The Snowdrop Screensaver

The free screensaver, The Snowdrop, was created by RateMyScreensaver.com and contains 12 high resolution images of the common snowdrop. The common snowdrop is the best-known representative of a small genus of about 20 species in the family Amaryllidaceae that are among the first bulbs to bloom in spring. Snowdrops should not be confused with their relatives Snowflakes, Leucojum species leucojums are much larger and flower in spring.

Poinsettias the Christmas Star Flower Screensaver

The free screensaver, Poinsettias the Christmas Star Flower, was created by RateMyScreensaver.com and contains 21 high resolution images of Poinsettias. Poinsettias are flowers native to southern Mexico, Central America, and Africa. They are named after Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first United States ambassador to Mexico, who introduced the plant in the U.S. in 1825.

Breathtaking Flowers Screensaver

Bring dazzling flowers to your desktop! This screensaver features absolutely stunning images of colorful roses and orchids! It is 100% free, so download and enjoy today!

The Blue Passion Flower Screensaver

The free screensaver The Blue Passion Flower was created by RateMyScreensaver.com and contains 28 high resolution images of the blue passion flower. The Blue Passion Flower (Passiflora caerulea), also known as the Common Passion Flower, is a vine native to southern Brazil and Argentina.

Primrose Screensaver

The free screensaver, Primrose, was created by RateMyScreensaver.com and contains 14 high resolution images of the primrose flower. Primula vulgaris is a species of Primula native to western and southern Europe, including the British Isles. The common name is Primrose, Common Primrose or English Primrose. It is one of the earliest spring flowers, and in appropriate conditions, it can cover the ground in open woods.

Japanese Cherry Screensaver

Japanese Cherry is a free screensaver created by RateMyScreensaver.com containing 24 high quality photographs of the Japanese Cherry Tree. Prunus serrulata, the Japanese Cherry, also called Oriental Cherry or East Asian Cherry, is a species of Japanese ornamental cherry tree in the rose family Rosaceae. It is a small tree with a short single trunk, with a dense crown reaching a height of about 8-12 m. The smooth bark is chestnut-brown.

The Cowslip Screensaver

The free screensaver, The Cowslip, was created by RateMyScreensaver.com and contains 13 images of the flowering cowslip plant. Primula veris, the cowslip, is a flowering plant in the genus Primula, native throughout most of temperate Europe and Asia although absent from more northerly areas including northern Scotland. It is frequently found on more open ground than Primula vulgaris including open fields, meadows, and coastal dunes and clifftops.

Sunflowers Screensaver

The free screensaver, Sunflowers, was created by RateMyScreensaver.com and contains 19 high resolution images of sunflowers. The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant native to the Americas in the family Asteraceae, with a large flower head (inflorescence). The stem of the flower can grow up to 3 metres tall, with the flower head reaching 30 cm in diameter.

A Weed of National Significance

The free screensaver, A Weed of National Significance, was created by RateMyScreensaver.com and contains 15 high resolution images of the Lantana flowering plant. Lantana is a Weed of National Significance. It is regarded as one of the worst weeds in Australia because of its invasiveness, potential for spread, and economic and environmental impacts.

Flowers Photo Screensaver

Photo Screensavers bring you a new dimension in presenting pictures. Enjoy the variety of flowers. In Flowers Photo Screensaver you can see great pictures of flowers such as rose, hearthease, cactus, tulip, kiwi flower, begonia and many other beautiful flowers. While your computer is idle, five full size pictures appearing on your screen will show you their beauty, especialy when they are appearing in their full glory.

Mexican Sunflower

Gorgeous annual growing to 6ft. This slender and clumping grower produces 3-4" bright yellow sunflowers in large bunches. This wonderful garden beauty is a head-turner and provides instant brightness to any landscape.

Orange Chiffon Poppy

A huge blooming poppy with amazing, bright orange blooms up to 4" across. Plants grow to about 2-3ft. With a color not often seen among poppies this big, it is sure to be a garden stand-out.

Single Lilac Breadseed Poppy

A type of garden breadseed poppy producing light purple-lilac blooms. Flower shoots grow to 1-2ft and produce bright flowers followed by medium sized pods.

Danebrog Poppy

An electric form of the garden breadseed poppy with fiery red petals and a snow white center. Grows to 3-4ft. Very unusual, much unlike standard poppies.

Dwarf Breadseed Poppy

Annual. Closely related to the breadseed poppy, this lavender colored flowering poppy grows smaller and more compact than its close relative. Beautiful flowers, medicinal uses, and the small growth habit make this poppy a garden favorite.

Falling In Love Poppy (Flanders)

Annual. An eye-popping variety of the famous Flanders Poppy of World War I fame. Falling In Love blooms papery-petaled flowers in glowing pinks, reds, and whites. Single plants are rich in blooms and several plants together create a field of flowers that will dazzle the eye! Blooms are 3", plants grow to 12-18".

Ladybird Poppy

Annual. An heirloom favorite and one of the most prolific poppies available, the beautiful Ladybird (a British word for Ladybug) is garden head-turner. Bright red flowers with black spots are born on 1-1.5ft blooms. A single small plant can have 10-20 simultaneous blooms and several dozen throughout the course of a season! Great in containers.

Yellow Evening Primrose

A pretty perennial native to California, from the oceans to the mountains. This type of Evening Primrose grows to 2-3ft and has cream-yellow flowers to 3-4". A tough and durable plant, it is perfect for any spot in the garden, but particularly trouble spots where other plants may not flourish.

White Rose Campion

White flowered form of the beautiful flowering perennial. Foliage is silvery colored, very hardy, native to Southern Europe. Makes a delighful cut flower.

Rose Campion

Beautiful magenta colored flowering perennial. Foliage is silvery colored, very hardy, native to Southern Europe. Makes a delightful cut flower.

Money Plant, Honesty

Biennial native to Southern Europe. Often grown for its clumping flowers which can come in a variety of colors. The seeds can be used as a mustard substitute, and the roots are edible. Hardy to about 10F.

Mexican Tulip Poppy

Bright yellow poppy shaped like a tulip and native to dry regions of central Mexico. Closely related to the California Poppy, this poppy is an easy to grow annual/perennial that will reseed itself. Needs little water, foliage is silvery-green, similar to the California poppy.

Purple Gleam California Poppy

Purple colored California poppy starting as a deep purple-pink, then lightening to a rose-pink as the flowers grow older.

White California Poppy

White flowered form of the California Poppy. State flower of California. Very easy to grow. Annual. Will reseed.

California Poppy

Orange colored poppy that is the state flower of California. Very easy to grow. Bright orange blooms persist for several months of the growing season and a single plant may bear many flowers simultaneously. Annual. Will reseed. Several hundred seeds per pack.

Tassel Flower, Lady's Paint Brush

Showy tropical annual (which will grow in any climate) producing masses of tassel shaped bright red flowers. The flowers grow to about 18" and this amazing plant stays in bloom pretty much until cold temperatures set in! An uncommon yet widely requested garden annual.

Pacific Beauty Calendula

Seeds are from the Pacific Beauty mix, with large orange and yellow flowers. Pretty, low-growing annual native to Southern Europe that is instantly recognizable by its bright flowers. In addition to its ornamental beauty, calendula has been used for centuries medicinally---usually topically as a skin ointment, and to treat a wide range of skin disorders.

Silver Beardgrass

Beautiful clumping grass with tufted white flowers leaving an appearance of a silvery snow cover.

Yarrow

hite flowered, herbaceous perennial native to the Western United States. Yarrow is easily grown and will grow in almost any soil. Young leaves are eaten as a vegetable and the plant has a long list of historical medicinal uses, particularly in topical applications

Pennsylvania State Flower

The State Flower is the Mountain Laurel, as enacted by the General Assembly on May 5, 1933. The mountain laurel is in full bloom in mid-June, when Pennsylvania's woodlands are filled with its distinctive pink flower.

The Blue Passion Flower

The free screensaver “The Blue Passion Flower” was created by RateMyScreensaver.com and contains 28 high resolution images of the blue passion flower. The Blue Passion Flower (Passiflora caerulea), also known as the Common Passion Flower, is a vine native to southern Brazil and Argentina (where it is known as the Pasionaria or Mburucuyá in Guaraní).

It is popular with gardeners because of its intricate, scented flowers that have an almost plastic-looking appearance. The unusual shape of the flowers has led to the plant being associated in Christian symbolism with the passion of Jesus; the three stigmas representing the three nails used to nail Jesus to the cross, the ovary and its stalk represent the chalice of the Last Supper, the five anthers represent the five wounds, the corona represents the crown of thorns, the ten ‘petals’ (actually five petals and five sepals) the apostles (save Judas the traitor and Peter the denyer); the old leaves also represent the hands of those who persecuted him, the young leaves the point of the lance used to stab him, and the tendrils the whips of those who beat him.

Small jam pot, daffodil

This little pot is beautifully hand painted with Wales's national flower. The sense of freshness and lightness of touch is owing to the highly...

Oval Trinket Box, snowdrop

The delicate snowdrop holds enormous significance as the first flower of spring. This little box makes an ideal gift for a Spring celebration....

Gordon Plate, tulip

The elegant tulip design fits perfectly onto the 'Gordon' plate. This plate shape dates back to the nineteenth century. Diameter 27cm

Gordon Plate, marguerite

The traditional 'Wemyss Ware' gordon plate is here decorated with an early design, the marguerite. Diameter 27cm

Large Plate, daffodil

This is a particularly fine example of the delicate yet vibrant 'Wemyss Ware' painting style. Diameter 26cm

Oval Plate, cornflower and buttercup

This combination of the blue cornflower and yellow buttercup is an early, though rare, 'Wemyss' design. We have found that it is one of our...

David Austin Rose Sir Walter Raleigh

Of limited availability, David Austin English rose Sir Walter Raleigh is best suited for experienced gardeners, largely due to the cultural demands required to ensure success. The blossoms, outstanding in form and fragrance, are produced somewhat stingily throughout the season. The blooms are a warm pink, and have been described as being similar to a peony. Watch out for mildew and rust in areas where these maladies are prevalent.

Knockout Roses

Knockout roses have been the rage in recent years. Introduced in 1999 by Star Roses, and an AARS winner, Knockout roses have been the subject of some controversy (the ‘why’ in a bit) within the rose community. Truthfully, I had to conduct some soul-searching of my own about this rose. Even my mother started a crusade to get some type of answer out of me with regards to the Knockout rose. After much consideration, I have to (surprisingly to those who know me and even to myself) give the Knockout rose an enthusiastic thumbs up. A little late perhaps, as it seems the market has already spoken. So what exactly is the deal with Knockout roses?

Pale Coneflower - Echinacea pallida

Not to be confused with Purple Coneflower, Pale Coneflower is not often seen in the garden. This fact, combined with Pale Coneflower’s many strengths recommends it fully. One might have to search a bit to find a nursery but I’m quite certain that my readers are an astute enough crowd to snuffle around the web and sort it out. Pale Coneflower bears flowers that are similar to Purple Coneflower, enough so that other gardeners in your town will stop, look twice or thrice, and then do one of three things: One, scurry nervously down the street to their own home and begin a frantic search through their catalogs to discover what’s going on with that strange coneflower down the street in their strange neighbor’s garden (you are strange, aren’t you?)…Two, have the nerve to ask you (good on ‘em because we can always learn)…or Three, exclaim with great joy the boldness and great discerning quality of any gardener so marvelous as to include Pale Coneflower in their garden. It is, simply put, a gardener’s garden plant.

Queen Anne’s Lace - Remember Her?

Sure you do, as she’s beginning to reintroduce herself in our gardens and along our roadsides…

David Austin English Rose Abraham Darby

Abraham Darby is one of the most widely grown David Austin English roses, and with good reason. Abraham Darby is a shrub with classic flowers that also has the desired qualities of wonderful fragrance, excellent re-bloom, strong growth and disease resistance. Abraham Darby is the kind of result David Austin had in mind when he began his search for the new English Rose. Large blossoms can vary in color from soft peach to pink to apricot, and each perfectly formed flower is truly lovely. More, the fragrance is rich and memorable.

Floribunda Rose Hot Cocoa

Floribunda rose Hot Cocoa is, simply put, one of the most beautiful roses ever. Compared to the beauty of Hot Cocoa in full-bloomed glory, many roses are merely pretenders. Some readers have taken exception to my general coolness to Hybrid Tea and Floribunda roses, and that’s perfectly okay by me. One must remember (note to self) that there is a reason roses stir such passion, and as a rose, Hot Cocoa is staggeringly beautiful. Stunning. Smoldering. Hit me in the chest, take my breath away, can’t think or speak, just as if I laid eyes the first time on a beautiful woman. It happens so rarely, but when the stars align, love truly can be at first sight.

Grandiflora Rose Strike It Rich

Grandiflora rose Strike It Rich is an old-fashioned garden rose of the modern era, and by this, I mean it’s the kind of rose that might have been found in the 1950’s or 1960’s when we worried whether our martini’s would be ready after work or whether the Russians were indeed coming (and in that order). A 2007 All-America Rose Selection, Strike It Rich was bred by Tom Carruth, who has a undeniable talent for hybridizing stunning and unusual roses (see Hot Cocoa for more evidence of Carruth’s awesome powers). Strike It Rich has a famous parent, Sutter’s Gold, AARS 1950, and thus the connection to the glory days (for some) of the post-war optimism of that time.

Balloon Flower

Balloon Flower emerges late in spring - have faith, Balloon Flower will return if you don’t disturb the soil around it. By the way, if you have Butterfly Weed in your garden - and you should - Butterfly Weed also emerges late. Heat and drought-tolerant, Balloon Flower is tough and children especially seem drawn to Balloon Flower. The most beautiful planting I ever saw was a large mass cascading down a hillside - plant this one in mass (the bigger the better) for a truly memorable sight throughout the summer.

Floribunda Rose Day Breaker

Floribunda rose Day Breaker is another rose honored by the All-American Rose Selections committee. I’ve been on this streak with that bunch (the AARS) so I might as well keep it going with another dazzling rose, should you be incli

ned towards Floribunda roses and their ilk. The blooms themselves are stunners, a light orange-apricot (I remember the heartbreak of Tropicana so well…). To Day Breaker’s credit, the roses last a long time cut or on the shrub, fragrance is a nice Tea rose scent, and flowers come in wave after wave throughout the growing season.

Huernia humilis flower

Huernia humilis flower found South-East of Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa.

purple flower for marcia-because of all her kind comments

a flower from my garden

Pinecone Flower

Yes.. that is one comparison you can make with this interesting flower

Wet Flowers screensaver v.1.5

Lively flowers, brilliant colors, beaming rain drops and green leaves all are waiting to enchant you just without the motives. Be delighted in Wet Flowers shining brightly after rain, with this beautiful screensaver and desktop wallpapers chain.