Ice plant flower

Pink ice plant flower

Yellow ice plant flower

Carpobrotus edulis  is called ice plant. It’s other name is highway ice plant, hottentot fig or pigface plant.

Scientific classification-  Kingdom- plantae , order is

caryophyllales, family is Aizoaceae , species is c. edulis and Binomial name is carpobrotus edulis.This has multicolor.It’s large species are  2.5 to 6 – inch- diameter (64 to 152 mm) and yellow or light pink color. It’s small species  are 1.5 to

Red ice plant flower

Purpel ice plant flower

2.5 inch- diameter ( 38 to 64 mm) and it’s color is magenta. It’s leaves are very slightly curved. These plants are succulent, perennial  daisy- like flowers. It is hardy cold and it’s flowers and leaves  are shimmer
that’s are covered with frost or ice crystals. It’s height is 3-6 inches long and 2- 4 feet wide. Ice plant flowers have 5-9 zones and  bloom in the summer season and fall season. It’s foliag is evergreen mostly. In winter season it’s foliage dieback.It has multicolor such as yellow, purple, pink and white color.It’s white color is realy exceptional nice.

Growth- These plants are grow more than 3 ft.  These are 165 ft in diameter. It’s fruit has hundreds of

Orange ice plant flower

White ice plant flower

seeds and it’s seed production is high. These like full sun but can tolerate light shade. They don’t tolerate wet soil and grow well in poor soils. In winter season wet soil kill the plants. This plant become invasive due to dry soil area. 

Propagation- These plants are propagated by seeds, cuttings or division. Spring season is best for division of these plants.   Cuttings
are done in summer, fall or spring season. When these are propagated by seeds , they need light to germinate.

Care of ice plant

Pink with yellow ice plant flower

Light pink ice plant  flower

These plants require little maintenance. They require very little watering. These are not require fertilizing 

Reseda(Mignonetee) Flower

Mignonent Flower

Mignonent Flower

Reseda (Mignonetee)  is a fragrant plant . It grows in southeast Asia, Canary Islands, Iberia and northwesi India. These are annuals, perennials and  biennials .  It’s length is 40-130 cm tall.It’s flowers are small (4-6mm diameter). It’s flowers are multicolor such as white, orange, green, yellow etc and has four to six petals.  It’s fruit is small, dry and has several seeds. It’s growing region is 2 to 10. Season- summer until first frost. Sow outside- sow every three weeks and before the last frost.  Space should be 6 to 16 inches.It’s temperature should be 70°F (21°C). It’s soil ph 6 to 7.5. It’s  seeds should sown at the spring season until the first half of summer. This  plant may 15 to 20 cm. It needs one to three weeks to germinate. It likes sun or part shade. It likes cool weather and moist. It’s soil is rich. It’s dried flowers are fragrant also. It needs 6 inch pots or larger.

Mignonentte Flower

Mignonent flower

Scientific classification

Kingdom- Plantae , ( Unranked)- Angiosperms,  (unranked)- Eudicots, ( unranked)- Rosids, order- brassicales,  family – Resedaceae,  Genus- Reseda.

Cultivation – It is propagated by seeds directly in to the soil.It’s flowers
are fragrant realy.  It has sweet scent. 

Uses

It is  uses for perfumes, potpourri. It may grown in pots, in window- boxes.  In Roman times it  was also used as a sedative and treatment of bruises. In perfumery it’s volatile oil is used.

Petunia Flower

Petunia flower

Petunia flower

It is a south American flower. It has 35 species.  It’s meaning “ tobacco”. It is the family of solanaceae. It’s sub family is petunioideae. It is pollinated by insect.  It’s flower rare red color. It is pollinated by

hummingbird.

Cultivation

It grows in hot climates. It is required five hours sunlight per day. It needs moist soil, low humidity. It is propagated by seeds. It also grows in late spring. Fertilizers may use for this plant one time per month. Different types of petunias are cultivated such as Graniflora, Wave, Multiflora, cascadia, surfinia etc.It’s flowers are wide trumpet shaped.It is sticky and annual flower plants.  It has great variety. It is single, double blooms. It has smooth petals, striped, veined or solid colors. It is hybrid. It has two oldest type such as grandiflora and multifloras. Grandifloras are larger and Multifloras are hold up.  In the rain Multifloras are better. It has different species name calibrachoa or  Million Bells.

Petunia flower

Petunia flower

It’s botanical name  Petunia X hybridra. It’s common name is petunia. It’s maximum varieties like full sun, in the heat of mid- summer, partial shade.It can handle partial sun. From seed these are very slow.  It

needs at least 10 to 12 weeks for planting.It’s seeds need light and so should not cover it. For germination these like warmer temperature.These don’t tolerant frost and like cool weather.For blooming monthly feeding is important. The soil should be well drained.  Should not  give too much water and caused few flowers.

Uses

Petunia

Petunia flower

These are excellent flowers for decoration and ornamental. These may kept in hanging  basket .

Very nice sweet flower

Mexican orange flower

Mexican orange flower

Mexican orange

These flowers are orange like smell. It’s height is 6 to 8 and grows in cooler climates or part shade. It’s scientific name is Choisya. It’s another name is Mexican orange or Mock orange. It grows in new Mexico, Texas, Arizona.

Description- This is 1-3n m tall. It’s leaves are leathery, opposite, glossy.  It is broad .5- 3.5 cm. It’s flowers are star shaped, and has 4-7 white petals, 8-15 stamens, green stigma. It’s fruit has two to six sectioned capsule.It’s growth rat is moderate. It’s foliag is green color. It

Mexican orange flower

Mexican orange flower

blooms in early summer. It is evergreen  and special feathers  are attracts by butterflies, birds, Deer resistant.  This is broad leaf evergreen shrub and covers vents, exposed footings, covering vents,  Variegated abella, Razzleberri Fringe flower etc. It’s flower color is white.

It has more exiting foliage shrubs such as , Velvet cloak smoke tree, Rainbow surprise mirror plant,

Uses- These  are popular ornamental plants.  It grows in mild winters and has aromatic smelling. It has another species such as The golden-leaved C ternate sundance, Aztec pearl, inter- specific hybrid . This produces abundant nectar.

Chemistry-It has quinoline alkaloids and produce from the leaves of Choisya ternata.It has antinocieptive activity  from crude plant extracts.

Pests and diseases

These may attack by root rot pythium, snails etc.

Four 0 clock flower

Four o clock flower

Four o clock flower

It’s scientific name is Mirabilis jalapa. It is a ornamental species . Mirabilis means wonderful . In 1540 Peruvian Andes exported it.

Description of flower

It is a curious flower. It has different color such as pink, white, yellow,violet and combination of sector, flakes and spots etc. It has a interesting color changing phenomenon.  When a yellow flower
matures, it can change to a dark pink color. White flower can change to light violet similarly. The flowers bloom at late afternoon. So it is named as “Four o clock”. This flower has strong , sweet – smelling fragrance whole night. And it is close at morning . These are pollinated by long- tongued moths of the Sphingidae family.The moths are attracted by fragrance.

Habitat and cultivation-

It grows in South America and warm temperate regions. It will die in frosts. In full sun it grows well.

Four o clock flower

Genetic studies

Four o clock flower

In examination, when red- flowers plants are crossed with white- flowered plants then produce pink- flower offspring. Those are equal strength and not completely dominates the other. The phenomenon is called incomplete
dominance.

Uses

The flowers are uses in food colouring , such as cakes and jellies and it’s name is crimson dye. It is use as herbal medicine that may use for purgative, diuretic and vulnerary purposes. To reduce  inflammation it’s leaves are used. To treat abscesses decortion of them are used. To treat wounds leafe juices are used.It’s seeds are uses for cosmetic and dye. It’s seeds

Purple four o clock flower

are poisonous.

Red four o clock flower

Sweet fragrant flower

Moon flower

Moon flower

Moon flower

It is a nice ideal- evening- garden plant. It is the large trumpet-shape flower. Until the sun rises it stays open. This is sweetly fragrant flower.

This flower has resistant to very heat. It’s seed is not so poisonous.

It’s type is  Annual, height is 1to 8 feet, width is 1-4 feet. It’s flower is white color. It is a summer bloom flower. It is good fragrance for container. It’s common species are Nightblooming cereus, Hlocereus , Datura  inoxia, Ipomoea alba, Mentzella  pumila. These are nocturnal  and late night strollers.  The white flowers are bloom when sunset and after evening time. It stays whole the night and close their fragrance when the sun rises.  It’s height  is 12-18 feet. They are perennial and have attractive leaves.

Propagation

It’s propagation by seeds.It is danger of frost so it sows after the frost season. Sow  seedswith ¼ inch soil. It grows within 3-4 weeks. Watering once.

Moon flower

Moon flower

This like full to partial sun. It can  grow with little care. It may be use fertilizer  though is not needed. This  may survive at the first  light frost. These are planted around the house. These can not survive in freeze or hard frost.

These grow in summer season. It’s disease problems can be reduce with the use of chemical insecticides or fungicides.

Magnolia

The Magnolia flower is white color. Some of pink color. This bloom in spring season. It’s subfamily is magnolioideae and family is Magnoliaceae. French botanist Pierre Magnol  was named it.  It is an ancient genus.   By beetles the flowers are pollination. This grows in eas and south Asia, Central America, North America, The west Indies and in South America.

Origin of the name Magnolia

Magnolia

Magnolia

From the island of Martinique in his Genera described a flowering tree in 1703 by Charies plumier.  It’s localy name is “talauma”. Later Pierre Magnol named it Magnolia. It was named Magnolia plumeri and  now it is named  Magnolia dodecapetala. It is divided into three subgenera, 12 sections and 13 subsections.It has more color such as red, pink, purple , yellow, white etc. Some of these are evergreen. It has 200 species.There are many types of Magnolia  are available such as Saucer Magnolia, Southern Magnolia, Chamaca Magnolia

It is deciduous and evergreen trees. It grows in full sun or partial sun.  It should  regular watering. It’s soil

Yellow Magnolia

Pink Magnolia

should rich, well drained and slightly acidic.

Best fragrance flowers

Orange flower 

Orange flower water

orange flower water

Orange flower water perfumes

Orange flower water

 It is the most traditional flower of the world for brides and it has more fragrance.  It is the clear and It is the versatiles and Special scents are produce from it’s oils. It has orange color and it is named by Italian princess name “Niroli”or orange flower oil. The fashion of using the oil began by her for scented gloves. From the leaves and twigs oil of petit grain is obtained by distillation process. These are grown in the spain, France, North Africa and Italy.It  is used in Europe for flavor of Madeleines.  Scones and marshmallows are made by orange blossom in the united states. In Middle eastern and North Africa it is used as cooking. It was mixed with sweet syrup for flavor in Arab. It symbolize purity that is white, delicate and small. In the Midddle east it is added to mask for high mineral content and unpleasant flavors, uses for fragrance test of the water. These are uses  in Europe, North America, Canada , the united states and Middle East. It is called anthonero in Greece and Cyprus. It is called lima zahar in Malta.  It’s Arabic meaning is orange blossom water and called lima zahar in Morocco. It is also used as medicine in Middle east countries.

Ylang-ylang

Ylang-ylang 

Ylang-ylang

This is fine fragrance flowers.  It’s scientific name is Cananga odorata.  This grows in South-East Asia. It’s another name is perfume tree or Macassar oil plant. From the Philippines it is originated. By aromatherapy  the essential oils are collected from the flowers.These are evergreen climbing plants.

This is the fast growing tree and it’s family is Annonaceae. It ‘s height  5 m to(15) to 12 m(40).  In full or partial sun it grows well.  The acidic soil is preferable for this tree. It’s leaves are oval, smooth, pointed and wavy mergins and it’s leaves are 13 to 20 cm long. It’s flowers are long-stalked, dropping, greenish-yellow petals, and looks like sea star. It has highly fragrant oil. Under conservatory  conditions this cultivated. For the birds this has black fruit.

ylang-ylang flower necklace

This oil has chemical constituents such as Linalool, Germacrene, Caryophyliene, Geranylacetate, Methyl benzoate, P-cresyl methyl ether, Sesquiterpenes. It’s fragrance is rich . It’s oil is uses  for different purpose such as medicine for high blood pressure, for skin problem. This blends and mixed with fruit, floral and wood scents.This is mostly use for ice cream flavoring.It was also used as a necklace  and it was maked  with the flowers of the sampaguita.