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Flowers
•March 10, 2022•

Mexican Bush or Mexican Sage

BOTANICAL NAME:  Salvia Leucantha COMMON NAME: Mexican Bush or Mexican Sage   DESCRIPTION: An evergreen sub-shrub with multiple stems that form a dense bush some 80cm to 90cm high with a similar spread.  Lance-shaped leaves are grey-green above and downy white on the underside.  Tubular flowers emerge from calyces, often of differing shades, creating a bicolour...
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•March 9, 2022•

Bush Dipladenia

BOTANICAL NAME:  Mandevilla splendens hybrids COMMON NAME: Bush Dipladenia   DESCRIPTION: Evergreen small shrubs or light climbers with waxy foliage and milky sap that bloom for months on end.  The trumpet-shaped flowers are 4cm to 5cm in diameter, produced on racemes with multiple buds that open in succession.  Colours include white, pink, red and a darker...
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•March 9, 2022•

Bamboo orchid

BOTANICAL NAME:  Arundina Graminifolia COMMON NAME:  Bamboo orchid   DESCRIPTION: An evergreen clump-forming shrub with tall, slender, bamboo-like stems clothed in narrow grass-like leaves.  They can grow up to 2 metres tall and a meter or more wide.  Clusters of colourful cattleya-like flowers up to 4cm in diameter are produced for months on end.  Pale...
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•February 2, 2022•

Portulaca oleracea

BOTANICAL NAME:  Portulaca oleracea COMMON NAME:  Purslane Succulent groundcover with brightly coloured flowers for hot, dry areas. Easy to grow.  Long lasting.   DESCRIPTION: A wide-spreading succulent groundcover with rounded, flat leaves on fleshy stems.  They usually last a few years in warmer areas, but are frosted in colder climates, where they are treated as...
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