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Wallpaper Picture Gallery

mayberry blossoms
Mayberry Blossoms

The mayberry (Vaccinium elliottii), a kind of blueberry native to the southeastern USA, started blooming a couple of weeks ago when the weather turned warm. The masses of small pinkish flowers are one of the first signs that spring is on the way. Click here to download a large version of this image.

Visit the Wallpaper Browser page to see more than 1,400 larger format (800x600px) plant images. Links to these images are also present in the title area of each Plant Profile.

Flowering Plants of Hawaii

Hawaiian blueberry
Part 16 of Flowering Plants of Hawaii

In this latest post in his Flowering Plants of Hawaii series Bruce surveys the families Elaeocarpaceae, Epacridaceae and Ericaceae as represented on the Hawaiian Islands. Click to read Part 14 or here for menu and introduction.

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Edible

tomato
Lycopersicon lycopersicum

Start your own pepper and tomato plants
Start Your Own

Steve starts his own pepper and tomato plants indoors and you can too. Save money and grow rare and heirloom varieties that aren't available at the garden center. Click to read Start Your Own Pepper and Tomato Plants


Floridata Master Plant List
The Floridata Plant Encyclopedia profiles all kinds of plants for every kind of climate. Click on a letter button to display a list of plants by botanical name. Use the FloridataGrid page for advanced sorting, filtering and searching of the database.

Tip: move the cursor over the sunflower icon to display a photo of that plant.


Plant Tag Lists
Plant Type Tags
One or more "tags", represented as icons, are are assigned to a species to indicate plant form form and type.
Feature Tags
These tags are assigned to a species to summarize characteristics and uses.

 


  

Spider Lilies for Sale!
red spider lilies
Steve is selling hurricane lilies (a.k.a. red spider lilies -- Lycoris radiata) again this year. Mature bulbs (most will bloom this autumn) will be shipped at the end of March once the plants go dormant. The price is 50 cents per bulb (minimum 20), plus postage. Contact him at spiderlily2011@hotmail.com

DJ Jack's Music Moment

I spend most of my life in front of the computer - if not for music I would be insane(r). In this space I'll share some of my favorite tunes: country, jazz, world, downtempo, lounge, electronic, house, classical, disco and whatever... ~DJ Jack.

Glamour Girl
Enjoy my favorite song from my favorite lounge lizard Louie Austen.

Previous Picks Playlist:
Pa' Bailer by Bajofondo
Stella by Jam and Spoon
Yachts (A Man Called Adam Remix) by Coco Steel & Lovebomb
If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues
4 am by Nite Flyte
Seminole Wind by John Anderson
The Enchanted Sea by Martin Denny


The Hibiscus

The Hardy Hibiscus
Not the fussy tropical houseplants, but tough, hardy shrubs that light up gardens as far north as Zone 4 with flowers up to 12 inches across! Click here to read about hardy hibiscus.

Hibiscus species profile links:
Confederate rose (Hibiscus mutabilis)
giant rose mallow (Hibiscus grandiflorus)
halberdleaf marshmallow (Hibiscus laevis)
rose-of-sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
scarlet rose mallow (Hibiscus coccineus)
swamp mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)

Tropical Trees

pink trumpet tree
Tabebuia heterophylla

More tropical flowering trees that bloom in winter or spring:
orchid tree(Bauhinia variegata)
lemon bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus)
coral tree (Erythrina variegata)
jacaranda(Jacaranda acutifolia)
golden trumpet tree (Tabebuia chrysantha)

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