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AUTUMN ROSE
A few roses in our garden are persisting to bloom, including this beauty, Rosa'Mr Lincoln' a fragrant, showy rose.This post is part of the Floral Friday Fotos meme
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SPARROW IN SALVIAS
Sparrow sitting pretty, in amongst red salvias. Salvia splendens, the scarlet sage or tropical sage, is a tender herbaceous perennial native to Brazil, growing at 2,000 to 3,000 m (6,600 to 9,800 ft)...
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THREE-CORNERED LEEK
The three-cornered leek (Allium triquetrum) is an invasive weed in the Amaryllidaceae family, which is native to the Mediterranean and which can carpet large areas very quickly because of its rapidly...
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BLUEBELLS
Hyacinthoides hispanica (syn. Endymion hispanicus or Scilla hispanica), the Spanish bluebell, is a spring-flowering bulbous perennial native to the Iberian Peninsula. It is one of around 11 species in...
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BLACK TULIP
Blooming in our garden at the moment!This post is part of the Floral Friday Fotos meme
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PHLOMIS
Phlomis is a genus of over 100 species of herbaceous plants, subshrubs and shrubs in the mint family Lamiaceae, native from the Mediterranean region east across central Asia to China. The name Phlomis...
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RHODODENDRON
Spring flowers galore this year!This post is part of the Floral Friday Fotos meme
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BAT FLOWER
Tacca integrifolia (white bat plant) has strange, almost bizarre flowers resembling a bat’s black face with white ears and long whiskers. It is found naturally in south-east Asia and from eastern India...
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RED POPPY
Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are derived. Opium is the source of many drugs, including morphine (and its derivative heroin), thebaine,...
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PRICKLY PEAR
Opuntia, commonly called the prickly pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, many known for their flavourful fruit and showy flowers. Cacti are well-adapted to...
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CREPE MYRTLE
Crepe myrtles (Lagerstroemia indica) are among the world's best-loved flowering trees. They are native to eastern Asia and are hardy in most parts of Australia. They are deciduous, vase-shaped trees...
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CLIVIA
Clivia is a genus of monocot flowering plants native to southern Africa. They are from the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. Common names are Natal lily or bush lily. They are...
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