{"id":7938,"date":"2016-05-20T01:04:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T00:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7938"},"modified":"2016-05-21T16:26:52","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T15:26:52","slug":"single-and-double-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/single-and-double-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"About Single and Double Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Single peony\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4730206167\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1003\/4730206167_0e186db786.jpg\" alt=\"034\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the difference between Single and Double<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On single flowers there is a layer of petals forming the flower<\/li>\n<li>Double flowerheads have multiple petals forming around and covering or replacing the stigma and stamen.<\/li>\n<li>Semi-double flowers have two or more layers of petals but the centre of the flower is still open.<\/li>\n<li>Roses with 5 petals are one of several species known in both single and double varieties as are Poppies (below) and <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/peonie-peony-paeonia-paeoniaceae\/\">Peonies<\/a> as shown above.<\/li>\n<li>An inflorescence is a group or cluster of generally single flowers arranged on a stem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Double Peony\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4730206365\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1087\/4730206365_25e0a9398d.jpg\" alt=\"035\" width=\"454\" height=\"453\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Design of a Flower<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A bloom has four components which are clearly visible, the outermost parts are the\u00c2\u00a0 green leaf-like structures called sepals that enclose and protect the bud prior to opening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Second are the petals, the decorative layers that attract insects to pollinate.<\/li>\n<li>Third are the sexual structures, stamens the male reproductive organs and finally in the centre the carpels or female reproductive organs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"double poppy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4732918928\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1196\/4732918928_a3401052da.jpg\" alt=\"071\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Doubles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically there were few if any double flowers until gardeners sought out the plants with extra petals.<\/li>\n<li>A genetic misfire results in the sexual structures mutating to petals resulting in the so-called double flower.<\/li>\n<li>Replacement of the sexual organs with petals renders the blooms sterile, so the double-flowering plants will not pollinate the next year.<\/li>\n<li>Doubles\u00c2\u00a0 frustrate pollinating insects, which are enticed to the flowers only to find an absence of stamens, \u00c2\u00a0 no pollen to harvest and less nectar.<\/li>\n<li>Doubles often have less of the chemicals responsible for the speed at which a flower ages. Generally the stronger the scent, the shorter the life.<\/li>\n<li>Any gardener seeking a long floral display should opt for doubles whilst singles make the fragrant garden.<\/li>\n<li>Doubles lack\u00c2\u00a0 viable seed so gardeners must rely on vegetative propagation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\" single poppy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4628700021\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4009\/4628700021_1641dcaa2f.jpg\" alt=\"poppy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So Doubles are harder to obtain from seed as less viable seed is produced in favour of more petals. The Begonia has got around this with &#8216;unisexual male and female flowers occurring separately on the same plant, the male containing numerous stamens, the female having a large inferior ovary and two to four branched or twisted stigmas. In most species the fruit is a winged capsule containing numerous minute seeds&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Begonia\">wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the difference between Single and Double On single flowers there is a layer of petals forming the flower Double flowerheads have multiple petals forming around and covering or replacing the stigma and stamen. Semi-double flowers have two or more layers of petals but the centre of the flower is still open. Roses with 5 petals are one of several species known in both single and double varieties as are Poppies (below) and Peonies as shown above. An inflorescence&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/single-and-double-flowers\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}