Chaenomeles japonica is a species of Japanese Quince in the Rosaceae family. It is a thorny deciduous shrub that is commonly cultivated. ...

Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. The first, Fuchsia triphylla , was discovered on the...

Vinca major , with the common names bigleaf periwinkle, large periwinkle, greater periwinkle and blue periwinkle, is species of flowering p...

While walking in the Darebin Parklands this morning, I came across this interesting arrangement of leaves and flowers in the midst of a cir...

The Hairpin Banksia ( Banksia spinulosa ) is a species of woody shrub, of the genus Banksia in the Proteaceae family, native to eastern Aus...

The field daisy, Bellis perennis , is the symbol of purity and virginity, adoration and innocence. In the language of flowers, the daisy sp...

It is a very civilised thing to be able to go into a florist shop and buy fresh flowers on any day of the year. Flowers not only make fanta...

Hedychium gardnerianum (Kahili ginger, Kahila garland-lily, or ginger lily) is a plant native to the Himalayas in India, Nepal, and Bhutan...

Nymphaea caerulea , known primarily as blue lotus (or blue Egyptian lotus), but also blue water lily (or blue Egyptian water lily), and sac...

Etlingera elatior (also known as Torch Ginger, Ginger Flower, Red Ginger Lily, Torch Lily, Wild Ginger, Combrang , Bunga Kantan , Philippi...