How to treat plants: Begonia semperflorens

A plant well known and loved by us women is the Begonia. E 'originates from Africa, Asia and South America. Many species and hybrids that are sold in nurseries are annual species. Al ...

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Begonia (wikipedia)  ITIS Taxonomy ID 22327 (itis)  Begonia (ncbi)  Curare (wikipedia)  

How to cure the plants: lavender

I think that lavender is one of the most fragrant plants in all. I am convinced that all of you have used at least once in their body products scented with lavender. Our grandmothers were used to take the flowers of this plant, dry them, put them in bags to scent linen drawers. Who still uses small lavender soap? Again, these were very good to scent drawers.

Lavender is a herbaceous perennial plant, native to the Mediterranean areas where it grows wild in the bushes. He leaves with an elongated shape and gray-silver. During the summer it produces fragrant flowers purple-blue, grouped in spikes. The medieval times was much used lavender to scent the body.

How to treat plants: Water Lilies hardy

The lilies are beautiful aquatic plants. Nymphaeacee belong to the family and are found in ponds or lakes. Did you know that we can grow even on the terrace or in the garden? The hardy species, in fact, they adapt well to our climate. The important thing is that during the winter their rhizome is not at risk of frost.

The hardy water lilies bloom in spring and summer, from April to September. the uniqueness of these wonderful flowers is that they open at ten in the morning and close at five in the afternoon. What is needed to grow the hardy water lilies? Need a shower or tub, provided that it is not painted because the paint could damage the water lily.