China Doll - Radermachera sinica - attractive, graceful, green house plants with erect stems & branching foliage that make them look like miniature trees. Some websites claim China Dolls grow just over a metre tall. Don’t believe it! Try 10 metres+
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#PlantoftheWeek from #Downingherbarium Sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum... Did you know C4 photosynthesis was an Australian - Brisbane discovery? We take sugar for granted. Consuming 180+ million tons - every year, largely in processed foods. However, origins of commercial sugar are quite complex.
Plant of the Week: Silver Cassia Bush (Senna artemisioides)
Not native (it’s from Australia) but considered non-spreading in AZ.
Grows 3–6 ft, blooms winter–spring, hardy to 18°F.
📸 Photo © Paul Santori
#ArizonaPlants #DesertGardening #AridLandscapes #PollinatorGarden #BCHP #PlantOfTheWeek
Another from the #DowningHerbarium #PlantoftheWeek archives "Flowers for the #Christmas Festive Season" - December in Sydney is riot of colour - Jacarandas, Flame trees, Silky Oaks, Christmas Bush, Agapanthus, Cape Chestnuts... reminding us that summer has arrived. @zygodon.bsky.social @mqnatsci
Travel by train to Katoomba, or from Bundanoon to Tallong in late Oct. to Nov., & you will be greeted by meadows of golden-yellow daisies, Coreopsis lanceolata. Not native but make a spectacular show in their naturalised habitats. #PlantoftheWeek #DowningHerbarium @zygodon.bsky.social @mqnatsci
An appropriate post for December in Australia, by Alison Downing from appropriately named #DowningHerbarium - "...assumed nectar seeking birds pollinate Christmas Bells but astonished to find out they are self-pollinating & ants facilitate the movement of pollen within the flowers" #PlantoftheWeek
Plant of the Week!
Common name: Canyon Senna
Scientific name: Senna Wislizeni
One of the Garden's prettiest members, it can make a wonderful foundational plant in the back of a pollinator garden, its flowers like little rays of sunshine.
#PlantOfTheWeek #CMCDG #UTEP #EPTX
Plant of the Week!
Common name: Alamo Vine
Scientific name: Merremia dissecta
Native range: Central Texas east into Florida, south to the tropics of the Americas.
Its flowers open at noon and close at night, which gives it a particular charm in gardens during the day.
#PlantOfTheWeek #UTEP #EPTX
#FloralFriday #NativePlants #PollinatorFriendly #FilipendulaRubra #GardenInspiration #WildflowerLove #RainGarden #EcoFriendlyGarden #PlantOfTheWeek #NatureBeauty #GoodNeighborIowa
Plant of the Week!
Common name: Drummond’s rain-lily
Scientific name: Zephyranthes chlorosolen
This species is part of the “rain lily” group because of its fast response to rainfall. This plant provides nectar to nocturnal pollinators such as moths.
#PlantOfTheWeek #CentennialMuseum #UTEP #EPTX
Plant of the Week! 💛
Common Name: Showy Menodora
Scientific Name: Menodora Longiflora
Native Range: Texas Hill Country west into southern NM, and northern Mexico.
When you see one with fresh leaves and open flowers, its a sign that it has recently rained!
#PlantOfTheWeek #ElPasoTx #CentennialMuseum
That being said we will post hash tags beneath our #volunteer posts such as: #GameOfTheWeek #BookOfTheWeek #ArtistOfTheWeek #PlantOfTheWeek #FungiOfTheWeek #HikeOfTheWeek #ProtestOfTheWeek #PhotoOfTheWeek #MotorcycleOfTheWeek #WorldRecordOfTheWeek #SongOfTheWeek #PoemOfTheWeek etc...etc....etc...
Pretend it's not past midnight for my first PLANT OF THE WEEK announcement: Aloe Vera!
Common, beloved, useful, beautiful.
I'll be posting once a day about what I learn as I research this plant all week!
#PlantOfTheWeek #Aloe #AloeVera #Herbalism #Botany
🌿 The giant staghorn fern, Platycerium grande, is an epiphytic marvel! It anchors itself to trees without drawing nutrients from them!
🌿 Native to Australia, this fern thrives in bright, indirect light and moderate humidity.
#plantoftheweek #staghorn #fern
#stratfordbutterflyfarm
🌿 Plant of the Week!🌿
The Castor Bean Plant, Ricinus communis - Beautiful but Deadly! The castor bean plant has lush, tropical leaves and bright red spiky seed pods, but don’t be fooled by its beauty as this plant is one of the most toxic in the world! #plantoftheweek #stratfordbutterflyfarm
🌿 Plant of the Week: String of Pearls + 15% OFF! 🌿
Learn more about string of pearls here! curioplants.com/blogs/news/a...
#CurioPlants #PlantOfTheWeek #StringOfPearls #HouseplantCare #SucculentLover #GreeneryGoals #DIYTerrarium #ValentinesVibes #FirstFriday
Another wonderful #PlantOfTheWeek from @botsocscot.bsky.social - the Round-leaved Sundew (other sundews are available)
Crammed full of fantastic facts, not least that Darwin spent time feeding his sundews cheese - the scientific curiosity of the man was boundless!
botsoc.scot/2025/01/26/p...
Garlic bulb, cloves, and a fresh plant. Image from the book Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine (4th edition, revised & expanded) by Andrew Chevallier, FNIMH
#PlantOfTheWeek
Garlic (allium sativum)!
Garlic can help get rid of colds and the flu because it helps reduce mucus.
Garlic can also help treat ear infections.
🪴Plant of the Week🪴
"Queen of Worms"
White Princess Philodendron
If you'd like to meet this rare beauty... Beam Down to my Stream today, and learn more about this mysterious Tropical Aroid.
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“I have forgotten much, but still remember, The poinsettia's red, blood-red in warm December.”
- Claude McKay
#QuoteOfTheDay #PlantOfTheWeek #pointsettia
“You’re one of those people who know whether there is chervil or parsley in the soup at meal-time. That’s fine, there’s something to be said for that. But that doesn’t make you a cook.”
- Patrick Süskind
#quote #QuoteOfTheDay #PlantOfTheWeek #chervil
“The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.”
- Paul Cezanne
#quote #QuoteOfTheDay #PlantOfTheWeek #carrot
“Damiana is a feel-good medicine that, at least from my own experience, is a most valuable aid to people who have lost some of their natural spark and vitality.”
- Richard Whelan
#QuoteOfTheDay #PlantOfTheWeek #damiana
“I'm saddened by the peonies before the steps, so red,
As evening came I found that only two remained.
Once morning's winds have blown, they surely won't survive,
At night I gaze by lamplight, to cherish the fading red.”
- Bai Juyi
#QuoteOfTheDay #PlantOfTheWeek #peony
“When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.”
- Anthony Trollope
#QuoteOfTheDay #PlantOfTheWeek #ivy
“Earth is a flower in the Garden of Cosmos! And therefore, a flower on Earth is a flower within the flower!”
- Mehmet Murat ildan
#QuoteOfTheDay #PlantOfTheWeek #cosmos
"If one consults enough herbals... every sickness known to humanity will be listed as being cured by sage."
- Varro Taylor
#QuoteOfTheDay #PlantOfTheWeek #sage
