Spring Time with Tulips

Spring is one of the four temperate seasons, the conversion time between winter and summer. Spring and "springtime" refer to the season, and also to ideas of rebirth, renewal and regrowth. 

The specific definition of the exact timing of "spring" varies according to local climate, cultures and customs. Spring is here. 

Europe celebrates springtime with tulips. The world says it with flowers but Europe says it with carpets of tulip. 

Lovely Garden with White and Pink Ladies

Conversation Piece Azalea is a rebloomer with large, wavy single flowers that can be solid deep pink or white with deep pink splotches.

• Scientific Name: Rhododendron 'Conversation Piece' 
•   Common Name: Conversation Piece Azalea 
• Plant Type: Evergreen 
• Leaf Type: Broadleaf
•  Height: 2- 5 feet 
• pread: 3 -5 feet 
• Bloom time: Spring 
•  Flower color: White, Pink 
• Light Exposure: Part Sun, Filtered Shade, Morning sun 
• Drainage: Well drained 
• Rate of Growth: Moderate 
• Water Requirement: Medium Maintenance Level: Low

Flowering Plant Revived After 30,000 Years in Russian

The plant in this picture dates from the Pleistocene Age, 30,000 years ago, before agriculture, before writing, before the end of the last Ice Age. And while it’s not accurate to say the plant itself is that old, scientists in Russia say they regenerated it from frozen cells they found beneath 125 feet of permafrost in what is now northeastern Siberia. 

 It was cultivated in the lab, with help from some “clonal micropropagation,” say the scientists, from seeds and leaves probably collected by some long-ago species of squirrel. The researchers, publishing their find today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, say the squirrel’s burrow was probably frozen over quickly, and stayed that way until they discovered it.

“The squirrels dug the frozen ground to build their burrows, which are about the size of a soccer ball, putting in hay first and then animal fur for a perfect storage chamber,” said Stanislav Gubin, one of the authors of the study, who spent years rummaging through the area for squirrel burrows. “It’s a natural cryobank.”

The plant is of the species Silene stenophylla, and radiocarbon dating says it is 31,800 years old, plus or minus 300 years. The Russian scientists report they were able to grow 36 plants in the lab, and after a year of tender loving care, they say the plants blossomed, bore fruit, and dropped seeds. They lived, in other words, as if there had never been a 30,000-year interruption.

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Spring Flowering Plants - Helianthus maximilliani

Strong, 4-7' tall stems are covered with 2-3" yellow blooms from midsummer to frost. A favorite of birds and butterflies! Long-lived plants thrive in heat, drought and even poor soil. Prefers full sun. #1 field-grown plants. Helianthus maximilliani.

Zones: 3-9
 Light: Full Sun
 Height: 4-7’
dth: 3-4’ Bloom
Time: Midsummer to Frost Deer tend to avoid.
This item ships only in the spring. If our spring shipping season is closed, your order will be shipped the following spring.

Best Flowering Plant for your Garden - Osteospermums

Osteospermum is a kind belonging to the Calenduleae, one of the smaller tribes of the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Osteospermums gives a rich look for your outdoor garden. You can also have them indoor.

Osteospermums, also known as the African daisy, are enjoying a sunny position in a well drained plant border on the top of a wall. They associate well with other gray leaved plants which prefer a drier location such as Lavander, garden pinks and Senecio. All of these garden plants enjoy the favourable Dundee weather. The purple flowers last all summer on these perennial plants.