Lionfaces
Botanical name: Nemesia
Lionfaces
Botanical name: Nemesia
Description
Lionfaces are popular garden plants used to create flowering borders. The flowers are also used to attract butterflies and other pollinators. The numerous species and cultivars provide a wide selection of flower colors, but all species have similarly shaped green leaves. The plants also have a long and prolific summer blooming period.
Species of Lionfaces
Mauve nemesia 'Nuvo Blue'
You can always recognize the mauve nemesia 'Nuvo Blue' by its neat, blue-purple flowers with little white centers. This small and compact nemesia cultivar is popular in containers, hanging baskets and as edging in smaller gardens. They flower in the summer and are sweet-smelling.
Lionfaces 'Honey Red'
The lionfaces 'Honey Red' is a cultivar from the figwort family. It doesn't mind cooler weather, and this is something gardeners love about it. It can be grown in the ground or in a pot. This particular cultivar is named for the two tones of its flowers – red petals with a yellow center that is reminiscent of honey. This helps differentiate it from the numerous other varieties of Nemesia.
Lionfaces 'Honey White'
The lionfaces 'Honey White' is a cultivar from the figwort family. It doesn't mind cooler weather and can be grown in the ground or in a pot. This perennial’s name fits it perfectly as it has white flowers with a yellow center that is reminiscent of honey. This helps differentiate it from numerous other varieties of Nemesia.
Lionfaces 'Fleurmyr'
Lionfaces 'Fleurmyr' are popular garden plants used to create flowering borders. The flowers are also used to attract butterflies and other pollinators. The numerous species and cultivars provide a wide selection of flower colors, but all species have similarly shaped green leaves. The plants also have a long and prolific summer blooming period.
Nemesia 'Easter Bonnet'
The nemesia 'Easter Bonnet' is a cultivar from the figwort family. This perennial’s name fits it well, as its lavender and white blossoms are reminiscent of an Easter bonnet. It has a lengthy blooming season, making it a great choice for gardeners.
Mauve nemesia
The Cape Snapdragon is a free-flowering plant native to South Africa that is commonly used in borders, rock gardens, and containers. The flower resembles orchids or tiny snapdragon blossoms and has two lips and a spur, hence the name. The bright and colorful blooms of this shrub attract bees.
Lionfaces 'Nuvo Purple Bicolour'
Lionfaces 'Nuvo Purple Bicolour' is of course named for its two-tone purple flowers. It is a compact perennial, generally used in borders and edges, where it will flower from late spring all the way to early fall. If deadheaded after the first flowering, it can flower again. Lionfaces 'Nuvo Purple Bicolour' can tolerate loamy or sandy soils of any acidity but should be planted in well-drained areas.
Lionfaces 'Aroma Rhubarb and Custard'
The lionfaces 'Aroma Rhubarb and Custard' is a cultivar from the figwort family. This perennial grows as a bush. It has a lengthy blooming season, making it a great choice for gardeners that like a color show. Its height and vibrant flowers, each a mixture of rhubarb-like red/purple with custard-yellow lower petals, help differentiate it from other varieties of Nemesia.
Lionfaces 'Wisley Vanilla'
Lionfaces 'Wisley Vanilla' is named for the vanilla-like fragrance of its flowers. These white flowers set it apart from other Nemesia hybrids, which come in various colors. It is mainly grown as a bedding plant, although it also performs well in containers on patios where its scent can be best appreciated.
Cape-jewels
Nemesia strumosa, or cape-jewels, is a gorgeous, fast-growing, summer annual. Bright flowers look lovely when planted en masse, in containers, or in flowerbeds. Not only pleasing to the eye, but these pretty flowers also offer up a sweet fragrance.
Cape Jewels
Nemesia floribunda is a short-lived plant with a bushy habit. The flowers are pretty, fragrant, and white, with soft yellow throats. Considered a gardener's delight, the plant blooms gorgeously in spring and entices bees.
Twohorn lionface
Twohorn lionface are popular garden plants used to create flowering borders. The flowers are also used to attract butterflies and other pollinators. The numerous species and cultivars provide a wide selection of flower colors, but all species have similarly shaped green leaves. The plants also have a long and prolific summer blooming period.
Longmane lionface
Longmane lionface are popular garden plants used to create flowering borders. The flowers are also used to attract butterflies and other pollinators. The numerous species and cultivars provide a wide selection of flower colors, but all species have similarly shaped green leaves. The plants also have a long and prolific summer blooming period.
Blue-beard lionface
Blue-beard lionface are popular garden plants used to create flowering borders. The flowers are also used to attract butterflies and other pollinators. The numerous species and cultivars provide a wide selection of flower colors, but all species have similarly shaped green leaves. The plants also have a long and prolific summer blooming period.
Nemesia versicolor
Nemesia versicolor are popular garden plants used to create flowering borders. The flowers are also used to attract butterflies and other pollinators. The numerous species and cultivars provide a wide selection of flower colors, but all species have similarly shaped green leaves. The plants also have a long and prolific summer blooming period.
Nemesia diffusa
Nemesia diffusa is a very popular bedding plant, as it quickly provides a lovely mass of delicate white flowers from spring till summer. The name Nemesia diffusa comes from the Greek name for a sister plant and the word for "diffuse," likely due to its sprawling growth pattern.
Common lionface
Common lionface are popular garden plants used to create flowering borders. The flowers are also used to attract butterflies and other pollinators. The numerous species and cultivars provide a wide selection of flower colors, but all species have similarly shaped green leaves. The plants also have a long and prolific summer blooming period.
Nemesia ligulata
Nemesia ligulata are popular garden plants used to create flowering borders. The flowers are also used to attract butterflies and other pollinators. The numerous species and cultivars provide a wide selection of flower colors, but all species have similarly shaped green leaves. The plants also have a long and prolific summer blooming period.
Nemesia deflexa
Nemesia deflexa are popular garden plants used to create flowering borders. The flowers are also used to attract butterflies and other pollinators. The numerous species and cultivars provide a wide selection of flower colors, but all species have similarly shaped green leaves. The plants also have a long and prolific summer blooming period.
Nemesia elata
Nemesia elata are popular garden plants used to create flowering borders. The flowers are also used to attract butterflies and other pollinators. The numerous species and cultivars provide a wide selection of flower colors, but all species have similarly shaped green leaves. The plants also have a long and prolific summer blooming period.
Yellowmouth lionface
Yellowmouth lionface are popular garden plants used to create flowering borders. The flowers are also used to attract butterflies and other pollinators. The numerous species and cultivars provide a wide selection of flower colors, but all species have similarly shaped green leaves. The plants also have a long and prolific summer blooming period.
Nemesia williamsonii
Nemesia williamsonii are popular garden plants used to create flowering borders. The flowers are also used to attract butterflies and other pollinators. The numerous species and cultivars provide a wide selection of flower colors, but all species have similarly shaped green leaves. The plants also have a long and prolific summer blooming period.
Scientific Classification
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