List Of Flowering Plants

Rare Tennessee coneflower makes a comeback

A rare and lovely flower with a fondness for Tennessee's harshest growing environments has been removed from the federal endangered species list.

The Tennessee coneflower's de-listing will be announced today at Cedars of Lebanon State Park in Lebanon, one of only a handful of sites in the state where the coneflower is known to grow.

On hand to celebrate the recovery will be representatives from various public and private agencies, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and The Nature Conservancy, which participated in a 30-year recovery campaign that brought the Tennessee coneflower back from the brink of extinction.

"It's nice to win one every now and then," said Gina Hancock, state director for The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee. "This shows what can be accomplished when people put their minds, hearts, and money together."

A member of the sunflower family, the Tennessee coneflower is found only in the limestone barrens and cedar glades of Middle Tennessee where the soil is dry and rocky. The species was first described in 1898 from a collection in Rutherford County, and then went unnoticed until it was rediscovered in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

In 1979, the Tennessee coneflower was one of the first plants to be placed on the endangered species list. Today, the plant is restricted to three Middle Tennessee counties – Davidson, Rutherford, and Wilson – where it grows in well-established colonies.

Beginning in 1984, The Nature Conservancy purchased 950 acres of cedar glades in Middle Tennessee to protect the Tennessee coneflower as well as other rare flowering plants. That land acquisition included three sites in Wilson and Davidson counties – Couchville Cedar Glade, Vesta Cedar Glade, and Mount View Cedar Glade – that would provide critical habitat for the plant's recovery.

New colonies of coneflowers were discovered, and at the same time, researchers began establishing new colonies from seed or from Tennessee purple coneflowers grown in nurseries.

Meanwhile, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation in the early 1980s entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that directed federal grant money to the state for on-the-ground coneflower recovery efforts. Prescribed burning and bush-hogging helped eradicate woody vegetation that competed with the coneflowers, and as the years passed, lands acquired by The Nature Conservancy were transferred to the state as Natural Areas, enabling botanists to expand the Tennessee coneflower's range.

Flowering Plants Which Grow Really Fast « Orchid Flowers

Flowering plants which bloom fast are liked by every gardener because they bring beauty and fragrance to your garden in very short time. Are you also looking for some fast growing flowering plants? If yes then you are reading the right post as I have made a list of some fast growing flowering plants.

Yellow Flag

Yellow Flag is a perennial having, of course, yellow flowers and gray-green foliage. It is an easy-to-grow plant which requires full sun and damp soil to thrive properly.

Morning Glory

It is again a perennial vine which produces bright green leaves and trumpet-shaped flowers in different colors. Flowers of morning glory bloom only in morning. Most probably, this vine is so named because of this feature. These vines may grow up to 10 feet in length and require ample sunlight and well-drained damp soil to grow.

Forsythia

It is a flowering shrub producing yellow gold-like flowers. Growing up to 10 feet high, this shrub has a fountain-like beautiful look making it ideal for your garden. Lighting requirements of this shrub include either full sun or light shade and as far as soil is concerned, it should be well-drained and have additional water.

Lavatera

Lavatera is mostly grown for its ostentatious and cup-shaped beautiful flowers. They are also fast growing plants giving excellent look to your flowerbeds. Lavatera grows in rocky and sandy soil and can also tolerate drought. Growing requirements include well-drained soil with full or partial sun.

Common Sunflower

Common sunflowers are easy-to-grow annuals which are capable of capturing butterflies and songbirds to your garden. They have heart-shaped leaves and bright yellow flowers. Growing up to 15 feet high, these plants need well-drained as well as acidic soil to grow. Other requirements include full sun and habitual watering.

That was a list of fast growing flowering plants with their growing requirements. Choose any one of these to add color to your garden quickly.

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