• Common name : Blue Fescue • Scientific name : Festucaglauca ‘Elijah Blue’ • Family : Poaceae • Native land : Europe It is an evergreen or semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial grass. It is deep sea blue in colour. Blue fescue is a lowgrowing, semi-evergreen ornamental grass noted for its finelytextured, silver-blue foliage. Foliage forms a […]
In ancient times, priests and medicine men of Greece, Egypt, and Rome used charms and mystic words to do things out of the ordinary and convince people that they had magical powers. But today, magic is used for entertainment. Robert Houdin, a French magician, is believed to be the father of modern magic. He was
• Common name : Chinese Ground Orchid • Scientific name : Bletillastriata • Family : Orchidaceae • Native land : Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Myanmar and China Chinese ground orchid is a terrestrial orchid. It has thin, pleated leaves that resemble a small palm tree, and it produces about five flowers per stem. It produces small,
• Common name : Deer Fern, Hard Fern • Scientific name : Blechnumspicant • Family : Blechnaceae • Native land : Europe and Western North America Blechnum is an evergreen fern. It can grow up to 1 feet tall. It is one of the plants grown in the woodland garden. It is an adaptable fern
The Leaning tower of Pisa is one of the most famous historical icons of the world. It is located in Pisa, Italy. This tower is not straight. It leans over by 5 metres. Even though, nobody really knows why the tower of Pisa leans; a possible explanation is that the foundation of this tower was
• Common name : Black-eyed Susan • Scientific name : Rudbeckiahirta • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : The Eastern and Central United States Black-eyed Susan, a wildflower, is categorised as an annual to a short-lived perennial across its range a flowering plant. It blooms in the first year from the seed planted in
• Common name : Black Currant • Scientific name : Ribesnigrum • Family : Grossulariaceae • Native land : Temperate parts of Central and Northern Europe and Northern Asia It is a compact, mounding, deciduous shrub which grows up to 4 feet tall. The plant produces multi-seeded black berries up to 1 cm in size,
Acid is a sour-tasting chemical substance. It is present in sour fruits like orange, sweet lime, gooseberry, etc. It is soluble in water and can neutralise alkalis or bases. It can dissolve some metals and turn blue litmus red. There are two kinds of acids: strong and weak. Hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, etc., are some
• Common name : Black Locust • Scientific name : Robiniapseudoacacia • Family : Fabaceae • Native land : South-Eastern United States Black locust is a medium-sized tree, growing up to 50 feet in height. The leaves are pinnately compound, and the oval-shaped leaflets are always paired. It has white blooms for only 10 days
Paper is made from the pulp of wood or from naturally occurring plant fibres called ‘cellulose.’ The earliest paper was papyrus, made from reeds by the ancient Egyptians. Nowadays, in the paper making process, first, the wood is shredded and made into pulp, by mixing it with water. It further goes through many steps like
• Common name : Paper Birch • Scientific name : Betulapapyrifera • Family : Betulaceae • Native land : Cold climates of Canada and Alaska, and some parts of the Northern US states Paper birch is a slender and graceful deciduous annual tree with white bark. The bark has a chalky covering that rubs off
• Common name : Little Tree Plant • Scientific name : Biophytumsensitivum • Family : Oxalidaceae • Native land : Nepal, India and in other South-East Asian countries It is a small, sensitive flowering annual herb which looks like a miniature palm. Its leaves are sensitive. It has unbranched stems up to 30 cm in
• Common name : Queen’s Tears • Scientific name : Billbergianutans • Family : Bromeliaceae • Native land : Brazil, Venezuela, French Guiana, Lesser Antilles and Cuba Billbergia is a perennial flowering ornamental houseplant. It grows on trees and on rocks or the ground in subtropical forests. It readily forms clumps of bronze-green leaf rosettes.
• Common name : Berries/Raspberries • Scientific name : Rubusoccidentalis • Family : Rosaceae • Native land : Eastern North America Berries are found on low bushes and ground creepers. They are perennial with woody stems. There are about 450-500 species of berries. Habitats include openings in deciduous woodlands, woodland borders, savannas, thickets, fencerows, etc.
• Common name : Shrimp Plant • Scientific name : Justiciabrandegeeana • Family : Acanthaceae • Native land : Mexico, peninsular Florida It is an evergreen perennial shrub. It is often grown in tropical and sub-tropical gardens. It grows only 2 to 3 feet tall but spreads up to 6 feet wide. Flower blooms almost