Astragalus hypoglottis grows between three and twenty four inches tall. The flowers are violet-purple.…
Aucuba japonica is a stout shrub that grows four to fifteen feet tall. The berries are scarlet, rarely…
The flowers of Barringtonia speciosa are large and showy. The petals are white with a purple tinted…
The large white lima bean, the common name of phaseolus lunatus, as a long season. It is normally a…
The numbers represent different plants in this oriental pattern bedding. (1) white geranium, (2) Calendula…
The number represent different plants in this French pattern bedding. (1) sulphur queen, (2) blue perfection,…
The numbers represent different plants in the French border pattern bedding. (1) marquerite, (2) coleus,…
The numbers represent the different plants in the Tudor rose pattern bedding. (1) scarlet begonia, (2)…
Pictured is an English border pattern from the eighteenth century. The numbers represent different plants.…
Pictured is an Italian pattern of bedding, the numbers representing different plants. (1) orange king,…
The bassano beet has flesh that is mixed white and light red. It is an old-time, early variety.
Begonia dregei grows one to three feet tall. The leaves are thin, small, deeply serrated, and green.…
Begonia scharffiana grows one to three feet tall. The leaves are large, thick, fleshy, hairy, olive…
The flowers are Begonia sanguinea are small and white. The leaves are four to six inches long, thick,…
Begonia madame de lesseps is a showy, strong, erect grower. The flowers are large and white. The leaves…
Begonia argenteo-guttata flowers grow in clusters. The flowers are white tinged with pink. The leaves…
Begonia lucerna is a hybrid. The leaves are heavily spotted with white. The flowers grow in long clusters…
The common names of Benincasa hispida are wax gourd, white gourd of India, zit-kwa, Chinese preserving…
The common name of Blighia sapida is akee tree. The leaflets grow in three or four pairs. The flowers…
The common name of boltonia is false chamomile. The latisquama has large, showy flower heads with blue-violet…
The flowers of Bomarea salsilla are pink or red with blue or dark purple within. The leaves are two…
The common name of bombax is silk cotton tree. The malabaricum variety has flowers that are six to seven…
Borago officinalis, or borage, has blue or purplish flowers. It is used for culinary purposes in some…
Illustrated are two bouquet themes. The left is a flower theme, the right a foliage theme. The white…
Illustrated is harmony in vase and bouquet. The white circles represent flowers, the black represent…
Illustrated is harmony in vase and bouquet. The white circles represent flowers, the black circles represent…
The belleymeii variety of caladium picturatum has greenish and violet slender stalks. The blade is white…
Calanthe veitchii flowers in the winter. The flowers are rose colored but there is also a white variety.…
Calathea veitchiana has a strong, loose, spreading habit and grows one to four feet tall. The flowers…
Calluna vulgaris has small, rosy pink flowers. The flowers are sometimes white. The plant grows between…
The flowers of calochortus gunnisonii are light blue or almost white. The flowers are delicate yellowish…
There are thirty to one hundred flowers on each camassia cusickii plant. The flowers are a very pale,…
The camassia quamash species varies greatly. Some forms are low and slender, others grow two to three…
The common name of campanula medium is Canterbury bells. The flowers are violet-blue, varying to several…
Illustrated is a narrow flowered form of campanula persicifolia. The plant grows two to three feet tall.…
The common name of campanula pyramidalis is chimney campanula. The plant grows four to five feet tall.…
The common name of campanula trachelium is throatwort. The plant grows two to three feet tall. The flowers…
Campanula rapunculoides is a perennial and grows two to four feet tall. The flowers are bright blue…
Campanula carpatica is a perennial that grows nine to eighteen inches tall. The flowers are large and…
The common names of campanula rotundifolia are harebell, hairbell, and blue bells of Scotland. The flowers…
The soldanellaeflora variety of campanula rotundifolia has semi-double blue flowers. The flowers are…
The common name of cardamine pratensis is cuckoo flower. The plant is slender and grows twelve to twenty…
The fruit of cardiospermum is an inflated seed vessel. It has a white heart shaped spot.
Picotee carnations are pure white or yellow. Each petal is bordered with a band of color at the margin.
The common names of carpinus caroliniana are American hornbeam and blue beech. The leaves are oval,…
The flowers of caryopteris incana are small and violet-blue or lavendar-blue. The plant grows one to…
The flowers of cattleya mendelii are seven to eight inches across. The sepals and petals are white,…
The flowers of cattleya trianae are two to six inches across. The color of the flowers vary from delicate…
The flowers of cattleya citrina are yellow except for the white border of the front lobe of the lip.…
Illustrated are seed berries of blue cohosh. Blue cohosh is the common name of caulophyllum thalictrioides.
Centaurea cyanus has many common names including blue bottle, bluet, bachelor's button, cornflower,…
The common name of centaurea moschata is sweet sultan. The stem is two feet tall and branching below.…
The pitchered leaves of cephalotus follicularis are green, crimson or purple, and white. The pitchers…
The common name of chamaedaphne is leather leaf. The calyculata variety is a bush with spreading or…
Chelone glabra usually grows one to two feet tall. The flowers are white or rose tinged.
The common name of chimaphila is pipsissewa. The maculata variety has white flowers. There are two to…
The common name of chionodoxa is glory-of-the-snow. The luciliae variety has bright blue flowers with…