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Hibiscus Tea
Not only a beautiful flower, but this type of Hibiscus known as Sabdariffa or Roselle has lots of healthful benefits. I have been researching for a natural way to lower my blood cholesterol and I came across this wonderful flower. The deep magenta color of the sepals is what gives the most benefit. It is…
Amaryllis
In the community garden, you will find gardens that have interesting plants and flowers. I’m always on the lookout for anything that is worth capturing. I have a small camera that do the job very nicely. I always bring it in my garden bag just in case. This day is when I saw these flowers…
Nasturtiums
Nasturtiums – Tropaeolum majus – is becoming the number one popular among the edible flowers. It’s not only tasty and peppery but planting and growing it yourself is almost foolproof. They don’t need fertilizer and they grow in poor soils and give more flowers than if you grow them in very rich soil. It prefers…
Weed Vine Flower
Once in a while I go out looking for something beautiful to capture with my camera in the neighborhood. I saw this climbing vine full of white flowers but this vine is actually considered weed in the garden. They are prolific and hard to control sometimes. They could climb trees like the meyer lemon tree…
Poinsettia
Poinsettia is well known as a Christmas plant maybe because it changes color during the Christmas Holidays or winter. This poinsettia was from last year’s Christmas and I just took care of it up to now and I noticed the leaves are changing color. I did not do anything special really. Basically watering it diligently…
Nasturtiums
Nasturtiums are my favorites among the edible flowers. They taste distinctively like a wasabi, strong, peppery and pungent. These flowers are good in garnishing your green salads making it more palatable. Nasturtium flowers have a wide array of colors and this is one of them, salmon pink. I also have maroon, and the most common…