Showing posts with label garden flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden flowers. Show all posts
Sunday, February 23, 2020
Plant Story--Wisteria, Big Purple-Flowered Vines
My first memory of wisteria is of my father digging out a big plant, shaped like a small tree that was growing at the end of the driveway of our new house in Ohio. He disliked the way it came up well into the lawn. I liked it for its beautiful, fragrant flowers. And that is a good summary of Asian wisterias in the United States.
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Plant Story--Everybody Loves Narcissus and Daffodils
Daffodils!
The English called them daffodowndillies 400 years ago. The scientific name is Narcissus. Narcissus, daffodils, jonquils and paperwhites and whatever other names you know, they are all closely related.
They have been cultivated for hundreds of years, leading to diverse varieties and color forms now found all over the world.
Did you know they are poisonous?
The English called them daffodowndillies 400 years ago. The scientific name is Narcissus. Narcissus, daffodils, jonquils and paperwhites and whatever other names you know, they are all closely related.
They have been cultivated for hundreds of years, leading to diverse varieties and color forms now found all over the world.
Did you know they are poisonous?
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