… Ruellia chartacea is a South American shrub with a rather gangly habit, but with very showy red flowers. It doesn't resemble petunias, but borrows its common name from our … This species has large, rough-textured opposite leaves along woody stems. Each branch ends with a tuft of bracts that turn red, with funnel-shaped true flowers protruding from the branch …
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… Beach Wormwood has intense silver foliage with dense, ground-hugging habit, similar to Dusty Miller. It's white flowers are not … mid-August. Foliage may be sheared back to maintain the desires shape. Grows best in full sun with good drainage, to height and with of 12". …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… that bear large melon-like fruits that are technically berries; that is, they have a soft rind with black seeds embedded in the center of the juicy, fragrant flesh. With huge, palmately divided leaves atop a 20 to 25 foot trunk, they are very ornamental and look like coconut trees with clusters of the huge fruit under the canopy of leaves. The flowers are white with five …
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… Star’ is in Division 11b. It is 18 to 26 inches tall and blooms in mid to late spring with 3 inch flowers. The petals are white with a small point at the tip. The corona is split to the base with the six segments alternate to the petals. The corona segments are a bright orange with white …
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… family native to tropical America. Kohleria 'Heartland's Blackberry Butterfly' has flowers with pink tubes and golden fuzz. The throat is pale pink to pale lime green and the lobes are spotted with deep burgundy and edged in white. The leaves are light green with chocolate veins. Kohlerias are characterized by soft, ovate scalloped leaves and tubular …
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… ‘Exotic Mystery ‘is in Division 11a. It stands 14 -16 inches high and blooms in mid season with 3 ¼ inch flowers. Each stem has 2-3 sweetly scented flowers with long, yellow petals which overlap only at the base. Each petal has a small point on the tip. The corona is yellowish green with a light yellow base and a greenish yellow rim The rim is split to the base with the 6 …
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… Nymphaea 'Helvola' is a miniature hardy waterlily with 2- to 3-inch pale yellow flowers with bright yellow stamens. The 5-inch leaves are mottled with purple. Waterlilies are rhizomatous aquatic plants with about 50 species occurring in the …
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… Nymphaea 'Perry's Double Yellow' is a hardy waterlily with large blossoms of pale yellow centered with brighter yellow stamens. The leaves are mottled with chocolate brown spots. Waterlilies are rhizomatous aquatic plants with about 50 species …
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… and is best known for jojoba oil, a very long, straight chain wax that has more in common with whale oil than with more traditional vegetable oils. This wax is used in cosmetics and has potential for use as … in North and South America, the Middle East, and Australia. Jojoba is an atttractive shrub, with densely set branches covered with small gray-green leaves. The yellow-green flowers, though …
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… Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with recipes featuring flavorful chiles. Learn how to roast, peel, and de-seed peppers. Taste a … a progression of heat from mild to hot, as well as chiles in three different recipes: chayote with guajillo dressing, carne asada with charred tomato salad, and tomatillo sauced spinach enchiladas. …
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