Maddie Forbes

Meadowsweet or mead wort, Filipendula ulmaria, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Rosaceae family that thrives in wet meadows. It may be often found across the majority of Europe and Western Asia. In North America, it has been imported…

The plume-like flower, Astilbe (Sorbaria sorbifolia), is known as ‘False Goat’s Beard’ and false spirea. This easy-to-maintain plant can grow in the shadiest corner of the garden, even in most conditions and all kinds of soil, and brighten its beauty. …

Also known as Holy Herb, Cross Herb, and Devil’s Bane, verbena is a genus of the Verbenaceae family. Around 150 kinds of annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-woody blooming plants are part of this flower family. Most of the species…

In 1997, D. Geerinck, a Belgian botanist, gave the name hybrid bluebells to a species produced by crosses between the English bluebell and Spanish bluebell. Hybrid bluebells have broad leaves with pointy tips. The petals are small and have a…

The flax flower, popularly known as common flax, is far from common. Also known as Linum Usitatissimum or Linseed, it is a member of the Linaceae family.  It appears to have been cultivated from the wild species Linum Bienne or…

Veronica, sometimes known as Speedwell, is a low-maintenance perennial with tall spikes of tiny purple, blue, pink, or white petals. With over 500 species, Veronica is the biggest genus in the Plantaginaceae flowering plant family. It was formerly categorized as…

Foxglove, also known as Digitalis in Latin, is a plant genus with over twenty species. These plants have been around for centuries. Foxgloves’ existence dates back as far as 1000 AD. These wildflowers are beautiful and deadly at the same…

Eustoma, often known as lisianthus or prairie gentian, belongs to a small genus in the gentian family. They are found in the tropical southern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and northern South America. This genus is most commonly found in…

The Casablanca flower, also known as Lilium Casa Blanca or the Oriental Lily Casa Blanca, is a perennial bulb belonging to the Lilium family. Casablanca Oriental lilies belonged to the lily family and were developed as a hybrid variety of…

A popular spice and kitchen essential in Asian kitchens, ginger is native to the Asian continent. The first image of ginger that comes to mind is a pale brown root with a spicy aroma that is essential to South East…