Hybrid Aster (Aster) 紫菀

Hybrid Aster (Aster) 紫菀

Hybrid Aster (Aster) 紫菀

Hybrid Aster (Aster) 紫菀

 

Hybrid Aster (Aster) 紫菀

Very hardy perennial.  Easy to grow in any full sun location in well drained soil.  Large amount of small purple flowers in late summer to frost.   Flowers attract bees and butterflies.   Flowers are excellent for cut flower.   Easy to propagate by dividing plants in early spring or from seeds.  USDA Zones: 4-9.  The wild variety is usually taller.  The cultivars are shorter.   Fast growing, do not tolerant foot traffic.

紫菀（Aster trinervius）菊科紫菀屬的植物, 非常強健的多年生草花.  容易栽種在任何全日照排水良好處.  夏末到霜降開大量小菊形紫花,花期很長,很適合切花,花頗吸引蜂蝶.  容易於春天時以分株或種子來繁殖.  耐寒也耐熱.  野生的株高較高,園藝種的較矮有矮性品種.  生長快速,不耐踩.

Siberian Squill (Scilla siberica)西伯利亞海蔥

Siberian Squill (Scilla siberica)西伯利亞海蔥

Siberian Squill (Scilla siberica)西伯利亞海蔥

One of the early spring flowers. Very easy to grow, hardy and self-seeded perennial. Some think it is too weedy.
它是初春開花的球根花卉之一,花色多為藍色. 容易栽種,很耐寒並會自行結子繁殖的多年生花卉. 常被認為它的野性很強如雜草.

Globe artichokes (Cynara scolymus)朝鮮薊

Globe artichokes (Cynara scolymus)朝鮮薊

Artichoke seed pack朝鮮薊種子包

Globe artichokes (Cynara scolymus) seeds germinate easily.朝鮮薊的種子很容易孵出.

Globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus) seedling朝鮮薊小苗

This perennial veggie is growing for its flavorful “hearts” of flower heads/buds. It is normally hardy to Zone 6 if well mulched, and occasionally Zone 5 during mild winters. I suggest you try to protect the plants over winter because the first year buds usually small and less than the second / third year crops. You can propagate the plant from seeds or underground suckers or old stumps/dried shoots from previous year.
它是多年生的草本植物. 通常食用的部位為花苞. 它的耐寒程度還可以,溫帶Zone 5或6都可以用保護措施讓它在戶外越冬. 我覺得應該讓它越冬因為第一年種植的收成花苞較小且數量較少,所以越冬的保護工作是值得做的. 繁殖方式可用種子或側芽,或是老根枯掉的芽也可.

Remember its young tender leaves also good leafy veggie especially if you think that cooking and handling flower buds is too much work. 🙂 It likes full sun and warm location in well drained soil. It is pretty hardy and fairly low maintenance.
其嫩葉也可作為葉菜來食用不過味道不比花苞甘甜不過對於嫌吃花苞麻煩的人而言是不錯的吃法. 它喜歡全日照溫暖排水佳的環境來生長. 種植這個不太需要管理還蠻省事的.

This red artichoke is the variety you can harvest couple weeks earlier than the green ones. Some gardens said one plant in one year can grow up to 200 flower buds with good care!
這種子包的紅苞片品種的朝鮮薊它的收成期比綠色的早約2星期. 有種過朝鮮薊的人據他們的收成經驗說一株一年最高可收到200個花苞. 這樣的收成量和它的食用藥用價值又是多年生讓它很值得種植.

Usages and its flower photo see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artichoke

‘Buttercup’ Squash’ 奶油杯’小南瓜

‘Buttercup’ Squash’ 奶油杯’小南瓜

‘Buttercup’ Squash’ 奶油杯’小南瓜

It is so easy to grow and fast growing! I can see there are at least 3 male flower buds are on the way! Hope soon it will start to grow female flowers as well so it can fruit! 🙂 From seed to harvest squash is about 3 months or so. It is important to start some seedling early.

非常容易種又長的快! 目前已有至少3朵雄花的花苞形成了! 希望母花也很快來花才能結瓜. 從種子到結了瓜收成約要3個月左右所以早點種出健康的小苗是很重要的.

I also have 2 other ‘Buttercup’ seedlings and some cherry tomatoes, few yellow zucchini seedling and other veggie seedlings.. 🙂

除了還有兩株’奶油杯’小南瓜小苗外我還有一些小蕃茄的苗,幾株黃色的夏南瓜苗.. 🙂

Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)鳳眼藍(布袋蓮)

It is a fast growing floating aqua plant which flower in summer with hyacinth like flower, full sun. It is not cold tolerant here. It is either treated as annual or needed to bring in the house over winter. It is better not growing in open water since it is invasive. Sorry it is not a good photo because it is end of the season.

它是生長快速的浮水植物,夏季開類似像風信子一樣的花,全日照. 在北美不耐寒,可當成一年生或要用容器裝水室內養著過冬. 由於生長強勢,最好不要養在開放的水域. 花快謝前勉強拍的,照的不好,請包涵.

劍蘭Glaiolus (Gladiolus hybrid)

劍蘭Glaiolus (Gladiolus hybrid)

Just like Dahlia, they are tender perennials, summer bulbs. They like to grow in the full sun location. After flowering period, the main bulb will grow small bulbs or seeds, you have to store the bulbs away before frost. They are good cut flowers. Plants with flower stems are usually tall, will need to stake the flower stems.

屬於鳶尾科唐菖蒲屬的球根花卉. 喜歡全日照土壤排水須良好. 植株耐熱不耐寒. 繁殖以分球為主,母球會著生木子(小球),木子種植短約1年即可開花. 另可用種子繁殖出雜交新品種. 長出花莖後植株較高,需要支撐植株避免強風豪雨折斷.

我僅以盆植約2個月便開花結子,表示非常容易種植和繁殖! 當然以地植為最佳.

花色多種可以挑選,適合做切花材料.

毛地黃Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)

毛地黃Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)

毛地黃屬的草本植物，有兩年生或多年生的，總狀花序，花膨大成鐘形，有多種花色，白、粉紅、黃、紫到褐等；常見花色為粉紅和紫色，花謝後蒴果內含細小種子，多數品種可以作為觀賞用花卉。

本屬植物生長的第一年只長葉，葉片大，在下部密集伸長，第二年長出60-250厘米長的花莖。

毛地黃屬植物的葉可提取作為強心劑，常用藥名為地高辛。容易種植。

劍蘭Gladiolus (Gladiolus hybrid)

劍蘭Glaiolus (Gladiolus hybrid)

屬於鳶尾科唐菖蒲屬的球根花卉.    喜歡全日照土壤排水須良好.  植株耐熱不耐寒.  繁殖以分球為主,母球會著生木子(小球),木子種植短約1年即可開花.     另可用種子繁殖出雜交新品種.

我僅以盆植約2個月便開花結子,表示非常容易種植和繁殖!  當然以地植為最佳. 

花色多種可以挑選,適合做切花材料.

波斯繡球蔥–特大花球! Allium schubertii

花球紫色,特大,奇特,花球直徑可達1呎多到1呎8吋!  Huge purple flower head can reach 1’8″!

 開花圖如此網站圖片所示:  Flower as shown as this link:

 http://www.veseys.com/ca/en/store/fallbulbs/allium/schubertii1?veseys=gjlfo0c15c2qsh0m7qani2oek4

 (如圖) 春天開花 植株不高約1呎多一些.  球根比拳頭小2號. 容易種植.

觀賞梨 Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana)

瘦高型觀賞梨樹,春天開白色小花,花期不長,果實很小,鳥類及野生動物偶爾食用,容易種植

The Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) is a species of pear tree, native to China and  Vietnam, in the rose family, Callery pears are deciduous trees growing to 15 to 20 m (45 to 70 ft) tall, often with a conic to rounded crown.