Yellow Begonia

Begonia is the common name and the generic name of all genus that belongs to flowering plant family Begoniaceae. It is a perennial plant which means that it can live for over two years. But with the very cold winter in Germany, all the begonias in our garden were gone last time. That was the reason why I did not bought some last year.

a beautiful yellow Begonia. I took this image in a garden center.

Nature Around Us

Nature always fascinates me! Whatever time of the year, whether it is spring time, summer, autumn or winter season, I always see and appreciate the beauty of nature. I just can't wait until the next spring time where I will see again the blooming flowers around especially in our garden. The leaves of the herbs and trees like apples, walnuts, cherries, berries will start to grow again and will soon bear fruits. I simply love it since we have some strawberries and a cherry tree in our garden. These fruits are full of multivitamins and they are always fresh since I can pick them up from our garden.

This snapshot was taken last summer 2010. We used to go walking this way especially during weekend. The hills and the valleys around, the trees and the wild flowers are simply refreshing.

The beauty of nature is simply amazing. Now that we still have winter season, I also enjoy watching the white surroundings around. I remember somebody asked me how I survive in this very called winter in Europe. I simply told him that I am already used to it and I love this season too since I am very fascinated with snow.

The beautiful winter season. This was taken sometime in February 2009 in our place. Winter is the coldest season of the year. This is the time when the nights are long and the days are shorter.

This winter season was the worst that I experience in Europe. It started so early this season. It was always snowing so hard especially last December 2010. That was also the reason why a lot of flights and trains were cancelled in Europe. Thousands of accidents also happened on the roads and motorways.

Although, I love winter, I can't wait until the next spring and summer time come where I can experience another beauty of nature.

The Beauty of Winter Season

Some people might not see the beauty of winter season. Some might see it. If you have to ask me, I always see beauty in any season of the year so as winter time. Here is a picture taken somewhere in Bayern, Germany this month.

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White Flowers

Any idea about the name of this white flower? I would gladly accept your suggestions especially from the experts. Thanks and take care folks!

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Beautiful Orange Flowers

Me and my wife had a sightseeing last weekend. One of the place we visited was the Garden of Willibald Castle in Eichstaett, a city in Bavaria, Germany. It was an amazing garden full of lovely flowers and plants. I took this photo of a beautiful orange flowers below. Any idea about its name. Thanks in advance for the information.

Red Begonia Flowers in Our Garden

I have different colors of Begonia flowers in our garden. I guess my favorite are the red one. These flowers are not greedy in giving flowers. See how one whole plant is giving a lot of beautiful red flowers..very lovely!

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia

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Begonia is a genus in the flowering plant family Begoniaceae. The only other member of the family Begoniaceae is Hillebrandia, a genus with a single species in the Hawaiian Islands. The genus Symbegonia is now included in Begonia. "Begonia" is the common name as well as the generic name for all members of the genus.

The genus name coined by Charles Plumier French patron of botany honours Michel Bégon, a former governor of the French colony of Haiti.

DESCRIPTION
With over 1,500 species, Begonia is one of the ten largest angiosperm genera. The species are terrestrial (sometimes epiphytic) herbs or undershrubs and occur in subtropical and tropical moist climates, in South and Central America, Africa and southern Asia. Terrestrial species in the wild are commonly upright-stemmed, rhizomatous, or tuberous. The plants are monoecious, with unisexual male and female flowers occurring separately on the same plant, the male containing numerous stamens, the female having a large inferior ovary and two to four branched or twisted stigmas. In most species the fruit is a winged capsule containing numerous minute seeds, although baccate fruits are also known. The leaves, which are often large and variously marked or variegated, are usually asymmetric (unequal-sided).

Because of their sometimes showy flowers of white, pink, scarlet or yellow color and often attractively marked leaves, many species and innumerable hybrids and cultivars are cultivated. The genus is unusual in that species throughout the genus, even those coming from different continents, can frequently be hybridized with each other, and this has led to an enormous number of cultivars. The American Begonia Society classifies begonias into several major groups: cane-like, shrub-like, tuberous, rhizomatous, semperflorens, rex, trailing-scandent, or thick-stemmed. For the most part these groups do not correspond to any formal taxonomic groupings or phylogeny and many species and hybrids have characteristics of more than one group, or fit well into none of them. source: wikipedia

Wild Flowers are Also beautiful

We already see a lot of wild flowers everytime we go walking in our place. We have a small road area intended for biking and for walking activities only. It is separate from the main road which is very safe especially for children when they go biking. We such have a very beautiful place here in Germany. Just sharing a picture of these wild flowers which we took last time! have a great day to all!
We would appreciate it if you can share the name of these wild flowers..thanks in advance!

Flowers in The Wilderness

These are only some of the wild flowers we always see during spring time in the wilderness. Do you have any idea how this is called? we greatly appreciate it! Thanks a lot! Nature is truly wonderful!

Colorful Tulips in Our Garden

This is the time that the tulips in our garden are slowly dying now. There are still some that are alive now but around 90% were already gone. Tulips only comes once a year. Here in Germany, it starts to grow in March and bloom fully in April until May. After this time, you seldom see Tulips already. I guess in Holland there are always tulips everyday since they also export it to many countries in Europe and through out the world.

These colorful tulips are found in the front side of our garden. I use to take hundreds of photos in different angles and times of the day to see the effects of the pictures taken. I am not a professional photographer..so whatever pictures you see here are original ones.
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White Chrysanthemum Flowers

I guess these are really Chrysanthemum Flowers. Sometimes I think of it as Margarita but I believed that Margarita and Chrysanthemum are of the same family. Let me know guys I am not so sure. I took this picture of Chrysanthemum Flowers inside St. Vitus Church in Burglengenfeld in Bavaria, Germany. such lovely flowers! more info about it below.

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Chrysanthemums, often called 'mums', are a genus (Chrysanthemum) of about 30 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Asia and northeastern Europe.

The genus once included many more species, but was split several decades ago into several genera; the naming of the genera has been contentious, but a ruling of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature in 1999 resulted in the defining species of the genus being changed to Chrysanthemum indicum, thereby restoring the economically important florist's chrysanthemum to the genus Chrysanthemum. These species were, after the splitting of the genus but before the ICBN ruling, commonly treated under the genus name Dendranthema.

The other species previously treated in the narrow view of the genus Chrysanthemum are now transferred to the genus Glebionis. The other genera split off from Chrysanthemum include Argyranthemum, Leucanthemopsis, Leucanthemum, Rhodanthemum, and Tanacetum.

The species of Chrysanthemum are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 50–150 cm tall, with deeply lobed leaves and large flowerheads, white, yellow or pink in the wild species.

Chrysanthemum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species — see list of Lepidoptera that feed on chrysanthemums.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysanthemum

Magnolia Flowers in the Neighborhood

Magnolia flowers are only some of the flowers we saw in the neighborhood as we went walking last Sunday! These flowers are also very lovely..Enjoy the photo of nature in this blog!

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Magnolia is a large genus of about 210 flowering plant species in the subclass Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae.

The natural range of Magnolia species is a disjunct distribution, with a main center in east and southeast Asia and a secondary center in eastern North America, Central America, the West Indies, and some species in South America.

The genus is named after French botanist Pierre Magnol.

Magnolia is an ancient genus. Having evolved before bees appeared, the flowers developed to encourage pollination by beetles. As a result, the carpels of Magnolia flowers are tough, to avoid damage by eating and crawling beetles. Fossilised specimens of M. acuminata have been found dating to 20 million years ago, and of plants identifiably belonging to the Magnoliaceae dating to 95 million years ago. Another primitive aspect of Magnolias is their lack of distinct sepals or petals. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia

Dandelion Flowers in Our Garden

Dandelion flowers are getting a lot now in Germany. You can even see hundreds of it in our garden. One thing I don't like about it is when the pollen starts to spread to the air. I always closed our windows and doors to prevent pollen coming inside our house. I know these are weed flowers but I still see it's own beauty...simply look at this picture.

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Taraxacum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Europe, North America and Asia and two species, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, are found as weeds worldwide. The common name Dandelion (IPA: /ˈdændɪlaɪən/) is given to members of the genus and like other members of the Asteraceae family, they have very small flowers collected together into a composite flower head. Each single flower in a head is called a floret. Many Taraxacum species produce seeds asexually by apomixis, where the seeds are produced without pollination, resulting in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent plant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandelion

What Flower Is This

I just forgot what' the name of this flower? Any idea out there is greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot. These are only some of the flowers in our garden.

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White Jasmine in Our Garden

Spring time is here. Plants and trees are starting to bloom flowers now. Most plants I saw around our place are bearing flowers now. A lovely time of the year! These are the white jasmine flowers in our garden. It smells so good! have fun viewing!

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Jasmine (Jasminum, pronounced /ˈdʒæzmɨnəm/, from Old French Jasmine which is from the Persian yasmin, i.e. "gift from God", via Arabic is a genus of shrubs and vines in the olive family (Oleaceae),with about 200 species, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the Old World. The majority of species grow as climbers on other plants or on structures such as chicken wire, gates or fences. The leaves can be either evergreen (green all year round) or deciduous (falling leaves in autumn).

Beautiful Orchid Flowers

We went last time to a garden shop and saw these very beautiful flowers of orchids. Aren't they lovely? We only got one in our house and it is almost a year that it did not bear flowers. We are hoping that one day it will bear flowers again!!

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Can't Wait to See The Flowers Bloom

We love to work in the garden. We have some flowers too in our garden. We can't wait to see it blooming again. I am confused what are these flowers I uploaded here. Are these tulips or daffodil. This photo was taken last year in our garden! there coming back soon!

Tulips or daffodil? any idea out there? I guess these are tulips as there are around 150 species of these flowering plants

Tulipa, commonly called tulip, is a genus of about 150 species of bulbous flowering plants in the family Liliaceae. The native range of the species includes southern Europe, north Africa, and Asia from Anatolia and Iran in the west to northeast of China. The centre of diversity of the genus is in the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains and the steppes of Kazakhstan. A number of species and many hybrid cultivars are grown in gardens, used as pot plants or as fresh cut flowers. Most cultivars of tulip are derived from Tulipa gesneriana.

Succulent Plants On Our Window

We have some cacti on our window. I guess more than 20 cacti. This how we love plants even inside the house. I guess our house is like a little forest.

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Succulent plants, also known as succulents or fat plants, are water-retaining plants adapted to arid climate or soil conditions. Succulent plants store water in their leaves, stems and/or roots. The storage of water often gives succulent plants a more swollen or fleshy appearance than other plants, also known as succulence. In addition to succulence, succulent plants variously have other water-saving features. source wikipedia

Do you see the Beauty of Winter Time

Winter has also its own beauty. It might be very cold but the white surroundings you see especially the frozen trees around is such dream and a real beauty of nature.

Frozen trees in Parsberg, Germany.
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Cactus on our Window

I always love plants. One of them are the family of cactus. I have a lot now sitting on our window pane. here is one kind of cactus I got..any idea what is its particular name? I know before but since I left home almost six years ago, I cannot remember some names anymore. thanks in advance..

A cactus (plural: cacti or cactuses) is any member of the spine plant family Cactaceae, native to the Americas. They are often used as ornamental plants, but some are also crop plants. Cacti are part of the plant order Caryophyllales, which also includes members like beets, baby's breath, spinach, amaranth, tumbleweeds, carnations, rhubarb, buckwheat, plumbago, bougainvillea, chickweed and knotgrass.

Cacti are distinctive and unusual plants, which are adapted to extremely arid and hot environments, showing a wide range of anatomical and physiological features which conserve water. Their stems have expanded into green succulent structures containing the chlorophyll necessary for life and growth, while the leaves have become the spines for which cacti are so well known. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus