Posts tagged: Flowers

Flowers of Sweet Pepperbush

Flowers of Sweet Pepperbush

Flowers of Sweet Pepperbush

Sweet Pepperbush is a fast growing deciduous shrub and grows well in partial shade area and full sun area if there is enough moisture. As the name indicating, Sweet Pepperbush blooms spicy sweet fragrant white cluster flowers in summer and attracts bees and butterflies well. Sweet Pepperbush grows to 2.4m (8 feet) height and width. Sweet Pepperbush is native to USA.

Red Flowers of Bee Balm

Red Flowers of Bee Balm

Red Flowers of Bee Balm

Bee Balm is a perennial well known herbal plant among Native American. Bee Balm grows 90cm (3 feet) height in relatively dry area and prefers full sun or partial shade area. Bee Balm is easy to grow plant and often used as herbal tea by dry up the whole plant except its root. Bee Balm bloom pink or red color flowers in summer. Bee Balm is native to North America.

Flowers of Blazing Star

Flowers of Blazing Star

Flowers of Blazing Star

Blazing Star is a wild flower native to USA. This flower grows well in full sun relatively dry area. Blazing Star blooms pinkish purple flowers, which look like thistle flowers, along the stalk as you can see on the picture. You can enjoy this flower through summer to autumn.

White Flowers of Phlox Polemoniaceae

White Flowers of Phlox Polemoniaceae

White Flowers of Phlox Polemoniaceae

Phlox Polemoniaceae is a perennial or annual herb or semi-shrub and blooms five petals flowers in summer season.

Flowers of Bumald Spirea

Bumald Spirea Flowers

Flowers of Bumald Spirea

Bumald Spirea is a deciduous shrub and has cluster flowers in summer season. Color of flowers vary from white to pink depend on the cultivars. Bumald Spirea reaches 1.2m (4 feet) height and 1.5m (5 feet) width. This shrub likes to grow in Full sun area and relatively well tolerates for drought.

Flowers of Thread Leaf Tickseed and a Bee

Flowers of Thread Leaf Tickseed and a Bee

Flowers of Thread Leaf Tickseed and a Bee

Thread Leaf Tickseed is easy to grow flower just need enough sun light and regular garden soil and you can get beautiful dense flowers in June and July.

Thread Leaf Tickseed is a perennial plant and reaches 60cm (2 feet) height. The bright yellow flowers of Thread Leaf Tickseed attract bees, butterflies and birds well as you can see on this picture.

Flowers of Escallonia

White Flowers of Escallonia

Flowers of Escallonia

Escallonia is a fast growing evergreen shrub and reaches 2.4m (8 feet) height and width in a few years. Escallonia blooms in early summer to midsummer (white or pink color flowers depend on cultivars) and attract bees, butterflies and birds well. Escallonia is a low maintenance landscaping plant and used for several purpose such as a hedge plant or rock garden shrub.

Sorry for the bad quality photo.

White Flowers of Oleander

White Flowers of Oleander

White Flowers of Oleander

This photo is white color version of Oleander. You can see pink color flowers of Oleander here. Oleander is also known as desert shrub and so it is very easy to grow it with almost no care and you can enjoy it’s lovely beautiful flowers in summer season.

Flowers of Sawtooth Hydrangea

Flowers of Sawtooth Hydrangea

Flowers of Sawtooth Hydrangea

Sawtooth Hydrangea is a close specie of popular Bigleaf Hydrangea and little bit smaller size than the Bigleaf Hydrangea. Sawtooth Hydrangea grows 1.2m (4 feet) height and width and has colorful flowers in late spring through summer. Sawtooth Hydrangea is native to Japan and Korea.

Flowers of Oleander

Flowers of Oleander

Flowers of Oleander

Oleander is an evergreen shrub and grow rapidly 6m (20 feet) height and width even though usually pruned in the height 3m (10 feet). Oleander is easy to grow plant and so often used as road plant. As you can see on this picture, the flowers of Oleander are very showy and several colors cultivars are developed and used as landscape shrub. Oleander is also known as poisonous plant. Oleander is native to South Asia.