http://www.flowerwonders.com Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:41:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Blooming after planting — 30-70 days Blooming period — 70 days Light — sunny places Area — spacious Watering — generous but not frequent In both cases the plant received its name after a man: Dahlia is named after a Swedish botanist Anders Dahl and Gerogina is named after a German naturalist Johann Gottlieb Georgi ... http://www.flowerwonders.com/dahlia-and-georgina/ Lily is undeniably a very beautiful flower which every gardener would like to have in his garden. Lily is also a well-known flower for its exquisite form and pretty coloring. Its hystory goes into ancient times when the Greek considered the flower to be created by gods and be a ... http://www.flowerwonders.com/lily/ Among all the garden flowers Iris is probably the most beautiful one. Iris has a rich hystory which roots into 2 B.C. At that time rulers of ancient civilizations admired the beauty of Iris. The flower is depicted on the walls of Knoss palace which is placed on Crete. During ... http://www.flowerwonders.com/iris/ Wandering on blogs about flowers today, the idea to write this article occured in my head. Gardening should not be a bore! Let's forget about traditional ways of performing plants in our houses and apply a little bit of creativity and fantasy. I'm sure that at least once you already ... http://www.flowerwonders.com/gardening-for-pleasure/ We are used to see flowers in composition - this is so "natural" today to make a garden look organized, to have some idea in it. We are getting used to admire mostly the composition and start making notes in the mind how to repeat it in our own garden. ... http://www.flowerwonders.com/garden-flowers/ Keukenhof is a beautiful park in the western part of Netherlands close to Lisse city. This park is known for an enormous quantity of flowers on its huge territory (32 ha). They say it is the most photographed place in the world. The park is open from March till May ... http://www.flowerwonders.com/visit-to-keukenhof/  So it is spring now and it's time to look around and check which of your plants needs a new pot or fresh soil. Spring is time for renovation! My eyes caught the view of young Amaryllis which appeared in my house about a year ago. I could see that ... http://www.flowerwonders.com/amaryllis-propagation-with-bulbils/   Watering is probably the most important thing in a cactus life. In this post i will try to collect the most important information on this question. There are certain factors that should be considered: time of the year, age of cactus, type of cactus and even the weather. Probably the first ... http://www.flowerwonders.com/cactus-and-water/ Water: heavy from spring to autumn, moderate in spring Light: bright scattered, maybe direct in winter Temperature:  ~25° in spring to autumn, ~15° during dormant period Blooming: in summer This plant appeared in my house long time ago though it started to bloom only about 3 years ago. Before my Stapelia found itself on ... http://www.flowerwonders.com/stapelia-in-your-house/     Hardly there are many countries where people are so fond of plants and flowers as in Holland. I couldn’t but praise the talent and work of Dutch plant breeders who developed such a great variety of plants with all imaginable and unimaginable colors and forms. I just don’t know any other ... http://www.flowerwonders.com/holland-flower-queen/