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Ginger

Flower Common names: Red ginger, Ornamental ginger, Ginger lily Botanical name: Alpinia purpurata (red ginger) Flower description: A tropical cut flower: a tall stem topped by a cone of overlapping waxy bracts, usually bright red or pink; the true flowers are small...

Anemone

Flower Common names: Poppy anemone, Windflower Botanical name: Anemone coronaria Flower description: A spring bulb-type flower with a single cup-shaped, daisy-like bloom about 2.5 inches across on a 12-inch stem. Each flower has a dark, velvety center. Plants grow 10...

Apple Blossom

Flower Common names: Apple blossom, Crabapple blossom Botanical name: Malus domestica Flower description: The spring flowers of the apple tree: five-petaled blooms 1 to 1.5 inches across in clusters of four to six, opening white with a pink tinge that fades. Florists...

Bachelor Button

Flower Common names: Cornflower, Bluebottle, Bachelor's button Botanical name: Centaurea cyanus Flower description: A slender annual 1 to 3 feet tall with small, fringed flower heads about 1.5 inches across. Best known for its intense true blue, it also comes in...
Amaryllis

Amaryllis

Flower Common names: Dutch amaryllis, Knight's star lily Botanical name: Hippeastrum hybrids Flower description: A bulb that sends up a hollow, leafless stalk topped with two to six large trumpet-shaped flowers, each 5 to 8 inches across. Plants stand 1 to 3 feet...
Daffodil

Daffodil

Daffodil Common names: Daffodil, narcissus, jonquil Description: Six outer petals surround a cup creating a trumpet-style look of this cut flower. Some stems produce one flower; others produce clusters. The outer petals are yellow or white; cups may be white, yellow,...