Ageratum houstonianum 'Blue Puffs'
Flossflower, Floss Flower
Grown for their abundant clusters of small, fluffy flowers, Ageratums lend a soft, dainty effect in colors that range from deep blues to lavender, and from white to pink.
Ageratum houstonianum (Flossflower, Bluemink, Garden Ageratum, Blueweed, Pussy Foot) syn. Ageratum mexicanum Hort.) is a cool-season annual plant often grown as a bedding plant in gardens. Herb 0.
Ageratum
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(j´´r´tm, jr´-) [Gr.,=unaging], any plant of the genus Ageratum, tropical American annuals of the family Asteraceae ( family). The commonly cultivated species is the Mexican A.
Ageratum houstonianum
( Blue Blazer Floss Flower )
Ageratum are small plants grown as annuals with a dense growth habit. Flowers are rounded clusters borne from midsummer until first frost. Leaves are oval, downy and have heart-shaped bases.
Ageratum houstonianum 'Adriatic' vernac. Floss flower
RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, 28 June
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Hardy Ageratum
Fuzzy blue flowers atop attractive red stems, in September and October, make great cut flowers. This plant can be aggressive in Southern gardens. Found in old fields, meadows, and along stream banks. Naturalizes readily.
Ageratum is a genus of around 3 dozens of mostly annual plants from tropical Americas. The most common type is the Floss Flower (Ageratum houstonianum), an annual heavily used as a bedding and edging plant.
Ageratum houstonianum
Genus: Ageratum
Species: houstonianum
The ancient Greek translation of Ageratum refres to how the flowers keep their fresh appearance for a long period of time and rarely look spent.
Ageratum are among the prettiest garden blues, growing well in sun or partial shade, from early summer to frost. They are also easy to grow, producing a profusion of fluffy flowers all season long. They are excellent plants for beginner gardeners.
Ageratums are sold as plants in garden centers. Plant each ageratum about six to eight inches apart.
This ageratum actually has blue flowers but they appear as lavender when captured on photographic film (this is known to photographers as the 'ageratum effect').
Culture
Light: Likes bright sun.
Achillea ageratum (L.)
Nombres relacionados: Agerato (castellano), Altarreina (castellano), Artemisa basta (castellano), Artemisa real (castellano), Asteraceae (familia), Hierba julia (castellano), Sweet Yarrow (inglés).
Texas Ageratum
Description
Gregg’s Mist Flower is a Central Texas Native that you can enjoy all summer. Texas Ageratum will start blooming early spring and continue until frost and can bloom all year in warmer areas.
Ageratum species
Plants of Home and Garden
Annuals and biennials started indoors 2 months before last frost, surface sow at 65-75F/18-24C, set out well after last frost, average to fertile and well-draining soil; seed needs light to germinate.
Ageratum aromaticum, Ageratum odoratissimus
Family: Asteraceae / Compositae
Fragrant Ageratum, Fruity Weed
Origin: Ecuador and Colombia ...
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Ageratum houstonianum 'Blue Danube'
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Ageratum Mexicanum album.
Alyssum, common sweet; compacta.
Centranthus macrosiphon albus.
China asters.
Convolvulus major.
Dianthus, Double White Margaret.
Iberis amara; coronaria, White Rocket.
Ipomoea hederacea.
Lavatera alba.
Hardy Ageratum
Eupatorium coelestinum
2 to 3'
3'
Sun or light shade; spreads rapidly in fertile soil.
Achillea ageratum (Linn.), the Maudlin or Sweet Milfoil, a native of Italy and Spain, introduced into England in 1570, an aromatic plant with a sweet smell and a bitter taste, and yellow, tansy-like flowers, ...
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Floss flower (Ageratum 'Blue Horizon'). Don't mistake low-growing varieties for this tall variety. Buy six plants. Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus). Be sure to get a tall variety, such as 'Rocket' or 'Liberty'. You'll need six plants.
Floss Flower (Ageratum)
Tender herbs, varying in height from 6 inches to 24 inches, with pale-blue, lavender, or white blossoms.
Botanical name: Ageratum conyzoides Family: Asteraceae (daisy family)
Billy goat weed is a common tropical annual herbaceous weed. It is an erect softly hairy annual plant which grows up to a height of 2.5 feet.
Answer: White fly is a common pest, especially on fuchsias, pelargoniums and ageratum. The adults are white-winged and white-bodied. The young larvae resemble scale insects, and feed on the sap of the plants.
Other flowers to mix in potpourri include: anmones, ageratum, azalea, bachelor buttons, calendulas, celosia, scented geranium foliage, hibiscus, hollyhock, hyacinths, lirope, marigolds, pansies, ranunculus (buttercups), salvia, statice, stock, ...
Upright (larger): ageratum, Brachyscome iberidifolia (swan river daisy), diascia, heliotrope, lantana, margerite, osteospermum, pelargonium, salvia, verbena, zinnia.
maile-hohono Ageratum conyzoides
Malayan ground orchid Spathoglottis plicata
Maltese star thistle; tocalote Centaurea melitensis
mango Mangifera indica
marijuana; Mary Jane; gallow grass Cannabis sativa
marsh bristlegrass Setaria parviflora ...
 See also: May, Aster, Pink, Green, Ageratum houstonianum
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