FLOWERS

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FLOWERS
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Anemone

• Name Comes from "anemos", the greek word for
  wind. Sometimes called the windflower. Pronounced
  a-NEM-o-nee
• Origin Eastern part of Mediterranean area and
  Asia Minor. They are now grown across Europe,
  particularly Italy and Israel.
• Color Vibrant shades of red, purple and pink,
  with jet black hearts ringed with white. The
  all-white anemone is rare, it has a yellow-green
  heart.
• Mythology It is said that the goddess Flora was
  jealous of her husband's attentions towards the
  nymph Anemone and so transformed her into the
  wind flower and left her at the mercy of the
  North Wind.

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Bouvardia

• Name The flowers are named after Parisian doctor
  Charles Bouvard, personal physician to Louis XIII
  and director of the Jardin des Plantes.
• Origin Native to Mexico. Introduced to the UK in
  1854, but are chiefly grown in sub-tropical zones
  and under glass in Holland.
• Color Shades of pinks and red as well as white.

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Cattleya

• Name Commonly known as the Corsage orchid.
• Color Huge frilled flowers in pinks, purples,
  yellows and white.
• Facts Often sold singly. The leaves are sold as
  Orca foliage

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Crocosmia

• Name The name name 'Crocosmia' comes from the
  Latin 'croceus' meaning saffron colored (ie
  golden orange). Often called Montbretia as well.
• Origin Crocosmia originate from South Africa.
• Color Fiery yellow, orange, red and tan colors.

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Lisianthus

• Name Pronounced lizzie-ANN-thus. Also called
  Eustoma, Prairie Gentian or Texan bluebell.
• Origin Native to the prairies of Texas and
  Mexico, despite their delicate appearance.
• Color Shades of purple, cream, pink, also pale
  green, or bold two-tone "picotees" with coloured
  petal edges.
• Facts Has been one of the most popular flowers
  exhibited by the Flowers Plants Association.
  Hardly anyone knows what it is, but everyone
  loves it!

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Phlox

• Name Latin via Greek meaning "flame".
• Origin Grown all over the world but mostly from
  USA
• Color Monotone phloxes are available in white,
  pink, purple and mauve hues.

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Ranunculus

• Name Pronounced ran-UN-kew-lus. The Latin name
  ranunculus means "little frog".
• Origin The Middle East, hence their alternative
  name "Turban Buttercup". They have tuberous roots
  and hollow stems.
• Color Yellow, white, red, pink, orange, and
  copper, either peony flowered or open flowered,
  with dark or yellow centres.
• Mythology In fairy tales frogs are apt to change
  into princes and it was an Asian prince in just
  such a story who gave his name to this flower,
  which grows naturally in swampy ground. The
  prince was so good-looking that he was loved by
  everyone. He also had a beautiful voice but this
  was his undoing. He loved the open country and
  sang delightful songs in the presence of nymphs.
  He did not have the courage to declare his love
  to them and this haunted him so much that he
  died. After his death he was changed into the
  flower with delicate tissuey petals which bears
  his name.

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Rose

• Name Rose
• Color Available in every color except blue and
  true black.
• Facts In the 19th century old scented roses were
  used to make jelly. The red rose is the symbol of
  England and is worn on St George's Day. It is
  also the symbol of love and is hugely popular on
  St Valentine's Day, when roses make up the
  largest proportion of the 22 million spent on
  flowers in the UK on this day.
• Medicinal The crusaders when defeated by Saladin
  in Jerusalem returned to the west with rose
  plants which were then cultivated by monks in
  their monastery gardens for their medicinal
  properties. Rose water was successfully used to
  cure all kinds of ailments, such as trembling,
  constipation, drunkenness, skin and throat
  infections and insomnia.

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Sweat Pea

• Name Botanical name is Lathyrus odoratus -
  odoratus means scented.
• Color Purples, pinks, creams,salmons.
• Language of Flowers Sweet peas mean "delicate
  pleasures". Breeders are trying to develop a
  scented yellow sweet pea. The Lathyrus family has
  a naturally occurring yellow pea but it has no
  fragrance.

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Vanda

• Name Vanda is the Hindustani (Urdu) name of the
  flower.
• Description Elegant five petalled flowers,
  several to a stem
• Color A wide range of shades some with spots

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Zinnia

• Name Zinnia
• Origin Native to Mexico where the Spaniards
  called it mal de ojos, because the flowers were
  small and considered ugly to the eye. First
  cultivated in Austria in 1613.
• Color Virtually every color except blue.