Neville's Backyard
We are back in Neville's backyard to give you a couple of hints for some trusty water-hardy plants with a bit of spunk. Found in the subtropical woodland areas of East Africa, Madagascar, East Asia and Australasia. Mostly under 1 m tall, long ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
African Lovebirds
Lovebirds acquired their name because of their fondness for sitting in pairs while preening each other's feathers. African Lovebirds originated in Africa and Madagascar where nine different species are recognised. It is not known when the first ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Acostemminae
The Acostemminae are distributed in eastern Africa, Madagascar and Sri Lanka (Dietrich 2000). Evans (1972b) placed a single monotypic genus, Telopetulcus from Papua (=Irian Jaya), to the subfamily with the qualification that he believed the genus ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Stephanotis floribunda
This handsome evergreen climber from Madagascar is part of 5-15 species of twining woody-stemmed climbers found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Madagascar and Asia. It grows to a height and spread of 3m (10 ft), is primarily ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Euphorbia milii
This native to Madagascar is a low growing succulent species. It is an evergreen, spreading or climbing shrub with few leaves but many thorns. Grows to about 1m (3ft) and pairs of rounded scarlet bracts make what look like flattened clusters of ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
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