Achimenes species are known by many common names such as Magic Flowers, Widow’s Tears, Cupid’s Bowers, and Hot Water Plants.
Achimenes are related to the familiar Victorian favorites, African violets, and this variety exhibits similar coloring as some of these gems
The pretty and charming Achimenes peach blossom is a periwinkle rose pink flower perfect for containers or hanging baskets.
Achimenes are very attractive pot plants, free flowering and are relatively easy to grow. The Achimenes peach blossom has rose pink flowers with frilly edges.
Artificial lighting can be used when natural light is not available. When planting, use a humus-rich soil such as African violet mix and choose a site that is in an area of bright but indirect lighting. Avoid direct sunlight.
Agapanthus is considered to be both a magical and a medicinal plant, used to treat heart disease, paralysis, coughs, colds, and other ailments, and the leaves are used as bandages (the plant does contain chemicals with anti-inflammatory and other properties).
Growing Agapanthus requires a sunny to partly shady location and regular water. Mulching is helpful to retain moisture with new plants set about 1 to 2 inches
While it is very tolerant to a wide variety of soil conditions, they do enjoy some rich compost or organic matter added during your agapanthus planting
Water a plant when the soil feels dry to touch.
Water thoroughly in the summer and reduce watering for the winter & rainy season.
Try to water the plants in the morning around 8-10am.
Avoid waterlogged soil.
Reduce watering in the winter.
You should remove dead, infected or damaged plant parts and throw in the garbage collector.
You should fertilize a plant at planting time and growing season.
These plants are perennial herbaceous bulbous plants. They generally have large fleshy bulbs. It is a plant with strap-shaped, glossy, green leaves and producing few large funnel-shaped flowers on a stout stalk, from March-May This plant is very suitable for planting in border, shrubbery and in a pot.
The amaryllis lily is mainly used for ornamental purpose in garden, terrace, balcony, patio, etc.
Common name: Hippeastrum Color: The usual color is white with crimson veins, but pink or purple also occur naturally. Bloom time: Late December until the end of June. Height: 24 in/60 cm. Difficulty level: EasyPlanting & Care Amaryllis like their soil rich, but exceptionally well-drained, so ideally create a mix from one part well-rotted manure, one part horticultural grit or sand, and two parts leaf mould. Two-thirds good compost mixed with one-third grit also does fine.Sunlight: Full sun
Soil: Well-drained soil.
Water: Keep soil moist throughout the growing season.
Temperature: 20°C
Fertilizer: Apply any organic fertilizer.
Harvesting: After the amaryllis has stopped flowering, it can be made to flower again. Cut the old flowers from the stem after flowering, and when the stem starts to sag, cut it back to the top of the bulb. Continue to water and fertilize as normal all summer, or for at least 5-6 months, allowing the leaves to fully develop and grow. When the leaves begin to yellow, which normally occurs in the early fall, cut the leaves back to about 2 inches from the top of the bulb and remove the bulb from the soil. Clean the bulb and place it in a cool (40-50 deg. F), dark place such as the crisper of your refrigerator for a minimum of 6 weeks. Caution: Do not store amaryllis bulbs in a refrigerator that contains apples, this will sterilize the bulbs. Store the bulbs for a minimum of 6 weeks.
Care:
Once the plant is flowering, continue the watering and keep it out of direct sunlight, and slightly cooler (10-15°C), but as light as possible to promote a longer flower life.
Each individual flower should last two or even three weeks before they brown.
As each one fades, cut it off at the top of the stalk and then when the whole stalk is over and begins to sag, carefully cut it off just above the bulb nose.
After flowering you can keep them from one year to the next.
Feeding needs to continue and you want to water too, until the leaves begin to yellow in late summer/early autumn.
At this stage, cut the leaves back to about 6cm (2½in) from the top of the bulb and remove it from the pot.
Keep the bulb cool (5-10°C) and dark, to give it a dormant period for 8 weeks before you can encourage it to come into leaf and flower again When the temperature in your greenhouse falls to below 10C, bring them into the warmth and begin gentle watering again and your bulb will re-shoot.
Don t re-pot it for the first couple of years; it hates root disturbance.
The older and bigger the bulb, the more flowering stems you’ll get, so it’s worth the trouble of nurturing these mini football bulbs.
Bulbs older than two years will produce offset bulblets.
These may be left attached to the mother and re-potted with her, creating an amazing show, but its best to remove them carefully just before you replant and put them in their own individual pots.
These little bulbs will take two years before producing their first flower, but it will be a proud moment when they do.
Anemone flower can beautify every place with its simplicity and beautiful scent.
Anemone is perennial flowering plant that have basal leaves with long leaf-stems that can be upright or prostrate. A scarlet beauty with shiny red petals and a black center that is set off by a white halo.
A great cut flower and an attractive companion for tulips and other spring bulbs.
Common Name
Anemone or Windflowers
Height
Up to 2 to 3 feet
Flower Colour
Random color
Bloom Time
Spring
Difficulty Level
Easy to grow
Special Care For Anemone.
Before Planting : Deep The Bulb into Normal water during 30 Minutes to 45 Minutes.
Soil: Mix The normal Soil with 30% of Coco Peat & 20% of Vermi Compost ,
Planting : Bulb is already Medicine Treated , Plant the bulb in Pot One inch deep. There is no need of Water till Germination or a week.
Is it a bulb? Is it a root? No, it’s a begonia—technically a “tuber”—that produces some of the most brilliant blooms in any late-season garden! A very versatile and colorful species, Begonias can be planted in pots, window boxes, the ground, or just about anywhere in either sun or shade.
Tuberous begonias are popular all over the world. Not only do they have attractive flowers, but their foliage can be quite interesting, too. They can brighten up both your indoor and outdoor gardens.
Begonia Tuberous Double make your garden look very beautiful as they start blooming in month April. The utterly captivating fragrance of fresh Begonia is hard to beat in a garden.
Simply plant the bulbs 20cm deep and wait for these lovely Summer blooming perennials to give you a pleasing look.
The genus Caladium includes seven species that are native to South America and Central America, and naturalized in India, parts of Africa, and various tropical islands. Caladiums are known for their big, heart-shaped leaves that display amazing color combinations of white, pink, red and green.
Caladiums can be grown in containers or clumped together within beds and border. There are numerous varieties of caladiums found in either the fancy-leaved or the strap-leaved cultivar. Often varieties that bloom for a short portion of the season.
Blooming on caladium plants is not common, but tubers planted in favorable locations tend to produce small flower.
Common Name
Elephant ear, Heart of Jesus, Angel Wings
Height
Up to 80 cm
Flower Color
Pale yellow (the flower-like bud on a caladium is a spathe)
Bloom Time
The flowers are inconspicuous and when grown as annuals, they may not have time to flower at all.
Difficulty Level
Easy to grow
Caladium Care
Caladiums grow from tubers and can be propagated by dividing the tubers
These plants thrive in moist, well-drained soil and are generally happier in partial shade
As foliage begins to die down in the fall, reduce water, dig up and air dry bulbs for a week
Calla Lilies make fantastic container and landscape plants, Speckled foliage and gorgeous blooms add a touch of elegance wherever they go, and despite their graceful appearance, they’re remarkably easy to grow.
Delicate and elegant, our Pink Melody Calla strikes the perfect note to bring harmony to any garden. This plant makes a bold statement with color gradients that start with white, dip into rich pink, and then finish with pale green at the eye. Its large size makes it ideal for prominent positions in the garden. Tall and floriferous, with strong stems that beg to be used for cut flower arrangements.
Calla lily is easy to grow and add a classy look to perennial gardens, cutting gardens and container plantings.
Calla lilies grow well in pots and planters. They can be mixed with other annuals, but usually perform better in a pot on their own. The flowers last for weeks.
Pick these easy-to-grow varieties for the best blooms. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant, evergreen where rainfall and temperatures are adequate.
It has large clumps of broad, arrow shaped dark green leaves up to 45 cm long.
The inflorescences are large and are produced in spring, summer and autumn, with a pure white spathe up to 25 cm and a yellow spadix. The spadix produces a faint, sweet fragrance.
Dig up the rhizomes in autumn, usually after the first frost and store for winter.
Dig a hole about three times as deep as the height of the bulb.
Set the bulb in the hole, pointy end up, then cover with soil and press firmly
Space bulbs 8 to 10 inches apart
Water thoroughly after planting
Use the potting mix for bulb plantation as Garden soil + Compost + Perlite + Sand (2:2:1:1) Soil + Cocopeat + vermicomposting (2:1:2)
Keep them adequately fertilized and watered, misting the plant every so often to keep the ambient humidity high
They are susceptible to aphids so, take a look closely and apply insecticide.
Its flowers are red, orange or yellow, sometimes with a faint, but very sweet perfume.
Clivias are herbaceous plants with long, slender green leaves. The flowers, which can be yellow, orange or red, grow as individual blooms on the tip of an umbel, which stands as a hardy stalk above the green foliage below.
These flowers have a bell shape to them and make for beautiful additions to a flower arrangement. Clivias do not form bulbs, but they do produce berries as fruits. It grows to a height of about 45 cm (18 in), and flowers are red, orange or yellow, sometimes with a faint, but very sweet perfume. It is sometimes known in cultivation as “Kaffir lily” (a term considered offensive in South Africa). The same name is also applied to the genus Hesperantha. It contains small amounts of lycorine, making it poisonous.
Sunlight
These plants do best as part-time outdoor plants, spending the summers outside in a shady spot with no direct sunlight. Bring them in during the winter rest period and keep in a lit but cool location.
Watering
Suspend water during the winter and resume again in the late winter or early spring.
Soil
A standard potting mix should be fine.
Temperature
With a minimum temperature of 10 C (50 F)
Fertilizer
During the growing season, fertilize every week with a weak liquid fertilizer. It also works to include controlled-release fertilizer pellets in the soil.
Clivia is the ideal plant for the shade garden or for containers. It purifies the air.
One adult plant can absorb one liter of impure air and release 80% of oxygen overnight
It performs photosynthesis under very weak light
3-4 plants are enough in a room for absorbing smoke and other contaminants
Caution
All parts of the plant are slightly poisonous. Hence, the pot should never be placed within reach of small children and pets.
