MIRABILIS Four-o’clock (Marvel-of-peru)
(Name from mirabilis, wonderful, or some say shortened form of Admirabilis)
The Four-o’clocks are well known and were favorites w...
Plant care for Nemesia, Annual Flower Information
NEMESIA
(Name found in Dioscorides, an early botanical writer)
The English have admired and grown Nemesias in their cool climate and all have admired them in places where they grow ...
Plant care for Nemophila, California-bluebell, Annual Flower Information
These small, dainty plants from California are of a spreading habit and the leaves are pale green, deeply cut and slightly hairy. In Nemophila menziesi var. insignis, Baby-blue-eyes, the flowers ...
NICOTIANA Flowering Tobacco, Annual Flower Information
NICOTIANA Flowering Tobacco
(Named for Jean Nicot, French consul to Portugal, who first presented tobacco to the courts of Portugal and France)
The evening fragrance of the flowers ...
NIGELLA – Love in a mist, Annual Flower Information
NIGELLA Love in a mist
(Devil in the bush) (Lady-in-the-green) (Fennel flower) (Jack- in-the-bush)
(Named from Latin for little black, alluding to the seeds)
The fantastic n...
OENOTHERA Evening primrose, Sundrops, Annual Flower Information
OENOTHERA, Evening primrose, Sundrops
There are many biennial and perennial Oenotheras but several are rather popular annuals.
Oenothera drummondi. Drummond Evening-primrose. This a...
PERILLA, Annual Flower Information
PERILLA
Perilla is mentioned here because in years past it was a great favorite as a foliage plant. The leaves are dark purple and have a metallic luster causing the plant to resemble a Co...
Plant care for Petunia, Annual Flower Information
PETUNIA
(Named from petun, the Brazilian name for tobacco, to which Petunia is allied)
Everyone has some room for Petunias because they are the most profuse flowering of any annual....
PHACELIA, Annual Flower Information
PHACELIA
(Named from the Greek for cluster; refers to clustering of flowers)
The best known sort is Phacelia campanularia, the Harebell Phacelia, which bears Gentian-blue, bell-shap...
Plant care for PHLOX Texas pride, Annual Flower Information
PHLOX – Texas pride
(Name from Greek for a flame, perhaps first applied to another plant)
The brilliance and clean colors of the annual Phlox, P. drummondi. make it a favorite...