Pretty Flower

**MSFixR** · 11-28-2008, 10:14 AM

The national flower of India, Nelumbo nucifera is known by a number of common names, including Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, and sacred water-lily. This plant is an aquatic perennial, though under favorable circumstances its seeds may remain viable for many years.

**Jocasta** · 11-28-2008, 11:02 AM

Just beautiful... wonderful photo too.

Cat · 03-09-2009, 04:09 PM

Gorgeous flower.

Here's a really pretty one (though too common here for people to actually appreciate): Coltsfoot (or Ass's foot, Bull's foot, Butterbur, Coughwort, Farfara, Foal's foot, Foalswort, Horse Foot and Winter heliotrope according to Wikipedia)

It's one of the first signs of spring here. I took this in April of last year in the backyard of my mom's house. I love how it's so obviously reaching for the sun, for some reason that's just so beautiful to me.

**MSFixR** · 03-09-2009, 05:02 PM

Considering that your summer is only about a month long, you have to cherish the beautiful flowers while they last, Cat.

I'll have to visit the garden when more flowers are in bloom and take more pictures.

**Plastic Flute** · 03-10-2009, 06:19 PM

India. wtf?

Anyway....Guess what I spied with my little eye this Am? hidden underneath the 14 inches of metled snow was my lil snowbells

**MSFixR** · 03-10-2009, 08:39 PM

Beautiful photo, Flute. Do you have crocus also?

**Plastic Flute** · 03-11-2009, 06:02 PM

Actually yes..they just popped up yesterday.

I love daisies. Such a happy flower.

**MSFixR** · 03-11-2009, 08:27 PM

Have to wait awhile for daisies.

**Plastic Flute** · 03-11-2009, 08:52 PM

I know

**MSFixR** · 03-15-2009, 07:48 PM

A Crocus

**Camino** · 03-15-2009, 08:00 PM

My crocus & jonquils have already bloomed. The roses are starting to take off & have new growth everywhere (here's something I did last year, throw your banana peels around the base of your roses. Aphids don't like the smell of bananas, I didn't have to do any spraying, it worked great!) Soon all the apple & cherry trees should start blossoming, one of my favorite times of the year!

**Jocasta** · 03-17-2009, 07:25 PM

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(here's something I did last year, throw your banana peels around the base of your roses. Aphids don't like the smell of bananas, I didn't have to do any spraying, it worked great!)

Wow... great tip, I'm going to try that, thanks.

Hoot, I love to see the snow drops... they're just going over here and the dafodills are taking over but my favourites at this time of year are the hellebores.

**Camino** · 03-17-2009, 09:39 PM

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hellebores.

I was unfamiliar with those, I had to look them up.

Very pretty, almost reminds me of a strawberry blossom.

**MSFixR** · 03-21-2009, 05:59 PM

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These are jonquils (Narcissus), phlox and Bradford pear trees.
The Bradford pear is a pretty tree in the spring but its wood is weak and frequently suffers damage during high wind storms. That is how we lost ours years ago.

**Plastic Flute** · 03-28-2009, 03:58 PM

Wow. Its still cold here in NJ. I love flowers. Plus I am so angry with myself that I didnt plant any tulips.
I think I will buy my seeds tonight. Lettuces and chives basil.

**MSFixR** · 03-28-2009, 06:03 PM

It should be ok to plant lettuce now; I don't know about the chives and basil. When is the average last day of frost where you are. It is April 15th here and we are in zone 5 or 6.

I went to the MBG Friday but forgot to take my camera. Perhaps I'll be able to stop next Friday. The camellias are in bloom as are the daffodils, pansies, hyacinths, and a few early tulips. The forsythia bushes are golden yellow, the magnolia trees (we call them tulip trees) and Japanese cherry trees are in bloom.

**MSFixR** · 04-03-2009, 07:53 PM

I stopped by the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) today and remembered to take my camera with me.

The camellias are beginning to bloom in the Linnean House. The house is crowned with busts of Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology. Thomas Nuttall, an English botanist and zoologist, and Dr. Asa Gray, an American botanist who was instrumental in unifying the taxonomic knowledge of the plants of North America. Henry Shaw built it in 1882.

The merbaby statue in the center of the pool is very popular among children who visit the Linnean House. Sculpted in 1939 by Wheeler Williams, this statue depicts the Greek goddess Amphitrite as a merbaby.

The Gladney rose garden immediately adjoins the Linnean house. About 1,250 roses representing 105 varieties of mainly hybrid tea, grandiflora and floribunda roses are displayed but not yet in bloom. The Gladney rose garden is one of two rose gardens in the MBG.

Beyond Gladney are various beds of daffodils, tulips, hyacinthines, and pansies. Sometime the smallest of plants are the most interesting.

The garden contains various ponds and lakes. Three of these center on a long plaza terminated at one end by the geodesic domed Climatron. The Climatron has no interior support and no columns from floor to ceiling, allowing more light and space per square foot for plants than conventional designs. It rises 70 feet in the center, spans 175 feet in diameter at the base, has 1.3 million cubic feet, and encloses approximately 24,000 square feet (more than half an acre). On the far side of this central pond, work is progressing on a floral clock, one of several additions to the garden to commemorate the 150th anniversary of its founding. Also in this pond are the glass “onions” of Dale Chihuly whose exhibit several years ago drew hundreds of thousands to the garden during its year long run.

The garden contains many works of sculpture some on permanent display. In the center pool are three angels with musical instruments. Orpheus Fountain Figures (Male and Female) by Carl Milles grace the eastern pool as does Girl on a Dolphin. Victory (of Science Over Ignorance) by Carlo Nicoli sits in is own limestone structure near Tower Grove House. My favorite is that of two girls running through a clearing.

Tower Grove House was the country residence of garden founder Henry Shaw. Born in Sheffield, England on July 24, 1800, Henry Shaw was the oldest of four children. Sheffield was the center of the English steel and cutlery industries, and the Shaws manufactured ironware. In 1818, young Shaw traveled to the New World with his father on business affairs. Not long after, he decided to branch out on his own. On May 4, 1819 he arrived at the small French trading port, St. Louis, by way of the steamboat, Maid of Orleans. Shaw started a new business, selling cutlery and general goods to those passing through on their way to the frontier. Over the course of the next 20 years, Shaw’s frugality and business acumen reaped great dividends. At age 39, Henry Shaw retired from his successful hardware business and focused his attention, skills and resources on real estate, buying and renting many city and rural properties. Off to the left of Tower Grove House is Shaw’s Mausoleum.

Many small and large gardens exist within the larger garden complex. These include a Chinese garden, an Ottoman garden, a Victorian herb garden, a Boxwood garden (pictured), a center for home gardening, an English woodland garden and most famously, the Japanese garden here seen from a distance.

If an Eden ever existed, it must have resembled the Missouri Botanical Garden.

**Camino** · 04-04-2009, 02:26 PM

A Paradise indeed! Thanks for sharing all the photos & information MSfixR.

**Jocasta** · 04-04-2009, 03:05 PM

Looks beautiful, Fixr... parts of it remind me of Kew Gardens.

I promised Camino a picture of my hellebores;

**Camino** · 04-04-2009, 03:52 PM

Very pretty Jo, thanks for posting the photo! Purple is my favorite color.

11-28-2008, 10:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,278 My Profile	Pretty Flower The national flower of India, Nelumbo nucifera is known by a number of common names, including Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, and sacred water-lily. This plant is an aquatic perennial, though under favorable circumstances its seeds may remain viable for many years.

03-11-2009, 06:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 16,766 My Profile	Actually yes..they just popped up yesterday. I love daisies. Such a happy flower. Last edited by Plastic Flute; 03-11-2009 at 06:06 PM..

03-15-2009, 07:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,278 My Profile	My First Flower of the Season A Crocus

03-21-2009, 05:59 PM	#14 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,278 My Profile	More Spring Flowers .... These are jonquils (Narcissus), phlox and Bradford pear trees. The Bradford pear is a pretty tree in the spring but its wood is weak and frequently suffers damage during high wind storms. That is how we lost ours years ago.

04-03-2009, 07:53 PM	#17 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,278 My Profile	A Visit to the MBG I stopped by the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) today and remembered to take my camera with me. The camellias are beginning to bloom in the Linnean House. The house is crowned with busts of Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology. Thomas Nuttall, an English botanist and zoologist, and Dr. Asa Gray, an American botanist who was instrumental in unifying the taxonomic knowledge of the plants of North America. Henry Shaw built it in 1882. The merbaby statue in the center of the pool is very popular among children who visit the Linnean House. Sculpted in 1939 by Wheeler Williams, this statue depicts the Greek goddess Amphitrite as a merbaby. The Gladney rose garden immediately adjoins the Linnean house. About 1,250 roses representing 105 varieties of mainly hybrid tea, grandiflora and floribunda roses are displayed but not yet in bloom. The Gladney rose garden is one of two rose gardens in the MBG. Beyond Gladney are various beds of daffodils, tulips, hyacinthines, and pansies. Sometime the smallest of plants are the most interesting. The garden contains various ponds and lakes. Three of these center on a long plaza terminated at one end by the geodesic domed Climatron. The Climatron has no interior support and no columns from floor to ceiling, allowing more light and space per square foot for plants than conventional designs. It rises 70 feet in the center, spans 175 feet in diameter at the base, has 1.3 million cubic feet, and encloses approximately 24,000 square feet (more than half an acre). On the far side of this central pond, work is progressing on a floral clock, one of several additions to the garden to commemorate the 150th anniversary of its founding. Also in this pond are the glass “onions” of Dale Chihuly whose exhibit several years ago drew hundreds of thousands to the garden during its year long run. The garden contains many works of sculpture some on permanent display. In the center pool are three angels with musical instruments. Orpheus Fountain Figures (Male and Female) by Carl Milles grace the eastern pool as does Girl on a Dolphin. Victory (of Science Over Ignorance) by Carlo Nicoli sits in is own limestone structure near Tower Grove House. My favorite is that of two girls running through a clearing. Tower Grove House was the country residence of garden founder Henry Shaw. Born in Sheffield, England on July 24, 1800, Henry Shaw was the oldest of four children. Sheffield was the center of the English steel and cutlery industries, and the Shaws manufactured ironware. In 1818, young Shaw traveled to the New World with his father on business affairs. Not long after, he decided to branch out on his own. On May 4, 1819 he arrived at the small French trading port, St. Louis, by way of the steamboat, Maid of Orleans. Shaw started a new business, selling cutlery and general goods to those passing through on their way to the frontier. Over the course of the next 20 years, Shaw’s frugality and business acumen reaped great dividends. At age 39, Henry Shaw retired from his successful hardware business and focused his attention, skills and resources on real estate, buying and renting many city and rural properties. Off to the left of Tower Grove House is Shaw’s Mausoleum. Many small and large gardens exist within the larger garden complex. These include a Chinese garden, an Ottoman garden, a Victorian herb garden, a Boxwood garden (pictured), a center for home gardening, an English woodland garden and most famously, the Japanese garden here seen from a distance. If an Eden ever existed, it must have resembled the Missouri Botanical Garden.

11-28-2008, 11:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jocasta Josh&Hart&Nett. Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 21,213 My Profile	Just beautiful... wonderful photo too.

03-09-2009, 04:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
Cat Bloomin' crazy Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Norway Posts: 2,007 My Profile	Gorgeous flower. Here's a really pretty one (though too common here for people to actually appreciate): Coltsfoot (or Ass's foot, Bull's foot, Butterbur, Coughwort, Farfara, Foal's foot, Foalswort, Horse Foot and Winter heliotrope according to Wikipedia) It's one of the first signs of spring here. I took this in April of last year in the backyard of my mom's house. I love how it's so obviously reaching for the sun, for some reason that's just so beautiful to me.

03-09-2009, 05:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,278 My Profile	Considering that your summer is only about a month long, you have to cherish the beautiful flowers while they last, Cat. I'll have to visit the garden when more flowers are in bloom and take more pictures.

03-10-2009, 06:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 16,766 My Profile	India. wtf? Anyway....Guess what I spied with my little eye this Am? hidden underneath the 14 inches of metled snow was my lil snowbells

03-10-2009, 08:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,278 My Profile	Beautiful photo, Flute. Do you have crocus also?

03-11-2009, 08:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,278 My Profile	Have to wait awhile for daisies.

03-11-2009, 08:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 16,766 My Profile	I know

03-15-2009, 08:00 PM	#11 (permalink)
Camino Triple the Pleasure!... Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,843 My Profile	My crocus & jonquils have already bloomed. The roses are starting to take off & have new growth everywhere (here's something I did last year, throw your banana peels around the base of your roses. Aphids don't like the smell of bananas, I didn't have to do any spraying, it worked great!) Soon all the apple & cherry trees should start blossoming, one of my favorite times of the year!

03-28-2009, 03:58 PM	#15 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 16,766 My Profile	Wow. Its still cold here in NJ. I love flowers. Plus I am so angry with myself that I didnt plant any tulips. I think I will buy my seeds tonight. Lettuces and chives basil.

03-28-2009, 06:03 PM	#16 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,278 My Profile	It should be ok to plant lettuce now; I don't know about the chives and basil. When is the average last day of frost where you are. It is April 15th here and we are in zone 5 or 6. I went to the MBG Friday but forgot to take my camera. Perhaps I'll be able to stop next Friday. The camellias are in bloom as are the daffodils, pansies, hyacinths, and a few early tulips. The forsythia bushes are golden yellow, the magnolia trees (we call them tulip trees) and Japanese cherry trees are in bloom.

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04-04-2009, 02:26 PM	#18 (permalink)
Camino Triple the Pleasure!... Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,843 My Profile	A Paradise indeed! Thanks for sharing all the photos & information MSfixR.

04-04-2009, 03:05 PM	#19 (permalink)
Jocasta Josh&Hart&Nett. Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 21,213 My Profile	Looks beautiful, Fixr... parts of it remind me of Kew Gardens. I promised Camino a picture of my hellebores;

04-04-2009, 03:52 PM	#20 (permalink)
Camino Triple the Pleasure!... Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,843 My Profile	Very pretty Jo, thanks for posting the photo! Purple is my favorite color.