Pansy or Viola Tricolor Hortensis

The garden pansy is a type of large-flowered hybrid plant cultivated as a garden flower. It is derived by hybridization from more than a few species in the section Melanium of the genus Viola, chiefly Viola tricolor, a wildflower of Europe and western Asia known as heartsease. For simplicity, the older name Viola tricolor var. hortensis is often used. Pansies are perennials but are short lived in many areas and so are often grown as hardy annuals or biennials. Hybrids come in just about in every color imaginable, many bicolored or tricolored, with the familiar faces that most people remember from their childhoods. Most plants are about 8 inches tall. They are used in window boxes and planters as well as in gardens. Like most gardeners, I find the spring pansy show a welcome sight, but boy, can they sulk in hot weather! Fortunately most of them revive when it gets cool at the summer’s end, and there are all those little faces again. In mild climates they will bloom all winter.

Now if you want to grow Pansy then it can be sown indoors 10 to 12 weeks before the last average frost, but be sure to sow them shallowly, keeping the seed tray dark, moist and cool. Transplant them into the garden in the spring in fertile, humusy, moist soil you should move them early enough so that they can established good root systems before the weather gets too warm. Moreover a more reliable method is to sow seeds in summer of fall for bloom the following spring. In cold climates this is best done in a cold frame, though some gardeners have good results by mulching the seedlings heavily. Left to their own devices, a few pansies will often overwinter or self sow, even in cold areas. Moreover frequent picking or deadheading will give you more compact plants and profuse bloom.

The Sweetly Scented Lily of the Valley (Convallaria Majalis)

Lily of the valley, every so often written lily-of-the-valley, actually its scientific name is “Convallaria majalis” is a pleasantly scented, highly toxic woodland flowering plant that is native throughout the cold temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia, and Europe. It is perhaps the only species in the genus Convallaria. It was previously placed in its own family Convallariaceae, and, like a lot of lilioid monocots, before that in the lily family Liliaceae.

Well, most people recognize the little white, bell like flowers of this plant. Even the fragrance is unmistakable. The flowers are indeed beautiful and naturalized in the right setting, lily of the valley is a useful ground cover, but it can be a disappointment if it is in the wrong place. The leaves two emerge to embrace each flower stalk are not evergreen but start to turn brown in late summer and cannot be walked on at all.

The roots are quite invasive interfering with the growth of everything else it all its own. The plants produce orange berries after the flowers, but the berries are not profuse. The variety Rosea is pink. Plants are hardy and if you want to grow Lily of valley then it does better in part or full shade than it does in sun and will tolerate even dense shade. It likes a fertile, moist soil. Plants can be divided easily for propagation. If your bed is flowering poorly, divide and replant or donate the excess to your favorite charity. Lily of the valley is a good plant for a Mother’s Day fundraiser. 

Amazing World of Flowers

Pollinators are attracting by myriad kind of plants and flowers for thousands of years. Their amazing adaptations have resulted in a countless of dissimilar and rare sizes, shapes, colors, patterns, and smells. Some even accidentally look like non-floral subjects, including a diverse range of animals, objects, and human figures. Thus, in the similar way, nature has found shapes in clouds or faces in architecture, and series of flora photographs proves that the natural world is a gallery of never ending attraction.

Moreover, nature lovers can find everything from happy aliens to monkey faces to plump red lips and white doves. In fact the botanical gifts that surround and mimic the world around us. So, in deed this world is extremely beautiful with full of botanical gifts. Human beings should take care of their nature in order to save the attractions for their future generation.