Tag: botanical
Canna: what is it?
With its decorative purple, green or variegated foliage, very close to the banana tree and its very colorful trumpet-shaped flowers, the canna illuminates gardens from July to October. The colors…
Spathiphyllum: what is it?
In bloom all year round, the spathiphyllum has the advantage of being undemanding and easy to grow. Its shiny leaves and white flowers bring a touch of exoticism to your…
Why do ripe fruits accelerate the ripening of other fruits?
It only takes one ripe fruit for the others around to accelerate their ripening. But why ? And does this apply to all fruits? It is not a legend, the…
Phototropism: what is it?
Phototropism is the movement curvature of plants caused by the orientation of a source of light. It allows plants, which cannot move, to adapt to their light environment. Phototropism is…
Conifers, plants dating from the Carboniferous period
Appeared on Earth 350 million years ago, at the time of carboniferous, the conifers arrived long before the trees hardwood. Their decline, however, was to begin during thesecondary era, 150…
Cédrat: what is it?
Too often confused with lemon, citron remains rarer. This yellow citrus has an irregular shape and larger proportions than a lemon. It is cultivated for its very fragrant bark which…
Grapefruit: what is it?
With their cousins theorange and the lemon, grapefruits are among the many citrus fruits appreciated for their juicy, sweet and tangy pulp. Its fragrant bloom gives way to beautiful fruits…
Brussels sprouts: what is it?
These miniature, very green, little headed cabbages are too little cultivated in vegetable gardens and too little cooked on the plates. Like many others cabbage, they are harvested from September…
Cereal: millet and sorghum, millet
the millet designates several cash of grasses, the seeds of which are very small, cultivated in the dry regions of the Globe, such as Asia and Africa. This cereal is…
Medlar: what is it?
This little-known old fruit, of rounded or elongated shape depending on whether it is common medlar or Japanese, has the particularity of offering a sweet and tender flesh. Discover the…