Flowers and Garden

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The rose is a shrub mainly characterized by its flowers, called roses and thorns covering its stem, family Rosaceae. The rose is considered by many as the queen of the garden and the rose bush is blooming most frequently used in the decoration of it reaching even the concept of a rose garden, a roof garden of roses only.

The variety in the colors of the roses is huge and is that because this flower so prized for its beauty and aroma, has been the subject of many hybrids that have led to today there are about 30,000 species, but the more traditional even have an associated meaning, are a symbol of love red, white symbol of purity, roses represent appreciation, the yellow express joy, but the more superstitious can see some double meaning, most evoke positive feelings, but there are also black and gray roses represent death and sadness respectively.

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Using traditional cultivation of roses that we know of the existence of white roses, pink, red and yellow, but with the new transgenic method, discovered in 2002 the gene responsible for the blue pigment in roses.

This flower, inspired poets, kings and emperors, still in time to enjoy the great symbolic power, which represents goals and achieve absolute perfection. According to them have been classified color: white roses symbolize purity, red, passion and utopian and unattainable, shown in blue roses.

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The word iris is used to designate a large number of flowering plants, some species are differentiated almost exclusively in color, others in much more detail, some are commonly known by another name, as is the case of the bays also called water lilies.

In most cases the scientific name includes the word “Rainbow”, followed by another word that can refer to the shade or place of origin, families to which they belong are also varied, although most belong to the family of “Iridaceae”.

They are usually very fragrant flowers, whose fragrance intensifies as the flower withers and dries, so you have interesting applications in the manufacture of essences for indoor aromatic sachets or potpourri.

In terms of growing, require fertile soil with good drainage system can grow well in full sun to light shade and in areas also are resistant to extreme temperatures including frost, you do not need watering too, only in flowering time on a weekly basis.

Despite being a plant that does not require much care and undemanding as far as weather is concerned, however, is delicate and very sensitive to many pests and diseases, so if it’s discontinued the use of preventive treatments to avoid and continuous monitoring to detect and take action as soon as possible.

It is a genus of single species and that comes from Europe and Asia. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial very similar to a reed that grows in waterlogged places.

It has creeping rhizomes and is large, which leave long green linear leaves with some purple hues, the headquarters section and sharp-edged triangular. The flowers are relatively large and appear in summer or early autumn, are pink and grow clustered in terminal umbels.

Can reach 1.5 meters, although it is normal to have 60-90 inches can be planted deep as up to 40 inches but most desirable is 10-15 inches Requires full sun and be placed in a pond very water logged place, with roots in the earth. Can be placed directly or in pots with a mixture of equal parts soil and compost free compost, and introduced into the pond, so it’s easier cleaning. Subscriber does not need any special as it’s own organic debris that accumulate in the water you are eaten.

It should be a clean up every 3 or 4 years as the excessive dirt could harm their growing. They do not usually affect the most common pests and diseases. It multiplies in the spring from pieces of rhizome can also be done by seeds, sown in pots with clay soil, and keeps the bottom of the pot permanently flooded.