FFF206 - CANARY ISLAND DAISY

Asteriscus sericeus (Canary Island Daisy) is a silver-foliaged shrub that grows to about metre tall by about 1.5 metres. It initially forms a dense mound, but with age has a more open structure. Foliage is soft and light greenish-silver with silky fuzzy hairs ('sericeus' means silky in Latin). It belongs tot he family Asteraceae.

The yellow flowers are up to 6 cm across and appear in the summer months. It should be planted in full sun in a well-drained soil or on a mound and only watered sparingly . Although it is not a long lived plant (3-5 years), it will renew itself by seed. It is hardy to about -5˚C.

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FFF206

1.	BOTTLEBRUSHES	13.	Heidrun	25.	Ulla Laiho	37.	Anne Seltmann
2.	RED TORCH CACTUS	14.	Jesh StG	26.	Maribels Garden	38.	hapzydeco
3.	KING PROTEA	15.	ladyleemanila	27.	orchid(Japan)	39.	amy Johnson
4.	YELLOW DAISIES	16.	pink ROSES | Julia	28.	Liz Needle	40.	veta
5.	ohmydearests: sweet little things	17.	WoollyMuses	29.	moni (reflexionblog)	41.	lemapi, italy
6.	Ingmarie We/Refugium	18.	Lenas Trädgårdsrum	30.	Nicole/Frau Frieda	42.	Dawn
7.	Abrianna	19.	Sara Chapman, Seattle USA	31.	LEUCADENDRON	43.	bij jen
8.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	20.	Sara Chapman #2	32.	Chasing the Blooms	44.	Rose Garden Malevik
9.	Mina fotostunder	21.	Cath@Home	33.	RAUMiDEEN	45.	Anne-Mari
10.	Andrea, POG	22.	Dekotraum - Austria	34.	Katarina - Sweden	46.	photographing New Zealand
11.	Julia	23.	Frauke {it's me!}	35.	Aletta - nowathome	47.	ROSE TIME
12.	Mascha	24.	Romi	36.	Gabi

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FFF205 - RED POPPY BUD

Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are derived. Opium is the source of many drugs, including morphine (and its derivative heroin), thebaine, codeine, papaverine, and noscapine.

The Latin botanical name means the "sleep-bringing poppy", referring to the sedative properties of some of these opiates. The opium poppy is the only species of Papaveraceae that is an agricultural crop grown on a large scale. Other species, Papaver rhoeas and Papaver argemone, are important agricultural weeds, and may be mistaken for the crop.

This poppy is also valuable for ornamental purposes, and has been known as the "common garden poppy", referencing all the group of poppy plants. Poppy seeds of Papaver somniferum are an important food item and the source of poppy seed oil, a healthy edible oil that has many uses.

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FFF205

1.	MULBERRY	13.	Katarina - Sweden	25.	IMPATIENS	37.	Sara Chapman, Seattle USA
2.	YELLOW IRIS	14.	Maribels Garden	26.	andrea, italy	38.	Joe Owens - Fiction Playground
3.	DUTCH IRIS	15.	orchid(Japan)	27.	WoollyMuses	39.	Collecting colours for winter
4.	PINK DAISIES	16.	Romi	28.	moni (reflexionblog)	40.	Anne-Mari
5.	OPIUM POPPY	17.	Anne Seltmann	29.	photographing New Zealand	41.	Sara Chapman #2
6.	Abrianna	18.	glückszauber	30.	bij jen	42.	Nicole/Frau Frieda
7.	WHITE LILIES // Julia	19.	Dekotraum - Austria	31.	Aletta - nowathome	43.	ladyleemanila
8.	AUTUMN by Heidrun	20.	naehmeise.blogspot.de	32.	Gabi *Fotografie*	44.	Rose Garden Malevik
9.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	21.	Eclectic Hamilton	33.	Dawn	45.	Stiff Gentian
10.	Mascha	22.	Frauke {it's me!}	34.	hapzydeco	46.	veta
11.	ohmydearests:in the garden	23.	Lenas Trädgårdsrum	35.	Annie (bien tomber)	47.	Ela
12.	Ulla Laiho	24.	Cath@Home	36.	Frida Kahlo's casa azul	48.	veredit

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FFF204 - ANDROMEDA

Andromeda polifolia, common name bog-rosemary, is a species of flowering plant native to Northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the only member of the genus Andromeda, and is only found in bogs in cold peat-accumulating areas.

It is a small shrub growing to 10–20 centimetres (rarely to 40 cm) tall with slender stems. The leaves are evergreen, alternately arranged, lanceolate, 1–5 centimetres long and 2–8 millimetres broad, dark green above (purplish in winter) and white beneath with the leaf margins curled under. The flowers are bell-shaped, white to pink, 5–8 mm long; flowering is in late spring to early summer. The fruit is a small capsule containing numerous seeds.

'Compacta' shown here is a small evergreen shrub to 20cm in height, with oval leaves and terminal clusters of clear pink, globose flowers.

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FFF204

1.	APPLE BLOSSOM	13.	Ingmarie We/Refugium	25.	White Flowers and Chocolate	37.	hapzydeco
2.	HIPPEASTRUM	14.	ann	26.	Ulla Laiho	38.	Anne Seltmann
3.	TEA FLOWER	15.	Romi	27.	WoollyMuses	39.	Chasing the Blooms
4.	PRUNUS	16.	Andrea, Pure Oxygenerators	28.	Maribels Garden	40.	Dawn
5.	Lois Evensen - Cincinnati, USA	17.	A Student Gardener	29.	Zauberpalme	41.	ladyleemanila
6.	White LILIES	18.	Dekotraum - Austria	30.	bij jen	42.	Gabi *handGemacht*
7.	Flowers At The Fall Fair	19.	naehmeise.blogspot.de	31.	a spirit of simplicity	43.	Rose Garden Malevik
8.	Heidrun	20.	Sara Chapman, Seattle USA	32.	Liz Needle	44.	Anne-Mari
9.	Abrianna	21.	Sara Chapman #2	33.	Nicole/Frau Frieda	45.	Ela
10.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	22.	Jutta K. Deutschland	34.	amy Johnson	46.	veta
11.	Jesh StG	23.	moni (reflexionblog)	35.	Mama Zen	47.	CESTRUM
12.	Katarina - Sweden	24.	DAHLIAS	36.	WILD LEEK	48.	Aletta - nowathome

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FFF203 - YELLOW LILIES

Lilium (members of which are true lilies) is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the Liliaceae family, growing from bulbs, all with large prominent flowers. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, though their range extends into the northern subtropics. Many other plants have "lily" in their common name but are not related to true lilies.

Asiatic Lilies, shown here, are a very popular garden and florist flower and they offer a brilliantly colourful range of blooms to choose from. The bulbs of Asiatic lilies are tough and resilient, providing a bounty of colourful blooms for vases, very easily grown and wonderfully tolerant of searing Australia's hot Summers. Asiatic Lilies come in a wide range of brilliant colours from bright red to soft and pretty pink which means they can be used to create pockets of colour or gentle waves of soft and pretty cottage colours. Asiatic Lilies have more advantages in that they are great in pots and the bulbs can be planted anytime between May and October (in the Southern Hemisphere).

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FFF203

1.	GOLDEN WATTLE	12.	Jesh StG	23.	moni (reflexionblog)	34.	Dawn
2.	MUSSAENDA	13.	Katarina - Sweden	24.	Warm Glow and Flowers	35.	Sara Chapman, Seattle USA
3.	FUCHSIA	14.	Lenas Trädgårdsrum	25.	ladyleemanila	36.	Mascha
4.	PAPER DAISIES	15.	Romi	26.	bij jen	37.	Liz Needle
5.	Annie (bien tomber)	16.	Fall-Mums - Chasing the Blooms	27.	Gabi - Deutschland	38.	veredit
6.	JULIA / flowers and plants	17.	Sufficient Grace	28.	Susan	39.	Frauke { it's me! } | Germany
7.	LEAVES	18.	Dekotraum - Austria	29.	hapzydeco	40.	ann
8.	Andrea, POG	19.	WoollyMuses	30.	andrea, italy	41.	YELLOW
9.	oh my dearests: in the garden	20.	Ulla Laiho	31.	Jutta K. Deutschland	42.	veta
10.	Tom The Backroads Travellert	21.	Anne Seltmann	32.	Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse	43.	Ela
11.	Heidrun	22.	DAHLIAS	33.	Rose Garden Malevik	44.	Zauberpalme

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FFF202 - PINK FAWN LILY

Erythronium revolutum is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, which is known by several common names, including mahogany fawn lily, coast fawn lily, and pink fawn lily. It is native to the west coast of North America.

Erythronium revolutum, a hardy perennial wildflower, grows from an oval-shaped bulb 3–5 cm long, producing usually two wide, flat, mottled green leaves near the ground. It is indigenous to Northwest Washington. The plant flowers between March and June. Each bulb sends up a long, naked stalk bearing one or two showy lily flowers. The stalk bows at the end so that the face of the flower points at the ground.

There are six tepals in shades of pink or light purple which may have yellow or white spotting toward the centre of the flower. The tepals may be straight or recurved so far that their tips meet behind the flower; they tend to recurve further as the flower ages. The anthers are bright yellow. E. revolutum can be distinguished from related species by its pink flowers, swollen anther filaments and mottled leaves. The fruit is a capsule up to 6 cm long.

Erythronium revolutum is cultivated as an ornamental plant, for use in traditional and natural gardens. Its combination of attractively patterned leaves and graceful flowers in mid spring make it a desirable plant. The best forms (often called var. johnstonii) have darker, richer pink flowers and well marked foliage. It should be planted in a shady spot (ideally beneath deciduous trees or shrubs) in humus-rich soil that does not dry out and is rather damp in spring. It will naturalise over time by self-seeding, though as seedlings take several years to reach flowering size this can be a slow process. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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FFF202

1.	HAKEA	16.	Heidrun	31.	ZINNIA	46.	Megan @ The MomHood
2.	DAFFODILS	17.	Romi	32.	Sheffield Botanical Gardens	47.	Aquilégia. Russia
3.	SPRING FLOWERS	18.	Jesh stg	33.	ann nz	48.	a spirit of simplicity
4.	ICELAND POPPY	19.	Fireweed - ExplorationVacation	34.	WoollyMuses	49.	Aquariann
5.	My FLOWERS of SEPTEMBER	20.	Small Wonders	35.	Ulla Laiho	50.	Reflections
6.	Late summer FLOWERS	21.	Dekortaum - Austria	36.	Sidewalk Shoes - Sunflowers	51.	Vivishageroms fotoblogg
7.	Allium	22.	Anne Seltmann	37.	bij jen	52.	Harvest and Flowers
8.	Katarina - Sweden	23.	photographing New Zealand	38.	Gabi *handGemacht*	53.	Rose Garden Malevik
9.	Abrianna	24.	andrea, italy	39.	Heidrun #2	54.	veta
10.	Birgitta B	25.	Sara Chapman, Seattle USA	40.	ladyleemanila	55.	Anne-Mari
11.	Anne-Mari	26.	Sara Chapman #2	41.	amy Johnson	56.	veredit
12.	nowathome Aletta	27.	Frauke { it's me! }	42.	Villroses hage	57.	IRISES
13.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	28.	Lenas Trädgårdsrum	43.	Dawn	58.	Susan
14.	Gunilla	29.	Zauberpalme	44.	Joan Frankham
15.	Mary, MI	30.	moni (reflexionblog)	45.	Ingmarie We/Refugium

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