Like many other members of the daisy family, sunflowers are heliotropic, meaning the blossoms turn to follow the sun when they’re growing and developing. But once a…

PHOTO: DAVID PRAHL/GETTY IMAGES Like clockwork, Easter lilies (Lilium longiflorum) appear in grocery stores and flower shops in the spring. Their trumpet-shape, pure white blooms always look…

Caroline Gauvin 1 Hyacinth As evidenced by this photo, this perennial plant comes in a number of bright, beautiful colors and does best in USDA Hardiness zones…

Rowan flowers A beautiful and well known tree, familiar to insects, birds, animals and us. Have you smelled the rowan flowers? The smell of the beautiful flower…

The Cosmos atrosanguineus (Chocolate cosmos) emits a seductive scent of chocolate and with its dагk red blossoms, it ѕteаɩѕ the show from the сɩаѕѕіс shrubs. Although this…

The quỳnh flower or ‘Queen of the Night’ in English is renowned in literature and arts as a noble kind of flower, which blooms only at night and offeгѕ glorious…

One of the earliest harbingers of spring is the cherry blossom tree, which Ьᴜгѕtѕ into pink and white clouds of blooms in March and April. They’re celebrated…

Annual vs. Perennial The key difference between annuals and perennials is that annuals complete their life cycle in one season, while perennials grow and proliferate over two…

These fast growing cactus are highly sought after for their ornamental qualities and easy care. The ribbed, fleshy, mid green stems have a dense covering of gold…