A diversity of blooms from Houston
My name is Charlona , and I garden in Houston . I get laid all kinds offlowersand assay to garden for as manypollinatorsand theircaterpillarsas possible . I was looking at some of my photos and started noticing all the astonishing different shapes of the flowers . So I think I would partake in with GPOD some dissimilar types of peak from my garden .
With these brilliantly patterned flowers , it ’s wanton to see how this variety aim its name : Abutilon‘Tiger Eye ’ ( geographical zone 9–11 or as an annual ) .
Angel ’s horn ( Brugmansia , Zones 8–11 ) has typical , deliciouslyfragrant , hang blossoms .
Blue butterfly stroke Vannevar Bush ( Clerodendrumugandense , Zones 8–10 ) has a wonderful colouration , and it ’s easy to see the shape of abutterflyin that flower . It is a long - blooming bush .
Sennaalata(Zones 9–11 ) goes by the common name of “ candelabra bush ” or “ candela flora . ”
Cat ’s whiskers ( Orthospiphonaristatus , ZoneS 9–11 ) has gorgeouswhite flowers , and is also widely get as a source of medicative tea in Asia .
Crossandrainfundibuliformis(Zones 10–11 or as an yearly ) is a long - blooming tropical that produces these brightyellow flowersmost of the grow season .
Daturais a relative of theBrugmansia , but the fragrant trumpet - shaped flowers look up rather than hanging down .
Gomphrena‘Fireworks ’ ( Zones 9–11 or as an yearly ) produces many of these little clusters of brightly colorize blooms , which are grand in the garden and equally big in new ordried flower arrangements .
Pride of Barbados ( Caesalpiniapulcherrima , Zones 8–11 ) has some of the most brilliantly colored flowers out there and thrives in hot climates , growing either as asmall shrubor dying back to the terra firma and then coming back from the root in the colder end of its range .
Spiderwort ( Tradescantia , Zones 5–10 ) is anative repeated . Each individualblue floweris short lived but bring forth in great teemingness .
Texas star hibiscus ( Hibiscuscoccineus , Zones 6–9 ) is native to wet areas in thesoutheastern United Statesand get these brilliantred flowersin summer .
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