To encourage bushier plants with more flower spikes,pinch out the growing tips in springanddeadhead the spent flowersregularly. Cut off the flower spikes as close to the base as possible, and more will follow all through the season.
(Plants) an agave,Agave americana,native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century). Also called:American...
Full to part sun (six to eight hours of direct sun daily) will produce stocky plants with plenty of flower spikes. Avoid areas that are shady. Because angelonias with a variety of heights and growth habits are available these days, check the label of the plants fo...
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black Piranha Plants with long stalks that appear after Bowser collects the Wonder Flower at the start of the game; Cloud Piranhas, dark Piranha Plants made of smoke that protect Bowser's Castle; and Note Piranha Plants (and their larger variants), fiery Piranha Plants resembling music notes ...
The top is Baptisia ‘Aspiring’ with its very tall lavender flower spikes. Below is Baptisia ‘Cherry Pie’, the closest we Baptisia Baptismal Read More » To Breed or Not to Breed Leave a Comment • Educational Topics, Plant images from the garden and nursery, Plant Spotlight • By ...
The Spiny Piranha Plant is a purple relative of Piranha Plant first appearing in the game Super Mario Galaxy. They are bigger, purple Piranha Plants whose stems are covered in spikes. To attack, a Spiny Piranha Plant attempts to slam its head into...
Dendrobium orchids produce long flower spikes and can produce them at most any time of year and in any number, depending on how much new growth has been produced during the year. Each spike holds many flowers, and many of these flower spikes hang down from the body of the plant. ...
avalanche lily,Erythronium montanum- perennial herb having large white flowers marked with orange; found near the snow line in the northwestern United States tulip- any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower ...
well, otherwise it seems to grow in a wide variety of soil types, moisture levels, and sun exposures, particularly in areas where there is regular disturbance. Swaths of towering plants topped with rose-pink flower spikes make fireweed impossible to ignore and a favorite of wildflower ...