SOME DECORATIVE FLOWERS

COSMOS

Cosmos is a genus, with the same common name of Cosmos, of about 20–26 species of annual and perrinial plant in the asteraceae familyCosmos is native to scrub and meadow areas in Mexico where most of the species occur, Florida and the southernUnited states,Arizoana and Central america, and toSouth america in the north to Paraguya in the sout.

CALENDULA

 

The name Calendula stems from the Latin kalendae, meaning first day of the month, presumably because pot marigolds are in bloom at the start of most months of the year. Plant pharmacological studies have suggested that Calendula extracts have anti-viral, anti-Genotoxic, and anti-inflammatory properties in vitro
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PHLOX

They are found mostly inNorth america (one in siberia) in diverse habitats from alpine tundra to open woodland and and prairiSome flower in spring, others in summer and fall. Flowers may be pale blue, violet, pink, bright red, or white. Many are fragrant.

PETUNIA

Petunia is genus of 35 species of flowering plants of South American origin, closely related to tobacco, cape gooseberries, tomatoes, deadly nightshades, potatoes and chili peppers; in the family Solanaceae. The origin of P. × hybrida is thought to be by hybridisation between P. axillaris (the large white or night-scented petunia) and P. integrifolia (the violet-flowered petunia).

SALVIA

Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, Salvia derives from the Latin salvere ("to feel well and healthy, health, heal"), referring to the herb's healing properties. Pliny the Elder was the first author known to describe a plant called "Salvia" by the Romans, likely describing the type species for the genus Salvia, Salvia officinalis