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Today we are going to talk about a type of edible plant that has generated a lot of controversy by those who have a somewhat more delicate taste or do not have the opportunity to try it. It’s about the electric flower. Its scientific name is Acmella oleracea and is known as the Sechuan button. […]

Image – Wikimedia Commons / DoF CC-BY-X Do you want a herbaceous plant that will live for several years and that also produces lots of flowers each spring? Then let me introduce you to the Dolphin raiseda species that due to its height is perfect in alignments, delimiting roads or trails. Of course, it is […]

Are you hungry? How about tasting the rarest fruits in the world? Plants have evolved to develop fruits with really curious shapes. There are some that could even remind us of animals, or some part of them. Such is the case of Madura treesa fruit tree native to North America that you can grow in […]

Yesterday I was in iberflora, in Valencia. And I was struck by this magnificent cultivating tablein wood, with its stakes for vines and its support for a small planter. Researching the manufacturer, I come to the Areté Foundation and I am surprised by the activity of this non-profit organization created in 2006, which aims to […]

Image – Flickr / Eduardo A. Pacheco We will not deny it: all orchids have something special. But when you get used to always seeing the same ones, the day you discover another it is difficult to avoid looking away. This is precisely what can happen to many of us with purple guaria. This beautiful […]

Rose bushes are one of the easiest ornamental plants in the world to care for: they live in a wide variety of climates, they do not usually have major pests or diseases, and the most interesting of all is that they produce beautiful flowers every year. However, irrigation is a task that can be difficult […]

Do you like flowers? If so, you can’t miss a few dahlias in your garden or balcony. These rhizomatous plants -sold as bulbous- originating in Mexico are capable of attracting the attention of anyone who passes by thanks to their bright colors and the elegance of its petals. Easy to take care of, I will […]

Sage has long been known to have a reputation for being a healing plant since ancient times. And it is that the word sap means to heal or to save. Today we are going to talk about the Salvia sclarea. It is also known by the common name Roman sage. It has many properties and […]

Have you decided to grow a rose bush in a pot? Congratulations then the rose bush is one of the most beautiful plants and one of the most used to decorate home gardens, since the beauty of their flowers make any place a place full of color and a special fragrance, at the same time […]

Wake up to the smell of chocolate! Chocolate-scented flowers they bloom at night offering a cocoa aroma in the morning. The cheery deep red petals are streaked red on the underside and drop to reveal bright green calyxes above the violin-shaped leaves. Perennial. You will be amazed after smelling the amazing cocoa fragrance of the […]

The rose bush is by far the best known and most loved flowering shrub. It can be grown in a wide variety of climates as long as the winter temperature approaches or drops a little below zero degrees, and it is also so ornamental and so easy to care for that it seems incredible that […]

If the name of osteospermum It does not sound familiar to you, maybe the one with African margarita does. Previously they were included within the genus of the Dimorphoteca, and consequently one of the names by which these plants are known is dimorfoteca, although today it is wrong. Our protagonists, unlike the oysters we have […]

Image – Wikimedia / André Karwath aka Aka There are plants that can easily brighten our day just by looking out onto the balcony or going out for coffee on the patio or terrace. There are orange, red, white, …; some higher than others. On this occasion, we are going to talk to you about […]

La Clivia, whose scientific name is threatened slopesit is a lovely herbaceous plant. Its characteristic inflorescence composed of more than a dozen flowers is so beautiful that as it only blooms once a year, during those few days that they remain open they are very much enjoyed. It is a plant that gives a lot […]

Image – Flickr / Kai Yan, Joseph Wong Our guinean joysalso called New Guinea Hybrids, are very colorful flowers and that is why they are beautiful to have in the garden. The scientific name of these flowers is Impatiens hawkeri and they are the younger sisters of the popular joy of the house (Impatiens walleriana). […]

Calceolaria is a herbaceous plant that produces very, very showy flowers, with colors as cheerful as yellow or orange. They are so curious that they are very reminiscent of the little shoes that babies wear, which is precisely how it is popularly known. But, How do you take care of yourself? If you just bought […]

Image – Wikimedia / Fan Wen They are beautiful, of very different colors, and they are very easy to care for. The gerbera They are flowering plants that each year return to gardens or patios to beautify them throughout the season. And it is that, in addition, they are very cheap. But … would you […]

Would you like to contemplate some beautiful flowers in your garden or terrace? The cane indicates are some of the plants that bloom for much of the year, but it is in summer when they brighten our day to day the most by showing us their most extraordinary petals. They are very easy plants to […]

Each country has a flower that represents it in some way. There is always one that, due to the colors it has or the shapes it adopts, make it a plant that is easy to relate to that specific place. But, What is the National Flower of Spain? It is a very interesting one that […]

The pelargonium peltatumalso called oak leaf mallow or ivy geranium, it is a species that It is part of the family composed of the Geraniaceae; It comes from South Africa and is characterized by being the most cultivated among all those that exist of its kind. The ivy geranium is a highly resistant outdoor plantwhose […]

The geraniums They are herbaceous plants that have become very popular thanks to their beautiful flowers and their easy cultivation and reproduction. Mostly native to South Africa, they are very rustic and can withstand light frosts. They are used especially as potted plants (or planters), but they can also form colored beds in some corner […]

Today we are going to talk about a plant that is used to decorate the gardens and will offer a range of colors that will remind us of sunrise. It’s about the crocosmia. This plant has flowers with the 3 colors of dawn: red, orange and yellow and they are flowers that will not only […]

Image – Flickr / Karine C. Any day is perfect to give roses, but during Valentine’s Day, without a doubt, any lover of these flowers will probably enjoy a gift such as rose bush ‘Julio Iglesias’. Unlike the ones we are more used to seeing, its petals are of two colors instead of just one, […]

The begonia corallina, which you can commonly find as begonia tamaya, It is a plant that is especially located in some areas of Latin America and that is famous among Mexicans. It is also called bamboo begonia, because its stem closely resembles the stems of the family of the bambusoideae. This type of begonias frequently […]

In the world there are so many plants that, in order to better understand their evolution and to be able to study them in a simpler way, what was done was to classify them into botanical families. Within each of these groups or families are included plant species that share basic characteristics, such as type […]