Melampodium

Love in a mist

About Melampodium and Love in a mist

Melampodium

Love in a mist

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual

1.2 Type

Perennial

Flowering Plants

1.3 Origin

Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean, Central America

Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia

1.4 Types

Perennials

not available

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

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411 (About Canna)

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1.5 Habitat

Desert

Fields, Roadsides, wastelands

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

2-11

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1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12 - 6

Not Available

1.8 Sunset Zone

H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1.9 Habit

Clump-Forming

Upright/Erect

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

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30.50 cm

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30.50 cm

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350 (About Privet)

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2.1.2 Minimum Width

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20.30 cm

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15.20 cm

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2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Yellow, Gold

Blue, Blue Violet

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Sandy Brown

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Dark Green

Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Dark Green

Not Available

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Light Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Lobed

Grass like

2.4 Thorns

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3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Spring, Summer, Fall

Spring, Summer

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Fast

Very Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

Loam

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

Not Available

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Indeterminate

Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

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3.3 Tolerances

Drought

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Ground

Ground, Pot

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Average Water Needs

Allow soil to be completely dry in between waterings, Water when soil is dry

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Alkaline

Neutral

4.5.2 Soil Type

Well drained

Loam

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

Not Available

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun

Full Sun, Partial Sun

4.7 Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Red blotch

Aphids

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

Showy

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

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5.2.2 Edible Fruit

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5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

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50% Annual Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

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15% Annual Plants Garden Plants have it !

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15% Annual Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

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22% Annual Plants Garden Plants have it !

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5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

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17% Annual Plants Garden Plants have it !

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5.4 Showy Foliage

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5.5 Showy Bark

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5.6 Foliage Texture

Medium

Fine

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

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5.9 Invasive

Sometimes

5.10 Self-Sowing

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5.11 Attracts

Butterflies

Not Available

5.12 Allergy

Not Available

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Showy Purposes

Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose, Used for decorating walls, fences, gates, hedges, etc.

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

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6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Not Available

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Flowers, Seeds

Flowers, Leaves

6.2.3 Other Uses

Used as Ornamental plant

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

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6.5 Garden Design

Bedding Plant, Container

Cottage garden

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

MELAMPODIUM divaricatum

NIGELLA damascena

7.2 Common Name

Butter Daisy, Melampodium

Love-in-a-mist

7.2.1 In Hindi

Melampodium

love-in-a-mist

7.2.2 In German

Melmpodiam

love-in-a-mist

7.2.3 In French

Melmpodiam

love-in-a-mist

7.2.4 In Spanish

Melmpodiam

love-in-a-mist

7.2.5 In Greek

Melmpodiam

love-in-a-mist

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Melmpodiam

nigela-dos-trigos

7.2.7 In Polish

Melmpodiam

kocham-w-mgle

7.2.8 In Latin

Melmpodiam

Amor-in-nebula

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

Tracheophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Asterales

Ranunculales

8.5 Family

Asteraceae

Ranunculaceae

8.6 Genus

Melampodium

Nigella

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

Angiosperms, Eudicots

8.8 Tribe

Millerieae

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8.9 Subfamily

Asteroideae

Not Available

8.10 Number of Species

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Properties of Melampodium and Love in a mist

Wondering what are the properties of Melampodium and Love in a mist? We provide you with everything About Melampodium and Love in a mist. Melampodium doesn't have thorns and Love in a mist doesn't have thorns. Also Melampodium does not have fragrant flowers. Melampodium has allergic reactions like Not Available and Love in a mist has allergic reactions like Not Available. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Melampodium and Love in a mist and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Melampodium and Love in a mist

Season and care of Melampodium and Love in a mist is important to know. While considering everything about Melampodium and Love in a mist Care, growing season is an essential factor. Melampodium season is Spring, Summer and Fall and Love in a mist season is Spring, Summer and Fall. The type of soil for Melampodium is Loam, Sand and for Love in a mist is Loam while the PH of soil for Melampodium is Neutral and for Love in a mist is Neutral.

Melampodium and Love in a mist Physical Information

Melampodium and Love in a mist physical information is very important for comparison. Melampodium height is 30.50 cm and width 20.30 cm whereas Love in a mist height is 30.50 cm and width 15.20 cm. The color specification of Melampodium and Love in a mist are as follows:

Melampodium flower color: Yellow and Gold
Melampodium leaf color: Green
Love in a mist flower color: Blue and Blue Violet
Love in a mist leaf color: Green

Care of Melampodium and Love in a mist

Care of Melampodium and Love in a mist include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Melampodium pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves and Love in a mist pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. In summer Melampodium needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Love in a mist needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.