Flower spike

A blog about orchids written by the staff of the Fuqua Orchid Center.

Plant showy flowers, such as salvia and daylily, to attract hummingbirds with blooms that appear from early spring to late summer. Phlox with its green foliage makes an excellent groundcover, but also provides flower spikes. #spiked #flowers #perennials

All the rest of the Heather has gone over. This one not ready to give up yet.

Striking all summer long, Actaea simplex 'Pink Spike' (Baneberry) is a beautiful perennial with chocolate-purple, finely divided foliage, enhanced by gracefully arching wands of fragrant pink flowers in late summer and fall.

Have you ever had flowers in the garden that were so gorgeous that you wanted to keep them forever and not get rid of them? I grow giant allium flowers and th…

Proven Winners Blue Magic Show 'ever After' Spike Speedwell (veronica) in 1-Gallon Pot in the Annuals department at Lowes.com

Kniphofia uvaria originates from the Cape Province of South Africa and has been introduced into many parts of the world. It is also known as Tritoma or Red Hot Poker due to the shape and color of its inflorescence which can grow up to 1.52 m in height. There are many varieties of torch lily, and the flowers are red, orange, and yellow. This picture was taken at Ooty Flower Show 2013.

Gladiolus 'Fado' (Sword Lily) is particularly showy with its spikes of creamy-white blossoms adorned with bright rosy-pink at their petal tips. Each flower spike counts over 12 blooms and rises among erect, narrow, deep-green sword-shaped leaves. Spectacular on its own, in the summer garden or in a vase. Since the flowers open from the bottom of the spike up, sword-lilies provide a long-lasting floral display, each flowering spike blooming for up to two weeks.

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Gorse Flower Spike.

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The cross: M. ayabacana x M. coccinea This stunning Masdevallia's flower spike was just over 16" tall! Certainly my largest and most brilliantly colored Masdevallia. Blooming in my greenhouse 2012.

Stewartia koreana (A tree I planted at my mothers house in 1976 and saw in flower for the first time in 2012) Shortly before Christmas of 2009 I had the opportunity to spend several weeks with my mother, a special and unusual occurence considering my home is in south-eastern Australia and her home is just outside of Philadelphia in the north-east of the USA. I owe a great deal to my mother, not least of which is my love of plants. From a very early age she taught me an appreciation of the…

Aphalandra variety?

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Fasciated Fire Spike Flower

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Gorse Flowers. Yello gorse Flowers against an autumn sky #Sponsored , #AFFILIATE, #AFFILIATE, #Flowers, #sky, #autumn, #Gorse