Pansies are supposed to like it cool, but those great velvety flowers were healthy and perky in the glaring sun.

There will be masses of flowers, reproductions of the handsome old buildings with their grillwork and other things that are typical of New Orleans.

The flowers are in the main not particularly distinctive, being of a general ' lily type ', with six tepals, either free or fused from the base.

Species are used as food and flavourings ( e. g. onion, garlic, leek, asparagus, vanilla ), as cut flowers ( e. g. freesia, gladiolus, iris, orchids ), and as garden ornamentals ( e. g. day lilies, lily of the valley, Agapanthus ).

The flowers are often at the tip of the stem and are mainly of a rather generalized ' lily type ', with six tepals and up to six stamens.

* The flowers of Asparagales are of a general type among the lilioid monocots.

They are commonly called " Christmas Bells ", because of the shape of their flowers and their flowering time, which coincides with Christmas in Australia.

The flowers are radially symmetrical.

The individual flowers are small, with tepals joined at the base.

The individual flowers are blue, shortly tubular, with an inferior ovary.

The sub-umbellate inflorescences are borne at the end of long stems, having numerous bright red flowers, which are radially symmetric with inferior ovaries.

Members of the family are usually perennial herbs with sword-shaped unifacial leaves ; the inflorescence is a spike or panicle of solitary flowers, or forms a monochasial cyme or rhipidium ( meaning that the successive stems of the flowers follow a zig-zag path in the same plane ); and the flower has only three stamens, each opposite to an outer tepal.

The flowers are arranged in various types of inflorescence.

The flowers are quite large, blue or white, forming an umbel at the end of a stem ( scape ) which is longer than the leaves.

They are herbaceous perennials with bulbs, and can be identified by their rather fleshy leaves, usually large and attractive flowers, with six stamens and an inferior ovary.

The flowers are solitary or, more frequently, arranged in umbellate inflorescences at the end of a stem ( scape ).

Proposed subgroups are difficult to recognise, having similar ' lily-like ' flowers, with the result that some members of the group have been included in different subgroups at different times.

The flowers are usually arranged in inflorescences, and the mature seeds lack endosperm.

Most aquatic species have a totally submerged juvenile phase, and flowers are either floating or emergent.

Several genera are popular with the horticultural community, including marigold, pot marigold ( also known as calendula ), cone flowers, various daisies, fleabane, chrysanthemums, dahlias, zinnias, and heleniums.

The flowers are nearly always aggregated in terminal umbels, simple or compound, often umbelliform cymes, rarely in heads.

The flowers are nearly perfectly pentamerous, with 5 petals, sepals, and stamens.

It is not unusual, however, for individual plants to bear both male and female flowers.

It is widely used for bonsai because of its flowers and for the unusual twisted bark that older specimens can attain.

The park is considered a representative sample of flora of the area, although includes some unusual plants-including a species of Daviesia notable for its large red flowers, which is known only from the reserve, and Shaggy Dryandra ( Banksia splendida ) which is common on some lateritic rises.

The original elbow chairs in this room were made by Stephen Langley and were unusual in their use of a Greek Key design interspersed with flowers, dated to 1735. Today these large pieces of furniture are situated in the Green Velvet Room.

Kråkeryd has a geology rich on lime, and the uncultivated rocky terrain is the location for several unusual flowers and plants.

Their flowers are among the most diverse and unusual, although often very small, and specialize in using tiny insects such as gnats or Chalcid wasps for pollination.

Together with the large ponds and gardens ( with thousands of flowers, and maintained by an army of gardeners ), the park's abundant green space is rather unusual among the world's leading theme parks.

The three-mile ( 5 km ) long wildlife area is home to dozens of species of unusual birds, reptiles and rare flowers that thrive in an undisturbed, natural environment.

Members of this genus are considered highly collectible by orchid fanciers due to the curious and unusual form of their flowers.

The chain-flowered redbud ( Cercis racemosa ) from western China is unusual in the genus in having its flowers in pendulous racemes, as in a Laburnum, rather than short clusters.

This very unusual botanical feature is easily observed in the leaves on cut flowers from the florist.

Loquats are unusual among fruit trees in that the flowers appear in the autumn or early winter, and the fruits are ripe in late winter or early spring.

Constance Spry ransacked attics for unusual objects to use as containers and drew inspiration from the Dutch 17th and 18th-century flower painters, while she popularized unusual plant materials to offset flowers, like pussy willow, weeds and grasses and ornamental kale.

Perhaps the only part of Rafflesia that is identifiable as distinctly plant-like are the flowers ; although, even these are unusual since they attain massive proportions, have a reddish-brown coloration and stink of rotting flesh, which is why it was nicknamed the " corpse flower ".

It is prized in tropical and subtropical gardens for its showy flowers which are a highly unusual colour, unlike that of almost any other plant.

It is also attracted to nectar-rich flowers and sugary foods which is fairly unusual for the family.

In addition there is a small Texture Garden that contains plants with unusual textures to the touch or brightly colored foliage and flowers and a small Scented Garden with plants that have fragrant flowers or leaves or flowers.

It is an unusual bellflower in that its flowers are usually flat and not bell-shaped.

The tradition itself has changed over time, and today it is unusual for first year students to kiss the statue ; it is now more common to bring a bouquet of flowers to the Gänseliesel and to give her a kiss after one's official reception of the doctorate degree.

Bletilla ochracea, a somewhat rare species from China has unusual flowers with yellow sepals and petals with a red-marked white lip and is becoming more available to collectors.

The only strongly fragrant species is Hosta plantaginea, which has white flowers up to four in ( 10 cm ) long ; it is also unusual in that the flowers open in the evening and close by morning.