2-23-2014
Along the fence the
flowers look so colorful and pretty. We
have a variation of flowers here. Some Leucaena,
Bougainvillea and Forget-me-nots. Red,
yellow, pink, orange, green, against the blue sky, paints a pretty
picture. There is even a Croton plant in
the midst.
Forget-me-not or Myosotis
is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. There are over 200 species in the genus with
much variations. Most have small flowers
(blue, Pink or white, with yellow centers) growing on scorpioid cymes. They bloom in spring.
Leucaena is a genus of
flowering plants in the subfamily Milmosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae.
There are approximately 24 species of trees and shrubs which are commonly known
as Leadtrees. There flowers are
white. They are grown for a variety of
uses including green manure, charcoal source, livestock fodder and for soil
conservation.
Bougainvillea is a genus
of thorny ornamental vines, bushes and trees with flower-like spring leaves
near its flowers. Bougainvillea glabra
is sometimes referred to as “paper flower” because the bracts are thin and
papery. The fruit is a narrow five-lobed
achene.
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