Sentences with phrase «than a flowering tree»

Yet Archaefructus sinensis is a small, fleshy, aquatic plant that looks more like an herb than a flowering tree.

Also, I need to be transported to that street corner right now, there is nothing I love more than the flowering trees in the spring, and these are gorgeous.

Not exact matches

To successfully grow great trees and flowers, you have to understand your environment and capabilities (you can't grow the same flowers in Quebec than in Florida).

Science can discern, in the hundreds of thousands (probably millions) of years (Since Mankind's behavior on the «tree of Life» is rather that of a flowering than of an ordinary shoot, it is possible that the estimate of several million years, based on the average longevity of animal forms, should be materially reduced to allow for the acceleration due to the totalization of the Noosphere.)

In the corner of our living room where a vase of flowers used to stand, now proudly resides our store - bought Christmas tree, the one that at one - and - a-half meters tall is just a head shorter than me.

Plant trees, flowers, gardens — Other than being a... -LSB-...]

My wife is more likely to be in sweat pants and a poop - stained t - shirt than wearing a floaty white dress with flowers in her hair and she'll be sitting on the floor in a pile of laundry eating cookies, not dreamily reclining on a fallen tree in a forest clearing... But she's every bit as lovely as the mom in the professional photo shoot.

Actually it may have been better to use a pic of the official state tree, flower, dog or cat rather than some random shot that someone decided to take out of their personal collection and see it spashed all over at the cost of the state.

That's because most flowers come directly out of the trunk, rather than sprouting from branches as in many other trees.

The tree of life shows us that flowering plants are Earth's most complex green algae, fungi are closer to animals than to plants, and we are essentially very strange fish.

In general, flowering trees have smaller pores than coniferous trees, suggesting that they may be able to filter out even smaller particles.

Using the largest dated evolutionary tree of flowering plants ever assembled, a new study suggests how plants developed traits to withstand low temperatures, with implications that human - induced climate change may pose a bigger threat than initially thought to plants and global agriculture.

They found that plants are flowering and trees are leafing 10 days earlier today than they were 100 years ago.

Playing the role of Cupid in this long - distance love affair is the tiny fig wasp — no larger than a flea — that's born inside a fig fruit, eats its way out, and buzzes on to a new tree to lay its eggs inside a flower and die.

Botanists have been building a case for more than a decade that Amborella trichopoda is the only known survivor of a plant lineage that branches off at the very base of the genealogical tree of living flowering plants.

Villages with the invasive flowering tree had four - to seven times more sugar - fed mosquitoes than villages without the tree.

In a study, which appears in the December 22 issue of the journal Nature, the team constructed an evolutionary tree of more than 32,000 species of flowering plants - the largest time - scaled evolutionary tree to date.

«Cancer Bush» is what the local people call the Laurose flowering tree which has reportedly had more than 500 compounds identified thus far, many of which are noted for their cancer - fighting as well as immune - boosting...

The author shares that Manuka is even more powerful than regular honey because the bees that made this particular honey fed on the Manuka tree flowers, known for their strong antibacterial qualities.

The Vitamin Tree Fruit (also known as Baobab Fruit is packed with more Vitamin C than oranges) and its active ingredient, Snow Lotus, (also known as Saussurea; a flower used in traditional Chinese medicine) brightens the complexion giving a radiant glow.

And there is nothing I've been looking forward to more for the past 6 months than sprouting plants, new leaves on trees and pretty spring flowers.

While trees are budding, flowers are blooming, and it seems the sun is shining even more than usual, stores are bringing out the whites, pastels, and soft neutrals.

I couldn't agree more — nothing is better than outfit photos with flowering trees behind you!

New Leaf also has a change of art style, with the players and the villagers having more human - like proportions, rather than the shorter ones seen in previous games, as well as the trees, flowers, and houses taking on a more realistic appearance.

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, villagers have more actions than in previous games, for example, they will shake trees, plant flowers, be seen entering and exiting stores, and will fish during the Fishing Tourney.

South Water Caye Imagine an island less than a half mile long, covered with white coral sand, tropical flowers, and coconut trees, surrounded by warm, crystal clear water enveloped in coral reefs that wrap more than half way around the island.

Close to an array of shops, bars and restaurants in the resort catering to all tastes, this charming hotel is situated in a peaceful location and consists of 6 low - rise buildings set in very attractive botanical gardens with more than 200 different types of trees, flowers and plants.

Rather than massive amounts of palm trees found on other beaches, this beach sports glossy morning glories, a pinkish - purple flower that grows quite well in the fine sands.

A comprehensive landscaping plan will see more than 80 indigenous Caribbean trees, grasses, flowers and shrubs, planted on the island, returning to their lush natural habitat.

Landscapes, trees and plants in multiple media, flowers, birds and animals — some of these works, admittedly, relating to issues more serious than their benign appearance — may abound at the fair due to the legendary love of the Bay Area residents for hikes and other outdoor activities.It comes as no surprise, then, that one of the most photographed artworks at FOG was Kohei Nawa's $ 500,000 taxidermied deer covered in glass spheres, populating Pace Gallery's entrance - facing booth.

The quiet tree - lined street Fergusson, MI where Michael Brown was shot and killed by the police is covered in flowers and stuffed animals these days portraying a very different community than the riot images continually replayed by the media.

Categories include vehicles, other than railway or tramway rolling stock; articles of iron or steel; fish, tools, implements, cutlery, and flatware of base metal; trees, plants, bulbs, roots, cut flowers and ornamental foliage; and photographic and cinematographic goods to name a few.

Inspired by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, the installation features an elegant swan dancer crafted from more than 8,000 paper flowers and a tree decorated with exquisite paper cherry blossoms, proof that hope can prosper all year long.

'' [Children] have a deeper concern for following environmental rules (such as not carving names into trees or not stepping on flowers) than for following social rules (such as not picking your nose or being a messy eater).

And she painted a taller than life size tree in one corner, with little lady bugs, flowers, ants everything in the tree, AND even painted what looked like a carving in the tree with our daughter's name on it!

Although some plants do better than others, depending on the size of your containers and the lighting conditions on your balcony, you can plant anything from succulents, greenery and flowers, to herbs and vegetables and even shrubs and small trees if you've got the space and inclination.