HUNNEMANNIA – Goldencup (Giant Yellow-tulip poppy) (Bush-eschscholtzia)
(Named for John Hunnemann, an English botanist)
An aristocrat among the Poppies, the Goldencup, bears a...
Plant care for Impatiens – Balsam (Snap weeds) (Touch-me-not), Annual Flower Information
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...
Plant care for Ionopsidium – Diamond flower, Annual Flower Information
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 ...
KOCHIA – Summer cypress, Annual Flower Information
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...
Plant care for Layia – Tidytips, Annual Flower Information
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), Annual Flower Information
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, Annual Flower Information
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...
Plant care for Flowering Flax, Annual Flower Information
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...
Plant care for Lobelia, Annual Flower Information
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...
Plant care for Lupines, Annual Flower Information
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 ...