Thursday 8 October 2020

Zinnia flower

ZINNIA FLOWER

 Zinnia is a genus of plants of the sunflower tribe within the daisy family. They are native to scrub and dry grassland in an area stretching from the Southwestern United States to South America, with a centre of diversity in Mexico. Members of the genus are notable for their solitary long-stemmed flowers that come in a variety of bright colors.








Wisteria flower

 Wisteria flowers

Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, that includes ten species of woody climbing bines that are native to China, Korea, Japan, and the Eastern United States. Some species are popular ornamental plants.













Wild Blue Yonder Rose flower

 Wild Blue Yonder Rose flowers

Rosa 'Wild Blue Yonder', (aka WEKisosblip), is a grandiflora rose cultivar, bred by Tom Carruth in 2004, and introduced into the United States by Weeks Rose Growers in 2006. The rose was named an All-America Rose Selections winner in 2006.








Water Lily flower

 Water Lily flowers

Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly called water lilies. They live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs in temperate and tropical climates around the world.








Water Hyacinth flower

 Water Hyacinth flowers

Pontederia crassipes, commonly known as common water hyacinth, is an aquatic plant native to the Amazon basin, and is often a highly problematic invasive species outside its native range. It is the sole species of Pontederia subg. Oshunae.








Verbena flower

 Verbena flowers

Verbena is a genus in the family Verbenaceae. It contains about 250 species of annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-woody flowering plants. The majority of the species are native to the Americas and Asia. Verbena officinalis, the common vervain or common verbena, is the type species and native to Europe.









Tulip flower

 Tulip flowers

The classic Dutch tulip is where the world's love affair with tulips begins. Tall, statuesque and bred for the highly symmetrical, oval shaped flowers in a wide range of colors that includes all but a truly blue shade, tulips have become the very emblem of spring.







Torch Lily (Timothy) Flower

 Torch Lily (Timothy) Flowers

Herbaceous species and hybrids have narrow, grass-like leaves 10–100 cm (4–39 in) long, while evergreen species have broader, strap-shaped foliage up to 1.5 m (5 ft) long. All plants produce spikes of upright, brightly coloured flowers well above the foliage, in shades of red, orange and yellow, often bicoloured.[4] The flowers produce copious nectar while blooming and are attractive to bees and sunbirds. In the New World they may attract nectarivores such as hummingbirds and New World orioles.








Zinnia flower

ZINNIA FLOWER  Zinnia is a genus of plants of the sunflower tribe within the daisy family. They are native to scrub and dry grassland in an ...