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An Overview of Rose and Types of Roses
Roses have been recognized as an emblem of love and beauty since time immemorial. Endless lovers have expressed their love to their beloveds with this beautiful genus of flower while several people quench their fervor for nature by planting roses in their gardens. There are some exotic varieties of roses bestowed to us by nature, each with breath-taking beauty and colors. The fragrance of roses has always been touching the hearts of people all around the world. In the arena of flowers, roses are without doubt the queen of flowers. Be it any occasion… birthday, wedding celebrations, anniversaries, Valentine’s Day… there is certainly no better flower to present to your loved ones than roses. Read the rest of this entry »
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TYPES OF GARDEN FLOWERS
Have you really thought of your garden to be a royal garden, where you see a dream view of different types of garden flowers, and a swaying affect of the flowers betraying here and there depicting certain postures and colored textures? This article will certainly quench this eager; there are around 250000 misc. species of flowers which are discovered, and named accordingly. This stratification is done, in accordance to the diversity of different types of garden flowers which based upon their habitat. This diversity is done in pertinence to their texture, shape, size etc. Read the rest of this entry »
Common Flowers
Beautiful and colorful flowers are a very important attraction to green plants. Literally, flower meant for the reproduction of the plant. Later, they are transformed into fruits. Fruits are used by living beings and seeds regenerate new plants. Chromoplasts add color to the flowers.
Rose, Jasmine, Tulips, Lotus, Sun flower are some of the common names we hear in our daily life. They are reproduced in a variety of colors. Rose is the most popular flower. If we take the example of Rose only then we find that there are roughly 40 common species of Rose. Some of the examples are Red Rose, White Rose, Yellow Rose, Leaf Rose, Dark Crimson Rose, Christmas Rose, Orange Rose, Garden Rose, Lavender Rose, Pink Rose, Tea Rose, Blue Rose. These are just few of the names among the whole species of Roses.
Tulip is the world wide in existence, come in variety of colors and sometimes gives fragrance. It has roughly 100 species. Lilies comes 2nd in popularity to Roses, but globally it ranks 4th. Some of the examples of Lilies are: Asiatic Lilies, Oriental Lilies, and The Wild Lilies. Longiflorum hybrid lilies have sweet fragrance.
Iris family is another most important garden plant. They beautifully appear in rainbow colors like purple, white, yellow, pink and orange. It has about 200 species. In the next when we mention Daffodils then can say that Daffodils has matchless beauty. It has almost 50 species and 13,000 hybrids. If the climate is moderate to them, they are the 1st to bloom in spring season. The paper-white-Daffodils are the common species that is found in mostly outdoor plants.
In addition to these popular flowers, there are some flowers that are beautiful and fragrant, exist in a variety of shapes and colors, but are not very well-known. These are like cherry blossom, Orchids, Peonies, Narcissus, Violets, Gypsophilia, Freesia, Gerberas, Gladiolus, Anemone, Carnations and Rhododendron.
Flowers come in a variety of shapes, colors and fragrance. All of them add beauty to our life. Planting them in gardens satisfy one’s aesthetic sense. Some of the flowers are used to cure physical diseases and fragrances of some of the flowers are helpful in a number of mental diseases. They bloom during spring season. So, the spring season brings joys and happiness.
Flower Types
Flower also known as blossom or bloom which is considered to be the beauty of nature. The world is full of different kinds of flowers. There types are recognized by their shape, color, fragrance and structure.
Listed below are few Flower Types:
Roses:
No matter how many types of flowers are flooding in the floral shops but rose stands out as the favorite of all. It has an iconic power and it attracts people because of its beauty and fragrance. There are different colors of roses available but red is considered to be the most beautiful and the symbol of love.
Roses are considered to be the king of flowers. It is carefree, you can take a bunch of roses and mix them with green shrubs and you’ll have a beautiful bouquet ready.
In wedding ceremonies a bride can have handful of roses without any hesitation. It gives more beautiful outlook and its fragrance spreads all over the place giving a fresh sensation.
Tulips:
Tulips appeared widely in 17th century and were originally cultivated in the gardens of Turkish sultans.
They were also known as Ottoman tulips and they had petals with very pointed tips. A virus caused these tulips to break in fascinating patterns and colors.
Tulips were collected across Europe and it had same price as rose. It was rare in market. Tulips were traded in market and at auctions. They were crashed in 1963 but there beauty is still recognized and undimmed.
Sun Flowers:
Sun flowers were first introduced in America in mid 16th century. They were famous because of their height and radiant flowers. They spread rapidly across Europe.
It was called sun flower because it faces the sun and follows the course of sky also applied as daisies that originated from days- eyes.
In America, Incas had made them the symbol of god. In 17th century, Europe came and represented them as the symbol of king.
In 18th century it was banned in the gardens because of their oversize. In 19th century they were popularized and used as the motive for decorative arts.
Lily:
White lilies are considered to be the most ancient cultivated ornamental flowers. They were seen in Cretan wall paintings, Egyptians tombs and Assyrian carvings.
They seem to be very beautiful when they are decorated in baskets and in wedding functions.