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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.
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Scadoxus are bulbous plants from eastern and southern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. There are 9 species that flower
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This genus has over 1,400 species including trees, shrubs, annuals, biennials, perennials and climbers from a range of
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Except for those growing in cold climates, Durantas are evergreen shrubs or small trees from the American tropics and
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Perennial tropical herb or soft-wooded subshrub, indigenous to Central America. Grows to about 1.2 m (4ft) tall with
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Ideal for borders, edging, between bricks or stones and for rockeries and for mass planting for 'carpeting' effects.
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Its ground hugging habit makes Scaevola an excellent ground cover or basket plant. Ideal for coastal gardens as some of
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There are about 900 species consisting of shrubs (1m) to trees (10m) and even some climbers. Glossy leaves emerge in a
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Native to Australia (northern WA, southern part of the NT, western QLD, western NSW and north-eastern SA). Grows on
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Salvia consists of as many as 900 species of annuals, perennials and soft- wooded shrubs, distributed through most
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This handsome evergreen climber from Madagascar is part of 5-15 species of twining woody-stemmed climbers found in the
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Maya Snow once had an aikido teacher who told her that the best place for a tree to hide is in the forest. Maya decided
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Ricardo S. Sanchez is a former United States Army lieutenant general who served as commander of coalition ground forces
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