HUNNEMANNIA – Goldencup (Giant Yellow-tulip poppy) (Bush-eschscholtzia)
(Named for John Hunnemann, an English botanist)
An aristocrat among the Poppies, the Goldencup, bears a...
HUNNEMANNIA – Goldencup (Giant Yellow-tulip poppy) (Bush-eschscholtzia)
(Named for John Hunnemann, an English botanist)
An aristocrat among the Poppies, the Goldencup, bears a...
IMPATIENS – Balsam (Snap weeds) (Touch-me-not)
(Name from Impatiens, refers to elasticity of seed capsules, which when ripe spring open)
The Garden Balsam or Lady slipper (Imp...
IONOPSIDIUM – Diamond flower (Carpet plant)(Violet cress)
(From io-the violet; violet-like, referring to the color of the flowers)
Related to Candytuft, lonopsidium acaule is ...
Reminding one of a small, symmetrical evergreen, the Summer cypress is commonly seen in gardens. The plants grow quickly and make an upright, compact growth, producing numerous branches covered w...
LAYIA Tidytips
(Named for Thomas Lay, naturalist)
A California Daisy-like annual, Layia elegans, has yellow flowers with the rays often white-tipped. The plants are more or less hai...
LAVATERA – Treemallow (Annual-mallow)
(Named for the Lavater brothers, botanists of Switzerland)
The name Mallow is applied to a number of plants of various habits, all of whi...
LEPTOSYNE
(Greek for slenderness)
A Daisy-like flower related to Coreopsis, Leplosyne stillmani, grows 18 inches tall. The flowers are golden yellow, 2 inches to 3 inches acr...
LINUM Flowering Flax
(From linon, flax)
There are several annual Flaxes, including Linum grandiflorum (coccineum), the Scarlet Flax, about a foot tall, with wide-open, glossy flower...
LOBELIA
(Named for M. L’Obel, botanist and physician of King James I)
Clear blues are found among the annual Lobelias. The varieties of the Edging Lobelia, Lobelia erinus, the...
LUPINUS Lupine
(From lupus-wolf, destroying soil as does the wolf)
Lupines are attractive plants bearing Pea like flowers in whorls upon long, graceful spikes. There are annual and ...