Plants

Cauliflower is a common vegetable. Many people will eat the heads and will throw away the stalk and the leaves that the head is attached to. It is a very nutritious vegetable that can be eaten raw, pickled, or cooked.

Its name is a variation of cole flower or kale flower (cole and kale being variations of the same word), an acknowledgment of its unusual place among a family of food plants which normally produces only leafy greens for eating. The Brassica oleracea species is the same species as cabbage, brussels sprouts, kale, broccoli and collard greens, though they are of different cultivar groups.

Squash is a common vegetable that is enjoyed in a variety of dishes or even by itself. There are several different types of squash like summer squash, winter squash, autumn squash, and butternut squash.

Squash was one of the “Three Sisters” planted by Native Americans. The Three Sisters were the three main indigenous plants used for agriculture: maize (corn), beans, and squash. These were usually planted together, with the cornstalk providing support for the climbing beans, and shade for the squash. The squash vines provided ground cover to limit weeds. The beans provided nitrogen fixing for all three crops.

Allspice is an unusual herb that is also known by the name of Jamaica Pepper, newspice, and Myrtle Pepper. Allspice is a dried unripe fruit – which derived its name from the English who believed that it smelled like a mixture of nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon.

Allspice is not, as is mistakenly believed by some people who have only come across it in ground form, a mixture of spices. The fruit is picked when it is green and unripe and traditionally dried in the sun. When dry the fruits are brown and resemble large brown peppercorns.

Oleander is a small tree or evergreen shrub. It is native to the eastern part of Portugal, a wide area of Morocco, southern Asia, the region of the Mediterranean, and southern parts of China. Oleander will usually grow in dry stream beds and can grow up to 2-6 meters tall.

There are some of us who can’t get enough of nature and love to have it surround us every day. People like this also love to see things grow and to help them grow. That is why they create their own gardens and they grow many different flowers. But how easy would it be if someone wanted to plant a tree?

Magnolia is one of the most beautiful flowers that can be found. Most species of the flower can be found in South America. Many different hybrids of the Magnolia and different species are planted as trees – which bloom forth flowers in the spring.

Pine trees are native to the Northern Hemisphere and can be found in places like Eurasia, Canary Islands, Scotland, Russia, Phillippines, Norway, Africa, and North America. Though they are not commonly grown here they have been introduced in subtropical and temperate portions of the Southern Hemisphere, including Chile, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand, where they are grown widely as a source of timber, and some are becoming invasive species.

If you have a potted plant inside your home or out that you love and it is infested with bugs don’t throw it out just yet. There are three steps that you can take that might just fix your problem.

1. You can remove the caterpillars, slugs, and other larger pests by hand (remember to wear gloves) or you can swab pests with a small brush or cotton swab that is moistened with rubbing alcohol. This method is feasible when plants are small and infestations very light. It is tedious and must be done once a week over a period of time.

Cloves are the aromatic dried flower buds of a tree. It is native to Indonesia and used as a spice in cuisine all over the world. The name derives from French clou, a nail, as the buds vaguely resemble small irregular nails in shape. The clove tree is an evergreen which grows to a height ranging from 10-20 m, having large oval leaves and crimson flowers in numerous groups of terminal clusters.

One of the most common types of poisonous plants is poison ivy. It grows throughout much of North America, including all Canadian provinces (but not the territories) and all U.S. states except Alaska, and is normally found in wooded areas, especially along edge areas. It also grows in exposed rocky areas and in open fields and disturbed areas. It rarely grows at altitudes above 1,500 meters (5,000 ft). The plants can grow as a shrub up to about 1.2 meters (4 ft) tall, as a groundcover 10–25 centimeters (4–10 in) high, or as a climbing vine on various supports. Older vines on substantial supports send out lateral branches that may at first be mistaken for tree limbs.