Burning Love
by Lingfai Leung
Title
Burning Love
Artist
Lingfai Leung
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
I took this interesting looking flower few years ago and did not know the name of it. Until recently when I browsed through a book for Perennial flowers in the library that I found out this is called "Burning Love". There are other names as Maltese or Jerusalem Cross. Since its name is the name of a song and movie title from Elvis Presley; I would like to dedicate this photo to Randy Rosenberger or Blue Elvis of Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group from FAA.
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Burning love flower, also called the Maltese or Jerusalem cross, is a perennial with hairy foliage. Its scientific name is Lychnis chalcedonica. It has clusters of red flowers with four petals in the shape of a cross. Burning love flower is native to Russia and Siberia. There are various stories associated with the flower that are believed to have traveled with the Knights of Malta during the Crusades or through the Middle East from Jerusalem.
Burning love flower is a tall, herbaceous perennial for the back of the flower border, or for mass planting. The red flowers grow in clusters atop tall stalks with pointed, oval, green leaves, and the plant grows in a mound. Cut flowers work well in bouquets with yellow, orange and purple flowers, or with white flowers for red-and-white arrangements. The red is eye-catching in mixed-flower borders, along fences and in foundation plantings.
Read more: http://www.ehow.com/info_8482411_burning-love-plant.html#ixzz2dwVT97rs
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September 4th, 2013
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