Amaryllis
Availability: Late spring/early summer
Colour: Velvety reds, oranges
Desc :Amaryllis-Also known as hippeastrum.Amaryllis can be grown indoors and are great for cut flowers amaryllis are the easiest to bring to bloom. Large blossoms that open fully at about 5 inches each with multiple blooms per stem.

Anemones
Availability: Mid
Colour: Rainbow colors
Desc :Anemone-Also known as windflower. Anemones are small blossoming flowers available in a rainbow of colors. The paper-like blooms open quickly. Average life is 6-12 days. Do not use with daffodils or narcissus because the stems will become limp..

Angelica
Availability: August and September.
Colour: Plum-purple
Desc :Uses: Angelica is largely used in the grocery trade, as well as for medicine, and is a popular flavouring for confectionery and liqueurs.

Anthemis
Availability: Summer
Colour: Purest white to rich yellow
Desc : Botanical Name: Anthemis, Common Name(s) Marguerite Daisy. Anthemis great for a 'spring' lookand also used for for all kinds of decorating. Mainly aviable in Tropical and Temperate Regions of India, Western Regions of Persia, China and Mongolia

Anthuriums
Availability: Winter
Colour: Red, Pinks, and Varigated colors
Desc :Anthuriums, meaning "tail flower" in Greek. Anthurium-A heart shaped waxy looking exotic flower.Very long lasting tropical flower with a vase life of 2-3 weeks.Avoid placing anthuriums in temperatures below 55 degrees F

Asters
Availability: Summer
Colour: Yellow and Purple
Desc :The uniqueness of the aster flower family is that what first seems to be a single large flower is actually a combination of many smaller flowers.
Uses: Aster flowers were used to make medicines that cure upset stomachs.

Auricula Primula
Availability: Early Spring
Colour: Yellows
Desc :Primula auricula is an evergreen perennial with spoon-shaped to rounded, sometimes white-mealy, light green to gray-green leaves, to 5 inches long. Primula auricula an Alpine plant. It loves a cool See also SOIL and shady situation. It require low maintenance

Azaleas
Availability: Spring
Colour: Pink
Desc : Azalea plants are beautiful evergreen shrubs. They belong to the family Ericaceae. Also called "the royalty of the garden",Azalea plants are found in almost every area except Africa and South America.

Babiana
Availability: Sept - Nov
Colour: Blue, Purple, White,Red
Desc : The Babiana flower adds a useful colour to the Spring flower range. The flower resembles a freesia but the leaves are strongly pleated and hairy. long lasting flowersand very easy to grow. It is excellent for naturalizing and loves full sun. It is good for cut flowers. Grows in USDA Zones 8 - 11. Plant 4 - 5 inches deep and 2 inches apart.

Baby Tears
Availability: All year round
Colour: White or Purplish
Desc : The stems are creeping, slender, and typically six to eight inches long. Baby's-tears leaves are small, light-green and nearly round. Baby's-tears flowers are difficult to find. Baby's-tears can grow in deep shade or in bright sun and along slow moving streams and rivers and in shallow pools.

Baby's Breath
Availability: Summer
Colour: White, Pink, or Purple-blushed
Desc : Baby's Breath is a well-known flower . Botanical Name: Gypsophila paniculata.This is a wonderful flowering perennial for the summer garden and for use in the flower vase. Baby's Breath is a herbaceous perennial of the Caryophyllaceae family.USE :As a filler in florists' bouquets , Summer bedding, borders, containers, hanging baskets, cut flowers

Beard-Tongue
Availability: May and June
Colour: Purple
Desc : Beard-Tongue belong to the Family: Figwort (Scrophulariaceae). This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds. Height is 2-4 feet and used for Edible/Medicinal/Poisonous.This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:Bartow, Florida,Salt Lake City, Utah.

Bee Balm
Availability: July - August
Colour: Pale-green
Desc : Its square, grooved and hard stems rise about 3 feet high. The leaves occur in opposite pairs, are rough on both surfaces, are distinctly toothed, and lance-shaped. Fine dense hairs cover much of the stem and leaves. Roots are short, slender, creeping rhizomes. The flowers make an attractive edible garnish in salads.

Begonia
Availability: All summer until frost.
Colour: Pure white
Desc : Flowers of the wax begonia can be single or double and are borne in small clusters. They are usually 3 to 5" across in size. begonia flowers are good to eat. Sort of lemony sour, but good, especially if you put them in a fruit salad or eat each petal with a little spoonful of fruit yogurt.

Bird of Paradise
Availability: Late Summer/Early Fall
Colour: Red, Bright Yellow
Desc : The Bird of Paradise flower is a spectacular blossom. Long stemmed flowers emerge from green boat-shaped bracts which are bordered in red or purple. A Flower So Exotic, So Beautiful... 'This Named After Paradise Itself!!The plant itself can reach up to 5 feet in height with a 2-3 foot spread.

Bleeding Heart
Availability: May-August
Colour: Red, Pink, White
Desc : Bleeding Heart, Dutchman's Trousers . Bleeding hearts are such beautiful flowers — they have the perfect balance of delecate, accenting flowers with rich, texturous foliage. The Bleeding Heart is fine for the border or margins of shrubbery. There is a variety with white outer petals and an exerted red flower like inner petal.

Blue Bonnets
Availability: Early Spring
Colour: Blue
Desc : Scientifically named Lupinus texensis, the bluebonnet is also called buffalo clover, wolf flower, and (by the Mexicans) el conejo . Named for its color.

Bluebells
Availability: April to June
Colour: Blue
Desc : Special features: Sometimes called 'Wild Hyacinths', bluebells are normally found growing in wooded areas . The bluebell wood in flower seems to be a very British spectacle. Nowhere else in the world do they grow in such abundance . its Latin name is Hyacinthoides non-scripta and Grows to a height of around 40cms.

Bougainvillea
Availability: March to May
Colour: Red, orange, yellow, pink, white, purple, scarlet, lavender
Desc : Scientific Name : Bougainvillea Glabra. Tiny white flowers usually appear in clusters surrounded by colorful papery bracts, hence the name paper flower. Single and double flower forms are available. The woody trunk tends to be twisted and the thin stem have sharp thorns and dark green leaves. Bougainvilleas can be easily grown as a hedge, an arch or a tree on the ground and in pots. Bougainvilleas available in a variety of species, is ideal for bonsai.

Bromeliad
Availability: Summer
Colour: Green, Red, Pink, Silver or Variegated
Desc : A family of plants from Central and South America that are often of rosette formation. Leaves are often spikey and stiff, with colours ranging from green, red, pink, silver or variegated. A large percentage of this family are epiphytes, air plants that attach themselves to the branches of other plants rather then soil.

Broom
Availability: Mid-May
Colour: Bright Yellow
Desc : Common names : English broom, Scotch broom, broom .Botanical name : Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link Family Fabaceae. Broom is an upright evergreen shrub up to 4 m, but more commonly 1 to 2 m high. It reproduces by seed which germinates mainly in spring and autumn. Young plants usually do not flower until their third year. Plants live for up to 27 years, although 10-15 years is more usual. After about 20 years they collapse and grow prostrate for the remainder of their life.

Buttercups
Availability: Spring
Colour: Bright Yellow
Desc : Latin name: Ranunculaceae.Although we normally associate the name buttercups with the golden yellow meadow flowers shown above, there are many more plants belonging to the buttercup family. The scientific name for this family of plants is 'ranunculaceae' and they all produce what are known as 'primitive' flowers

Camellia
Availability: November to March
Colour: White to pink to red and include variegations
Desc : Camellias are large, attractive, broad-leaved, evergreen shrubs that are highly prized for their flowers, which bloom from winter to spring. There are more than 2,300 named cultivars registered with the American Camellia Society.Camellias need a well drained soil rich in organic matter. Regular watering is required. Water deeply once a week in summer at the coast, twice a week inland

Camomile
Availability: Jun-Sept
Colour: White ,Yellow
Desc : Camomile, with its bobbing daisy flowers, has always been well known for its medical qualities and, above all, for its extraordinary calming and anti-inflammatory properties. This is mainly due to the presence of camazulene which gives a characteristic blue colour to its essential oil.This amazing plant, used externally, is suitable for sensitive, inflamed and blemished skin. It is especially recommended for young children and people with thin and weak skin as it moisturise their delicate skin.

Campanula
Availability: Summer
Colour: Blue, White, Lavender
Desc : Campanula Seeds from Swallowtail Garden Seeds. Most species of Campanula perform best in areas with cool nights, but C. glomerata, Clustered bellflower will grow in the southeast in moist soils and partial shade.

Carrot
Availability: June
Colour: White flower
Desc : carrot flowers are white, 5 petaled, and occur in clusters called umbels at the terminal end of stems The carrot is a root vegetable, usually orange or white in color with a woody texture. The edible part of a carrot is a taproot. Carrots can be eaten raw, whole, chopped or shaved into salads for color, and are also often chopped and cooked in soups and stews

Carnations & Pinks
Availability: Full Year
Colour: White flower
Desc : Carnations traditionally show an expression of love and devotion, and are a favorite with European gardeners because of their rich fragrance and timeless, long lasting beauty. carnations are a splendid choice for any occassion.

Cereus
Availability: Summer
Colour: White
Desc : One of the strangest plants of the desert, the Night-bloomiing Cereus is a member of the Cactus Family that resembles nothing more than a dead bush most of the year. It is rarely seen in the wild because of its inconspicuousness. But for one midsummer's night each year, its exqusitely scented flower opens as night falls, then closes forever with the first rays of the morning sun.The fragrant, 4.5 inch (11.4 cm) wide flowers are nocturnal and open for only one night.

Chrysanthemums
Availability: Late Summer
Colour: Pink
Desc : Flower Common Name: Korean Chrysanthemums .Flower Latin Name: Dendranthema koreanum . grow between 1½ to 3 feet tall depending on cultivar, growing conditions and whether they are pinched regularly during the growing season

Cleome hasslerana
Availability: Summer and Fall
Colour: White,Pink, Lavender
Desc : Flower self sows quite easily, so once you have planted it, you will have it for a few years or more. It is not commonly sold at garden stores because it is tall and does not flower easily in the spring. It will not come back in your garden if you use pre-emergent herbicides.

Clematis
Availability: Summer
Colour: sky blue
Desc : Clematis, genus Clematis, is any of several deciduous climbing or bush plants that belong to the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. They are widely distributed throughout temperate zones. Many species, varieties, and hybrids exist with varying habits and flowering forms.

Columbine
Availability: Summer
Colour: Red and Yellow
Desc : It is called Columbine, some say, because the flowers appear like the cap of a court jester. This is the common species native to the Eastern states. The flowers are red and yellow, and the spurs are medium short. Rocky Mountain Columbine (A. caerulea) is a most beautiful sort which in its wild form has white petals and usually white sepals and long blue spurs.

Cornflowers
Availability: Summer
Colour: Blue
Desc : Actually a beautiful weed. Flowers long-lasting and good for cutting. Keeps bees supplied with honey even in driest weather. For continuous flowers, repeat sowings at regular intervals until mid-Spring. Water in dry weather. Medicinal

Cosmos
Availability: Autumn
Colour: Pink
Desc : Lovely 4" single daisy-like flowers with a yellow center and a spectrum of variegated white, pink and magenta petals - which have a light airy, even ethereal look. Feathery delicate leaves. Ideal for cutting. Easily grown either in boxes for early blooming or directly in the open when the soil is warm. 80 seeds.

Crocus
Availability: Autumn
Colour: Yellow
Desc : Crocus flowers - a group of purple crocus flowers with orange pistils growing ... a spectrum of colors from yellow to orange to brown, with tiny white dots. Many species and varieties commonly called crocus. Uses: Rock Garden, Indoors, Fragrance, Container, Border, Edging, Naturalizer

Crown Imperial
Availability: Mid Spring
Colour: Orange
Desc : Botanical Name: Fritillaria imperialis Aurora.Common Name: Crown imperial . The special scent not only chases away the deer, but also rodents

Cyclamen
Availability: Winter
Colour: White, Pink, Violet to Red
Desc : Cyclamen is a colorful florist plant traditionally sold during the winter. These are intra-specific hybrids of Cyclamen persicum, just one of 19 species in the genus Cyclamen. These plants in the family Primulaceae are native to alpine woodlands in parts of Europe, western Asia and North Africa near the Mediterranean.