Duranta
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 ... [... more]
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Calliandra Tweedii
This evergreen plant is native to Brazil and Uruguay. It is a long-lived, many-stemmed dense shrub, belonging to the mimosa family and grows to about 1.8m (6ft) high. The branches grow from ground level, and the ... [... more]
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Grewia
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 ... [... more]
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African Olive
Tall evergreen shrub or small tree 2-15m high, with smooth grey bark, rougher at the base of large plants. New stems have small lumps called lenticels on the bark. These may be too scattered and small to be readily ... [... more]
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Hibiscus
Foliage consists of smooth dark green ovate leaves with toothed margins. There are evergreen as well as deciduous hibiscus, but those found in nurseries are usually evergreens due to the many magnificent hybrids that ... [... more]
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Green Cestrum
A straggly evergreen shrub 2-4m high with arching stems. Leaves are alternately arranged on the stems, dark green and slightly shiny above and paler below, with slightly wavy margins and a pointed tip, 7-14cm long. ... [... more]
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Cotoneaster
Several species of evergreen or semi-deciduous shrubs about 2m high, sometimes to 4m, and sometimes ground-hugging (C. horizontalis ). Leaves are oval, with a dull green upper surface and usually a white underside ... [... more]
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Nerium
Attractive evergreen shrub with lance shaped, leathery leaves and masses of flowers from early summer to late autumn. Usually a rounded shrub of 3-5 m but withstands pruning to a single stemmed tree form, if desired. ... [... more]
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Hebe
There are over 100 species of Hebe. They are evergreen shrubs and mostly native to New Zealand; although some are also found in Australia and even South America. They grow in a wide range of habitats from coastal to ... [... more]
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Viburnum
Propagate from seed or from cuttings. For the evergreen types strike in summer and autumn and for the deciduous types strike in winter. ... [... more]
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Camphor Laurel
A large evergreen tree. Bark is rough, fissured and grey-brown. Leaves alternate or in whorls (clusters, with gaps along the stem between each cluster), and glossy dark green with an abruptly tapered pointed tip and ... [... more]
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Lychee Sorbet
Also spelled ‘litchee’, ‘lichi’ or ‘lichee’, this delicately flavoured fruit is a member of the same family as the longan. The evergreen tree originated in China, where it has been cultivated as far back as 1700 BC. ... [... more]
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