Actinotus - Flannel flower
Actinotus is a perennial that grows to 50 cm high and produces large, cream starry daisy-like flowers. There are 11 species in the Australian genus Actinotus, of which the best known is Actinotus helianthi—a favorite wildflower native to the open ... [... more]
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David Frost
Sir David Frost is the only person to have interviewed the last seven Presidents of the United States and the last six prime ministers of Great Britain. He has been awarded all the major television awards including the Emmy Award (twice, for The ... [... more]
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David M. Friedman
David M. Friedman has written for Esquire, GQ, and Rolling Stone, and was a reporter for New York Newsday and the Philadelphia Daily News. His first book, A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis, was published in more than a dozen ... [... more]
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Michael Franzini
Michael Franzini is a photographer based in Los Angeles and New York City. Also a writer and Emmy-winning director, he has created countless on-air campaigns for MTV and other networks. His photographs appear in magazines and ad campaigns ... [... more]
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Alex Frankel
Alex FrankeL is a writer based in San Francisco. He has written about business culture and adventure for Wired, Fast Company, The New York Times Magazine, and Outside, and he is the author of Wordcraft: The Art of Turning Little Words into Big ... [... more]
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Felicia - Blue Marguerite
A low growing annual or subshrub that flowers for most of the of the year. The daisy-like flowers are sky blue with yellow disc florets. Mauve, pink or white forms are also available. Felicia filifolia is an evergreen subshrub that reaches a ... [... more]
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Freesia
Freesia is a spring flowering bulb with a delicious fragrance and one of the best bulbs for warm climates. Suitable for mass-planting and very attractive as clumps or in rockeries. The bell-like flowers are originally creamy white, but many ... [... more]
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Grewia occidentalis
Native to southern Africa, this adaptable evergreen shrub with deep green, oval, toothed, leathery leaves grows to 3 m (10 ft) high and even greater spread. It has star-shaped, mauve-pink flowers about 3-4 cm across during spring and summer. The ... [... more]
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Feijoa sellowiana
Evergreen shrub from subtropical Brazil and Argentina. Reaches about 3m (10ft) with a similar spread, but can grow twice as tall in sheltered positions. Also known as "Acca", Feijoas are grown for their showy, edible flowers and fruits. The ... [... more]
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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]
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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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Phormium - Flax
Two species of evergreen tough perennials native to New Zealand. A dependable, clumping foliage plant for all seasons and for all situations, it makes a handsome accent plant and withstands salt air and conditions that are windy or generally ... [... more]
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