Descriptions of Hydrangea

Hydrangea
Hydrangea (Hydrangea common name) is a genus that includes about 100 species of flowering plants native to South and East Asia (from Japan to China, the Himalayas and Indonesia) and also in North and South America. Usually known by its common name of Hydrangeas.

Description
Hydrangea Most are shrubs 1-3 m tall, but some are small trees, and others lianas reaching up to 30 m by climbing up trees. They can be deciduous or evergreen, though the widely cultivated, which are temperate species are deciduous.

The Hydrangeas produce flowers from early spring until late fall, these are grouped into classes, at the end of the stems. Each individual flower hydrangea is relatively small, however, the color display is enhanced by a ring of modified bracts around each flower.

Its flowers can be pink, white, or blue, depending in part on soil pH. In relatively acidic soils (pH between 4.5 and 5) are blue flowers in alkaline soils (pH between 6 and 6.5) acquire the pink flowers, and in soils of intermediate acidity (pH around 5 5) white flowers grow.
You can force the pinkness of the flowers, using fertilizers rich in nitrogen and phosphorus and potassium-poor, whereas if you want blue flowers, fertilizer must be rich in potassium and low in nitrogen and phosphorus. Blue Flowering may also require the input of acidifying fertilizers such as ammonium sulphate, ammonium nitrate, potassium sulfate, etc.. You can also add aluminum sulfate if the above measures are insufficient.

The pink color is achieved with alkaline fertilizers, such as calcium nitrate.

The careful addition of sodium carbonate to the soil can produce a colorful bloom.

Hydrangeas are among the few plants that accumulate aluminum. Get the aluminum acid soils, and forms complexes in the flower that gives them their blue color.

Source: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrangea

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Funkiasläktet Systematics

Funkiasläktet
Funkiasläktet (cough) is a genus in the family agaveväxter with about 45 species. They are primarily found in Japan but also in eastern Russia, Korea, and China. Genus is among the most popular garden plants and are grown for their beautiful leaves. Thousands of varieties have emerged in horticulture. The genus is a bit odd and isolated systematically. It has moved between several different families and also had found their own family, funkiaväxter (Hostaceae).

Funkiasläktets species are perennial herbs with large corms, which sometimes produces offshoots. The leaves are numerous, basal and spiral consolidated with long petiole. The heads have a few reduced leaves and each flower has a green or white bracts. The flowers are bisexual and sits alone (rarely 2-3) in the cluster on short stalks. The crown is composed of six fused hylleblad, it is white or purple, tube to the bell or trumpet shaped. The fruit is a capsule trerummig.

Systematics
Systematic genus is difficult. Many of the earliest described species has proven to be cultivated plants of unknown origin is often complex and is now considered to be varieties, rather than natu species.

Source: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkiasl%C3%A4ktet

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St. John's wort Symbolism & Medicinal use

Symbolism
St. John's wort in people's perceptions is one of those plants that originated from blood or feathers, and so on birds (lightning), which brought the heavenly fire to the ground and was injured at the same time a hostile creature. Later, St. John's wort is assigned the property to drive out evil forces.

Hypericum perforatum previously thought magic plant: it is protected from witches and ghosts, and the purple juice, obtained by pressing the flower buds, was regarded as a fascinating tool.

Medicinal use
St. John's wort contains giperitsin, allowing St. John's wort extract used for the manufacture of non-prescription herbal antidepressants, such as Despres, Gelarium Hypericum and Negrustin used in milder forms of depression, psycho-vegetative anxiety disorders.
St. John's wort preparations have antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, astringent, hemostatic effect, accelerates regeneration of tissues, strengthen heart function, increase vascular tone. They are effective for ascariasis and the dwarf tapeworm.

Source: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B9

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Various names of hollyhock

Alcea rosea
Alcea rosea Hollyhock also known as one of the most cultivated species of the genus Althaea, belonging to the Malvaceae family. It originated in China, was introduced in Europe in the sixteenth century.

Is commonly known by various names: hollyhock, malva de las Indias, real Canamera, mauve isabela.

Description
This herb has jumped from the gardens to naturalize and we can find naturalized. With more than a meter tall (can reach up to 2.5 m), erect, their large and showy flowers along the stem is very popular in landscaping, even though its fragrance is nil or negligible him.

All stem stellate hairs has (pubescent) that are spaced as the plant grows. The leaves are the stem by a petiole long, too hairy (you can see in the second picture on the left). Leaves are alternate, lobed in 3 to 5 parts palmatipartidas also either 3 or 5 parts. The edge of the blade is serrated-crenate, with the back of a different color or discolor the ace. They are rough and harsh limbo.

The flowers have a small stalk of 3 to 5 cm, although the size is very variable; petals also show a great variety: from about 5 cm or more, but in a vast range of colors. They are ovate (egg shaped) and axial. There are varieties of white, pink, red or purple. Of these last two dyes and dyes are extracted for food. The flowers of this species are commonly used in infusion for its expectorant properties.

Epicalyx have a set of overlapping bracts to the calyx, so that apparently has a second cup with 6 or 8 pieces, with a size of approximately one third of the cup. Shown in the photograph on the right.

The fruit is a schizocarp; to dry it spreads like the branches of an orange in more than two dozen oval seeds about 6 mm in length and about 5 mm wide which are called (mericarps).

Source: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcea_rosea

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The Red Dogwood Plant

The red dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) is a species of dogwood family (Cornaceae), which is found throughout Europe except in the far north. Usually the plant grows as a shrub or small tree in hedgerows and woods. The plant prefers a calcareous soil.

The Dogwood is 4 m tall. The plant has a greenish gray and dark red twigs. Because the branches because of their color really stand out, the plant received its name Dogwood.

The leaves are oval and have a length of 4-10 cm. They have a pointed tip and striking curved veins. The herfskleur is pale green to dark red.

The flowers are small and white. There are four outstanding petals, four sepals and four stamens. The flowers stand in a window of four to five diameter at the tips of the branches.

The fruits are spherical and have a diameter of 6-8 mm. Maturing fade from green to shiny black. The flesh tastes bitter. They are berry-like drupe.

The tough, white wood of the Dogwood has several purposes, such as handle of forging hammers and percussion instruments. Steal of cornel wood are regarded as the best.

For the garden are several varieties in attendance, including Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire'. The beautiful light orange branches are more red on the tips, which explains the name of the variety. The older branches of the dogwood are losing their color and therefore it is advisable to apply rejuvenation pruning.




Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rode_kornoelje


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More about the White Helleborine Blossom

White helleborine comes across Europe, from Ireland to the Middle East and North Africa.

In Flanders it is known from two sites, one in the Port of Antwerp on calcareous sandy soil. In Wallonia, something more general.

In the Netherlands they were once found in several places in southern Limburg, Noord-Brabant, in the dunes of North Holland and Drenthe, but since 1985 they have not found anymore.

White helleborine its color and shape can only be confused with the closely related pale helleborine (Cephalanthera damasonium) that a similar habitat choice. The pure white flowers and long, pointed leaves of the white helleborine are uniquely characteristic.

Confusion with the equally fragrant white-flowered Orchid (Platanthera bifolia) and eight mountain orchid (Platanthera chlorantha) is almost excluded by the shape of the flowers and the large number of leaves of the white helleborine.

White helleborine is on the Belgian Red List as "endangered". On the Dutch Red List (plant) she is "very rare" and "greatly reduced" but probably she is already gone.



Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wit_bosvogeltje

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