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Oh, What's the Poinsettia?
December 12 is “National Poinsettia Day,” designated as such by an Act of Congress. Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (1825-1829), died on that date in 1851. Poinsett was trai… more →
Flowers, Plants n Blooms Blog
Odd Apples to Eat
flowers4u wrote 1 week ago: Members of the Solanaceae family are found throughout the world. Their flowers are generally simple … more →
Fit To Be Dried
flowers4u wrote 1 month ago: One of the memories that I have from childhood and adolescence is climbing up into the second floor … more →
Fine Vines
flowers4u wrote 2 months ago: Clematis terniflora We have two Clematis vines climbing up opposite sites of our front porch. On the … more →
Wetland Flowers at Cayuta Lake
flowers4u wrote 2 months ago: Cayuta Lake is a relatively small lake tucked into the hills of Schuyler County in a region that is … more →
Plant Classification Before Darwin
flowers4u wrote 3 months ago: The urge to classify the natural world is an old one and apparently an essential human characteristi … more →
Dead Flowers
flowers4u wrote 3 months ago: “Take me down little Susie, take me down I know you think you’re the Queen of the Underground … more →
Big Friendly Flowers
flowers4u wrote 5 months ago: Sunflowers are impressively large. They are probably one of the few flowers–hollyhocks being another … more →
Mum's the Word
flowers4u wrote 1 year ago: In the late summer people begin to buy mums in pots. They appear at the roadside nurseries, in farme … more →
Your Basic Flower
flowers4u wrote 1 year ago: There is something humble and cheerful about daisies. They are the flower that most children will dr … more →
Diet of Flowers
flowers4u wrote 1 year ago: Flowers are not just for looking at, or even just for smelling. You can eat them too. Culinary use o … more →
Beautiful and Invasive
flowers4u wrote 1 year ago: If you have ever stopped to pick flowers along the roadside, taken them home, put them in a vase and … more →
Insectivorous Plants
flowers4u wrote 1 year ago: Carnivorous plants seem to attract their own breed of plant lover. Browsing through the many Web sit … more →
Pet Banes
flowers4u wrote 1 year ago: Since we are usually not inclined to start nibbling on the flowers – cut or potted – that we bring i … more →
Classical Namesakes
flowers4u wrote 2 years ago: A large number of flower names are derived from (mostly unfortunate) characters in classical mytholo … more →
Lisianthus: Beautiful and Confusing
flowers4u wrote 2 years ago: I got married in September 1998 and I honestly don’t remember what flowers were in the arrangements … more →
Lilies: True and Faux
flowers4u wrote 2 years ago: In upstate New York there are many lilies in bloom through June and July. As you drive along a count … more →
Showing Off the Woodies
flowers4u wrote 4 months ago: Shrubs and trees often have beautiful flowers. Their woody stems give them a certain rigid architect … more →
Fickle Plant Classification
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flowers4u wrote 4 months ago: Alstroemeria saturne One of the flowers that will live longest after it is cut is the Peruvian lily, … more →
Two Celandines and a Swallow
flowers4u wrote 6 months ago: Greater and lesser celandine are not particularly closely related; their shared common name seems ba … more →
