My Flowers Live – WildFlower Information and Resources

Week 1:
Daffodils
Crocuses
Early Magnolias
Korean Azalea
Japanese-Andromeda
Forsythias
Cornelian-Cherries
Woodland Wildflowers
Epimediums
Flowering Cherries
Arisaemas
Week 2:
Daffodils
Crocuses
Early Magnolias
Korean Azalea
Japanese-Andromeda
forsythias
Early Azaleas
Oconee-Bells
Epimediums
Flowering Cherries
Arisaemas
Week 3:
Daffodils
Magnolias
Japanese-Andromeda
Forsythias
Japanese-Quince
Early Crabapples
Flowering Cherries
Azaleas
Woodland Wildflowers
Spring-Blooming Camellias
Flowering Cherries
Redbuds
Arisaemas
Week 4:
Magnolias
Crabapples
Azaleas
Early Rhododendrons
Daffodils
Japanese-Quince
Arisaemas
Woodland Wildflowers
Spring-Blooming Camellias
Flowering Cherries
Lilacs
Viburnums

March 29th, 2009 | Tags: April, Azalea, Azaleas, Bells, Camellias, Cherries, Daffodils, Epimediums, Japanese Andromeda, Japanese Quince, Lilacs, Magnolias, Week 1, Woodland Wildflowers | Category: April | Leave a comment

Marigolds are easy to grow, bloom reliably all summer and have few insect and disease problems. They have understandably been a favorite annual in this country for many years.
Height/Spread
Plant height varies with the cultivar. Marigolds cover a full range of sizes from about 6-inch dwarves to 3 foot-tall [...]

March 27th, 2009 | Tags: Aromatic Fragrance, Color Ranges, Container Plantings, Cultivars, Cut Flowers, Dry Weather, Dwarves, Flower Color, Flowerbeds, Foliage Color, Hard Frost, Leaf Mold, Marigolds, Orange Red, Organic Matter, Ornamental Features, Pine Bark, Spider Mites, Tall Plants, Yellows | Category: Flowers | Leave a comment

Violet Wood-sorrel
Oxalis violacea
Flowers–Pinkish purple, lavender, or pale magenta; less than 1 in. long; borne on slender stems in umbels or forking clusters, each containing from 3 to 12 flowers. Calyx of 5 obtuse sepals; 5 petals; 10 (5 longer, 5 shorter) stamens; 5 styles persistent above 5-celled ovary. Stem: From brownish, scaly bulb [...]

March 18th, 2009 | Tags: Botanists, Clover, Cross Fertilization, Leaflets, Midrib, Northern United, Ovary, Petals, Petioles, Preferred Habitat, Rocky Mountains, Sandy Woods, Scaly Bulb, Seedlings, Stamens, True Explanation, Upper Surfaces, Violet Flowers, Violet Wood Sorrel, Zenith | Category: Wood-Sorrel Family | Leave a comment

Contact: Dr. Leonard Perry, Extension Professor
University of Vermont
The flower that most often comes to mind, when we think of Easter, is the Easter lily. But there are others as well, all with rather interesting origins.
Did you know that the Easter lily’s true name is Bermuda lily? It is a pure white flower, [...]

March 17th, 2009 | Tags: Bermuda Lily, Bright Indirect Light, Decorative Foil, Easter Flowers, Easter Lilies, Easter Lily, English Holly, Extension Professor, Greek Mythology, Insect Pests, Leonard Perry, Passion Of Christ, Pussy Willows, Red Flowers, Tomb Of Jesus, University Of Vermont, Unopened Buds, White Flower, Wild Tulips, Yellow Pollen | Category: Seasonal flower information | Leave a comment

Liver-leaf; Hepatica; Liverwort; Round-lobed, or Kidney Liver-leaf; Noble Liverwort; Squirrel Cup

Hepatica triloba (H. Hepatica)
Flowers–Blue, lavender, purple, pinkish, or white; occasionally, not always, fragrant; 6 to 12 petal-like, colored sepals (not petals, as they appear to be), oval or oblong; numerous stamens, all bearing anthers; pistils numerous; 3 small, sessile leaves, forming an involucre directly [...]

March 15th, 2009 | Tags: Anthers, Green Leaves, John Burroughs, Leathery Evergreen, Light Soil, Loiterer, New Leaves, Northern Florida, Pistils, Preferred Habitat, Reddish Purple, Sepals, Sessile, Skunk Cabbage, Solitary Flower, Stamens, True Flowers, Unexpected Beauty, William Hamilton, Winter Sunshine | Category: Crowfoot Family | Leave a comment