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Cuphea 'David Verity'
Code: 51203
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Large Firecracker Plant
Dark orange tubular flowers with yellow-orange tips closely set with small glossy leaves. Hummingbirds love this plant. Flowers virtually all year. Presumed hybrid between Cuphea ignea and Cuphea micropetala. Grows 5 to 6 feet in mild climates. 15F. We erroneously sold it last year as Cuphea ignea.
Lythraceae
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Cuphea salvadorensis
Code: 80156
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(Syn.: Cuphea oreophila), Christmas Cigar Flower, Salvadoran Cigar Plant
Rare cuphea with bright orange-red 1½ inch tubular flowers with green tips at the mouth of the floral tubes. In Hawaii, an unusual Christmas lei is sometimes made from the flowers because of its bright red and green holiday colors. Mounding shrub to 5 feet. Give full sun, protection from frost. Hummingbirds love it. From Southern Mexico and El Salvador. Photos by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) from Plants of Hawaii. Tropicos.org of Missouri Botanical Garden lists C. oreophila as a synonym, even though others list it as a different species. It sure looks the same to us.
Lythraceae
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Cymbopogon citratus
Code: 90472
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Lemon Grass
This rapid growing perennial tropical grass is native to Southeast Asia where it is used in cooking to give a lemon flavoring. Also, it is a fine looking ornamental, growing in a dense clump to 3 feet high and as wide. Leaves emit a wonderful lemony fragrance when bruised. Plant in ground or in containers. Prefers full sun, but tolerates a bit of shade. Best in rich soil with good drainage. It is not frost hardy. In cold climates it's suggested to makes small potted divisions and overwinter in a bright indoor location. The bulbous lower leaf sections are harvested and minced or mashed for asian cooking. Leaves may be used fresh or dried for flavoring. USDA zones 10 - 11.
Poaceae
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Dermatobotrys saundersii
Code: 80190
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Tree Jockey
An unusual epiphytic small shrub of the snapdragon family. Native to Zululand, South Africa, where it's at risk of becoming extinct. In nature, found growing in the forks of trees, hence it's common name. The leaves are soft and rubbery with shallow toothed margins and reddish veins. Tubular deep red flowers appear midwinter encircling the top of each stem just below the leaves. Pollinated in Africa by sunbirds. Makes a great pot plant or try growing as an epiphyte in the fork of a tree. Needs a very loose, well-draining soil mix with plenty of leaf litter or compost. Important to not over-water. Requires a mild, frost free climate, bright shade.
Plants are a large size in 4 inch pots.
Scrophulariaceae
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Dichorisandra penduliflora
Code: 69155
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(Syn.: Dichorisandra pendula), Weeping Blue Ginger, Blue Pendant Ginger
This blue ginger relative looks like a costus or ginger with its jointed stems with glossy leaves faintly banded silver and purplish-blue beneath. Blooms continually from summer to autumn with clusters of sky blue flowers that droop in a pendant fashion from each stem. Grows to 3 feet tall. It should be planted in a partially shaded, moist location. Use it to provide an exotic tropical look with its rare color. It is also well suited as a patio pot plant. USDA zones 10 - 11. Origin: Brazil.
Commelinaceae
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Dichorisandra thyrsiflora
Code: 51400
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Blue Ginger
Terminal clusters of intense cobalt blue flowers. Upright habit, similar to some members of the ginger family, gives this famous tropical plant its common name. Foliage is silvery green, spirally arranged on 3 foot stems. 30F.
Commelinaceae
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Dicliptera sericea
Code: 69157
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(Syn.: Dicliptera suberecta, Jacobinia suberecta), King's Crown, Hummingbird Plant
Velvety soft gray leaves adorn this heat and drought loving plant. Topped from late spring until fall with terminal clusters of tubular orange flowers, a magnet to hummingbirds. Grows 2 to 3 feet wide in full or partial sun. Hardy in USDA zones 8 and higher. Native to Uruguay.
Acanthaceae
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Duranta erecta 'Alba'
Code: 51445
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Sky Flower
All durantas are evergreen, hardy to 25F. This white flowered form of the species is predominantly summer flowering with clusters of ½ inch honey scented flowers followed by showy clusters of ½ inch yellow berries. Shiny green leaves to 3 inches long. New World tropics and subtropics.
Verbenaceae
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Duranta erecta 'Compacta'
Code: 51456
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A compact form with smaller green leaves and numerous light blue flowers.
Verbenaceae
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Duranta erecta 'Gold'
Code: 51452
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Compact shrub with small leaves entirely golden yellow. Clusters of lavender-blue flowers.
Verbenaceae
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Duranta erecta 'Golden Edge'
Code: 51453
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Shiny green leaves with bright golden edges. Truly a distinctive variegated cultivar with sprays of purple flowers, golden berries.
Verbenaceae
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Duranta erecta 'Green and Gold'
Code: 51451
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Beautiful variegation on this compact shrub with small yellow-green foliage bordered deep green. Lavender-blue flowers.
Verbenaceae
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Duranta erecta 'Little Geisha Girl'
Code: 90406
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Compact Golden Dew Drop 'Little Geisha Girl'
This is a compact form of Duranta erecta 'Geisha Girl' ('Sweet Memories') with tighter blossoms and weeping stems. It makes a splendid hanging basket plant.
Verbenaceae
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Duranta erecta 'Sarasota'
Code: 51448
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This excellent selection was chosen for compact growth and superior flowering habit. Blooms throughout the year with racemes of rich lavender blue flowers with a sweet, delicate scent. Clusters of ornamental golden yellow berries.
Verbenaceae
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Duranta erecta 'Snow Flurry'
Code: 51449
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A very rare and sought after foliage plant with small fringed leaves, variegated white and green. Slow, compact growth. Excellent bonsai plant. Lavender blue flowers. Part shade recommended.
Verbenaceae
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Duranta erecta 'Sweet Memories'
Code: 51455
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(Syn.: Duranta erecta 'Geisha Girl')
Evergreen shrub with ruffled picotee dark blue flowers edged white. Flowers are produced at a young age, making an ideal container plant. Full sun. Hardy to 25F.
Verbenaceae
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Duranta erecta 'Variegata'
Code: 51450
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Showy leaves splashed white and green, compact shrub. Lavender-blue flowers.
Verbenaceae
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Duvernoia aconitiflora
Code: 69148
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Lemon Pistol Bush
This species from South Africa is related to Justicia. It's a tall, much-branched, wind tolerant shrub growing to 9 feet in height. Two-lipped white to cream flowers, tinged with mauve, are borne at the end of stems in 3 to 7 opposite pairs. Blooms late summer through fall. The ripe club-shaped seed pods burst open with a loud, explosive crack, hence its common name. It has bright green narrow pendulous leaves. Plant in a frost free position in part shade to full sun. It requires rich soil and plenty of summer water. USDA zones 9 - 11.
Acanthaceae
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Dyschoriste thunbergiiflora
Code: 69153
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(Syn.: Calophanes thunbergiiflora), Purple Bells
Evergreen small shrub with lavender colored trumpet-shaped flowers, with deep violet streaking in the throat, appearing in clusters on upright stems. Leaves are rounded to 1 inch long. Grows up to 3 feet high. Can be easily pruned as an informal hedge. Give regular watering, average soil in part shade to full sun. Loves water, but is quite drought tolerant. The flowers attract butterflies. Native to east Africa, particularly Kenya. Tolerates light frost. USDA zones 9 - 11. We previously listed this as Dyschoriste hygrophyllodes in error.
Acanthaceae
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