"growth in the vascular cambium. Occasionally, a so-called ""graft hybrid"" or more accurately graft chimera can occur where the tissues of the stock continue to grow within the scion. Such a plant can produce flowers and foliage typical of both plants as well as shoots intermediate between the two. The best-known example this is probably +""Laburnocytisus"" 'Adamii', a graft hybrid between ""Laburnum"" and ""Cytisus"", which originated in a nursery near Paris, France in 1825. This small tree bears yellow flowers typical of ""Laburnum anagyroides"", purple flowers typical of ""Cytisus purpureus"" and curious coppery-pink flowers that show characteristics of both ""parents""."
"Laburnum alpinum Laburnum alpinum, the Scotch laburnum, Scottish laburnum or alpine laburnum, is a leguminous, (""Leguminosae""), deciduous tree. ""Laburnum alpinum"" is similar to ""Laburnum anagyroides"", it grows to by , at a fast rate. It is hardy to zone 5. It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen from September to October. The panicles of vanilla scented, pea-like flowers are hermaphrodite (having both male and female organs) and are pollinated by insects. The fruit is a pod or legume, the seeds green at first but becoming shiny black. The leaves are ""cholagogue"" and purgative. All parts"
"dense clusters of purple broom flowers. Remarkably, most branches will also produce coppery-pink flowers on short (8–15 cm) racemes, which are midway between the two ""parents""; the leaves on these shoots are also intermediate. In older specimens, the proportion of broom and mixed tissues tends to decline, and the laburnum to predominate. The tree grows to a height of 7 m (rarely 8 m) and is hardy to USDA plant hardiness zone 5 in northern Europe. It requires moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil and should be grown in a sunny position to flower well. The plant originated in the"
"Laburnum anagyroides Laburnum anagyroides, the common laburnum, golden chain or golden rain, is a species in the subfamily Faboideae, and genus ""Laburnum"". ""Laburnum alpinum"" is closely related. It is native to Central and Southern Europe. The plant grows and flowers in damp and mild habitats, especially in the calcareous soils of Southern Europe. The plant is a small deciduous tree or large shrub up to tall. It has smooth bark, dark green spreading branches and pendulous and pubescent twigs. The leaves are generally trifoliate and oval with long petioles, smooth on the upperside and hairy on the underside. It flowers"
"Laburnum Laburnum, sometimes called golden chain or golden rain, is a genus of two species of small trees in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are ""Laburnum anagyroides""—common laburnum and ""Laburnum alpinum""—alpine laburnum. They are native to the mountains of southern Europe from France to the Balkans. Some botanists include a third species, ""Laburnum caramanicum"", but this native of southeast Europe and Anatolia is usually treated in a distinct genus ""Podocytisus"", more closely allied to the ""Genisteae"" (brooms). The ""Laburnum"" trees are deciduous. The leaves are trifoliate, somewhat like a clover; the leaflets are typically long"
"Linum narbonense Linum narbonense, the perennial flax or blue flax, is a flowering plant in the family Linaceae, native to Europe and similar in appearance to ""Linum perenne"". Growing to 1–2.5 feet tall and 1 foot wide, the stem terminates in a cyme of about ten clear blue flowers with five petals, 2–2.5 cm in diameter, and the small, narrow grayish green leaves are arranged on the stem in whorls. In early summer it produces teardrops buds. The seed heads are small beige balls. ""Linum narbonense"" is found cultivated in gardens. Seeds should be started indoors 6–8 weeks before last"
"in one of his poems: The writer J. R. R. Tolkien was inspired by the ""laburnum"" for his creation of Laurelin, one of the two mythological trees in ""The Silmarillion"", and Tolkien's description of it is strongly influenced by Thompson's verses. Laburnum anagyroides Laburnum anagyroides, the common laburnum, golden chain or golden rain, is a species in the subfamily Faboideae, and genus ""Laburnum"". ""Laburnum alpinum"" is closely related. It is native to Central and Southern Europe. The plant grows and flowers in damp and mild habitats, especially in the calcareous soils of Southern Europe. The plant is a small deciduous"
"frost or outdoors in early spring once the soil is workable. Seeds should germinate in 14–30 days. Linum narbonense Linum narbonense, the perennial flax or blue flax, is a flowering plant in the family Linaceae, native to Europe and similar in appearance to ""Linum perenne"". Growing to 1–2.5 feet tall and 1 foot wide, the stem terminates in a cyme of about ten clear blue flowers with five petals, 2–2.5 cm in diameter, and the small, narrow grayish green leaves are arranged on the stem in whorls. In early summer it produces teardrops buds. The seed heads are small beige"
"popular ornamental plant, grown for its strongly resin-scented foliage and conspicuous flowers. Its leaves yield a fragrant oleoresin known as labdanum, used in perfumes, especially as a fixative. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Cistus ladanifer Cistus ladanifer is a species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae. It is native to the western Mediterranean region. Common names include gum rockrose, laudanum, labdanum, common gum cistus, and brown-eyed rockrose. It is a shrub growing tall and wide. The leaves are evergreen, lanceolate, 3–10 cm long and 1–2 cm broad, dark green above and paler"
"has been banned from use in many countries because it originates from the sperm whale, which is an endangered species. Labdanum is the main ingredient used when making the scent of amber in perfumery. Labdanum's odour is variously described as amber, animalic, sweet, woody, ambergris, dry musk, or leathery. Labdanum Labdanum, also called ladanum, laudanum, ladan or ladanon, is a sticky brown resin obtained from the shrubs ""Cistus ladanifer"" (western Mediterranean) and ""Cistus creticus"" (eastern Mediterranean), species of rockrose. It was historically used in herbal medicine and is still used in the preparation of some perfumes. In ancient times, labdanum"
"are no leaves. ""Calostemma purpureum"" bursts into flower in the midst of the heat of an Australian summer, when most other plants are not flowering. The flowers are purple-pink in colour forming in an umbel of 5-10 showy flowers. They appear on a stalk around 30 centimetres long. The flowers are replaced in autumn by clusters of large, berry-like seeds. The seeds may germinate while still on the plant. They germinate very readily but it may take three or four years before the new plant first flowers. Calostemma purpureum Calostemma purpureum, known by its common name of Garland Lily, is"
"the Pacific Northwest and Northern Europe. ""Laburnum"" trees are ubiquitous in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, where they are commonly planted as lawn specimens or in shrub borders. Most garden specimens are of the hybrid between the two species, ""Laburnum"" ×""watereri"" 'Vossii' (Voss's laburnum), which combines the longer racemes of ""L. alpinum"" with the denser flowers of ""L. anagyroides""; it also has the benefit of low seed production. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Laburnum Laburnum, sometimes called golden chain or golden rain, is a genus of two species of small trees in the subfamily"
"and bears between eight and forty light brown, reddish brown, dark brown or yellowish flowers. The flowers are long and wide with wavy and twisted sepals and petals. The sepals are long, and wide and the petals are long and wide. The labellum has mauve to purple markings and is long and wide with three main lobes. The side lobes are large and spread outwards or curve upwards and the middle lobe curves downwards and has at least three ridges and wavy edges. Flowering occurs from April to December. ""Dendrobium discolor"" was first formally described in 1841 by John Lindley"
"Lamium purpureum Lamium purpureum, known as red dead-nettle, purple dead-nettle, red henbit, purple archangel, or velikdenche, is a herbaceous flowering plant native to Europe and Asia. ""Lamium purpureum"" grows with square stems to 5–20 cm (rarely 30 cm) in height. The leaves have fine hairs, are green at the bottom and shade to purplish at the top; they are 2–4 cm long and broad, with a 1–2 cm petiole (leaf stalk), and wavy to serrated margins. The zygomorphic flowers are bright red-purple, with a top hood-like petal, two lower lip petal lobes and minute fang-like lobes between. The corolla shows"
"yellow to bright yellow to orange or pink, rose, or red-purple depending on the light exposure and weather conditions. The flowers are white with five small petals, produced in terminal cymes 4–8 cm (about 3 inches) diameter. The fruit is a small red to purple-black drupe 4–8 mm (about 1/3"") long. It attracts butterflies and birds. ""Viburnum acerifolium"" is a larval host to the ""Celastrina ladon"" butterfly. It grows in and around upland forest, able to do well in full shade and dry soils. It grows mostly in acid soil of pH 5.0 to 6.5, but can tolerate up to"
"Viburnum tinus Viburnum tinus (Laurustinus, laurustinus viburnum, or laurestine) is a species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae, native to the Mediterranean area of Europe and North Africa. ""Laurus"" signifies the leaves' similarities to bay laurel. It is a shrub (rarely a small tree) reaching tall and broad, with a dense, rounded crown. The leaves are evergreen, persisting 2–3 years, ovate to elliptic, borne in opposite pairs, 4–10 cm long and 2–4 cm broad, with an entire margin. The flowers are small, white or light pink, produced from reddish-pink buds in dense cymes 5–10 cm diameter in the winter."
"Arctium minus Arctium minus, commonly known as lesser burdock, little burdock, louse-bur, common burdock, button-bur, cuckoo-button, or wild rhubarb, is a biennial plant. This plant is native to Europe, but has become introduced elsewhere such as Australia, North and South America, and other places. Characteristics: It can grow up to 1.5 meters (1 to 5 feet) tall and form multiple branches. It is large and bushy. Flowers are prickly and pink to lavender in color. Flower heads are about wide. The plant flowers from July through October. The flowers resemble and can be easily mistaken for thistles, but burdock can"
"including pink and purple. Cornflower is also grown for the cutflower industry in Canada for use by florists. The most common colour variety for this use is a doubled blue variety such as 'Blue Boy' or 'Blue Diadem'. White, pink, lavender and black (actually a very dark maroon) are also used but less commonly. Cornflowers germinate quickly after planting. Light requirements: full sun. Water requirements: high-average water daily. Soil pH requirements: neutral (6.6-7.5) to mildly alkaline (7.6-7.8). The edible flower of the cornflower can be used for culinary decoration, for example to add colour to salads. Cornflowers have been used"
"Merit. Geranium × magnificum Geranium"" × ""magnificum, the purple cranesbill, is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the genus ""Geranium"", Geraniaceae family. The multiplication symbol × indicates that it is the result of hybridisation, in this case between ""Geranium platypetalum"" and ""Geranium ibericum"". Growing into a clump high and broad, it has the decorative, deeply-lobed leaves typical of the ""Geranium"" genus. Violet-blue flowers with darker veins are borne relatively briefly in early summer. Extremely hardy, to below , it is suitable for cultivation throughout all temperate regions. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of"
"range in color from ""reddish brown to gray""; young twigs are hairy, and get smoother with age. Bark is similar that of the flowering dogwood, ranging in color from ""reddish brown to almost black"" and forming ""blocky plates on larger trunks"". ""Viburnum rufidulum"" blooms in April to May with creamy white flowers that are bisexual, or perfect and similar to those of other ""Viburnum"" species, but with clusters as large as six inches wide. The fruits are purple or dark blue, glaucous, globose or ellipsoid drupes that mature in mid to late summer. The fruit has been said to taste"
"+Laburnocytisus adamii +""Laburnocytisus adamii"" (also known as Adam's laburnum or broom laburnum) is a horticultural curiosity; a small tree which is a graft-chimaera between two species, a laburnum, ""Laburnum anagyroides"", and a broom, ""Chamaecytisus purpureus"" (syn. ""Cytisus purpureus""), which bears some shoots typical of the one species, some of the other, and some which are a peculiar mixture of both ""parents"". This binomial name is written as if it were one species, but strictly speaking it is not one species but two. The plus sign (+) indicates its unusual origin. The plant can also be described by the formula ""Laburnum"
"mallow flower. Another name for the color is mallow with the first recorded use of ""mallow"" as a color name in English in 1611. Since the color ""mauve"" has a hue code of 276, it may be regarded as a pale tone of violet. At right is displayed the color lavender. This color may also be called lavender (floral) or floral lavender to distinguish it from the web color lavender. It is the color of the central part of the lavender flower. The first recorded use of the word ""lavender"" as a color term in English was in 1705. Since"
"Viburnum rufidulum Viburnum rufidulum, also known as the rusty blackhaw, blue haw, rusty nanny-berry, or southern black haw, is a flowering species of shrub or small tree that is common in parts of the Eastern and Central United States. It produces attractive flowers and fall foliage, as well as fruits that are popular with some species of bird. Leathery deciduous leaves are simple and grow in opposite blades ranging from 0.5-3 inches in length and 1-1.5 inches in width. Petioles are ""rusty hairy"" with grooves and sometimes wings. Leaf margins are serrate. Autumn leaf colors are bronze to red. Twigs"
"Geranium × magnificum Geranium"" × ""magnificum, the purple cranesbill, is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the genus ""Geranium"", Geraniaceae family. The multiplication symbol × indicates that it is the result of hybridisation, in this case between ""Geranium platypetalum"" and ""Geranium ibericum"". Growing into a clump high and broad, it has the decorative, deeply-lobed leaves typical of the ""Geranium"" genus. Violet-blue flowers with darker veins are borne relatively briefly in early summer. Extremely hardy, to below , it is suitable for cultivation throughout all temperate regions. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden"
"(alkaline) soils, it can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or full sun. It can withstand strong winds but not maritime exposure and tolerates atmospheric pollution. The plant is notably susceptible to honey fungus. ""Laburnum"" has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. Laburnum alpinum Laburnum alpinum, the Scotch laburnum, Scottish laburnum or alpine laburnum, is a leguminous, (""Leguminosae""), deciduous tree. ""Laburnum alpinum"" is similar to ""Laburnum anagyroides"", it"
"leaves which are serrate, 10–20 cm long. The bark is gray-brown and warty and the fruit is a red drupe, which turns to black when ripe. The flowers provide nectar for the ""Celastrina ladon"" (Spring Azure) butterfly. Mammals and birds feed on its fruit, twigs, and leaves. The large showy flowers along the edge of the cluster are sterile, while the small inner flowers have both male and female parts. ""Viburnum lantanoides"" is found in the eastern U.S. and Canada from Georgia to the Canadian Maritimes. It grows in rich, moist acidic woods, stream banks, and swamps. Viburnum lantanoides Viburnum"
"Geranium sanguineum Geranium sanguineum, common names bloody crane's-bill or bloody geranium, is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the cranesbill family Geraniaceae. It is also the county flower of Northumberland. The genus name is derived from the Greek γέρανος (""géranos""), meaning crane, with reference to the appearance of the fruit capsule. The specific Latin name ""sanguineum"" refers to the red color assumed by the leaves in Autumn. The biological form of ""Geranium sanguineum"" is hemicryptophyte, as its overwintering buds are situated just below the soil surface and the floral axis is more or less erect with a"
"cm (0.6–2.2 in) long. When flowering, the perianth is yellow, orange, crimson, pink or white in color, straight or often curved towards the center of the flower head. The perianth consists of four tepals that are fused into a tube of either of uniform width or expanding towards the tip, but there are also a few species where it is inflated nearer the tip, such as in ""L. utriculosum"", ""L. hamatum"" and ""L. harpagonatum"". Above the tube, three of the lobes may become a fused in a sheath, open towards the outside of the flower head, while the lobe facing"
"Delphinium brunonianum Delphinium brunonianum, common name musk larkspur, is a species of larkspur belonging to the family Ranunculaceae. ""Delphinium brunonianum"" can reach a height of . It has a strong musky smell (hence the common name). The leaves are palmately lobed, petiolate and alternate. This plant produces racemes with 5 - 10 blue to purple cup-shaped flowers. Tepals have slender white hairs on both sides and spurs are short. They bloom from July to September. This species is native to Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tibet and the Himalaya. It can be found in stony mountain slopes and screes at elevation"
"Lilac (color) Lilac is a colour that is a pale violet tone representing the average colour of most lilac flowers. It might also be described as dark mauve or light purple. The colours of some lilac flowers may be equivalent to the colours shown below as ""pale lilac"", ""rich lilac"", or ""deep lilac"". There are other lilac flowers that are coloured red-violet. The first recorded use of ""lilac"" as an English colour name was in 1775. The ""lilac"" colour has a specific book published in 2018 by Coloratura Publisher. Pale lilac is the colour that is represented as ""lilac"" in"
"form, ""Laburnum"" is a shrubby, multi-branched tree, but it is often pruned to maintain a single trunk which displays the smooth green bark. Gardeners are advised to remove the spent seedpods after flowering because they sap the strength of the tree and are the most poisonous part. Generally ""Laburnum"" does not perform well in hot climates, and has a reduced life-span if grown in climates with warm winters. Afternoon shade and the occasional deep watering are advisable in areas with hot, dry summers. They do best in climates with moderate winter and summer temperatures, ideally Oceanic climates like those of"
"Leucanthemum × superbum Leucanthemum"" × ""superbum (or Shasta daisy) is a commonly grown flowering herbaceous perennial plant with the classic daisy appearance of white petals (ray florets) around a yellow disc, similar to the oxeye daisy ""Leucanthemum vulgare"" but larger. Shasta daisies are characterized by a distinct odour which some find unpleasant. It originated as a hybrid produced in 1890 by the American horticulturist Luther Burbank from a number of daisies. First, he crossed ""Leucanthemum vulgare"" with ""Leucanthemum maximum"" ; this double hybrid was itself crossed with ""Leucanthemum lacustre"" The resulting ""Leucanthemum"" triple hybrid was crossed with ""Nipponanthemum nipponicum"" ,"
"common name ""gum cistus"" is applied to resin-bearing species, especially ""C. ladanifer"". The leaves are evergreen, opposite, simple, usually slightly rough-surfaced, 2–8 cm long. In a few species (notably ""C. ladanifer""), the leaves are coated with a highly aromatic resin called labdanum. They have showy 5-petaled flowers ranging from white to purple and dark pink, in a few species with a conspicuous dark red spot at the base of each petal. ""Cistus"" and ""Halimium"" form a cohesive and the most derived clade within Cistaceae. Molecular phylogenetic analyses conducted between 2005 and 2011 confirm that ""Cistus"" species divide into two well-defined"