Tuesday 21 February 2012

List of B flower names



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Common name: Baby's breath
Botonical name: Gypsophila paniculata
Baby's breathGypsophila paniculata, commonly known as Baby's-breath, is a cultivated ornamental flower popular in the florist trade, and originally from Eastern Europe. There are some 55 species of Gypsophila found in Europe, Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean. It belongs to the family Caryophyllaceae, which includes the common carnation.



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Common name: Bachelor's button
Botonical name: Centaurea cyanus
Bachelor's buttonCentaurea cyanus (Cornflower, Bachelor's button, Basket flower, Bluebottle, Boutonniere flower, Hurtsickle) is a small annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe. It is an annual plant growing to 40-90 cm tall, with grey-green branched stems. The leaves are lanceolate, 1-4 cm long. The flowers are most commonly an intense blue colour, produced in flowerheads (capitula) 1.5-3 cm diameter, with a ring of a few large, spreading ray florets surrounding a central cluster of disc florets. The blue pigment is protocyanin, which in roses is red.



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Common name: Bells of Ireland
Botonical name: Moluccella laevis
Bells of IrelandMoluccella laevis (Bells-of-Ireland, Bells of Ireland, Molucca balmis, Shellflower, Shell flower) is a summer flowering annual, native to Turkey, Syria and the Caucasus, grown for its flower's spikes. The tiny white flowers are surrounded by apple green calyces which are persisent. The plants rounded leaves are pale green.

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Common name: Bighead knapweed
Botonical name: Centaurea macrocephala
Bighead knapweedCentaurea macrocephala, is a member of the thistle tribe (Cynareae) in the sunflower family. This perennial species is the tallest knapweed growing in the Pacific Northwest, ranging from two to five feet tall, depending on the habitat. The plant stems are upright and unbranched, terminating in a single flower head. The leaves are broadly lance shaped with toothed edges and pointed tips, and they have a rough surface. Basal or rosette leaves are stalked and they can reach 15 inches long and three inches wide. The leaves and leaf stalks are progressively smaller upward on the plant stem, with the top leaves being stalkless. The solitary flower heads are globe shaped, and one to three inches in diameter. The bracts beneath the flower head have thin, papery, fringed margins. The lower bracts show evidence of spines. The flowers are yellow.


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Common name: Billy buttons
Botonical name: Craspedia globosa
Billy buttonsCraspedia globosa has 1 inch globes that grow on long stems. The gray leaves are linear and grass-like. This makes for an interesting contrast in the garden. The yellow flowers last for a tremendous time on the plant and dry fantastically. Craspedia globosa will bloom spring through summer. They work well as a dried flower or as a cut flower.
  


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Common name: Bird of paradise
Botonical name: Strelitzia reginae
Bird of paradiseThe Bird of Paradise flower is a spectacular blossom. Long stemmed flowers emerge from green boat-shaped bracts which are bordered in red or purple. The numerous pointed petals of brilliant orange are contrasted with an arrow-shaped tongue of vivid blue. Some species have white and blue. The flowers have several "sets" of flowers in each bract which are formed on the end of a stalk. Beginning normally in the winter and spring the flowers will come out in succession over a period of time. In colder climates greenhouse grown plants can bloom intermittently all year round.

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Common name: Blue lace flower
Botonical name: Didiscus caeruleus
Blue lace flowerThe common name of this plant is richly deserved, and well describes the general appearance of the large umbels of beautiful, pale lavender-blue, faintly sweet-scented flowers. They are excellent for cutting and last well in water, indeed, they are grown commercially on a small scale in America for this purpose.

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Common name: Boronia
Botonical name: Boronia heterophylla
Boronia Boronia heterophylla: is a Western Australian native and a member of the Rutaceae family. The species is sometimes known as the Kalgan Boronia. Boronia heterophylla is a rounded, compact shrub reaching a height of 1.5 metres. The pinnate leaves are bright green. In spring, plants become covered with bright pink, fragrant, bell-shaped flowers.

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Common name: Bouvardia
Botonical name: Bouvardia
BouvardiaLoose clusters of tubular starlet flowers fringed with leaves and carried on tall stalks. Each stem, resembles a small bouquet in bright firework colours. They also have a faint delicate scent.















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Common name: Boxwood african
Botonical name: Myrsine africana
Boxwood africanThis small shrub found in the wild from the Cape through tropical Africa to Asia, is a tough plant with attractive foliage and fruit, attracts birds and is suitable for most gardens.
  

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Common name: Breath of heaven - Diosma
Botonical name: Coleonema pulchrum
Breath of heaven - DiosmaThese delicate-looking evergreen shrubs are valued for their fragrant, fine-textured leaves and abundant flowers. Blooms winter through spring and sporadically throughout the year. Also called Diosma.

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Common name: Buckthorn variegated
Botonical name: Rhamnus alaternus
Buckthorn variegatedThe Buckthorns (Rhamnus) are a genus (or two genera, if Frangula is treated as distinct) of about 100 species of shrubs or small trees from 1-10 m tall (rarely to 15 m), in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. They are native throughout the temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere, and also more locally in the subtropical Southern Hemisphere in parts of Africa and South America.

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Common name: Button Funray
Botonical name: Dendranthemum
Button Funray

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