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Scientific name - Lychnis coronaria Synonyms - Agrostemma coronaria, Champion rosea white. Popular names - the king's beard, rainbow, wedding flower, rose campion, mullein pink, Dusty Miller. Distribution and Habitat - originating from southern and eastern Europe. Description - herbaceous biennial. Stem erect, silvery-pubescent, simple or branched, 30-80 cm high. Basal leaves are petiolate, oblong-lanceolata, spatulate, 5-10 cm x 10-25 mm, margins entire, top acute, the caulinare are Sesi, oblong-ovata, Hirsute, 5.12 cm long. Blossom panic terminal peduncle 10 cm long, calyx tube oblong-campanulata, 10-12 mm long, lobes obovata, twisted, 15 x 10 mm, 5 petals bright red. Bracts like the leaves, 10-20 mm. Blooms in June-August. Fruit capsule. Seminte reniforme or subcircular, flattened or slightly-convex, 1-1.2 x 0.9-1 mm. 2n = 24 Tolerances - shadows in the morning. Minimum temperatures incurred ͦ -15 C. Requirements - to adapt to any well-drained soil, with exhibitions sunny. Management - after blooming, the plants can be clipped to ground level. Propagation - by seed or autumn from February to April. Diseases and pests - inflorescences can be attacked by aphids. Natural partners and Garden - Delphinium elatum, Byzantine Stachys, Verbascum olympicum. Cultivars and varieties - 'Alba' with white flowers. 'Atrosanguinea' with dark red flowers. Properties and Uses -- Myth, Legend and Folklore - Lychnis is dedicated to St John. References Julie Ryan - Perennial Gardensfor Texas - University of Texas Press, 1998 LL Hillegass - Flower Gardening in the Hot Midwest - University of Illinois Press, 2000 Tomasz Anisko - When Perennials Bloom - Timber Press, 2008 Vit Bojnasky, Agata Fargasova - Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central and East-European Flora - Springer, 2007
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Cyclamen persicum
Cyclamen persicum is a tuberous perennial species, originated in Persia. Cordiforme leaves, 2-14 cm long, dark green, mottled with silver, long petiole. Flowers axillary, solitary, 5 petals ciclamen reflected color, red, white, purple, floral stem of 5-15 cm tall, blooming from late winter to early spring. Fruit capsule. Scrophularia nodosa
Scrophularia nodosa - perennial species, grows in wet forests, rape and besides water, from 0-1800 m altitude. Papaver aurantiacum
Papaver aurantiacum - perennial species, grows on limestone debris and rocky places in alpine and subalpine region. Gentiana Crusader
Gentiana crucial - originated in southern, central and eastern Europe, it grows on sunny pastures on limestone soils, from 200 to 2000 m altitude. Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum - herbaceous annual, terofita. The product obtained is known cigarettes. Magnoliopsida
Rosa 'American Pillar'
Rambler, 4-6 x 3 m. The simple flowers grouped in bouquets of flowers or solitary, 5-20, 5-6 cm diameter, red-fuchsia, deep red with a white spot in center, yellow anthers are visible. Leaves dark green, shiny, becoming purple before falling. Bloom once a year in June-July. Silene bitlisensis O. Tugay & Ertugrul
Genus Silene contains about 700 species originating in the Mediterranean Sea basin, Silene is the largest genus of Caryophyllaceae in Turkey. Silene bitlisensi - herbaceous perennial species, floral stem is 20-45 cm high, 1.5 mm diameter, glabra, glauca, branched from the base. Digitalis grandiflora
Digitalis grandiflora - Perennial species, pubescent; natural range is Eurosiberian, increases in forest edge, and boschetelor, from plain to 1600 m altitude. Delosperma cooperi
Delosperma cooperi originated southern Africa. Prostrata or erect stem, grows up to 13 cm high and 60 inches wide. Leaves opposite, succulent, cylindrical or 3 angles, without stipule. Flowers solitary or Cime, terminal or axillary, 8 cm diameter, open purple, calyx with 5 lobes unequal, inferior ovary with 5 rooms. Aglaia odorata
Aglaia odorata is a tree native to Southeast Asia and grown as an ornamental tree throughout the Pacific Rim. In the Philippines, a decoction of roots is used as a drink to reduce fever. |
 
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