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  • … This very outstanding shrub flowers in August when few other shrubs are in bloom. White petals with reddish-pink anthers and stamens are borne in panicles that are 2 to 3 feet long. Smooth … ripen in late fall. Bottlebrush buckeye is a beautiful, mounding, shrubby species of buckeye with spectacular flowers in mid-summer. …
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  • … cooking methods work best for different types of fish. Recipes include oven-baked fish tacos with cabbage slaw, braised salmon with Swiss chard and radishes, and mussels simmered in a fragrant saffron-tomato broth.  Emily …
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  • … Pop Eye Orange Mum Like it's cartoon namesake, this mum is tough with strong stems that hold up well in heavy rains and high winds. Double orange flowers with a greenish-bronze eye begin early in the season (late August) and continue to the end of …
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  • … Gold elephant ear has large heart-shaped leaves that are a brilliant golden lime-green color with a black dot where the stem joins the leaf. The leaves are about 18 inches wide and provide a big splash of color to any planting or pot and contrast well with darker colored plants. Overall the plant can reach 4 feet in height and about two feet in …
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  • … Mojito elephant ears is a leafy tropical plant with large heart-shaped leaves held on fleshy purple stems. The leaves are lime green with splashes of black in a random pattern making it a thrilling plant for partly shaded gardens …
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  • … Lavender to purple daisy flowers 1-1/2 inches across with gold centers are produced in September atop stout stems ranging in height from 3 to 6 feet … range of soils. The lower leaves are up to a foot long; coarsely toothed and broadly ovate with a long winged petiole, the leaves become progressively smaller and more narrow up the stem. …
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  • … Galphimia glauca is a small shrub native to Mexico and Central America, with the unmemorable common name of thryallis. As a conservatory specimen, it is valued for its non-stop blooming, as it is continually covered with dainty spikes of yellow flowers. In Mexico the leaves are used as a folk remedy for asthma …
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  • … the opposite, toothed leaves along slender twigs and clusters of tubular yellow flowers with long stamens and pistils protruding from the flowers. The fruit is a dry capsule with long filaments. …
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  • … grow 3 feet tall and spread to 4 feet. It has a neat, mounded form that in summer is smothered with flowers. The foliage is rich green with a touch of yellow in the veins, and it turns red in fall. The wild species, Georgia bush …
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  • … The Subtropical Greenhouse, with its Mediterranean climate, features Brunfelsia pauciflora , accurately named the "Yesterday, … size in a non-greenhouse environment. In USDA Zones 9–11, it will reach 3 to 8 feet tall, with a spread of 4 to 6 feet. When grown indoors, it can be pruned to a modest size as a specimen …
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