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Everlasti Flower With Clover-like: The globe amaranth (Gomphrena globosa) is a tropical everlasti flower with clover-like blossoms in shimmering iridescent colors.' flowers will keep their color for a long time and are fine for border and vase. Globe amaranth also makes an excellent pot planti Colors include orange, purple, pink, dark blue, and white. The plants1 like full sun, are about a foot high, and should be spaced 8 inches apart. They are half-hardy annuals.Whether to add white or Dutch clover is a matter of individual preference. It withstands drought better than grass but does not stand wear well. It should never be used in turf on which games are played. Five percent clover seed is ample in any mixture. If you buy mixtures study their analysis before purchasing and when comparing prices. Avoid those containing excessive amounts of temporary grasses and "inert" matter (usually mostly chaff). See Also Daisy-like Flower:Awphalis margaritacea, pearly everlasting, 1-3 feet, everlasting white flowers Asdepias syriaca, milkweed, 3-5 feet, home to the monarch butterfly Aster novae-angliae, New England aster, 3-5 feet, many variations in the colors among plants Etptisia australis, false indigo, 3-5 feet, seedpods called Indian rattles Briza maxima, quaking grass, an annual, 2-4 feet Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, oxeye daisy, 1-3 feet, the familiar field daisyChamomile, Chamaemelum nobile , has small, daisy-like flowers of white, cream, yellow or orange, and caraway Carum carvi (annual) is a graceful plant with flat, lacy heads made up of many tiny white flowers. Chamomile is a good border plant, flowering all summer. Attractive gray-green foliage makes it a popular plant for flower arrangements indoors. On The Other Hand See Cut Flower:There need be no question in your mind about the market for good cut flower photography. One of the big slide film distributors has found cut flower fanciers the most consistent buy ers of all among slide collectors, even though the pictures offered are strictly of specimen cut flowers. These cannot possibly have the same appeal as pictures of cut flowers grown by the buyer in his own soil. The only cut flower fancier who is not an eager prospect for pictures of his blooms is one who has never seen a color slide transparency of a beautiful cut flower projected. A close-up of a lovely cut flower on a screen is a sight to make anyone, cut flower lover or not, gasp at its beauty.Floiver festivals are frequent in the cut flower belt between Haarlem and Leiden. When the tulips are at their height in April, every Sunday is Tulip Sunday. A National cut flower Show (mid-March to mid-May) is held on the Keukenhof Estate at Lisse. Later in the season (not the bulb-cut flower season), two magnificent festivals occur. The Hague stages a brilliant cut flower Festival (early in August), with election of the Flows Queen (parade) and with special prizes such as that for the best bicycle Decoration (open to children); and an Aalsmeer-to-Amsterdam cut flower Parade (September) culminates in the Olympic Stadium, for the award of prizes. The floats are always marvelous. |
