Flowers and Plants

The herbaceous annual or perennial laminae spotted (Lamium) belongs to the family Lamiaceae. The wild-growing spotted beetle is found in the Eastern European territory, and it grows along the river coasts. Its appearance resembles a simple weed of low height. However, the breeders have worked and showed the world different cultivated decorative varieties of the lamb, which have different colors, stem length and type of leaves. The bush remains green [...]

The attitude to mountain ash in Russia reflects the affectionate name given to it - mountain ash, as well as a huge number of folklore and art works dedicated to this tree. Our ancestors found it very widespread. For example, the wood of a tree was quite common as a building material used by carpenters, carriage craftsmen, and was also in demand in artistic and decorative craft. Sometimes, carvers on [...]

Gardeners can boast of a wide variety of ornamental plants that they enjoy growing in their backyards. Among them there are both perennial and annual plants. Some of them are distinguished by the beauty of flowers, some by the unusual shape of the leaves. Some of them bloom earlier, some differ in late flowering. Among this diversity, forest plants are also distinguished, which are not inferior to [...]

Lelia is a representative of the genus of the same name, belonging to one of the largest and oldest plant families - orchids. The plant is named after the ancient Greek female name Lelia. That was the name of one of the sisters of Zeus, the priestess of the goddess Vesta, who guards the sacred fire of the family hearth. It is believed that the flower is named after her. All types of Laelias growing in natural [...]

Coleus belongs to the family of Labiaceae or Clear-flowered. The genus of this plant includes about 150 varieties. The name comes from a Greek word that means "case". In the wild, Coleus grows in Africa, as well as Asia, mainly in tropical forests. Some growers who still have not enough experience, confusingly, can call the culture "poor man's croton". This is the name of the plant [...]

This plant, which is rarely found in our gardens, got its original name for a reason. A rather specific smell really affects members of the cat family, like valerian, sometimes it is called catnip. In this article, we will consider the most suitable species of catnip for the domestic climate, which would be worth planting in our garden, and also talk about its agricultural technology [...]