Evening primrose (Oenothera species)
An erect perennial herb, up to 1m high, which may be single stemmed or branched. Habit of the plant and leaf shape varies from species to species but all are characterised by showy 4-petalled, usually yellow flowers which change colour to orange ... [... more]
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Sagittaria (Sagittaria graminea ssp platyphylla)
Sagittaria is a tufted perennial herb to about 80cm high that grows around the water's edge. It will survive variation in water levels, either flooding or extensive dry periods. It has two types of leaves: submerged long narrow strap-like leaves ... [... more]
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Ginger lily (Hedychium garderianum)
An erect perennial herb to about 2m high, which forms large clumps over time. Leaves are long and broadly strap-like to 40 cm long by 15cm wide, glossy and pale to dark green, arranged alternately on a pithy stem. Flowers are pleasantly fragrant, ... [... more]
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Agapanthus (Agapanthus praecox ssp orientalis)
An erect perennial herb with flowering stems to about 1.2m high, which forms large clumps over time. Leaves are long and strap-like, glossy and dark green. Flowers are blue or white, tubular and held in large spherical clusters at the top of ... [... more]
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Horehound (Marrubium vulgare) NO PHOTO
A low bushy aromatic perennial herb to about 30 cm high, with hairy, wrinkled, grey-green round to oval, toothed leaves in opposite pairs. Flowers are small and white, carried in dense clusters surrounding the stems in the leaf axils. Fruits are ... [... more]
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Purple verbena (Verbena rigida)
Purple verbena is a low perennial herb, spreading from underground runners. Leaves are toothed, opposite, and bristly to the touch from a covering of short stiff hairs. Bright purple flowers are small, in tight terminal clusters. Purpletop is a ... [... more]
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Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)
A tufted grass-like perennial herb, to 60cm high. Leaves are grass-like, and may be solid green, although the variegated form with pale green and white longitudinal stripes is more common. Flowers are white with six petals, in branching heads. ... [... more]
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Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
An clumping perennial herb, up to 1m high but usually less. Leaves are simple and more or less spoon-shaped with a long narrow base, but sometimes have two lobes at the base, or may be divided. Conspicuous large yellow daisy flowers have toothed ... [... more]
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Seaside daisy (Erigeron karvinskianus)
A spreading perennial herb to about 50cm high. White to pink or red daisy flowers 1-2cm across are borne all year round. Not much naturalised on the south coast yet, but known to be weedy elsewhere. Highly tolerant of poor, dry soils and grows in ... [... more]
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Inkweed (Phytolacca octandra)
An erect branching perennial herb, usually about 1m high with a similar spread, which may be sprawling and open in shade or more compact, dense and erect in full sun. Stems are smooth and green or reddish. Leaves are large (5-16cm) and oval with ... [... more]
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Alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) NO PHOTO
A large perennial herb which is rooted at the water's edge and spreads out as a floating mat over the water surface, and over the adjacent moist ground as well. Mats may be up to 1m thick. Stems are spreading, hollow and may be green, yellow or ... [... more]
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Arum or calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
An erect perennial herb to about 1m high, which forms large clumps over time. Leaves are very large (to 60cm long), glossy, dark green and arrowhead-shaped. Flowers consist of a large (to 25cm long) white sheath enclosing a yellow spike. The ... [... more]
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