"Flowers are the
sweetest things that
God ever made and forgot to put a soul into. ......"
Henry
Ward Beckford (1759-1844) - American lecturer.
Annual
Flowers - Annual
plants are those plants that have a life cycle that lasts only one
year. It starts out as a seedling, blooms spreads it's seed and the
cycle continues. In fact many plants categorized as annual plants
actually reseed themselves.
Some familiar types of annual flowers and plants are the African
Daisy, the African Holly, the Bermuda Buttercup and the Evening
Primrose.
Perennial
Flowers - Perennial
plants and flowers are those that return every season. They grow to
maturity and then stay that size. Even though the name perennial means
ongoing, in fact these plants usually have lives of no longer than four
or five years. Some
more familiar types of perennial flowers and plants are the
African Lilly, the Barberton Daisy, the Begonia, Chrysanthemums,
Orchid, Lily and many more.
Bulb
Flowers - Specifically
divided into it's own unique category by My Guide to Flowers, bulb
flowers have some wonderful unique properties. Two specific bulbs
we discuss here at My Guide to Flowers are the Acidanthera and the
Darwin Hybrid Tulip.
House
Plants - A
Great category for those looking for ideas or basic information
about plants just perfect for the house and indoors. Whether it's
the office or the family den, these plants and flowers can accent
their surrounding just perfectly.
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A wonderful accent to summer
beds,
the Basket Flower or otherwise known as Centaurea Americana, was
originially found in the bread basket and southwest areas of the
United States. Specifially, Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana, Texas,
Arizona and Mexico. The Basket flower normally blooms the
following year after the seeds are sown. Tips on sowing seeds is
that seed should be sown as soon as the soil can be tilled in
the spring. Fall sown seeds produce beautiful flowers. 
