Category Archives: Asparagales

Crocosmia crocosmiiflora

Crocosmia

‘Lucifer’ (Falling stars, Coppertips)
11″ x 16″, 2014
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The August garden tends to look tired and frazzled, like Cinderella after the ball. But one exotic plant that dazzles and bewitches is Crocosmia. more…

Iris reticulata

Iris reticulata

2010

The genus name derives from the Greek word for rainbow; and the species name comes from the Latin “rete”, meaning net and referring to the netted or reticulated pattern on the dry bulbs of the dwarf iris. In Greek mythology Iris, the messenger of the gods, is represented by the rainbow, which forms a bridge between the heavens and earth. more…

Allium sativum

Allium sativum

Garlic with scape & bulbil
2010

The genus Allium, from the Latin for garlic, includes several pungent bulbous plants—leeks, onions, chives. The garlic plant has a long folk history. Its use has been recorded in Vedic times, across cultures from ancient China to Egypt. It was believed to ward off diseases and infections and to confer strength. Garlic has had wide recognition for its fungicidal, germicidal, antiseptic and tonic uses wherever it is grown. more…

Three flowering plants

43convallaria

Convallaria majalis  var. rosea (Pink Lily-of-the-Valley)
Myosotis scorpioides
Polygonatum commutatum

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From the Latin convallis for valley—a favored habitat for the plant—and majalis or belonging to May, this fragrant spring bloom derives its botanical name. Its other names are May Lily, Ladder-to-Heaven, Our Lady’s Tears but most popular of all is the lily-of-the-valley. Its flowers are usually white, although pale to darker pinks are less common but also popular. more…

Allium cepa

Red onion

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Allium cepa


The genus Allium, from the Latin for garlic, includes several pungent bulbous plants, commonly called onion.  Allium cepa is also known as the “garden onion” or “bulb” onion, related to wild species found in Central Asia. more…

Kniphofia uvaria

Kniphofia uvaria

Red Hot Poker, Torch Lily, Tritoma
2008
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The plant’s original name Tritoma comes from the Greek for thrice-cut, a reference to their long leaves with very clearly defined three surfaces. Uva is Latin for bunch of grapes, describing the inflorescent arrangement of the blooms. more…

Allium porrum

Leek

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The leek, Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, also known as Allium porrum, is a vegetable which belongs to the same family as onions and garlic. In Greek ampel means a grape vine and pras means leek, resulting in epithet—the leek of the vineyard. more…

Crocus

Iridaceae

Yellow and purple crocus
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Allium sativum

Allium sativum


Garlic, a member of the Amaryllidaceae family, thrives in full sunlight and is a good neighbor to most plants, except legumes and alfalfa, and is thought to repel rabbits, deer, moles and insects. Its flowers are hemaphrodite, having both female and male organs. It is a perennial that is not frost tender and is cultivated worldwide. more…