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Talinum paniculatum is a succulent subshrub in the family Talinaceae that is native to much of North and South America, and the Caribbean countries. [1] It is commonly known as fameflower, [1] Jewels-of-Opar [1] (a name borrowed from the title of the novel Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs [2]), or pink baby's-breath.
In horticulture, most make hardy ornamental plants, suitable for flower-beds or borders. Autumn is the best time for sowing the seed, but it may also be sown early in the spring. Autumn is the best time for sowing the seed, but it may also be sown early in the spring.
Eschscholzia californica, the California poppy, golden poppy, California sunlight or cup of gold, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to the United States and Mexico. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant flowering in summer (spring in southern Australia), with showy flowers in brilliant shades of red, orange ...
Tagetes minuta, native to southern South America, is a tall, upright marigold plant with small flowers used as a culinary herb in Peru, Ecuador, and parts of Chile and Bolivia, where it is called by the Incan term huacatay. The paste is used to make the popular potato dish called ocopa.
One of the most prominent characteristics of B. versicolor is the presence of giant drooping flowers which hang upside down, which is where it gets its common name of Angel's Trumpet. The flowers are the largest of all Brugmansia at 300–510 mm (12–20 in) in length. They open first white, but then may age to turn peach, pink, apricot or ...
Chrysogonum virginianum, the golden-knee, [2] green and gold, [3] or goldenstar, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the eastern United States from New York State and Rhode Island south to Louisiana and the Florida Panhandle. [4] [5] The species is sometimes grown as a perennial ornamental because of ...
Floral color change occurs in H. mutabilis when flowers are white in the morning, turning pink during noon and red in the evening of the same day. Under laboratory conditions, the color change of the petals was slower than that of flowers under outdoor conditions. [ 6 ]
The aromatic gray-green leathery leaves are small (.5 in (1.3 cm)) and tightly packed. The short 2 in (5.1 cm) inflorescence is tightly packed with whorls of 1 in (2.5 cm) flowers that range in color from pale blue to light lavender. As the calyces age they expand and turn pink, complementing the color of the flowers. [1]