Spring Flowers

Chestnut Oak

      Quercus prinus or Chestnut Oak is a species of oak native to the eastern United States. Chestnut Oak does not impress by its size that can usually reach a maximum number of 22 meters. Occasionally, in great growing conditions and if receiving all the needed attention, the tree can reach a height of 40 to 43 meters, but these cases are very rare.

Contra Costa Goldfields

      Contra Costa Goldfields, a plant belonging to the Aster family and scientifically known as Lasthenia conjugens, is an endangered species of flowers native to California that have as main growing environment, the Californian vernal pools.

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.

Plectranthus verticillatus

      Plectranthus verticillatus is not a very big fan of low temperatures. Therefore, in order to avoid frost, protect the stem by surrounding it with dry leaves and if you want to move them outside, do it after the temperatures start to reach 15 Celsius degrees.

Salvia reflexa

      Salvia reflexa has, not only a beautiful smell, but also beautiful pale mauve flowers, 12 mm long that are usually grouped in pairs. If trying to describe the flower, you can say it looks like two lips, the lower lip being longer than the upper one.

Hawthorn – Crateagus

      The Hawthorn has become a very popular plant due to its amazing qualities as substituting for hedges and ornamental plants. Gardeners have recurred to planting this genus especially to give the idea of abundance in their gardens, or to use it as bordering plant in residential area, national parks or other special venues.

Glory of the Snow

      The Glory of the Snow originates from the Mediterranean part of Turkey, even if its name implies it’s originating from alpine regions or parts of the world characterized by low temperatures and harsh environments. The flower develops well in places with partial shade or in hardiness zones, being quite unpretentious to certain soils or weather conditions.

Nymphaea

      Belonging to the family Nimphaeceae, a family gathering more than 50 species of aquatic plants, Nymphaea borrowed its name from the Greek “Νύμφη”, a word that means “nymph”. Related to mithology, the word perfectly underlines the sublime fragility expressed by these aquatic plants. Nymphea is also known as Water Lily.

Khalanchoe thyrsiflora

      Khalanchoe thyrsiflora has small, tubular flowers of a green color that creates a perfect combination with the other color, yellow. The blooming period begins in February and ends in June, but the flowers can sometimes last even longer than that.
Khalanchoe thyrsiflora is compound of a stalk that can reach a height of one meter and ..

Kalanchoe

       Kalanchoe enjoys lonelyness so try not to plant any decorative plants in the same pot. Another important detail is light as the plant needs big quantities of light in order to maintain its health. By light do not understand powerful sun, beacause the sunbeams can be a very dangerous enemy of Kalachoe ..