Tagged: plants

aromatic plants

aromatic plants A like alpine flowers Scented plants is a collective name for all flowers and other plants that secrete a more or less strong aroma and retain it even when dried. In addition to numerous types of flowers, which have a subtle fragrance of their own and provide so many flower friends with another argument for the purchase, herbs are among the most fragrant plants. These are used both in the kitchen and not only give dishes a distinctive smell but also a special taste, and fragrant plants are also used in scented sachets to achieve certain effects through their aroma. In addition to the diffusion of a pleasant smell indoors, fragrant plants also take on practical tasks, such as warding off moths from clothes by the scent of lavender. Planting this type of aroma at all, which in most cases is perceived as neutral or pleasant by humans, serves to attract insects for reproduction. In addition to bright colors as an attractor for bees or butterflies, it is above all scents to which animals, like us humans, react and which serve a very practical purpose for the preservation of countless plants.

bamboo

bamboo B like botany Bamboo refers to a sweetgrass variety, which is native to the Asian continent and can be used in many ways. While the bamboo with its green leaves in its native climes is primarily used as food, in this country bamboo tubes are to be found as decorative elements in public space as well as in professional floristry. Small varieties of bamboo that have been harvested early turn into a special ornament in bouquets or flower bowls, with the robust and weather-resistant nature of the bamboo making it an ideal complement to flowers and other fresh produce. In its mature form, which reaches one meter or even more in size, the bamboo can be used to decorate the home garden or to demarcate land. Even as a building material bamboo is now very much appreciated and is used as a particularly ecological substance in numerous projects of classic house construction. In addition to its use in floristry, the bamboo can also be used as a fuel in the home fireplace, so that after blooming of a bouquet or a planter, this natural raw material can still be used sensibly.

Beddingplant

Beddingplant B like botany The term bedding plants in modern floristry refers to all plants that, due to their shape, find an optimal use in their home garden and here explicitly in classic flowerbeds. The selection of bedding plants in this country is quite large and makes it possible to specifically complement bare and free off-road areas with a colorful selection of flowers. With preference are chosen as bedding plants such that bloom over many months and have a rather bushy or shrubby character, with the help of which only a few plants a larger area can be covered. Anyone who places an emphasis on this aesthetic aspect is well advised to use rose plants and perennials as bedding plants, but herbs or bulbous plants can also be deliberately created in the form of a bed and thus cultivated in a spatially clearly defined area. Many gardening enthusiasts also decide to delineate applied beds in a natural way, choosing, for example, the boxwood or other non-bloomers as the natural form of bedding design. From the designation bedding plant no indications about the care and rearing of the respective plants can be taken, since every plant cultivable in the bed brings its own demands on water, sun and nutrients and thus needs an individually adjusted supply.

epiphytes

epiphytes E like Euphorbie Epiphytes are all plant species that have opted for an epiphytic way of life, ie that grow on other plants. Epiphytes benefit from this way of life as land plants from a stronger incidence of light, which contributes to photosynthesis and also provides the plants with better light and water. The most famous epiphytes in this country include numerous forest mosses, which rarely receive adequate light supply on the moist and dark soil and therefore grow on the trunk of trees. Various types of mushrooms also use the epiphytic way of life and settle on trees and other trees. The advantage that epiphytes receive from this is offset by the disadvantage of a potential loss of contact with the ground, which leads to an undersupply of the plant with nutrients that are found in the ground. In addition to their particular growth, epiphytes are also characterized by other botanical skills that particularly suit their individual way of life. The formation of bromeliads should be mentioned explicitly in order to store water on the leaf surface in a targeted manner or to open the bromeliads again in times of greater drought. The way in which the epiphytes live is neither parasitic nor symbiotic with regard to the plants on which they have settled. In most cases, there is a neutral coexistence of, for example, trees and their mosses.

epiphytic

epiphytic E like Euphorbie Epiphytic is a property of plants that, if possible, look for other plants as a habitat to grow on. The epiphytic way of life is rarely characterized by a symbiosis, ie the plant occupied does not necessarily benefit from its plant or vice versa. In the wild, epiphytic plants can mainly be found in the form of mosses that thrive on trees and even inanimate objects such as stones. The epiphytic way of life of numerous algae species that settle on sea grass or other living organisms in the sea is also known in the sea. In most cases, epiphytic plants have decided evolutionarily to this special way of life in order to benefit more from light and oxygen. It is precisely these elements that are much more difficult to obtain on the dark and moist forest floor or in the depths of the sea than on other green plants that themselves benefit from oxygen and light and therefore thrive. However, the epiphytic way of life also involves risks for these plants, since in the worst case there is a complete loss of contact with the soil and there is no longer an adequate supply of nutrients via the earth.

ferns

ferns F like fall flowers The term ferns encompasses a specific family of plants that includes almost all types of so-called vascular spore plants. Ferns are pure green plants and do not form any flowers on their own, in native nature they are found primarily on moist forest soils and benefit from a dark and humid environment. In floristry, ferns also play a role in numerous species and are preferred as accessories for bouquets. Thanks to their love of moisture, ferns are well used in classic flower water and keep them fresh for a particularly long time under these conditions. The fan-shaped shape of the leaves of numerous ferns is also found by most people as aesthetic, so that this artistic shape knows how to hide the simple floral styles of other plants in a professional bouquet. The family of ferns is very large and has been established on earth for countless millions of years. Only a very small part of the ferns known today are used in floristry and are also cultivated commercially for this purpose.

floral

floral F like fall flowers Floral is the adjective to Flora and always refers to certain plants or the plant kingdom as a whole. The floristry is derived from this term and deals with the artistic design and presentation of floral elements such as flowers, grasses and other plants. The term floral derived from the Roman goddess of flowers, Flora, and is used in spite of its general importance nowadays especially when the design with flowers or colorful, flowering plants is to be indicated. Floral jewelery is used in one's own home as well as on the terrace and in the garden. The floral design of rooms and vehicles is also common on festive occasions such as a wedding. A variety of floral products, which can also be combined with other objects of modern decoration, can also be purchased in the online assortment of floristik21.de on inexpensive terms and help professional floristic companies such as private customers to make a floral beautification of home and business premises.

garden

garden G as gardening The term "garden" refers to a piece of open land that, through the deliberate intervention of humans and their planting, becomes a cultivated or even aesthetic preparation. Even if the abandonment of an open space without intervention from outside – in this country also known under the term wild garden – can be seen as a garden in the strict sense, it is generally assumed that a specific arrangement of a garden. The garden also distinguishes itself from a field that rather serves the rearing of vegetables, fruits and other crops and thus puts the commercial use in the foreground. In the case of a private garden, on the other hand, the aesthetic aspect is in the foreground, even if this does not preclude a harvest of fruit and vegetables within a manageable framework for private use. Throughout many eras, and often in close relation to diverse cultures, gardens are not prepared solely by targeted planting, but can also include small buildings or ornate objects. Gardens are also being run in Germany and around the world for scientific purposes, in order to be able to learn more about botany in general and about the flowers and plants that have been planted in particular, through information boards.

ginger

ginger G as gardening In botany, ginger is a separate plant genus and is used around the world not only as an ornamental plant, but also in the kitchen and in the medical environment. The botanist appreciates the ginger mainly because of its large and vigorous growth and the colorful, red-yellow petals from which larger capsule fruits develop for the propagation of the plant. Otherwise, it is mainly the root of the ginger that plays a role in the modern living environment and has a remarkably diverse use. Peeled and chopped, the ginger is used as a spice, with a fruity-spicy taste and, with fresh ginger roots, a juicy consistency. The inside of the ginger roots is said to have a cleansing effect, which also helps with the digestion of all kinds of food and the destruction of bacteria or toxins in the human body. Other tasks that ginger fulfills in medicine are the inhibition of blood clotting, the relief of symptoms of irritated mucous membranes and the support of healing inflammation. With its distinctive taste, the ginger is used wherever a fruity and spicy note is desired, especially in Asian cuisine, so it is hard to imagine. The ginger roots also thrive in the climatic conditions of Central Europe and can also be grown here by garden enthusiasts.

Goldenrod

Goldenrod G as gardening The goldenrod is a species-rich, flowering plant that can be found around the globe. The goldenrod gets its name from the bright yellow character of its flowers, which grow up in small and numerous flowers from the herbaceous plant and give it a special, optical character, which is hardly offered in this form by Central European plants. Although some species of goldenrod can be found only in Europe and Asia, the majority of this flower species is native to the wilderness of North America, however, by targeted breeding long ago also in Europe in innumerable facets to acquire. For ecology in North America, and to a lesser extent also in Europe, goldenrod are of particular importance as they serve as fodder plants for various insects. In addition, goldenrod are a very popular and colorful choice among allergy sufferers, as the heavy pollen of the plant can not freely distribute in the air and thus trigger no hay fever.