When you were a child, did you sit in the yard with your friends or siblings and stick dandelions under your chin? If your chin glowed yellow, it meant you liked someone. Or… that you really liked butter. Well, across much of the world, this is a practice largely done with buttercup flowers.
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15 Popular Types of Dogwood Trees & How to Grow Them
Dogwoods are highly popular deciduous trees due to their showing colors. Paired with their average height of 20 feet, dogwoods are an impressive feature in any garden. That is to say, they are not like common flowering trees. During their first year, their stems are often purple or green. Older branches are a mix of gray and reddish bark. Their showy flowers, usually white or pink, aren’t actually flowers. They’re actually bracts – modified leaves that surround much smaller flowers.
Snapdragon Flowers: 18 Types (Plus Their Meaning & Care)
The snapdragon flower is in gardens everywhere, admired for its colorful and cheery blooms. Throughout spring and fall, they grow profusely. Their tall stalks light up gardens in vibrant color until the intense heat of summer or frigid winter. We love snapdragons for their variety of colors and stem climbing blooms, but that is not all that draws us to them. Below, we share everything from their meaning to growing tips.
10 Corpse Flower Facts (& the Answer to Why it is so Stinky!)
Something is stirring in the air: a rotten smell. It’s the pungent scent of death. But this odor isn’t coming from roadkill. It comes from the most unlikely source – a flower. The corpse flower, to be exact. It’s one of the most unique and unusual flowers in the world, yet it’s probably the last thing you want in your garden.
Anemone Flowers – Meanings, Types & Growing Tips
The anemone flower is the darling of the garden. Vivid, wild flowers blowing in the wind and scenting the air. You just can’t get enough of them. Luckily, there are more than 200 varieties of anemone flowers. They can grow as small as rock garden miniatures or as tall and sturdy as a hedge. Their blooms can be simple, like a daisy or peony, or oversized and frilly like a mum. Some varieties are perennials and can survive the harsh heat of the Mediterranean. Others thrive in cool temperatures.