… Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria ‘Ampallang’ was bred by John Boggan in the 1990’s. It has wine-red flowers with spotted throats. The leaves are dark green. Kohlerias … The tubes, which are an inch or two long are inflated and flare out into five spotted lobes. In the right conditions (indoors) kohlerias grow quickly and will need to be pinched back after …
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… Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria has scarlet flowers with a hint of yellow in the throat. The leaves have dark purple veins. It was bred by Gunilla Svenson from Sweden. … The tubes, which are an inch or two long are inflated and flare out into five spotted lobes. In the right conditions (indoors) kohlerias grow quickly and will need to be pinched back after …
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… Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria ‘Red Ryder’ has flowers that are rich crimson, with streaks of white in the throat. The leaves are frosty green with darker veins. Kohlerias are characterized by … The tubes, which are an inch or two long are inflated and flare out into five spotted lobes. In the right conditions (indoors) kohlerias grow quickly and will need to be pinched back after …
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… Kohleria are herbacious perennial plants in the gesneriad family native to tropical America. Kohleria amabilis, native from Colombia to Costa Rica, produces small clusters of pink flowers with dark pink spots in the throat. Kohlerias are characterized by soft, ovate scalloped leaves and tubular flowers … The tubes, which are an inch or two long are inflated and flare out into five spotted lobes. In the right conditions (indoors) kohlerias grow quickly and will need to be pinched back after …
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… royal paintbrush ( Haemanthus albiflos ) is native to southern Africa, where it can be found in a range of habitats from temperate mountain slopes to rocky sea coasts. The evergreen, leathery leaves are resistant to salt spray, and the plant can grow and flower in full sun or shady environments. The petals are absent in this flower, the showy parts of which are composed of the white stamens and the light-colored …
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… is a dark reddish-violet with large orange-yellow signals. It stands 42 inches tall and blooms in mid to late season. This is a Louisiana iris hybrid, native to the bayous and wetlands of the Gulf Coast. They thrive in moist soil and partial shade and are often hardy all the way north to Canada. In 1975 it received Honorable Mention from the American Iris Society. Typically the flowers are …
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… pumila is yellow or shades of purple with yellow or light blue beards and blooms very early in the season. It has been bred extensively with tall bearded irises, giving rise to a wide variety of cultivars that vary in height from dwarf to middle range. A true pumila iris has no stem, because the floral tube … of royalty throughout history, was an adaptation of the iris flower. The yellow flowered clump in the Landscape Garden Rock Garden area was wild collected in Georgia (Sakarvelo). …
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… crests on the falls and a strong fragrance. It is among the last of the reticulated irises in bloom in the spring. The flowers stand only 4 to 8 inches high and are perfect in a rock garden or scattered in the lawn. Iris reticulata , is native to Turkey, the Caucasus, …
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… 'Vi Luihn' has large, stunning cobalt blue flowers in late spring. It stands 34 inches high and blooms in mid to late season. In 1975 Vi Luihn was awarded Honorable Mention by the American Iris Society. Siberian irises lack …
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… Renowned for its healing powers, common St. Johnswort is now found in most parts of the world. It has been used as a sedative, a treatment for malaria and … growing 2 feet tall, common St. Johnswort flowers from May through August, performing best in full sun, where it produces yellow blooms with five petals, five sepals, and many stamens. Its wide planting and habit of spreading by rhizomes has resulted in it becoming invasive in many areas where it has been classified as a noxious weed. …
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