FFF184 - SALVIA

Salvia patens 'Blue Angel' is a striking garden plant with delightful blue flowers. Since the 1838 discovery of this herbaceous species from Central Mexico, Salvia patens has been a mainstay of the perennial garden. Blue Angel is one of the smallest of the full-sized varieties of the so-called 'gentian sages'.

Well branched and compact, this variety has 6 cm flowers that are a deep, royal blue and bloom from Summer into Autumn. It is a reliable perennial, returning year after year in Zones 8 to 11. However, it is so lovely that it is worth growing as a summer bedding plant in colder zones. Blue Angel likes regular watering and rich, well-drained soil. It grows in full sun or partial shade and can handle moist corners of the garden. Use it as a path edging, border, ground-cover or container plant. British horticulturist Graham Stuart Thomas called Salvia patens 'the best plant in cultivation.'

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1.	TIBOUCHINA	13.	Julia [ mammilade ]	25.	Synnöve	37.	Grønn fryd hos Monique
2.	PAPER DAISY	14.	Azaleas	26.	a spirit of simplicity	38.	Ever Expanding Peony Collection
3.	JADE PLANT	15.	Ingmarie We/Refugium	27.	Lenas Trädgårdsrum	39.	Rajesh
4.	ROSES	16.	Dekotraum - Austria	28.	promocia	40.	Ulla Laiho
5.	Abrianna	17.	Romi	29.	hapzydeco	41.	Sidewalk Shoes Evening Primrose
6.	Mascha	18.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	30.	Heidrun with Aesculus hippocas	42.	RED GERANIUM
7.	NatureFootstep Photo	19.	Honolulu Cloudia	31.	Wildflower Center - ExplorationVacation	43.	Lois Evensen - Cincinnati, USA
8.	Gunilla	20.	orchid (Japan)	32.	bij jen	44.	Annie (bien tomber)
9.	Jesh StG	21.	Sara Chapman, Seattle USA	33.	Dawn	45.	photographing New Zealand
10.	Katarina - Sweden	22.	Sara Chapman #2	34.	Springtime	46.	AlexaT
11.	Aletta - Nowathome	23.	Sara Chapman #3	35.	Rose Garden Malevik	47.	oh mydearests: in the garden
12.	bij jen	24.	Frauke { it's me! }	36.	Glückszauber - Germany

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FFF183 - PHALAENOPSIS

Phalaenopsis (Blume,1825), commonly known as the "Moth Orchid", is an orchid genus of approximately 60 species in the Orchidaceae family. Phalaenopsis is one of the most popular orchids in the trade, through the development of many artificial hybrids. The generic name means "moth-like" as the flowers of some species supposedly resemble moths in flight.

They are native throughout southeast Asia from the Himalayan mountains to the islands of Polillo, Palawan and Zamboanga del Norte in the island of Mindanao in the Philippines and northern Australia. Most are epiphytic shade plants; a few are lithophytes. In the wild, some species grow below the canopies of moist and humid lowland forests, protected against direct sunlight; others grow in seasonally dry or cool environments. The species have adapted individually to these three habitats.
If very healthy, a Phalaenopsis plant can have up to ten or more leaves. The inflorescence, either a raceme or panicle, appears from the stem between the leaves. The orchids bloom in their full glory for several weeks. If kept in the home, the flowers may last two to three months.

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1.	ARCTOTIS	13.	Katarina - Sweden	25.	bij jen	37.	Visiting Schreiners Iris Farm
2.	RED GUM	14.	hyacinth orchid	26.	A Student Gardener	38.	a spirit of simplicity
3.	PINK ARUM	15.	Julia [ mammilade ]	27.	hapzydeco	39.	Lois Evensen - Cincinnati, USA
4.	Abrianna	16.	Spring Flowers - ExplorationVacation	28.	Eva	40.	Sara Chapman, Seattle USA
5.	BLUE CINERARIA	17.	Dekotraum - Austria	29.	Moni	41.	Christa, USA
6.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	18.	Andrea, POG	30.	lemapi, italy	42.	ann
7.	Maboe	19.	Frauke { it's me! }	31.	Maribels Garden	43.	ann nz
8.	Aletta - Nowathome	20.	Anne Seltmann	32.	Ulla Laiho	44.	Alexa T
9.	Jesh StG	21.	Zauberpalme Peony	33.	la vita	45.	Zauberpalme
10.	Gunilla	22.	Liz Needle	34.	Honolulu Cloudia	46.	SAXIFRAGA
11.	Heidrun	23.	Lenas Trädgårdsrum	35.	Annie (bien tomber)	47.	Plants Lover
12.	Ingmarie We/Refugium	24.	Dawn	36.	Rose Garden Malevik

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FFF182 - CYCLAMEN

Cyclamen persicum, the Persian cyclamen, in the family Primulaceae, is a species of flowering herbaceous perennial plant growing from a tuber, native to rocky hillsides, shrubland, and woodland up to 1,200 m above sea level, from south-central Turkey to Israel and Jordan. It also grows in Algeria and Tunisia and on the Greek islands of Rhodes, Karpathos, and Crete, where it may have been introduced by monks. Cultivars of this species are the commonly seen florist's cyclamen.

Wild plants have heart-shaped leaves, up to 14 cm usually green with lighter marbling on the upper surface. Flowers bloom from winter to spring (var. persicum) or in autumn (var. autumnale) and have 5 small sepals and 5 upswept petals, usually white to pale pink with a band of deep pink to magenta at the base. After pollination, the flower stem curls downwards slightly as the pod develops, but does not coil as in other cyclamens. Plants go dormant in summer.

Cyclamen persicum has a dark-brown tuberous root which is semi-poisonous. In some cultures, the tubers were used in making soap, as they generate a lather when mixed with water. The Bedouins of Mandate Palestine used to collect the root, and after grating it, would mix it with lime and sprinkle it over the surface of lakes or other large bodies of water known to contain fish. These poisonous mixtures would stun fish, which would then come to the surface and be collected by the fishermen. Such methods, as well as fishing with explosives, which came into use in the early 20th century, were banned by the British Mandate authorities.

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1.	FRANGIPANI	14.	Heidrun	27.	Frauke { Germany }	40.	Ranu
2.	MADONNA LILY	15.	Alexa T	28.	Villroses hage	41.	Rose Garden Malevik
3.	TURNERA	16.	Jesh StG	29.	WoollyMuses	42.	Grønn fryd hos Monique
4.	ADENIUM	17.	Mina fotostunder	30.	Lenas Trädgårdsrum	43.	ann nz
5.	Felix-traumland	18.	Romi	31.	bij jen	44.	Yael from Home Garden Diggers
6.	CRAP APPLE TREE	19.	Iris Japonica	32.	hapzydeco	45.	veredit
7.	Regina	20.	Trini Garden	33.	A Guide to Northeastern Gardening May Blooms	46.	Sidewalk Shoes Garden Tuesday
8.	Gunilla	21.	Honolulu Cloudia	34.	Simone, Germany	47.	Annie (bien tomber)
9.	Mascha	22.	Dekotraum - Austria	35.	Moni	48.	Zauberpalme
10.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	23.	Sara Chapman, Seattle USA	36.	Dawn	49.	imagining: Linky
11.	Katarina - Sweden	24.	Sara Chapman #2	37.	Julia [ mammilade ]
12.	Nf verk	25.	Sara Chapman #3	38.	willothewizp
13.	Aletta - Nowathome	26.	Ulla Laiho	39.	Eva

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FFF181 - JAPANESE ANEMONE

Anemone hupehensis, Anemone hupehensis var. japonica, and Anemone × hybrida (commonly known as the Chinese anemone or Japanese anemone, thimbleweed, or windflower) are species of flowering herbaceous perennials in the Ranunculaceae family.

A. hupehensis is native to central China, though it has been naturalised in Japan for hundreds of years. The species was first named and described in Flora Japonica (1784), by Carl Thunberg. Thunberg had collected dried specimens while working as a doctor for the Dutch East Indies Company. In 1844, Robert Fortune brought the plant to England from China, where he found it often planted about graves.

Height is 1–1.5 m and the leaves have three leaflets. Flowers are 40–60 mm across, with 5-6 (or up to 20 in double forms) sculpted pink or white petals and prominent yellow stamens, blooming from midsummer to autumn. These plants thrive best in shady areas and under protection of larger plants. They are especially sensitive to drought or overwatering. They can be invasive or weedy in some areas, throwing out suckers from the fibrous rootstock, to rapidly colonise an area. Once established they can be extremely difficult to eradicate. On the other hand, they can take some time to become established.

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1.	CHRYSSIES IN OUR GARDEN	13.	Jesh StG	25.	Frauke { it's me! }	37.	fotography by felicia
2.	CATTLEYA ORCHID	14.	Gunilla	26.	Julia |mammilade|	38.	Pansies growing in my Garden
3.	GERANIUMS	15.	Aletta - Nowathome	27.	ann	39.	Maribels Garden
4.	BLUE WATERLILY	16.	Mary,MI	28.	Anne Seltmann	40.	CathyC, Australia
5.	Romi	17.	Minoru	29.	Synnöve	41.	Honolulu Cloudia
6.	Maboe	18.	Jocee	30.	Villroses hage	42.	Sara Chapman #3
7.	Rose Garden Malevik	19.	Trini Garden	31.	bij jen	43.	A Student Gardener - Siberian Squill
8.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	20.	Shiju Sugunan	32.	Eva	44.	Julia [ mammilade ] // lilac
9.	Mascha	21.	wildflower gardens - ExplorationVacation	33.	ch-photoArt	45.	RedGeraniumsInAWindow
10.	Katarina - Sweden	22.	Dekotraum - Austria	34.	Weekend Garden Adventures	46.	SARACA
11.	Heidrun	23.	Sara Chapman, Seattle USA	35.	Lenas Trädgårdsrum	47.	veredit
12.	Ulla Laiho	24.	Sara Chapman #2	36.	Ingmarie We/Refugium

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