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Platycerium
Native to the sub-tropics and tropics of Africa, Asia and Australia these ferns are decidedly exotic and unusual plants. The structure of their fronds varies, and the non-fertile backing leaves help with the job of attaching the fern to its ... [... more]
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Adam W. Shepard
Adam Shepard is a 2006 graduate of Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts, where he majored in Business Management and Spanish. Serving as a Resident Advisor during his upperclassmen years, he began to take particular interest in ... [... more]
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Allan Stratton
Allan Stratton is the author of the internationally acclaimed Michael L. Printz Honor Book Chanda's Secrets. Its numerous citations include the Children's Africana Book Award, Best Book for Older Readers; ALA Booklist Editors' Choice; New York ... [... more]
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Scadoxus
Scadoxus are bulbous plants from eastern and southern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. There are 9 species that flower in spring or summer on naked stems. The leaves are carried in bunches or clumps. Scadoxus puniceus (Paintbrush Lily, Snake ... [... more]
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Solanum
This genus has over 1,400 species including trees, shrubs, annuals, biennials, perennials and climbers from a range of habitats worldwide. Some evergreen, some semi-evergreen or deciduous. The genus includes important food plants like the potato ... [... more]
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'Sheena's Gold'
Except for those growing in cold climates, Durantas are evergreen shrubs or small trees from the American tropics and subtropics. The 30 or so species have rather small and often toothed leaves and bear blue, white or violet flowers in summer ... [... more]
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Solanum mammosum
Perennial tropical herb or soft-wooded subshrub, indigenous to Central America. Grows to about 1.2 m (4ft) tall with angular, spiny stems and large hairy leaves. Flowers are smallish, white. Striking yellow or orange fruit about 5 cm (2 in) long, ... [... more]
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Alyssum
Ideal for borders, edging, between bricks or stones and for rockeries and for mass planting for 'carpeting' effects. Alyssum is a dwarf bush about 10 cm - 20 cm in height with masses of tiny white flowers. It blooms all year and in most ... [... more]
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Scaevola fanfare
Its ground hugging habit makes Scaevola an excellent ground cover or basket plant. Ideal for coastal gardens as some of its 100 species are tolerant to salt spray. Small succulent leaves on short brittle stems. The foliage is covered in ... [... more]
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Schefflera
There are about 900 species consisting of shrubs (1m) to trees (10m) and even some climbers. Glossy leaves emerge in a fan-like manner from the end of a long stalk, giving the plant a unique appearance. Because of its ornamental and decorative ... [... more]
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Gossypium sturtianum
Native to Australia (northern WA, southern part of the NT, western QLD, western NSW and north-eastern SA). Grows on rocky soil, on stony or rocky slopes, often along creek lines. Sturt's Desert Rose is an evergreen shrub about 1.8 m (6ft) in ... [... more]
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Salvia - Sage
Salvia consists of as many as 900 species of annuals, perennials and soft- wooded shrubs, distributed through most parts of the world except very cold regions and tropical rainforests. The flowers come in a wide range of colors, including some of ... [... more]
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