Welcome to my first post on blogger.com! I publish an online plant encyclopedia called Floridata.com and I'd like to introduce you to some of my favorite and most interesting plants on the planet. My Plants of the Day will cover trees and shrubs and other plants for the landscape as well as flowers and vegetables for in the garden and in the home. Often the daily plants will relate to the season - like when its time to plant them, pick them and/or eat them. I'll even introduce you to plants that are normally not cultivated and some are even weeds but even weeds can be useful and interesting. In my view there is no plant that is not worth knowing even if it is nothing that you would ever be growing.
All of my Plant of the Day posts will include a photo and a link to the Floridata Plant Profile so you can read more about our featured plant which today is the Grape Hyacinth (Muscari spp).
After surviving a long gray winter there is nothing more beautiful than to see these brilliant blue jewels of Spring bursting forth in early Spring. If you can't wait until Spring try forcing a handful of these little bulbs indoors and you'll be rewarded with a fragrant display in just a few weeks (makes a great project to do with the kids).
Read the Grape Hyacinth Plant Profile for more info and stop by tomorrow so I can tell you about my favorite weed.