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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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]
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Brendon Burchard
Brendon Burchard is a prominent life coach, leadership speaker, and change management consultant: his clients have included Fortune 500 companies, startups, nonprofits, universities, and thousands of individuals in seminars across the country. ... [... more]
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Robby Benson
Robby Benson, actor, writer, composer, and award-winning star of stage, screen, and television has also spent years behind the camera as the director of more than one hundred episodes of such hit sitcoms as Friends and Ellen, in addition to being ... [... more]
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Karen Barbour
Karen Barbour has illustrated many books for children, including You Were Loved Before You Were Born; Fire! Fire! Hurry! Hurry!; I Have an Olive Tree; and Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems, which was a Parents' Choice Gold Award winner. She wrote ... [... more]
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Andrea J. Buchanan
Andrea Buchanan is the mother of a daughter and a son, both of whom are equally daring. Before she was a writer, she was a pianist who once performed a solo concert at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. This is her fifth book. Miriam Peskowitz ... [... more]
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James Bassil
James Bassil is the editor-in-chief of AskMen.com. [... more]
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Tamsin Blanchard
Born in Liverpool, Tamsin Blanchard studied fashion journalism at St. Martin's College, and went on to work as fashion editor of the Independent and then style editor at the Observer. She is currently style director at the Telegraph Magazine. She ... [... more]
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Callistemon
Shrubs or small trees (2-6 m) with brush-like flowers in shades of cream, yellow, pink and red. The attractive flowers are rich in nectar and attract insects and honey-eating birds to your garden. It is a very hardy plant and adaptable to both ... [... 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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Thunbergia
Several species exist of this attractive climber. It flowers intermittently throughout the year and depending on the species produces bell-shaped orange or blue flowers. Thunbergia prefers a semi shaded aspect and well drained soil. Common name: ... [... more]
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Bougainvillea
Large woody, scrambling creepers with hard, hooked thorns up to 3cm+ long. The foliage is evergreen, but may be deciduous in cooler climates or where there is a severe dry season. The flowers are inconspicuous. However, the showy flower bracts ... [... more]
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