Euphorbias bloom in spring or summer and go dormant in winter. How to Grow Euphorbia Plants!