LINARIA Toadflax
(From Linum-flax; refers to fact that foliage is like that of flax)
The Toadflax or Butter-and-eggs, growing along railway embankments, is familiar to all. This is ...
LYCHNIS Campion (Rose-of-heaven), Annual Flower Information
LYCHNIS Campion (Rose-of-heaven)
(Greek for lamp, referring to the flame-colored flowers of some species)
The various sorts of Lychnis are generally considered to be perennial but s...
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM . Iceplant or Figmarigold, Annual Flower Information
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MESEMBRYANTHEMUM Iceplant or Figmarigold
(Name d...
MIMULUS Monkey flower, Annual Flower Information
MIMULUS (Monkey flower)
(Name from Mimo, an ape, refers to gaping mouth of flower)
The flowers of this interesting genus are curiously shaped and spotted with contrasting colors. Th...
PANSY, Annual Flower Information
PANSY
The Pansy, it would seem, is one of the most alluring of all garden flowers. It’s little faces make most of us laugh when we look at them. The English have given the Pansy many...
PAPAVER Poppy, Annual Flower Information
PAPAVER – Poppy
(Papaver, the old Latin name)
Why should we extol the Poppy? Why note It was the favorite of the old gardens; it is the same choice flower in the newest garden...
PENTSTEMON – Bearded tongue, Annual Flower Information
PENTSTEMON – Bearded tongue
(From Greek for five stamens, the fifth is sterile and bearded)
Persons who are familiar with the Gloxinia Pentstemon, Pentstemon gloxinioides, alr...
RICINUS Castor bean, Annual Flower Information
Were these words meant for boys and girls only we fear they would never be read, because of ‘, the unpleasant memories associated with this plant. In the garden, however, Castor-bean, Ricin...
SALPIGLOSSIS Painted-tongue Scalloped Tube tongue, Annual Flower Information
Were an artist to look upon a Petunia and wish that it had a delicate pattern traced upon its petals, he would create in his mind the Salpiglossis. The funnel-shaped flowers are borne upright up...
SALVIA – Sage, Annual Flower Information
SALVIA – Sage
(The Latin name used by Pliny meaning safe, referring to the medicinal properties)
It is unnecessary to describe the Scarlet Sage which is now much planted in so...