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.