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Soap Lilies In California
... flowers that are as large and beautiful as some orchids. Lilies are cultivated for their showy blossoms, and some species are grown for food, alcoholic beverages and strong leaf fibers. One of ...
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Stinking Flowers
... to the typical flower stereotype, some of the most remarkable are known as "carrion flowers," showy blossoms with the stench of rotting flesh. Like the putrid, spore-laden fruiting bodies of phallus ... nauseating stenches when the blossoms first open. One of the largest and most bizarre flowers on earth is the Brazilian Dutchman's pipe (A. gigantea). The showy maroon calyx-like corolla is ...
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Magnolia Plaza
... magnificent trees spread in front of the beaux arts Administration Building. The sweet scent and showy blossoms of magnolias are among the early signs of spring at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. In March ...
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Cactus Definition
... C. grandiflora (several other night-blooming cactus species bear the same common name). Its fragrant blossoms unfold at a visible rate after sunset and last only a single night. In many ... importance of the cactus family is in the florists’ trade. Among those cultivated for their showy blossoms are the Christmas cactus (Zygocactus) and species of Echinocereus and of Epiphyllum, the orchid cactus ...
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Peach and Nectarine Varieties for Virginia
... - Most commercial varieties have showy blossoms, which are flowers with large pink petals. Nonshowy blossoms have smaller redder petals. Showy bloom is recessive to nonshowy. Showy Blossoms Nonshowy Blossoms Clingstone - For some ... 'Redskin', introduced in 1969 by the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. Trees have showy blossoms. Harvest season begins Sept. 1 to Sept. 9. The fruit are not ...
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Floridata: Mahonia bealei
... southern US and similar climates, producing dense clusters of very fragrant, golden yellow flowers. These showy blossoms stand above its evergreen foliage in late winter or early spring when few other plants ...
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Floridata: Aleurites fordii
... branches with eye catching ruffly looking clusters of pale peach-colored blossoms. Examined closely, the 1.5 in (3.8 cm) blooms ... just 1-2 seeds. In spring, tung trees smother themselves in showy blossoms for which they are sometimes planted as ornamental specimens. Location ... a selected leader. Suckers may also require removal. Since the blossoms are borne on the ends of the growing shoots produced ...
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novspecies04
... Lycaste. Erect or arching spikes emerge from bases of pseudobulbs carrying 10-25 medium-size showy blossoms in the fall and winter. Flower parts are white in the center blending to orange ...
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Bush Morning-Glory
... for reasons of taste and ease of digging them up! Because of its hardiness and showy blossoms, Bush Morning-glory is a good candidate for a prairie garden. It can be grown ...
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HERBACEOUS ORNAMENTALS -PERENNIALS, ANNUALS AND BULBS
... three groups will be presented separately. Most plants in these groups are prized for their showy blossoms. All three groups have been extensively hybridized by commercial growers to change the following characteristics ... to scale the layout of your yard. Draw in all existing buildings and plants. Plant showy selections near windows, a porch or a patio where they will be seen frequently. Use ...
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