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Penstemon, I grow from seed most years, bright plants that attract the bees
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Quillaja saponnaria - soap bark tree. Natural "foamer", very impressive!
http://www.pacifichorticulture.org/arti ... saponaria/
http://www.foodnavigator.com/Market-Tre ... -in-Europe
Quillaja saponnaria - soap bark tree. Natural "foamer", very impressive!
http://www.pacifichorticulture.org/arti ... saponaria/
http://www.foodnavigator.com/Market-Tre ... -in-Europe
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Rubber tree.
grown in the tropics, produces usable quantities of latex sap between 5 and 15 years of age then is chopped down to make all sorts of things like chopping boards in the kitchen.
grown in the tropics, produces usable quantities of latex sap between 5 and 15 years of age then is chopped down to make all sorts of things like chopping boards in the kitchen.
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Sturt's Desert Pea.
most people in Australia will tell you that the desert pea can't be grown in gardens.
well it can.
but there is a secret to growing it.
Sturt's Desert Pea comes from the arid inland of Australia and it survives in the heat by growing microscopic hair like roots in an extensive area around the plant to gather moisture.
You must not disturb the soil in any way while the pea is growing or the roots all get broken and the plant dies.
I achieved a beautiful display of them in the garden one year but it was hard work keeping all and sundry away from the plants to keep the roots intact.
most people in Australia will tell you that the desert pea can't be grown in gardens.
well it can.
but there is a secret to growing it.
Sturt's Desert Pea comes from the arid inland of Australia and it survives in the heat by growing microscopic hair like roots in an extensive area around the plant to gather moisture.
You must not disturb the soil in any way while the pea is growing or the roots all get broken and the plant dies.
I achieved a beautiful display of them in the garden one year but it was hard work keeping all and sundry away from the plants to keep the roots intact.
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Taro Colocasia 'Black Magic'
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/68328119321727799/
- would look cool with yellow flowers:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/68328119321727799/
- would look cool with yellow flowers:
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Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Ursula's Red' - lady fern. Very beautiful and colourful, lots of cultivars, too.
http://www.ballyrobertcottage.com/plants-beginning-with-a/athyrium-niponicum-var-pictum-ursulas-red
http://www.ballyrobertcottage.com/plants-beginning-with-a/athyrium-niponicum-var-pictum-ursulas-red
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Wild Cotton Milkweed (Gomphocarpus cancellatus) - to remind of the white and soft stuff to those who haven't any
http://allthingsplants.com/plants/photo/241594/
http://allthingsplants.com/plants/photo/241594/
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Thankful forever, new pic:
http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantefg/gomphocancel.htm
Xeronema (callistemon forma callistemon)
http://www.oratianatives.co.nz/catalogu ... oto_id=344
and the wonderful spikes:
http://www.terrain.net.nz/friends-of-te ... temon.html
http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantefg/gomphocancel.htm
Xeronema (callistemon forma callistemon)
http://www.oratianatives.co.nz/catalogu ... oto_id=344
and the wonderful spikes:
http://www.terrain.net.nz/friends-of-te ... temon.html
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Yellow daffodil - to cheer one up before the sun does it in spring
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ZANTEDESCHIA elliottiana 'Black Star' - majestic, regardless of the colour
https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/plants ... _id%3D4381
https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/plants ... _id%3D4381
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Asparagus asparagus officinalis.
one of those delicacies one eats between thumb and forefinger.
the Kobe Steakhouse in Bangkok does a wonderful tepinyaki which includes a grilled asparagus. divine!
one of those delicacies one eats between thumb and forefinger.
the Kobe Steakhouse in Bangkok does a wonderful tepinyaki which includes a grilled asparagus. divine!
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Banana (plant, not a tree) - another tasty one!
different cultivars
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wanna grow a banana? notice when it's going to bloom!
[bbvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1sSkj6e7zU[/bbvideo]
different cultivars
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wanna grow a banana? notice when it's going to bloom!
[bbvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1sSkj6e7zU[/bbvideo]
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C is for;-
Cucumbers, courgettes and capsicum, all seeds are freshly sown in pots in my airing cupboard, should be emerging any day now, will post a picture of these when flourishing in my veg bed.
Cucumbers, courgettes and capsicum, all seeds are freshly sown in pots in my airing cupboard, should be emerging any day now, will post a picture of these when flourishing in my veg bed.
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Wow! looking forward to the pics!
D for daffodil, of course - time to start longing for the yellow ones!
D for daffodil, of course - time to start longing for the yellow ones!
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more yellow and 'springy' ones:
Eranthus hyemalis - winter aconite
Eranthus hyemalis - winter aconite
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Fritillaria - more spring to our minds. My favorites of the vast variety:
http://www.americanmeadows.com/fritilla ... y-bulb-mix
http://www.americanmeadows.com/fritilla ... y-bulb-mix
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grosse lisse tomato
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Hyacinth - to make it as favorite as possible:
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Iris Reticulata by Ian Thwaites
http://www.professionalgardenphotograph ... n-thwaites
to bring us the earliest blue-and-yellows
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http://www.professionalgardenphotograph ... n-thwaites
to bring us the earliest blue-and-yellows
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