Flowerpedia

  • Flowerpedia: Hesperis matronalis -Dame’s rocket

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    Sweet rocket, a herbaceous plant from Europe gained its name from its intensive scent that floods the garden in the evening. The fragrance similar to lilac scent is the reason why it has been cultivated all over the world. Although this plant is a biannual, short-lived perennial, its ability to spread by roots and self-seeding caused…

  • Cleome – spider flower

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    Cleome is a beautiful flower from the family of Cleomaceae(order Brassicales).Although it was believed this plant belongs to the caper family, with a closer look into DNA structure scientists discovered that this plant belongs to the Brassicales order and was given its own small family tree.This annual flower is becoming more and more popular plant…

  • Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)

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    Hollyhock- a biannual plant from the family of Malvaceaes is a Eurasia native flower that has been a part of our grandmothers’ gardens for many years.This plant is native to the Mediterranean type of climate, but it has adapted really well to all sorts of climates and can grow in very hard conditions (zones 2-10) providing…

  • Barlow columbine

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    Two years ago I bought Barlow columbine seeds, “Black Barlow” and “Rose Barlow” to be exact. Now after 2 years they are finally blooming. European columbine(Aquilegia Vulgaris) can be found as a native plant in many gardens in Croatia. That was not the case in my garden. My garden was built on previous forest ground…

  • Flowerpedia: Cosmos fizzy

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    This spring I bought Cosmos fizzy mix. A mix of regular cosmoses and “fizzy variety”. Cosmos is a Mexican native plant that belongs to the family of Asteraceae. Over the centuries it spread all over the world. This plant was in our granny’s cottage garden many years ago.Cosmos is an annual half-hardy plant that in…