How can this be called a hibiscus, I wondered, looking at pictures of the Sunset Hibiscus after someone gave me some seeds for it; it looks more like an oversized okra flower! Nevertheless, I was game to try growing this … Continue reading
Category Archives: Flowering plants
To me, the Bachelor’s Button flower is a round, multi-petaled purple flower. I have since learned that the name also refers to other flowers that don’t look like the one I know – and that other names for the flower … Continue reading
A few months ago, I was given a set of mixed zinnia seeds, and out of the handful of seeds sown, after extremes of wet and dry weather, and snail and caterpillar attacks, only one plant made it to maturity. … Continue reading