Speaking about color, there is Salvia with silver foliage as Salvia Argentea an Salvia Discolor.
Salvia Argentea is a short-lived perennial that forms large clumps of soft, felty-grey leaves around the base of the plant. Spikes of hooded, two-lipped, white or pinkish-white flowers are borne in mid and late summer, on strong, upright stems. Suits a Mediterranean style border, but will need shelter in areas with cold winters.
Argentea Sage grows in light, very well-drained soil, in a warm, sunny site. Use a cloche or glass panel to protect from excessive winter wet and cold winds.
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Salvia or
Sage is the largest genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, including approximately 900 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials and annuals. The most known species is Salvia officinalis used as culinary herb.
Salvia officinalis “Icterina” is a very attractive, yellow and green variegated form of sage that has a mound-forming, subshrubby habit. The aromatic, evergreen, velvety leaves can be used in cooking. Less significant spikes of small, lilac-blue flowers appear in early summer. Ideal for a herb or kitchen garden.
“Key Gold” is a very similar plant, although its leaves are often completely yellow.
This Sage officinalis grow in moist but well-drained, fairly fertile, humus-rich soil. Place it in full sun or partial shade.
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I love Begonia. It's a highly appreciated houseplant here in Romania, but I've heard that Begonia is one of America's favorite flower. Although it's not an easy to care houseplant, as well as
Kalanchoe for example, Begonia is a
flowering plant to grow and especially to love for its ornamental quality, for Begonia's beautiful flowers, special foliage. I personal think that it's a real challenge to grow and then enjoy Begonia.
It may be difficult to choose what Begonia species to grow: flowering Begonia or foliage Begonia. We can find Begonia in park flower rounds, on terraces and potted indoor. From among the three types of Begonias (Tuberous Begonia, Semperflorens Begonia, Perennials Begonia), the most common and popular is Semperflorens. Begonia's flowers are white, red, pink, orange, yellow or multicolor. So it's your decision how to incorporate Begonia into your house in accordance with your color preferences and indoor atmosphere.
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Posted by admin | Posted in Christmas Time | Posted on 17-01-2010
Washington has several official
Christmas trees, which are often misidentified by the media. A guide to which tree is which.
Important things in Washington often come in threes. There are political institutions: Congress, White House, and Supreme Court. There are sports teams: baseball Nationals, basketball Wizards, and hockey Capitals. (The football Redskins are so bad this year Decoder is counting them out.)
And there are
Christmas trees. Three nice ones, which every year jostle their branches and flick their globes at each other in a competition to be Washington's most glamorous.
Most Americans may vaguely think there is something called the National Christmas Tree, cut down somewhere snowy every year by a guy with a dog and a sled and trucked to the White House, where it is presented to the first lady, who invites the guy and his dog in for cookies and punch.
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Posted by admin | Posted in Christmas Time | Posted on 17-01-2010
Officials who planned the Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, determined that Christmas is, almost by definition, a religious holiday. And
Christmas trees, which Denmark grows and exports by the millions, are religious symbols.
So they ruled that fir trees in the vicinity of the summit meetings must go undecorated.
The Danes are by no means alone in this viewpoint. An entire Florida county and several U.S. schools have banned decorated trees from public spaces. The architect of the United States Capitol instructed children in Arizona who were making ornaments for this year's Christmas tree in the nation's capitol, that none could have a religious theme. That office later relented, and the tree now includes one that wishes happy birthday to the child who Christians believe was the son of God.
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Posted by admin | Posted in News about Flowers | Posted on 03-12-2009
Air pollution is killing the
smell of flowers, possibly eliminating the "scent trail" that helps guide those terribly important pollinators, like bees, to the plants that depend upon them for survival, scientists believe.
The discovery could be one of several factors in the "colony collapse disorder" that is wiping out honey bees around the world.
While it is still too soon to determine the full impact of air pollution on the symbiotic relationship between insects and the
flowers they pollinate, researchers at the University of Virginia are confident they have shown that pollutants are killing the scent trail, and that could turn out to be extremely significant.
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Serenata's online store has seen a remarkable increase in first Christmas orders this time, which might be taken as a sign that customers look a bit more optimistic than last year.
Peter Ahl, Managing Director of award-winning merchant Serenata Flowers, says: "Orders for our Christmas Flowers by Post are expected to improve by 30% this year signifying that people have more disposable income than this time last year. Our reading of these signs is that it may reflect a turnaround of the UK economy out of recession."
Peter added: "We see evidence of a strong Christmas across the board and there is a lot of pre-planning, which seems to show that the recession has had a constructive effect on people's spending habits. Customers seem to be budgeting and organizing their expenses with care rather than panic-buying presents at the very last minute."
Over half a million bouquets of Christmas flowers are expected to be sold in the UK this year and online trade sees a continuing strong growth. Serenata's statistics show that more than half of Christmas blossom deliveries will be organized via the internet.
Its Christmas flowers UK delivery service is also common with international shoppers who want to send floral gifts to friends and relatives in Britain. More British ex-pats than ever are shopping from online florists, Serenata speculates that it could be an indication of tighter travel budgets.
Peter said: "With the online development of sending flowers it has become one of the finest ways to show friends and family how much you love them, even if you can't be with them.
"You certainly cannot go wrong with bouquets and the beauty of buying them from an online florist is that it is fast and simple and you can shop wherever you are in the world."
London-based Serenata is a private online florist delivery retailer, sending flowers across the capital and the rest of the UK six days a week. The online florist also has two sister sites specializing in online wine and chocolate delivery - SerenataWines.com and SerenataChocolates.com
Source: www.transworldnews.com
Posted by admin | Posted in My home garden | Posted on 16-07-2009
Orange is brought into fashion again this year. You must never forget about the white flowers when have to mix the colors. The white color must exist in every flowers garden. So try even for a little segment of your garden to create a
lovely happy combination of fresh
orange flowers and pure
white flowers. This chromatic couple invests your resting place with lively air because of orange flowers during the day and the white stands out in the night, gently shining the sunset.
Orange flowers are also able to attenuate the distances and bring closer the insidious places of the flowers garden. The orange can be used in 30 – 40 percents mixed with white, it becomes overwhelming and obsessive when it's too much. Different orange tones send away the monotony: apricot orange, yellow-orange, red-orange. But if we speak about white flowers, you'll put how many you want to. Let free your imagination, allow the blue-violet spots to get the gold. Plant some of these here and there and we guarantee the effect.
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Posted by admin | Posted in Image Gallery | Posted on 27-04-2009
A rose is a perennial
flower shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over
100 species and comes in a variety of colors. The species form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. It is a common error to refer to
roses having thorns. But thorns are modified leaves, whereas these sharp protrusions on a rose are modified epidermal tissues (prickles). Most are native to Asia, with smaller numbers of species native to Europe, North America, and northwest Africa. Natives, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and fragrance.
Enjoy this
image gallery with all kind of
roses.
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Kalanchoe/Bryophyllum is one of the genera under the leave succulent family
Crassulaceae. The other genera, such as Echeveria, Crassula, Pachphytum and Aeonium, from the same family are far more popular. Their diversity of compact and symmetrical forms (compact rosettes or 4-angled column) make them very very attractive to succulent collectors. While
Kalanchoes/Bryophyllum may not have such geometrical neatness in their form, they win many of the hearts of succulent lovers by their wide range of leaves shape and colour. They are also more robustness. Kalanchoes/Bryophyllum can tolerate more neglect, more water, and of course one of the easiest to raise from stem or leave cuttings. Several species are so robust and propagate themselves so freely that they are considerated notorious weed in the tropics and subtropics. Several examples come to mind: Bryophyllum delagoensis (syn. K. tubiflora), B. daigremontianum (syn. K. daigremontiana), B. 'Houghton's hybrid' (a hybrid of B. delagoensis and B. daigremontianum created by A. D. Houghton in the 1930s), are all commonly named 'Mother of Thousands'1,2. Others such as Kalanchoe blossfeldiana and its many varieties are very common popular
indoor flowering houseplant.
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Posted by admin | Posted in Info Corner | Posted on 17-03-2009
Strategically located at
Dubai International Airport, the
Dubai Flower Centre is a new hub of growth for the floriculture industry in the 21st century. With the explosive growth in global trade of flowers and perishables, there is an increasing demand for innovative logistics and commercial solutions to enable the industry to reduce transit times, improve quality and grow profits.
The Dubai Flower Centre has been designed to meet these needs. With construction on this ultramodern facility already underway, the first phase of operations, capable of handling up to 150,000 tons of flowers and perishables, is scheduled to go live in Autumn of 2004.
The
Dubai Flower Centre is committed to delivering on this opportunity by providing:
Increased capacity and connections to and from major global trading points
Rapid consolidation and trans-shipment
The world’s best cool chain management
Resources and facilities to enable cost effective value-addition
Facilities and support to enable efficient commercial transactions
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Posted by admin | Posted in Info Corner | Posted on 17-03-2009
A new blog about cancer
Justin was diagnosed with AML Leukemia on 5-5-08
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Posted by admin | Posted in Info Corner | Posted on 28-01-2009
This is the month for pruning shrubs and roses, dividing perennials, sowing tender plants and mulching fruit trees. Follow our guide to keep your garden looking its best.
Order bedding plants
Order fuchsias, geraniums, marguerites and other young plug plants from mail-order suppliers. It's also a good time to order summer-flowering bulbs, such as dahlia, gladioli and eucomis.
Pruning roses
Remove any dead, diseased or damaged stems from
roses this month. On bush varieties, cut stems back to an outward-facing bud, shortening them by about a third or half. Watch our video clips of rose pruning to get more tips.
Pruning shrubs
Prune away one or perhaps two
flowering shoots from large mahonias each year, after flowering. This will encourage a succession of new replacement shoots to grow up from the base. Old, leggy shoots can be cut right down to ground level or you can stagger the length of stems to create a more interesting shape. The stems of dogwoods, willows, hardy fuchsias and ceratostigma should also be pruned back hard this month to encourage fresh, brightly coloured new growth. Cut down tall stems on Buddleia davidii to emerging shoots lower down the plant, shaping the shrub to control its size.
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Posted by admin | Posted in Fruits | Posted on 23-10-2008
Maybe the most important part in growing strawberries is to know and understand the differences in the three strawberry types: June Bearing Strawberries, Ever Bearing Strawberries, Day-neutral Strawberries. Then strawberries are easy to grow, because you “treat†strawberries how they deserve. You’ll enjoy more strawberries!
June Bearing Strawberries
June Bearing Strawberries are voluptuous fruits producing in the Spring. They are very popular strawberries also because of the abundant harvest. You’ll be sad because won’t get a crop the first year. This can be a disadvantage in growing June Bearing Strawberries. You can grow these voluptuous strawberries in either matted rows or hills.
Very known are matted row system and hill system to grow June Bearing Strawberries. It’s not difficult and you’ll learn how to do it all by yourself. Read the rest of this entry »
