The Annual Delphinium is one of the best-known annuals, bearing long racemes of lovely colored flowers and lacy foliage. They have undergone great improvement in the color and the fullness of...
Plant care for Dianthus, Carnation, Annual Flower Information
DIANTHUS – China Pink
(Name derived from Dios-Jove; anthos, flower-Divine flower)
Admiration for Pinks is universal. These annual forms can be distinguished from the perennial...
DIASCIA, Annual Flower Information
DIASCIA
(From the Greek to adorn, refers to the beautiful flowers)
A dainty, little annual, Diascia barberae, is not a very showy flower, but one which will appeal to the true flowe...
EMILIA – Tassel flower, Floras-paintbrush, Annual Flower Information
EMILIA (Cacalia) – Tassel flower (Floras-paintbrush)
This brilliant orange and scarlet, rarely yellow, flowered annual is worthy of a place in any garden. It is not large, but the da...
Plant care for Erysimum – Blistercress (Fairy Wall flower), Annual Flower Information
ERYSIMUM Blistercress (Fairy Wall flower)
(Derived from the Greek words to draw blisters)
Closely related to the Wallflower, the Afghan Blistercress, Erysimum perofskianum, bears mo...
GAILLARDIA – Blanket flower, Annual Flower Information
GAILLARDIA – Blanket flower
(Named for M. Gaillard, a French patron of Botany)
The bright, sunset colors of the Blanketflower are an asset in any garden. There are annual and ...
Plant care for Godetia Satin flower, Annual Flower Information
GODETIA Satin flower
(Named for C. H. Godet, Swiss botanist)
Closely related to the Evening primroses, the Godetias are deserving of greater attention. The flowers open wide and are...
Plant care for GYPSOPHILA Babysbreath, Annual Flower Information
GYPSOPHILA Babysbreath
(Name derived from gupsos, gypsum; phileo, to love, meaning that it prefers limestone soil)
This is one of the smallest, daintiest flowers of the garden. Two ...
Plant care for Sunflower – HELIANTHUS, Annual Flower Information
HELIANTHUS – Sunflower
(From helios-sun; anlhos-flower)
The Sunflower is bold, he is tall, has a lot of bluster and bravado about him, but he is not coarse; no, he does not in...
HIBISCUS (Abelmoschus) Sunset Hibiscus, Annual Flower Information
HIBISCUS (Abelmoschus) – Sunset Hibiscus
(Goldenbowl H.)
(Ancient name for the Marshmallow)
Comparatively unknown to gardens, the Sunset Hibiscus, H. manihot, is the lo...