Thymus vulgaris
Useful as a ground cover, for borders or rockeries and suitable as container plant. There are a number of varieties and flower colours range through pink, red, mauve, purple, lilac and white. The leaves are used for culinary purposes as a herb ... [... more]
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John F. Thornton
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Bill Tikos
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Mr. Clay Travis
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Valerie Thomas
Valerie Thomas was born in Australia and has lived there for most of her life. She has traveled to most parts of the world, and she is now trying to organize her life so that she never has to experience another winter. She used to live with a big ... [... more]
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Heather Thomas
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Gibasis geniculata
Herbaceous trailing plant, native to tropical America, where it grows wild as a ground cover. It is mostly grown in hanging baskets for cascading foliage and is tolerant of indoor conditions where it adds a dainty, delicate touch to a room and ... [... more]
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Bidens
Closely related to Cosmos, this genus of around 200 species of annuals, perennials, subshrubs and shrubs occurs in most parts of the world except very cold regions. In most countries this genus is represented only by a weedy species. The majority ... [... more]
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Cordyline fruticosa
Native to Southeast Asia, northern Australia and islands of the Pacific. Thought to have originated somewhere in the vicinity of New Guinea and spread through the Pacific by Melanesians and Polynesians, who valued its starchy rhizomes as food. It ... [... more]
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Tolmeia menziesii
A bushy, evergreen foliage plant reaching about 35cm. It has a bushy, clump-forming, spreading habit and its long-stalked mid to light green leaves are soft, heart-shaped or rounded and covered with tiny white hairs, resulting in a velvety ... [... more]
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Cordyline australis
This striking New Zealand native is moderately frost hardy, occurring in some of that country’s southernmost areas. The seedlings, with very narrow, arching leaves, are sold as indoor plants and last for years in this juvenile state. Planted ... [... more]
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Fertilizing
Tomato plants are multi-branched and spread to 60-180 cm, depending on location, soil and type. Flowers are 2 cm across, yellow and appear in hanging clusters. Fruits vary in diameter from 1.5 to 7.5 cm or more, are usually red or yellow (even a ... [... more]
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