Sentences with phrase «of planting flowers»

For those of us that live where winter is still trying to hold on, the idea of planting some flowers like pansies in a pot on the front porch will remind us that spring is just around the corner.

While many of us think of planting flowers for bees, what many people don't realize is that in most areas the honey bee's primary source of nectar is from flowering trees.

«Climate change can also disrupt the timing of plant flowering or bee emergence, resulting in wild bees emerging before or after ample forage is available,» it adds.

There was also a trend of increased number of plants flowering in response to elevated CO2 further increasing pollen production up to 200 percent.

From the pollinators» perspective, it's important to have a continuous succession of plants flowering throughout the growing season, Holm said.

Not exact matches

Hops and pot are both members of the same family of flowering plants.

Now, the Palace has opened «The White Garden» in its Sunken Garden to complement the exhibition, «planted with flowers and foliage inspired by memories of the Princess's life, image and style,» according to the Palace's website.

Nepetalactone is most highly concentrated in the flowers and leaves, so catnip treats should be made with these parts of the plant.

This resulted in a move back to planting, where appropriate, larger deciduous trees and fewer of the smaller flowering trees.

Alternatively, males produce no flower and females that have been fertilized by pollen will produce 50 % or less of the normal cannabinoid value achieved in a female flower - only plant.

It is one way of planting some of those thousand flowers.

Their efforts range from planting a flower to helping hundreds of homeless people not get evicted from an abandoned church.

«In its 4.6 billion years circling the sun, the Earth has harbored an increasing diversity of life forms: for the last 3.6 billion years, simple cells (prokaryotes); for the last 3.4 billion years, cyanobacteria performing ph - otosynthesis; for the last 2 billion years, complex cells (eukaryotes); for the last 1 billion years, multicellular life; for the last 600 million years, simple animals; for the last 550 million years, bilaterians, animals with a front and a back; for the last 500 million years, fish and proto - amphibians; for the last 475 million years, land plants; for the last 400 million years, insects and seeds; for the last 360 million years, amphibians; for the last 300 million years, reptiles; for the last 200 million years, mammals; for the last 150 million years, birds; for the last 130 million years, flowers; for the last 60 million years, the primates, for the last 20 million years, the family H - ominidae (great apes); for the last 2.5 million years, the genus H - omo (human predecessors); for the last 200,000 years, anatomically modern humans.»

At Key Stage 2 (Age 7 + to 11, Years 4 to 6) schools have to teach the following: Growth and reproduction; the main stages of the human life cycle; reproduction; the parts of the flower [for example, stigma, stamen, petal, sepal] and their role in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation, seed dispersal and germination.»

At Key Stage 3 (age 11 to 13 +, Years 7 to 9) schools have to teach: that fertilisation in humans and flowering plants is the fusion of a male and a female cell; about the physical and emotional changes that take place during adolescence; about the human reproductive system, including the menstrual cycle and fertilization; how the foetus develops in the uterus, including the role of the placenta.

The seed seems to be able to evolve itself into a plant; the plant is able to flower and bear fruit, all by itself without the help of another plant.

Adam and Eve stand in a tangle of flowering trees, bushes and plants.

Two terms could be used (from systematic botany): (a) hermaphrodite (from Lat., hermaphroditus, having the characteristics of both male and female), i.e., an individual biologically with both sex organs (unfortunately, the term is applied also to humans who possess both female and male sex organs); (b) monoclinous (Gk., monos, one + kline, a bed), i.e., a plant having flowers with both stamens and pistils — without regard to their spatial arrangement (such flowers are said to be perfect).

In plant taxonomy gynandrous refers to a fusion of male flowers (stamens, actually) on a style (part of the pistil or female reproductive structure) such as in orchids and milkweeds.

It is just as rational to believe tiny invisible dragons fly out of my ass each night to blow the winds accross the waters and makes plants grow and flowers open also keeps the earth spinning, yup, all my dragons fault.

The pollen of the flowers stuck to the insects, and spread causing the plant to reproduce.

Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza noted that her mother had to plant vegetables instead of flowers after World War II.

Having planted «a Hispanic garden in a foreign land,» away from her native Cuba, she values what she calls the flowers of faith — family commitment, and strength to struggle in her mother's «bouquet» which help her combat rootlessness.

If, for example, mammals are more advanced than amoebae, and flowering plants more than bacteria, why then are amoebae, bacteria, and a host of other «primitive» organisms still with us?

Heretofore, this earth has witnessed the emergence of single - celled living organisms, the growth of multicelled plant organisms, the advent of animals with centralized nervous systems making self - directed activity possible, and the flowering of humanity with its far - flung culture.

The right story is the old, old story of heaven breaking through, of redemption arching, of justice rolling down, of deserts blooming flowers, of exiles planting gardens, of swords into ploughshares, of life instead of death.

Im asking mr. hawkins who made and designed the human brain which the scientist can not make an exact copy of it, even plants and flowers.

Somewhere in the latter days of Advent or on one of the twelve days of Christmas, the plant will start to flower.»

It follows that, even if it is right (and some dispute this) to deny feeling or sensation to a tree or flowering plant, still the cells of which trees or plants consist may feel, may enjoy their activities.

Do you mean, every one has to be regimented, many kind of flowers make a beautiful garden, not just one kind of plant.

Their religion was like a dried flower pressed in a Bible, and often seemed to consist of nothing more than a desire for peaceful feelings, a vague longing to be connected with something that transcends the self and a sense of obligation to be decent to their fellows — all positive stirrings, but hardly the vigorous plant that could flourish in a nurturing religious community.

Observe the «unnecessary» creativity He has surrounded us with; over 400,000 species of flowering plants, millions of different configurations of sunsets, billions of mind - bogglingly spectacular stars and nebulas.

Herbalism is the use of plants (such as leaves, flowers, fruit, seed, stems, wood, bark, roots, rhizomes or other plant parts) to heal and...

I always love this time of year because it means I get to spend more time outside enjoying the warm weather, while doing fun activities with the kids like planting flowers.

Last spring we were able to plant a bunch of different grasses, flowers, etc to make a nice little rock garden area inside the big rocks.

They feature beautiful views, classical statuary, an array of plants, and budding flowers for every season.

While you planted flowers last week, we watched two feet of fresh snow blow through, and we're expecting more in a couple days.

The original recipe says you can add some of the red flowers to the cake, but I've never had my plant flower.

This large trailing plant with yellow, bell - shaped flowers, will take up a lot of room in the garden, and if you've ever grown pumpkins you may have memories of them wildly overrunning the backyard at quite a remarkable pace.

Apparently the plants she grew in her flower bed produced wildly this year and she's been inundated with all manner of the ruby red produce (thank you again mom).

This large umbrella plant produces abundant beautiful white flowers that turn to a large crop of the long slender fruit.

Like our, Tepin pepper, this plant is a great plant for container or patio growing as it's beautiful flowers and ornamental fruit add a splash of color to any space.

The reference is ambiguous since you can't eat every root and there's more to the plant above the ground than just the stem (ahem ¨ the flower) but that's not the point The idea is to eat as much of the plant as possible.

The mango is a member of the cashew family of flowering plants; other species include the pistachio tree and poison ivy.

Among the ancient Mayas, the blossom of the pepino (cucumber), the blossoms of the chile plant, and the flower of an herb we only know as algodon atabacado are all mashed together, combined with cotton - wool, and squeezed into the afflicted ear.

The plant will not have to bear the weight of the pods removed, will continue flowering and setting fruit throughout the remainder of the season, and the total weight of pods produced by each plant will be greater.

After 60 days of this treatment, when the first flowers appeared, the plants were transplanted into open fields.

Flowers begin to form when there is a branching of the pepper plant.

The company also has a strong national retail component supplying hobbyists with vegetable and flower seeds as well as a range of pesticides and plant nutrients.

This recipe is intended for the leaves or flowers of the brassica plants, you could try cooking with the roots here (by that I mean turnips or rutabagas) but I would stick with cauliflower, mustard greens, Brussels sprouts, or broccoli rabe.