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Daffodils
Availability: All-Season .
Colour:Any Color, Blue or Purple, Pink
or Red, Yellow or Orange
Desc : Like wild tulips which are more the size of crocus, most
of the wild daffodils are tiny too. They’re generally
small wildflowers that have been hybridized by the Dutch into
the big tall beauties we know today.
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Dahlia
Availability: Each season
Colour: YELLOW
Desc: The dahlia is a flower of many forms, the master of flower
disguise. In order to help identify the many varieties that
have existed, attempts have been made to identify characteristics
that would allow the flowers to be categorised. This process
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Daisy
& Dianathus
Availability: May
Colour: Pink
Desc : Dianthus Seeds from Swallowtail Garden Seeds. Flowers,
annual flowers, vegetables, biennials and perennials, herbs,
flowering vines, and starting your seeds
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Dandelions
Availability: April or early May
Colour: Yellow
Desc :The Dandelion though not occurring in the Southern Hemisphere,
is at home in all parts of the north temperate zone, in pastures,
meadows and on waste ground, and is so plentiful that farmers
everywhere find it a troublesome weed, for though its flowers
are more conspicuous in the earlier months of the summer, it
may be found in bloom, and consequently also prolifically dispersing
its seeds, almost throughout the year.
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Delphiniums
Availability: June
Colour: Blue
Desc :Delphiniums are easy plants to grow. They seem to do equally
well in full sun or part sun and shade, as long as the planting
spot provides good air circulation.
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Echinacea
Availability: July to September
Colour: Orange
Desc :LATIN NAME : Echinacea augustifolia Echinacea (Coneflower)
is not only a beautiful flower, prized by gardeners, but it
is also a potent medicine. USE: Cut flowers
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Eucryphia
Availability: Late-summer
Colour: Brown or Mostly Green
Desc :Eucryphia is a small genus of trees or large shrubs of
the Antarctic flora, native to the south temperate regions of
South America and coastal eastern Australia. They are mostly
evergreen though one species (E. glutinosa) is usually deciduous.
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Euphorbia
Availability: Spring
Colour: Light Green
Desc :Common Name: Candelilla . Candelilla is a distinctive
reedlike succulent. Euphorbia Millii are lucky ornamental plants
for Thais.
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Flax
Availability: Spring
Colour: Blue
Desc :Botanical Name: Phormium 'Radiance'. Common Name(s): Radiance
Flax .A widely cultivated plant, Linum usitatissimum, having
pale blue flowers, seeds that yield linseed oil, and slender
stems from which a textile fiber is obtained.
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Foxglove
Availability: Spring
Colour: Yellow,
Pink, Purple, Blue, Red
Desc :Plant Type for Foxglove Flowers: Foxglove plants are classified
as biennial: leaves form a rosette close to the ground the first
year, succeeded by a spike with blooms the second, and final
year.
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Frangipani
Availability: January through May
Colour: Yellow
Desc :Frangipani was the name of an Italian perfume used to
scent gloves in the 16th century and named after its creator,
the Marquis Frangipani. When the frangipani flower was discovered
its natural perfume reminded people of the scented gloves, and
so the flower was called frangipani. The genus name, Plumeria,
commemorates Charles Plumier, a seventeenth century French botanist.
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Freesia
Availability: Spring
Colour: Blue or Purple
Desc :Freesia is a genus of about 19 species of South African
bulbous plants in the iris family, Iridaceae. They are usually
grown for cut flowers. The flowers are very fragrant, typically
white or yellow, and are borne in spikelike racemes
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Fuchsia
Availability: Spring
Colour: Red
Desc :Fuchsias, genus Fuchsia, are small shrubs or trees belonging
to the evening-primrose family, Onagraceae. They are native
to New Zealand, Tahiti, and regions in Central and South America.
The sizes of various species range from 46 cm (18 in) to more
than 600 cm (20 ft) in height.
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Gardenia
Availability: Summer
Colour: Pink
White
Desc :The genus Gardenia comprises several species of flowering
shrubs or small trees that belong to the madder family, Rubiaceae.
Their flowers are sweet-scented. Gardenias are native to subtropical
regions of the Eastern Hemisphere, where they grow outdoors,
but they are also grown extensively indoors in greenhouses.
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Geraniums
Availability: Early Spring
Colour: White,
Purple
Desc :Geranium is the generic name of the cranesbills, or true
geraniums, and is also commonly applied to the showy garden
and greenhouse plants of the genus Pelargonium. Both genera
are members of the geranium family, Geraniaceae.
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Ginger
Availability: Spring
Colour: Red
Desc :The ginger family (Zingiberaceae) is made up of a large
group of tropical herbs. Most gingers are native to the fields
and rain forests of Indo-Malaysia. The family, ever changing,
consists of about 45 genra and around 700 species.
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Gladiolus
Availability: Late June
Colour: Blue or Purple, Pink or Red
Desc :Good soil; good drainage; space planting in two week intervals
from early spring to late June to have longer season of cut
flowers.
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Goldenrod
Availability: Summer or Autumn
Colour: Yellowish
Desc :Goldenrod is a genus, Solidago, in the sunflower family,
Compositae, of about 130 species of mostly North American hardy,
perennial herbs that bloom in late summer or autumn. It is related
to the aster and typically has a slender, unbranched stem with
short-stalked or stalkless leaves and small
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Heather
Availability: Late June
Colour: Pink
Desc :Heather, Calluna vulgaris, is an evergreen, branching
SHRUB belonging to the HEATH family, Ericaceae. It is also called
ling or Scotch heather. Found throughout Western Europe and
in parts of northeastern North America and Siberia, heather
is one of the primary plant species grown on the poor, acid,
sandy soils typical of heaths.
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HELIOTROPE
Availability: November to May
Colour: Blue,
purple, white
Desc :Heliotrope, genus Heliotropium, is any plant of 250 species
in the family Boraginaceae, order Polemoniales. They are found
in temperate and tropical regions. The garden heliotrope, H.
arborescens, a shrubby tropical perennial that grows to 2 m
(6 ft) in height, produces vanilla-scented, purple flowers resembling
forget-me-nots.
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Hibiscus
Availability: November
Colour: Blue,
Desc :The genus Hibiscus comprises about 300 species of plants
in the MALLOW family, Malvaceae, and is found in tropical and
subtropical regions. Chinese hibiscus, H. rosa sinensis, is
a large tropical shrub cultivated for its beautiful flowers.
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Hollyhocks
Availability: July to early September
Colour: Red, Pink, Purple, Yellow, or
White
Desc :Hollyhock, Alcea rosea, or Althaea rosea, is any of several
hardy annual, biennial, or perennial herbaceous plants belonging
to the family Malvaceae. It is native to China. Hollyhocks are
widely cultivated for their showy red, pink, purple, yellow,
or white flowers, measuring 7.5 cm (3 in) or more. They bloom
from July to early September, bearing flowering spikes as much
as 2.7 m (9 ft) long.
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Honeysuckle
Availability: Spring
Colour:Pink or White
Desc :Honeysuckle is a large genus, Lonicera, of more than 150
species of evergreen or deciduous shrubs or vines in the honeysuckle
family, Caprifoliaceae, that are widespread in the Northern
Hemisphere. Species of honeysuckle are valued for their tubular
and often fragrant flowers. Shrub forms are used frequently
in landscape plantings, but honeysuckle can become a problem
because of its rampant growth.
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HYACINTH
Availability: Spring
Colour: Blue, Pink, or White
Desc :Hyacinth is the common name for approximately 30 perennial
flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthus (order Liliales, family
Liliaceae) of the Mediterranean region and Africa. The common
garden hyacinth, H. orientalis, originated in Anatolia and was
brought to Europe in the 16th century.
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Hydrangea
Availability: June
Colour: White, Pink, or Blue
Desc : The genus Hydrangea comprises several species of flowering
deciduous shrubs that belong to the Saxifragaceae family. They
are native to Asia and to North and South America. Hydrangeas
are valued for their large, showy flowers, which may be white,
pink, or blue.
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Iris
Jack
Availability: June
Colour: Blue
Desc : A large group of popular outdoor ornamentals are commonly
known as iris, flag, or Fleur-de-Lis. Because of their multicolored
flowers, the genus was named after IRIS, the personification
of the rainbow in Greek mythology. This genus comprises about
200 species found in the northern temperate zone, the majority
being native to Asia.
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IVY
Availability: May-June
Colour: Red, Yellow,
Desc : Trailing plants that belong to the genus Hedera, family
Araliaceae, are usually known as ivies. The English ivy, H.
helix, native to Eurasia, is an evergreen vine with handsome,
glossy leaves. It is a hardy, dependable climber that clings
to walls or the ground by means of aerial roots.
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Jasmine
Availability: April-September
Colour: Orange
Desc : Jasmine is the common name given to a large number of
plants, many of them unrelated. The poet's, or common, jasmine,
Jasminum officinale, of the olive family, is a tropical and
subtropical plant that probably originated in the Middle East
and is now cultivated principally in France, Morocco, and Italy.
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Jimson
Weed
Availability: Spring
Colour: White to Pale Purple
Desc : Scientific Name: Datura wrightii (Datura meteloides).
Common Name: Sacred Thorn-apple, Jimsonweed. The flowers are
up to 6 inches (15 cm) across and open late in the day and then
close the following morning. The seed capsules are spiny. The
leaves are oval to heart-shaped.
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Jonquils
Availability: Spring to Mid Spring
Colour: Yellow
Desc : The name Narcissus is derived from that of the narcissistic
youth of Greek mythology called Narkissos. Though "Narcissi"
is given in dictionaries as the plural of "Narcissus",
The American Daffodil Society prefers the use of "narcissus"
for both singular and plural. |
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Larkspur
Availability: Annuals
Colour: Pink
Desc : Good for masses of color; Bunny Bloom Larkspur; re-seeding
annual in blue, pink or white. Can be direct seeded or transplanted. |
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Laurel
Availability: June
Colour: Yellowish-Green
Desc : This is the tiny, lovely flower of Umbellularia californica
Known by a variety of names throughout its range. In California, it's
"California bay laurel" or just "bay laurel |
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Lavender
Availability: September
Colour: Blue or White
Desc : Lavender is the name given to 28 species of the genus Lavandula,
a member of the MINT family. Grown for its fragrant flowers, it is
used in perfumes, toilet preparations, and medicines. Lavender is
native to the Mediterranean region and is cultivated commercially
primarily in southern France and Italy. |
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LEADWORT
Availability: Mid summer
Colour: Blue, Reddish, or White
Desc : Leadwort is a genus, Plumbago, of mostly tropical perennial
herbs, sometimes shrubby or climbing, in the plumbago family, Plumbaginaceae.
They produce spikelike clusters of slender-tubed flowers that are
blue, reddish, or white. |
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Lilies
Availability: June through September
Colour: Peach, Pink, and Yellow
Desc : The lily family, Liliaceae, is a member of the subclass Monocotyledonae
(with one seed leaf), in the class Angiospermae (flowering plants).
It is one of the largest families of flowering plants, containing
more than 200 genera and about 3,000 species. |
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Lily of the
Valley Tigerlily Waterlily
Availability: August
Colour: Peach, Pink, and Yellow
Desc : Lily of the valley is the common name for a perennial flowering
plant, Convallaria majalis, in the lily family, Liliaceae. It is native
to Eurasia and eastern North America and is grown worldwide in gardens
in warm and temperate zones. |
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LOOSESTRIFE
Availability: July
Colour: Red Purple
Desc :Loosestrifes are typically moisture-loving, sometimes slender
plants of several different genera. The name supposedly traces back
to King Lysimachus of Thrace, in southeastern Europe, who is said
to have stopped a maddened bull by waving a loosestrife plant in its
face. |
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Lotus
Availability: Summer
Colour: Blue
Desc : Lotuses are five species of water lilies, three in the genus
Nymphaea and two in Nelumbo; both genera are members of the water-lily
family, Nymphaeaceae. Lotus is also the name of a genus in the pea
family, Leguminosae, which contains such plants as the bird's-foot
trefoil, Lotus corniculatus.
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Lupine
Availability: May and June
Colour: Blue,Yellow, White
Desc : Lupine is the common name for about 200 species of annual and
perennial flowering herbs, members of the genus Lupinus of the pea
family, Leguminoseae. They are characterized by deeply cut leaves
with lancelike leaflets radiating from the tip of the leaf stalk.
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Magnolias
Availability: Spring
Colour: Yellow
Desc : Magnolia blossoms grow at the end of a tree's branches. They
possess 3 sepals and 6-12 petals. You may have problems finding this
species' sepals, however, because they look like the petals. |
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MULLEIN
Availability: June to August
Colour: Yellow
Desc : Mulleins are mostly biennial plants of the genus Verbascum
in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae. Native to Europe and Asia,
they are now common weeds in North America. Mulleins may grow to 1.8
m (6 ft) high and have woolly or downy foliage and tall spikes of
usually yellow flowers.
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MOCK ORANGE
Availability: Late Spring
Colour: Orange
Desc : Mock oranges are shrubs of the genus Philadelphus in the saxifrage
family, Saxifragaceae. Most of the 65 species are erect shrubs with
curving or drooping branches and white flowers, which resemble orange
blossoms. |
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Masterwort
Availability: May through to July
Colour: Reddish-purple
Desc : Deep, crimson blooms resemble pincushion flowers. Tolerates
semi-shaded conditions, effective under open trees. Blooms spring
and summer, grows 2 ft. tall. Bareroot.
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