Archive for May, 2010

Banksia robur

      Banksia robur is a plant able to reach a height of 2.5 meters and sometimes even more. As expected, the leaves are also impressively large and the flower consists of an astonashing spike that has as color, a mixture between red and brown, and pink if referring to the bud. From a certain point of view, the flowers also have a human aspect and that is the color of the flower that before fading, changes to grey.

Lithops

      Lithops is an ideal garden plant. Even though the growing process demands favorable conditions and the plant grows relatively slow, by combining the different existing species of Lithops, your garden will most definitely have an original, diversified look given by the varied palette of colors available in the case of leaves.

Cosmos

      Cosmos, a genus that gathers around 20-26 species, is a perfect garden flower as it brigs a plus of color and the power of joggling with them, as the colors may differ from a specie to another.The genus includes Cosmos atrosanguineus, Cosmos bipinnatus, Cosmos caudatus and Cosmos sulphureus, some of them extremely popular between ornamental plants.