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  Having trouble picking your flowers from the thousands of varieties available Rose   Long considered a symbol of beauty and love, the rose figures in many myths and fairy tales. Romantic writers and poets have used the flower as a metaphor for emotion, beauty, passion, and true love throughout the ages. An all-star in the world of weddings, the rose is far from boring, particularly when it comes to color -- the rose is available in solid colors and bicolor varieties, and there are striped and tipped roses as well.  Tulip Although it's most often associated with the Netherlands, this flower is actually a native of Persia. Representing "consuming love" and "happy years," the tulip can be a meaningful wedding choice. The flowers are grown in a wide range of colors, including white and cream; pastels like pink, yellow, and peach; and vibrant hues like magenta, red, and purple. Available during much of the year, the most common tulips are very affordable, tho...

Shooting Star Flower The common shooting star plant is native to North American valleys and mountains. The plant may be found growing wild in low elevation areas in spring or in summer where consistent moisture is available. Growing shooting star wildflowers in the native home garden is easy and produces masses of the attractive blooms having yellow or lavender collars. Common shooting star blooms in mid-spring from May to June. The plant forms rosettes of long narrow leaves and singular slender stems. The flowers hang in umbels from the stems and are white to bright pink. The petals grow backward and up, away from the reproductive organs of the plant. These dangle down from the center and maybe a pale yellow, pink or even soft purple color. Flower color combinations are blue-purple, yellow-orange or pink-red. The common shooting star is a member of the Primrose family and is a natural part of the prairie garden. These wildflowers are found in wetlands to semi-arid prair...

Drosera Peltata Drosera Peltata is commonly called as shield sundew or pale sundew, Paamgaa, Jhingejaalo, Kitas, and Maakhaa Maarne Jhaar. Drosera Peltata is climbing or scrambling perennial tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus Drosera. Among the tuberous sundews, Drosera Peltata has the largest distribution, which includes eastern, and Western Australia, New Zealand, India, and most of Southeast Asia. Drosera peltata is a perennial tuberous herb. Its underground tuber is generally found 4 – 6 cm under the soil surface and its aerial parts range from 5 – 50 cm in height, with wide differentiation into several forms. The subspecies Drosera Peltata subspecies Auriculata is often the most robust reaching up to 50 cm in height, whereas the form known informally as D. foliosa tends to be the shortest, often only 5–10 cm. Drosera Peltata generally has an evident roset...

Rare Species-Ceropegia Mahabalei Ceropegia Mahabalei  Hemadri & Ansari is an accepted name of the plant species. The species botanical name is Ceropegia Mahabelei and the common name is Ralegoan Ceropegia, but a local name of plant species is Gauti Kharpudi (in Marathi). The plant species are in the genus Ceropegia from Apocynaceae family and Asclepiadaceae subfamily (milkweed family). This species is discovering by Indian Forester in 2012.  The species are a herbaceous plant known from three locations of The Western Ghats of India as Pune, Satara and Thane District of Maharashtra.  It is found on open hills among grasses at high altitude of 975 meters. This communication records a new location of this species from Nasik District which is the northeasternmost record for this species.  The small existing population in this new location is threatened by cattle grazing, and trampling by tourists.  Ceropegia Mahabalei is an upright growing perennia...

Seamum Mulayanum A survey of seamum mulayanum in 15 localities near Kolhapur,  Maharashtra , revealed complete resistance to  phyllody  and wilt. Further screening under artificial conditions revealed resistance to phyllody and  powdery mildew , but moderate susceptibility to wilt, while the cultivated species S. indicum was completely susceptible to powdery mildew. S. prostratum was resistant to all three diseases. Morphologically, S. mulayanum    is very similar to S.  indicum , except for flower, seed, and capsule dehiscence characteristics. Its seeds contain 28.3% oil.   breeding ,  disease resistance ,  diseases ,  evaluation ,  fatty oil plants ,  genetic resources ,  morphology ,  oil plants ,  oils ,  pathogens ,  phyllody ,  plant genetic resources ,  plant morphology ,  plant pathogenic fungi ,  plant pathogens...

Aquilegia Canadensis Aquilegia Canadensis  is native to Missouri, Quebec to Manitoba south to Texas and Florida. Specific epithet means of Canada or also of north-eastern America. Aquilegia Canadensis  is spring wildflower found in rocky woods, slopes, ledges, cliffs. The flowers are like dropping the bell. The color of the flower is red, pink, green, and yellow. The soft pastel color brings light to the semi-shade garden and combines beautifully with other early and mid-spring plant.  The plant grows easily in full sun to part shade. Keep soils uniformly moist after bloom to prevent the foliage from dying back. If foliage deteriorates, cut plants to the ground. Fresh new foliage will emerge and look good all season. Collect dried seed pods and sow them where you want more plants or simply let the plants self-sow. It is a flowering growing to 2.5-3 feet tall with thinly hairy stems branched. The leaves of the plant each leaf has three groups of three...

Blue False Indigo- Baptisia Australis Blue False Indigo is a member of the Pea family. Baptisia Australis is standout because of its striking blue flowers. There are newer hybrids of Baptisia with Yellow and Purple flowers.  The flowering plant is native to Central and Eastern America as well as in the Midwest. The flowers are native to American beauty. Botanical name of a plant  is Baptisia Australis and commonly known as Blue False Indigo or Blue Wild Indigo. The Flowers are blue-purple pea-like colored. The blossoms start as plump, tight bunds. Leaves are divided into three leaflets. Leaves have a blue-green coloring and turn silvery grey in fall. A height of the plant is 3-4 feet from woody stem and spread around 3-4 feet. This plant is found in late spring season through early summer. Blue false indigo is an upright and shrubby form perennial easily grown in average dry to medium well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Over time, plants develop slowl...

Grass-Leaved Bladderwort The rare species are found at Kaas Plateau, Satara in the western Ghat of India. Grass-Leaved Bladderwort is a common name of the species and a botanical name of these species are Utricularia Purpurascens, Utricularia Uliginoides, Utricularia Parviflora.  Grass-Leaved Bladderwort is a medium to large-sized, probably annual carnivorous species that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. Utricularia grows as a terrestrial or sub aquatic plant in marshy grasslands or wet soils over rocks at lower altitudes up to 750 m (2,461 ft). It is also a common weed found in rice fields. Grass-Leaved Bladderwort is an insectivorous aquatic herb. A height of the species is 5-15 cm tall. The root fibers have small bladders. Linear oblong grass like leaves coming out straight from the roots and 6-10mm long. Flowers appear on erect filaments like scapes 5-15 tall. Scapes are 2-6 flowered. Slender sta...

Cyanotic Tuberosa This plant is known as Cynotis tuberosa and local name of the plant is Abhali. Cyanotic tuberosa is found only in Kaas plateau, region district SATARA in MAHARASHTRA INDIA. Cyanotic tuberose is blossomed ones a year and only for 20 to 30 days in just before winter season in the Western Ghats(India). Rosette perennial, erect to ascending herb. Root tuberous, 3-8 cm. Reproductive shoots arise from the base of the rosette. Stem green hirsute Stem green, hirsute; internodes 2 - 9.5 cm. Rosette leaves distichous, green; sheath 1.4- 5.5. cm, hirsute, mouth ciliate, lamina linear-lanceolate, 20  -  39 x 2.5 – 3 cm, margin ciliate, upper surface glabrous lower surface hirsute, apex acute.  Cauline leaves distichous, green; sheath 0.7 – 2.5 cm, hirsute, mouth ciliate, lamina linear-lanceolate, 3 – 13 x 1.5 – 2 cm, margins ciliate, upper surface glabrous, lower surface hirsute, apex acute. Cymes terminal or axillary, peduncles 0.5 – 3 cm, hir...