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... circulation between the box and the wall. Commercial potting soil mixes work best as they are lightweight but retain moisture. Provide nutrients with a controlled-release fertilizer or a liquid fertilizer ... tubes with pale lavender outside with dark lavender inside. The flowers are arranged spirally round the stems. The leaves are alternate and gray-green in color. Buddleia alternifolia blooms on old ...
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... in clusters. LIATRIS SPICATA (Button Snakeroot) Perennial plant, Stem is erect and leafy, leaves are alternate and linear, flowers are bluish purple, occurring in dense terminal spikes that appear in late summer and ... ) A native of Tasmania, NSW, Vic, Qld, NZ, a perennial plant, stems are jointed and mat forming, leaves are green, the plant is moss like and has a cushion effect. SENECIO bicolour ...
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Hovenia dulcis Thunb.
Hovenia dulcis Thunb. Hovenia dulcis Thunb. Rhamnaceae A large shrub or small tree, until 10 m high. The leaves are alternate, broad-ovate or elliptic, 10-15 cm long, acuminate. The flowers are small, inconspicious, greenish. The fleshy, reddish branches of the inflorescenses are edible, when the black fruits are ripened. The tree is grown in Europe for its polished foliage. Home: China Other ...
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Willow Leaf Fig
... well and aerial roots develop from the trunk and branches in humid shady environments. The leaves are alternate, dark green, simple, lanceolate, one to three inches long and only a half inch to ... new set of roots. Sudden changes in light or temperature may shock the ficus into shedding its leaves but new ones will develop shortly. During the interim, avoid over watering. Ficus salicifolia has been ...
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Winged elm
... for urban planting. It has light brownish gray bark which has very shallow fissures. Its leaves are alternate, narrow, doubly serrated and very slightly hairy underneath. Its flowers appear before the ... susceptible to powdery mildew, causing varying degrees of leaf color changes in fall, right before leaves drop. Mites can yellow the foliage but usually cause no permanent damage. Scale insects can ...
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botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Broom - Herb Profile and Information
... straight, slender bright green branches, tough and very flexible, smooth and prominently angled. The leaves are alternate, hairy when young the lower ones shortly stalked, with three small, oblong leaflets, the ... strong and peculiar odour, especially when bruised, which almost entirely disappears on drying. The tops are dark green when fresh and dark brownish-green when dried. The quality of the drug ...
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CFTC - The Genus Ceiba - Ceiba Tree Information
... often green due to photosynthetic pigments. The leaves are alternate and pinnately compound, with 5-8 entire-margined leaflets. The radially symmetrical flowers can be rather small and inconspicuous (e.g ... characteristic of isolated Ceiba trees in tropical pastures, and is a telltale sign that they are relicts from a past when shadier conditions prevailed. Ceibas that recolonize open areas after they ...
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CPC Plant Profile - National Collection of Endangered Plants
... ranges from 10 cm in diameter in the wild, up to 30 cm wide in cultivation. Leaves are alternate, compound with 9-13 leaflets, and appear folded along the midrib. Inflorescences ... was originally classified in the genus Hamosa. Distribution & Occurrence Top State Range Arizona Habitat Plants are found in clearings in oak woodland comprised of Quercus hypoleucoides, Q. emoryi, Juniperus deppeana, and ...
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AVOCADO Fruit Facts
... within one to two years compared to 8 - 20 years for seedlings. Foliage: Avocado leaves are alternate, glossy, elliptic and dark green with paler veins. They normally remain on the tree ... , branching. Fruit medium, to 14 oz., skin green flesh extraordinarily pale,buttery, nearly fiberless. Not alternate bearing. To 30 F. Season April - July. Duke Origin Bangor (Oroville), 1912. Tree vigorous, open, ...
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CURRANTS Fruit Facts
... growth is in a single flush in spring. The roots are superficial, fine and easily damaged by frequent cultivation. Foliage: The leaves are alternate, single, lobed and maple-like. Black currant ... about half an once of potassium to the square yard. Avoid potassium chloride, because currants are sensitive to the chloride ion. Pruning: Annual pruning increases yields and keeps plants manageable. Prune ...
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