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PREMATURE SPRING!
Yes, the daffodils and hyacinths are out in full bloom in our nurseries, even though we are currently in the last Autumn month of May in the Southern Hemisphere. The flower industry is force-blooming...
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TULIPS...
Force-flowered, so a couple of seasons early for us in the Southern Hemisphere...This post is part of the Floral Friday Fotos meme
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KANGAROO PAW
Kangaroo paw is a common name for a number of species, in two genera of the family Haemodoraceae, that are endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. These perennial plants are noted for their...
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BACOPA
Sutera cordata'Scopia Gulliver Blue' (sometimes known as Bacopa, or Chaenostoma cordatum), is a herbaceous annual with a trailing habit of growth, eventually spilling over the edges of hanging baskets...
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XERANTHEMUM
Xeranthemum annuum (immortelle; everlasting) is an annual herb with an erect and branched stem, 20–50 cm high. The leaves are alternate, sessile, linear, densely white downy, the flower-heads are...
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CYMBIDIUM
Cymbidium, or boat orchids, is a genus of 52 evergreen species in the orchid family Orchidaceae. One of its first descriptions come from Olof Swartz in 1799. The name is derived from the Greek word...
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CINERARIA
Cineraria is now generally treated as a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to southern Africa. The genus includes herbaceous plants and small sub-shrubs. In...
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ALOE
Aloe arborescens (krantz aloe, candelabra aloe) is a species of flowering succulent perennial plant that belongs to the Aloe genus, which it shares with the well known and studied Aloe vera. This...
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GERALDTON WAX FLOWER
Chamaelaucium uncinatum, Geraldton wax, is a flowering plant endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub 0.5 to 4m high, bearing white or pink flowers June–November. The name uncinatum means...
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WISTERIA
Wisteria (also spelled Wistaria or Wysteria) is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that includes ten species of woody climbing vines native to the Eastern United States and to...
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YOU HAVE MAIL
Making some stamps from various places in Melbourne! Good fun...This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,and also part of the Blue Monday meme,and also part of the Seasons meme.
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HEUCHERA
Heuchera is a genus of largely evergreen perennial plants in the family Saxifragaceae, all native to North America. Common names include alumroot and coral bells.Heuchera have palmately lobed leaves on...
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HAWKWEED
Hieracium known by the common name hawkweed and classically as hierakion (from ancient Greek ιεράξ, hierax'hawk'), is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, and closely related to...
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