FFF232 - LILIUM 'TINY DOUBLE YOU'

Lilium ‘Tiny Double You’ is a dwarf Asiatic lily (Plant number: 1.318.840) and one of the Lily Looks™ series developed in the Netherlands. Bred originally for containers, these are versatile garden plants as well. The dwarf habit makes them useful near the front of any sunny border where they put on a great midsummer show. Also equally at home in a rock garden. The best effect comes from massing in good-sized clumps of one variety. This selection is unique and new to the series with large, upfacing double, orange flowers. It is an outstanding garden plant and its unlicensed propagation is prohibited!

It is suited to a full sun or partial shade position and will grow in most soil types. It grows to 30-35 cm and blooms in mid-summer. It is deer-resistant and does well in rockeries, borders, massed displays and in containers.

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FFF232

1.	TECOMA CAPENSIS	15.	ladyleemanila	29.	Lois, Tallahassee	43.	Lenas Trädgårdsrum
2.	MIRANDA LAMBERT ROSE	16.	CathyC - Adelaide	30.	Cath@Home	44.	Betty Louise Davenport
3.	ICE PLANT	17.	Sara Chapman, Seattle USA	31.	hapzydeco	45.	Aquariann's Flower Friday
4.	AUTUMN CALENDULA	18.	Sara Chapman #2	32.	DeniseinVA	46.	fotography by felicia
5.	Katarina - Sweden	19.	Romi	33.	bij jen	47.	Sara Chapman #3
6.	Abrianna	20.	Dekotraum-Austria	34.	Halcyon, Berlin Heute	48.	Blumenfrau Germany
7.	1-2-3	21.	Anne Seltmann	35.	CORREA	49.	Rose Garden Malevik
8.	JULIA | bloomy days	22.	fim.works	36.	Biggy	50.	Forest Dream Weaver
9.	Jesh StG	23.	Linda's Lens	37.	Happy May	51.	Regina
10.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	24.	moni - reflexionblog	38.	Ulrika L Sweden	52.	Frank (UK)
11.	Angie The Freckled Rose	25.	My favorite weekend flower	39.	Gunilla	53.	Yellow shades of Spring
12.	andrea, italy	26.	Vilt og vakkert	40.	Ulla Laiho	54.	Andrea, POG
13.	Pictografio	27.	orchid(Japan)	41.	lindyloumac	55.	Ela
14.	WoollyMuses	28.	Sidewalk Shoes	42.	Dawn	56.	Landscapes of Mazovia

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FFF231 - BUDDLEJA

Buddleja commonly known as the butterfly bush is a genus comprising over 100 species of flowering plants endemic to Asia, Africa, and the Americas, within the Buddlejaceae family. The generic name bestowed by Linnaeus posthumously honoured the Reverend Adam Buddle (1662–1715), a botanist and rector in Essex, England, at the suggestion of Dr. William Houstoun. Houstoun sent the first plants to become known to science as buddleja (B. americana) to England from the Caribbean about 15 years after Buddle's death.

As garden shrubs Buddlejas are essentially 20th-century plants, with the exception of B. globosa which was introduced to Britain from southern Chile in 1774 and disseminated from the nursery of Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith. Several species are popular garden plants, the species are commonly known as 'butterfly bushes' owing to their attractiveness to butterflies, and have become staples of the modern butterfly garden; they are also attractive to bees and moths.

The most popular cultivated species is Buddleja davidii from central China, named for the French Basque missionary and naturalist Père Armand David. Other common garden species include the aforementioned B. globosa, grown for its strongly honey-scented orange globular inflorescences, and the weeping Buddleja alternifolia. Several interspecific hybrids have been made. Some species commonly escape from the garden. B. davidii in particular is a great coloniser of dry open ground; in urban areas in the United Kingdom, it often self-sows on waste ground or old masonry, where it grows into a dense thicket, and is listed as an invasive species in many areas.

Popular garden cultivars include 'Royal Red' (reddish-purple flowers), 'Black Knight' (very dark purple), 'Sungold' (golden yellow), and 'Pink Delight' (pure pink). In recent years, much breeding work has been undertaken to create small, more compact buddlejas, such as 'Blue Chip' which reach no more than 0.6–0.9 m tall, and which are also seed sterile, an important consideration in the USA where B. davidii and its cultivars are banned from many states owing to their invasiveness.

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FFF231

1.	BRUNFELSIA	18.	Jesh StG	35.	ladyleemanila	52.	Allied arts in the spring
2.	MARIGOLDS	19.	Debbie @ Travel intent	36.	moni - reflexionblog	53.	Angie The Freckled Rose
3.	DAHLIA	20.	orchid(Japan)	37.	Jarek	54.	Betty Louise Davenport
4.	WATTLE	21.	Sallie (FullTime-Life)	38.	Odcienie świata	55.	My favorite weekend flower
5.	Weigela	22.	Romi	39.	Kasztanki	56.	Dawn
6.	Katarina - Sweden	23.	Dekotraum - Austria	40.	Sweet Buttercups	57.	islandrambles
7.	Forest Dream Weaver	24.	pink magnolias - ExplorationVacation	41.	Sidewalk Shoes	58.	Arija Australia
8.	Abrianna	25.	bettyl-NZ	42.	Vilt og vakkert	59.	WoollyMuses
9.	Karin M.	26.	Spring Garden and Flowers	43.	Lois, Tallahassee	60.	Sara Chapman #3
10.	Magnolia | JULIA	27.	Blumenfrau Germany	44.	DeniseinVA	61.	Regina
11.	Refugium/Ingmarie We	28.	Sara Chapman, Seattle USA	45.	Ulrika L Sweden	62.	Rose Garden Malevik
12.	Villroses hage	29.	Sara Chapman #2	46.	Aktuella bilder | Maria	63.	Lenas Trädgårdsrum
13.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	30.	fim.works | Frauke - it's me! | Germany	47.	hapzydeco	64.	Nicole/Frau Frieda
14.	Annie (bien tomber)	31.	Ulla Laiho	48.	Aquariann's Flower Friday	65.	My Garden is Coming to Life!
15.	joanna uk	32.	Anne Seltmann	49.	BOTANIC GARDENS	66.	Zauberpalme
16.	andrea, italy	33.	RANUNCULUS	50.	Marleen, NL	67.	Sarah Bettey Photography OR-USA
17.	Pictografio	34.	BAY LAUREL	51.	bij jen	68.	veredit: moments like this

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FFF230 - MILTONIA

Miltonia, abbreviated Milt. in the horticultural trade, is an orchid genus formed by nine epiphyte species and eight natural hybrids inhabitants of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, one species reaching the northeast of Argentina and east of Paraguay. This genus was established by John Lindley in 1837, when he described its type species, Miltonia spectabilis.

Many species were attributed to Miltonia in the past, however, today, the species from Central America and from cooler areas on northwest of South America have been moved to other genera. Miltonia species have large and long lasting flowers, often in multifloral inflorescences. This fact, allied to being species that are easy to grow and to identify, make them a favourite of orchid collectors all over the world. Species of this genus are extensively used to produce artificial hybrids.

Despite the fact that Miltonia is now a well established genus, most of its species were originally classified under other genera as Cyrtochilum, Oncidium, Odontoglossum, and Brassia. All were discovered between 1834 and 1850 with the exception of M. kayasimae, discovered only in 1976. These epiphytic orchids occur from Central to Southern Brazil down to Argentina.

These orchids have two leaves, arising from a pseudobulbs, covered with a foliaceous sheath. The inflorescence consists of waxy, nonspurred flowers. The lip is large and flat and lacks a callus at its base. They possess a footless column with two hard pollinia. The flowers have a delicate, exotic scent, some compare to that of roses. They are named after Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam, formerly Viscount Milton, an English orchid enthusiast.

The species in this genus are sometimes referred to as the "pansy orchids", but it is the Miltoniopsis orchids that have flowers that closely resemble the pansy. Almost everyone except for the most serious orchid hobbyists use the name pansy orchids interchangeably, which may cause confusion. Miltonia looks more like Oncidiums than the other pansy orchids. The most "pansy-like" a Miltonia can get is the species Miltonia spectabilis.

The one shown here is "Miltonia Lavender Glade" ( Milt. spectabilis var. moreliarta X "Milt Belle Glade"). Easy to grow, has a nice scent and is free- flowering. It is a plant that will give much pleasure and few hassles!

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FFF230

1.	AUTUMN GARDEN	18.	Pictografio	35.	Lenas Trädgårdsrum	52.	Rose Garden Malevik
2.	CHRYSANTHEMUM	19.	Weekend flower	36.	PULSATILLA VULGARIS	53.	Point Lobos
3.	White Tulips & Ranunculus | JULIA	20.	Heidrun	37.	Romi	54.	Ela
4.	MARVEL OF PERU	21.	orchid(Japan)	38.	Jutta K.	55.	Karin M.
5.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	22.	WoollyMuses	39.	Aletta - nowathome	56.	Betty Louise Davenport
6.	JULIA | Mixed Flowers	23.	Sidewalk Shoes	40.	moni - reflexionblog	57.	Dawn
7.	LION'S TAIL	24.	island rambles	41.	DeniseinVA	58.	Sara Chapman #3
8.	Ulla Laiho	25.	Linda's Lens	42.	Vilt og vakkert	59.	Nicole/Frau Frieda
9.	Jesh StG	26.	Dekotraum- Austria	43.	Käthe	60.	Manuela
10.	Birgitta B	27.	Lois, Tallahassee	44.	ladyleemanila	61.	Annie (bien tomber)
11.	Katarina - Sweden	28.	Blumenfrau Germany	45.	a spirit of simplicity	62.	Alexa T
12.	Abrianna	29.	andrea, italy	46.	Aktuella bilder | Maria	63.	Heidrun
13.	Forest Dream Weaver	30.	Anne Seltmann	47.	Jeevan	64.	naehmeise.blogspot.de
14.	Newspaper, Glass and Flowers	31.	Sara Chapman, Seattle USA	48.	Aquariann's Flower Friday	65.	Zauberpalme
15.	Villroses hage	32.	Sara Chapman #2	49.	Grønn fryd hos Monique
16.	joanna uk	33.	Ulrika L Sweden	50.	LEUCADENDRON
17.	Anne-Mari	34.	fim.works | Frauke ... it's me!	51.	bij jen

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FFF229 - YELLOW ECHINACEA

Echinacea is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. The nine species it contains are commonly called purple coneflowers. They are endemic to eastern and central North America, where they are found growing in moist to dry prairies and open wooded areas.

They have large, showy heads of composite flowers, blooming from early to late summer. The generic name is derived from the Greek word ἐχῖνος (echinos), meaning "sea urchin," due to the spiny central disk. Some species are used in herbal medicines and some are cultivated in gardens for their showy flowers. A few species are of conservation concern.

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FFF229

1.	YELLOW GUM	15.	Pictografio	29.	MAGNOLIA TREE	43.	Nicole/Frau Frieda
2.	AUTUMN ROSES	16.	Romi	30.	Anne Seltmann	44.	Katarina - Sweden
3.	FIRST CHRYSSIES	17.	Heidrun	31.	My favorite weekend flower	45.	Dawn
4.	NATIVE BLUEBELL	18.	Diana	32.	DeniseinVA	46.	Rose Garden Malevik
5.	JULIA | mammilade-blog	19.	WoollyMuses	33.	Blumenfrau Germany	47.	Betty Louise
6.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	20.	Dekotraum - Austria	34.	Forest Dream Weaver	48.	Angie The Freckled Rose
7.	Mascha	21.	cholla flowers - ExplorationVacation	35.	Sidewalk Shoes	49.	Karin M.
8.	ladyleemanila	22.	islandrambles	36.	hapzydeco	50.	Lenas Trädgårdsrum
9.	Annie (bien tomber)	23.	Andrea, POG	37.	LADY'S THUMB	51.	Sara Chapman, Seattle USA
10.	BIRGITTA AHL SWEDEN	24.	Cath@Home in Tasmania	38.	Aquariann's Flower Friday	52.	veredit - Isabella Kramer
11.	JuttaK.	25.	Ulrika L Sweden	39.	Aktuella bilder | Maria	53.	Alexa T.
12.	Ela	26.	TARRAGON	40.	Aletta - nowathome	54.	Laura Hegfield
13.	Jesh StG	27.	fim.works | Frauke - it's me! | Germany	41.	Orchid arrangements	55.	naehmeise.blogspot.de
14.	joanna	28.	Vilt og vakkert	42.	Mama Zen	56.	Zauberpalme

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