A depot with Mexican Asters

A depot with Mexican Asters

Hadong Bookchun in Korea

Impatiens balsamina

Impatiens balsamina

Impatiens balsamina (garden balsam, garden jewelweed, rose balsam, touch-me-not) is a species of Impatiens native to southern Asia in India and Burma. Other common names include ‘elepe in Hawaiian, mírame lindo in Spanish, pongsona in Korean, and kamantigi in Chamorro.[1]

It is an annual plant growing to 20–75 cm tall, with a thick, but soft stem. The leaves are spirally-arranged, 2.5–9 cm long and 1–2.5 cm broad, with a deeply toothed margin. The flowers are red, pink, purple, or white, and 2.5–5 cm diameter; they are pollinated by bees and other insects, and also by nectar-feeding birds.[2] The ripe seed capsules undergo explosive dehiscence.[1]

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References

[1]^ Jump up to: a b c Impatiens balsamina. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER).
[2]^ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_balsam

Morning Glory

Morning Glory

Morning glory is the common name for over 1,000 species of flowering plants in the family Convolvulaceae, whose current taxonomy and systematics are in flux. Morning glory species belong to many genera, some of which are:

Calystegia
Convolvulus
Ipomoea
Merremia
Rivea
Astripomoea
Operculina
Stictocardia
Argyreia
Lepistemon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_glory

Plantain Lily

Plantain Lily

Hosta (/ˈhɒstə/, syn. Funkia) is a genus of about 23–45 species of plants commonly known as hostas, plantain lilies (particularly in Britain) and occasionally by the Japanese name giboshi. Hostas are widely cultivated as shade-tolerant foliage plants. The genus is currently placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, and is native to northeast Asia. Like many "lilioid monocots", the genus was once classified in the Liliaceae. The name Hosta is in honor of the Austrian botanist Nicholas Thomas Host. The rejected generic name Funkia, also used as a common name, can be found in some older literature.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosta

Advice, Chinese Proverb

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。[liúdéqīngshānzài, búpàméicháishāo]

- 中國俗談

You don't have to worry about firewood in forest.

- Chinese Proverb

Where there is life, there is hope.

Flower, Antoine de Saint-Exupery

One should never listen to the flowers. One should simply look at them and breathe their fragrance.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)

Rose, Anonymous

If you call a rose a stinkweed, it might not smell as sweet.

- Anonymous