Sentences with word «bracts»

Should you manage to locate the plant, instead of taking the entire stalk, use a scissors or clippers to cut the top two bracts of the leaves.
To create a no - fuss tablescape I used poinsettia bracts in bud vase napkin rings and placed a large poinsettia in the center of the table.
Yoshihisa Tanaka and colleagues note that their earlier research found that antioxidant polyphenols, contained in the hop leaves (called bracts) could help fight cavities and gum disease.
Poinsettia bracts in shades of red and pink stand proudly in mismatched glasses standing in as vases.
Native to central and south America, this passion flower has thin, wiry, woody stems and bracts which serve as insect traps.
The buds are harvested before their hour, Then must be steamed or boiled before they yield The tongue - like sepals with their toothsome bracts Attached to the receptacle, or heart, That stores the petals of the future flower.
Extracts from bracts stopped the bacteria responsible for these dental conditions from being able to stick to surfaces and prevented the release of some bacterial toxins.
The flowers are surrounded by large, stiff, reflexed bracts.
Its light - green flowers and their Chartreuse bracts — leaf - like structures that surround them — contrast nicely with the finely...
He saw benevolence and beauty, the tightly knit longleaf pine forests, the undulant riverine corridors of the Chattahoochee, the tantalizing pure light of life reflected on bracts and fronds, the drifting silvery spider silk that takes tiny passengers to new forests.
«Premium Red» This strongly coloured poinsettia has robust bracts and is a sturdy plant with a pleasingly rounded leaf shape.
The flowers are not the coloured leaves, which are called bracts; they are the little buds in the centre.
Thus, there is potentially a large amount of bracts that could be repurposed for dental applications.
The bracts also contained substantial amounts of proanthocyanidins, which are healthful antioxidants.
The eye can see that a leaf, a stem, a petal, a bract is not characteristic and brain and hand can correct the drawn image.
Every year, farmers harvest about 2,300 tons of hops in the United States, but the bracts are not used for making beer and are discarded.
But very few of the potentially hundreds of compounds in the bracts have been reported.
The flowers are separated from the receptacles and the bract so that arnica herb consists of the florets.
The bracts of this pretty poinsettia are speckled with white and red and then set off by deep green leaves for a novel take on this favorite holiday plant.
Plus I felt like the bract art matched that area best, otherwise, I would have chosen his in an instant.
The back of the flower head will turn from green to yellow and the bracts will begin to dry and turn brown; this happens about 30 to 45 days after bloom and seed moisture is about 35 %.
Keep the plants away from fruit and vegetables or their bracts will quickly wilt, says the poinsettia breeders» association, Christmas Star.
Do not let water build up or let the plants stand in water, and to keep the bracts firm and colourful, add some commercial plant food to the water once a month.
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