From my mom’ garden, this one is called Garden Balsam.

The plant is an annual native from China to India. They are freely branching and will reach up to 2.5 feet tall with an equal spread. Alternate leaves are up to 6 inches long and narrowly to broadly lanceolate, with deeply serrate edges.

Garden Balsam has been used in the landscape since Victorian times and comes in a wide variety of flower colors and forms, ranging from bright single flowers to double flowers resembling Camellias.

By: alexa

2 Responses

1. Jojoeland Admin says:

   March 26, 2009 at 1:23 pm

   You have a very nice photo there. You captured it professionally.
2. v1olet says:

   March 27, 2009 at 10:04 am

   In Indonesia we call this flower “Bunga Pacar”.
   It can be used to color your nails. Although the color of petal is red, or pink, or orange, or purple, when it is applied to your nails, the color would be orange.