Gorgeous Blooming Flowers for Independence Day and Memorial Day Gifts

18 inches Hand Painted and Carved Porcelain Fishbowl / Planter with White Floral Design

Ceramic Bonsai Pot,16.0x16.0x11.75 Tall,Floral Design - Brown/Yellow Color,Square

The world's tallest flower is the 2.5m titan arum which grows in the tropical jungles of Sumatra.The "titan arum is shaped in such a way that flies get trapped in a chamber at the bottom.

The world's largest flower is Rafflesia , a parasite that has no leaves, roots or stems. It grows in the jungles od Borneo and Sumatra, Indonesia.

The world's smallest flower is the Wolffia duckweed of Australia.It is a floating water plant less than 0.6 mm viewed only through lens.

Two Australian orchids actually bloom underground. No-one knows how they pollinate.

Bees and butterflies are drawn to blue, yellow and pink flowers. White flowers draw night flying moths.

Can you believe 30,000 orchid seeds weigh barely 1 gram.

The world's biggest tree , the giant redwood , grows from tiny seeds that are less than 2 mm long.

Flowers are great for gifts!
"Send flowers and make your loved ones happy!""

* Since ancient times, mankind has tried to improve their crops and the yields.

* Charles Darwin in 1876 discovered that in breeding ~ pollinating with almost identical plants made plants less vigorous. Cross- breeding between different strains produced healthier plants.

* American scientists in early 1900 found that they could improve the protein content of corn by in breeding however, the yield was poor.

* In 1917, Donald Jones discovered the "double cross" by combining four strains (not the normal 2 strains) to create a hybrid corn that revolutionized farming to creat a hybrid corn that gave high yield and high protein.

* Hybrid corn changed the scenario of US farming raising yields from 2000 litres per hectare 1933 to 7220 in 1980.

* The "Green Revolution" has enabled farmers to use ten times as much nitrogen fertilizers as in 1960.

* The disadvantage of the green revolution is that the huge costs of special seeds, fertilizers and pesticides keep only big agriculturists and farmers in market, forcing small time farmers out of business.

* Encourage "Organic farming" which is the form of agriculture that relies on crop rotation, green manure, compost, biological pest control, and mechanical cultivation to maintain soil productivity and control pests, excluding or strictly limiting the use of synthetic fertilizers and synthetic pesticides, plant growth regulators, livestock feed additives, and genetically modified organisms.

* Wikipedia quotes--
"Organic agriculture is a production system that sustains the health of soils, ecosystems and people. It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than the use of inputs with adverse effects. Organic agriculture combines tradition, innovation and science to benefit the shared environment and promote fair relationships and a good quality of life for all involved.."

* You can place several statues and water fountain to enhance the look of your garden.
* Roses and orchids can give your garden a gorgeous look.
* Plant seasonal flowers that bloom in different part of the year. Your garden will always be blooming throughout the year. Nothing gives a satisfaction than a flower ready to bloom from the bud. It is like a new born waiting to open its wing and fly.
* You can have various sections marked in the garden and grow vegetables. Your kitchen garden can cater to fresh and tasty vegetables, herbs used in day to day cooking.

* Orchids can be found in a group of over 20,000 species of flowers found in almost all contents except the freezing Antarctica.
* In the moist tropics , many grow on the trunks and branches of trees and so are called epiphytes.
* The flavour vanilla comes from the vanilla orchid which is extracted from the pod or fruit.
* The fly orchid of Ecuador has a lip shaped like a female tachinid fly so as to attract male flies.

* Ancient Greek couples expecting a baby often ate the roots of the early purple orchid believing that if the man ate the flower's large root, the baby would be a boy and if the woman ate the small root , the baby will be a girl.
* World famous Shakespeare's Hamlet has the drowned Ophelia covered in flowers, including the early purple orchid, famous as a love potion.
* One can find orchids, particularly the species Dendrobium officinale, used as medicinal herbs for centuries. Recent research has discovered many new applications of the different orchid species, and today there are at least 50 orchid species used especially in traditional Chinese medicine formulas.

* The rose is one of the most popular of all garden flowers because of its lovely fragrance and exotic blooms.
* There are around 100 species of wild roses . All garden roses were created by crossing 10 Asian species.

* Wild roses usually have small flowers and a single layer of 4 petals whereas garden roses usually have big flowers with multiple set of 5 petals in two or more layers.
* Attar of roses is a perfume made from roses, especially damask roses. The aroma and scent is such that one gets rejuvenated and refreshed from the rose perfume.

* The word rhododendrons means 'rose tree'.
* The rhododendrons are a big group of 800 different trees and shrubs which belong to the heath family.
* Most rhododendrons came from Himalayas and the mountain of Malaysia where they form dense thickets.
* Many of them are now widely cultivated for their big red and white blooms and evergreen leaves.
* The spectacular June blooming of the catawba rhododendron or mountain rosebay in the Great Smoky Mountains, USA is world famous tourist attraction.

* Lilies are one of the largest and most important flower families containing about 4000 species.
* Hyacinths belong to the lily family.
* Lilies grow from bulbs to produce clusters of bright trumpet shaped flowers on tall stems which can make a beautiful sight in your garden. Each flower has 6 petals.
* Lily of the valley accompanies with an old superstition that anyone who plants it will die within a year.
* Lily of the valley is famous for their fragrance .They are used as scents in soaps and perfumes.
* Easter lilies are large trumpet shaped white lilies that have come to symbolize Easter.
* Leopard lilies grow in the western coastal states of the United States. they have red- orange flowers spotted with purple.
* The Madonna lily is a lily planted in August that lives throughout the winter.

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