Portulaca is commonly known as "Moss Rose". It is one of the best flowering plants for summer. Every year I grow these in my garden and some on the terrace corners. In summer, hundreds of colorful flowers bloom every day. These plants don't need … [Read more...]

Gomphrena is a very hard, drought-resistant flowering plant. It is a popular summer plant that goes great with other ground covers like portulaca, moss rose and purslane. It is one of the easiest plants to grow in summer. You can grow gomphrena even … [Read more...]

Portulaca or Moss Rose is a beautiful flowering plant. It is a summer – spring plant, best suited for a warm and moist environment. Moss rose (Portulaca) belongs to Portulacaceae family. There are almost 80-100 members in the Portulacaceae family. … [Read more...]

Marigold or common Tagetes is a beautiful flower family. I am sure all of us are familiar with the variety of flowers, the diversity of colors, shape, and sizes of marigold. In fact, many of you may have grown a marigold in your garden. These are … [Read more...]

Harvesting is the final task after a successful flowering season. Marigolds blooms are the only source of seeds for next plantation. So it is an important task to harvest the quality seeds for next season. What is harvesting? In general collection … [Read more...]

Marigold is a very attractive flower and when it blooms in bunches it looks great.  Most varieties of marigold form bushes that results in multiple flowers together. These bushes may contain single to even more than 30 branches in a single plant. … [Read more...]

Marigold is a beautiful flower.  It is very common and easy to grow the plant. From Europe to America and Asia to Africa, marigold is found everywhere. Speaking of marigolds- mostly African and Mexican varieties are popular for flower beds and … [Read more...]