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STOCK FLOWER PLANT

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Stock flower is an interesting flower to put your thoughts in learning what the flower entails starting from its amazing features. It is one of the characteristic plant with fragrance which makes it fantastic to be used for gardening. This flower is commonly called Gilly flower and biologically it is called Matthiola incana . Generally this flower is attractive in nature. When growing this plant, you should grow in such away that the bloom should target spring season because it is noted that the bloom period for this flower takes place during spring period towards the late summer.    Stock flowers exists in many of varieties ranging from pink, white, red and lilac in colour. The origin of this flower is traced to have originated from Greece and a long the Mediterranean region. Features of a stock flower Stock flowers grow from 9-15 feet high in full exposure to sunlight. It has a unique fragrance that makes it distinct from the rest of other flowers. Stock ...

VIBURNUM FLOWER

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Viburnum flower is defined as a versatile evergreen flowering shrub plant and has a characteristic fragrance in addition, they are used for borders and edges which makes it good for gardening and landscaping purposes in various places like at homes, offices and a long side roads.This kind of flower blooms well during spring season and it is many are either with white or pink blooms during this period.  The larger varieties  of viburnum  plantings makes exceptional focal point as specimen for these plantings. Types of viburnums     One of the well known type is the old-fashioned snowball viburnum(v.opulus) with beautiful white snowball shaped blooms. The third type is called the tea viburnum which is a deciduous plant which exhibit blue-green foliage.    Another type is called Alleghany viburnum which dark Green which occasionally turns purple during fall and it remains throughout winter.    Planting Ca...

WAX FLOWER

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Guys, welcome back, let us now get started in learning another very interesting and a very attractive flower which exists in most parts of the world. First what is wax flower? Wax flower is a flowering shrub plant which comes from the myrtle family and it is known to have multiple blooms per stem. These flower acts a symbol of love and has a long lasting bloom after harvesting which symbolizes love and long lasting success, thereby, this is the reason why this flower is chosen for special occasions like in wedding bouquets to symbolize long lasting love and patience.     The origin of this wax flower is traced to be the genus of shrubs endemic to the south western Australia.  The most well-known species is the Geraldton Wax , Chamelaucium uncinatum, which is cultivated widely for its large attractive flowers .  Information and description of wax flower   Wax flower plant is always a medium size plant which exhibit pink, purple, red and white b...

CARNATION FLOWER

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Carnation flower is one of the most featured flowers simply due to its important symbolic meanings which i am going to take you through shortly. First, let us know a brief introduction about carnation flowers. Carnation flower is scientifically known as Dianthus Caryophyllus . It is historically rich and meaningful flower which has been appreciated  over many centuries. It has been regarded as a symbol of love all over the world. Carnation flowers are known to exist in different depending on the categories which they exist. This flower exist in three main broad categories namely   CATEGORIES OF CARNATION FLOWERS Annual carnations Perpetual-lowering carnations Border carnations             Carnation flowers therefore can be described as a unique flower. The flower has the following brief description:    Kingdom : Plantae    Division : Magnoliophyta    Class : Magnoliopsida    Orde...

ROSE FLOWER

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Rose flower is a familiar flower which is anticipated for various purposes in our various day-to-day lives. Rose flowers are just amazing to associated ourselves with starting from its components. A rose flower is a shrub type of plant which is found in different colours. It is found in various colours like, red roses, yellow roses, purple roses or sometimes white roses.  As you see, there are different categories of roses based on their colours and also there are a mixture color roses like pink roses. Rose is a perennial flowering plant of genius Rosa in the family of Rosaceae . The plant is naturally a climber plant which climbs on trees and has sharp prickles. They are mainly grown and maintained for its beauty and fragrance. The name rose originally originated from France in combination with latin words in naming the flower. Brief description of the flower   kingdom: Plantae division: Magnoliophyta class : Magnoliophyta order: Rosales family: Rosaceae genu...

SUNFLOWERS

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Sunflower is one of the most interesting type of flowers we like to associate ourselves with. Sunflower is one type of flowers which has an attractive yellow colour and also its scent. It has a yellow colour which attracts individuals from a distance, especially when they are in a large plantation.Sunflower plant has various beneficial uses which I am going to take you through them shortly. First let us proceed to describing the flower right away. Sunflower is a type of a flower which originated from Northern America and was later spread to the rest of the world. It is then at later stages that it was commercialized in Russia and it is recently seen that it has returned back to its place of origin that is the, Northern America and it become now a cultivated crop. The scientific Name of this plant is called The Helianthus Annuus. Sunflowers grows well on loam soils and in sandy soils too. It has been discovered the plant does well during summer time. SUMMARY OF PLANT DESCRIPTION ...

TYPES OF FLOWERS

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There are various types of flowers that exists in our lives. This topic is focused on giving deeper information on different categories based on their uses in different occasions,  their categories and species which exist in different environments. Therefore, some of the types are: Sunflower Roses wax-flower Viburnum Stock Stephanotis Salidaster Snapdragon Statice Lace Poinsettia Orchid Peony Omithoalum Lily Iris Heliconia Gladiolus Hycinth Larkspur Lisianthus Monte cassino aster hydrangea Hypericum Kangaroo paw Larkspur Leptospermum Heather Ginger Gerbera Gardenia Freesia Eremurus Delphinium Chryanthemum Carnation Calla Bupleurum Aster Anthurium Amaryllis Anemone Amanthus Alstroemeria Coxcomb Daffodil Dahlia