Category: Flower & plant blog
Apple Blossoms-A beautiful sign of spring!
Beautiful apple and cherry tree blossoms are an exquisite sign of spring. In Canada and the US, Gala, McIntosh, and Honeycrisp apple trees are among the first to bloom in early spring. Other varieties like Northern Spy and Winesap apple trees bloom in summer. Apples are not native to Canada or the US. They were …
What is a Hot Chocolate Rose?
The fiery red of the Hot Chocolate or Hot Cocoa Rose is tinged with brown, and looks warm in a vase in the chilly wintertime. This shadowy plant is filled with mystery, and its blooms last into the hot summer naturally. The bush is three to five feet (90-150cm) tall, and two to three feet …
The voluptuous Juliet Rose
The stunning Juliet Rose, invented by David Austin, looks almost too beautiful to be real. Its centre is dark apricot and its color grows paler at its edges. It is an English rose, has a rosette shape head, with tightly packed petals (92). The original rose is very rare and expensive. David Austin’s spectacular creation …
𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿
The exotic, gorgeous Bird of Paradise flower looks like a bird’s beak. When several flowers grow together they look like birds in flight. The Strelitzia variety is originally from South Africa, where it happily grows in 21-32ºC (70-90ºF) weather and can tolerate 13ºC (55ºF) at night. Those living in northern climates plant them in containers, …
