Another member of the Scrophulariaceae family is the Digitalis genus, a genus holding together some 20 species, most of them biennial and perennial herbs. After recent research, the botanist have decided to drop the classification of the Digitalis genus as a member of the Scrophulariaceae and to include this genus in the Plantaginaceae family, a …
Cornus Kousa, also known as Kousa Dogwood, Japanese Dogwood or Chinese Dogwood, is a small tree belonging to the Dogwood family. The Japanese Dogwood is not a very pretentious tree and, for example, even though it needs a well-drained soil, it can also adapt to a dry one or, even though it prefers full sun, …
Silverbell, a specie belonging to the Styracaceae genus, is a small tree usually used as an ornamental one, because of the maximum height of 15 meters that the tree can reach. Silverbell, also known as snowdrop-tree or opossum-wood, is useful as an ornamental plant but also as a source of benzoin resin. This substance, extracted …
The correct name of the plant is Zantedeschia, and the cases in which is spelled as cala lily are just errors made by inexperienced people. The plant was named after Giovanni Zantedeschi, a well-known botanist and was given by Kurt Srengel. Other species belonging to the genus are: Zantedeschia albomaculata, Zantedeschia alliottiana, Zantedeschia jucunda, Zantedeschia …
Reminding us of the biblical reference to the ladder to heaven, Jacob’s Ladder is a beautiful flower representing the Polemoniaceae family, a family specific to the northern hemisphere. The Jacob’s ladder genus, or more scientifically referred to as the Polemonium caeruleum genus, comprises of approximately 25 species of flowering plants, which mostly occur in the …