Asclepias to Brillantaisia

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Botanists have recently reclassified the milkweed family as Apocynaceae, subfamily Asclepiadoideae.
	Asclepias curassavica - orange Code: 80123 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Orange Butterfly Weed. Standard variety with orange and gold flowers all summer. Easy to grow perennial to 18 inches high, full sun, regular water. Attracts the monarch butterfly. USDA zones 8 - 11. Summer annual elsewhere. From tropical America. Apocynaceae
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	Asclepias curassavica - red Code: 69072 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Red Butterfly Weed. A selected variety with red and yellow flowers all summer. Easy to grow perennial to 18 inches high, full sun, regular water. Attracts the monarch butterfly. USDA zones 8 - 11. Summer annual elsewhere. From tropical America. Apocynaceae
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	Asclepias physocarpa Code: 80125 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Family Jewels, White Butterfly Weed, Swan Plant, Balloon Plant. This milkweed has small white flowers followed by unusual golf ball sized seed capsules. These are light green and covered by rough hairs (a real conversation piece). It's an easy fast growing perennial shrub to 6 feet high. Plant in full sun, well-drained soil. Summer blooming. The plant is a great food source for the monarch butterfly caterpillar. Tender perennial, USDA zones 8 - 10. Native to southeast Africa. Apocynaceae
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	Augusta rivalis Code: 80122 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
(Syn.: Lindenia rivalis) . This rare exotic shrub has 5 inch long white tubular flowers flaring to 1½ inches wide in clusters. Almost everblooming, even on young plants. Compact growing to 3 feet in height. Ideal for containers or small gardens. Plant in acid to neutral soil with plenty of moisture in full sun to part shade. It's cold hardy to the low 30's, but needs warmth and humidity to grow and thrive. Native to Central America where it grows along stream beds and is pollinated by hawkmoths. Rubiaceae
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	Barleria Cristata Code: 69073 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Four foot shrub with funnel-shaped, five-lobed blue flowers. Blooms summer through fall in shade or sun. We offer a selected form with larger blue flowers. From India and Burma. Protect from frost. 35F. Acanthaceae
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	Barleria obtusa Code: 90094 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Bush Violet. Sprawling evergreen shrub to 3 feet high by 5 feet wide with dark green elliptic leaves, covered with 1 inch blue-purple flowers in late fall and winter. Sun or light shade. Fast growing. Drought resistant and can take a small amount of frost. Native to South Africa. USDA zones 9 - 11. Acanthaceae
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	Barleria oenotheroides Code: 50304 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Tender small shrub to 4 feet with spikes of golden yellow flowers. Sun or part shade. Minimum temperature of 35F. USDA zones 10 - 11. Native to Southern Mexico to Columbia. Sometimes incorrectly sold as Barleria micans. Acanthaceae
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	Barleria repens 'Pink' Code: 80084 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Pink Bush Violet. This cultivar is characterized by its pink flowers and dark green glossy leaves. It's an excellent ground cover that can be pruned into a low hedge. Very suitable as a container plant, or on top of a low wall, where its foliage and flowers can spill down. Prune and fertilize at regular intervals and keep well watered. Plant does best in cool sun or light shade. Height 1 to 2 feet. Hardy to 28F in a protected location. Native to South Africa. Acanthaceae
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	Barleria repens 'Purple Prince' Code: 80083 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Purple Prince Bush Violet. 'Purple Prince' is a medium grower with glossy green leaves with deep purple tubular flowers. It's an excellent ground cover that can be pruned into a low hedge. Very suitable as a container plant, or on top of a low wall, where its foliage and flowers can spill down. Prune and fertilize at regular intervals and keep well watered. Plant does best in cool sun or light shade. Hardy to 28F in a protected location. Height 1 to 2 feet. Native to South Africa. Acanthaceae
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	Barleria repens 'Rosea' Code: 80082 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Coral Creeper Bush Violet. A vigorous evergreen low grower with small rounded soft glossy leaves and flame-red flowers at various times throughout the year. Very suitable as a container plant, or on top of a low wall, where its foliage and flowers can spill down. Mass plant in partial shade under trees to form a ground cover, or plant along the edge of an informal border. Prune and fertilize at regular intervals and keep well watered. Plant does best in cool sun or light shade. Height 1 to 2 feet. Hardy to 28F in a protected location. Native to South Africa. Acanthaceae
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	Beschorneria yuccoides Code: 90306 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Mexican False Red Yucca, Yucca-Leaf Agave Lily. This gorgeous plant resembles a yucca, but its gray-green leaves are soft and spineless. The stemless rosette eventually forms offsets to make a clump 3 to 4 feet wide and high. When in June bloom, it somewhat looks like a giant bromeliad with a 5 foot stalk of rosy-pink bracts and protuding rosy-pink flowers with bright green tips. Hummingbirds love it. Makes a nice specimen or container plant. Plant in full sun (partial shade in hot areas), fertile soil, and with good drainage. Drought tolerant. Native to dry woodlands of Mexico. USDA Zones 9-11. Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae
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	Breynia disticha 'Minima' Code: 50270 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Miniature Snowbush. Very compact growing shrub with tiny round leaves splotched white, shaded pink. Grow in bright shade. Bonsai subject. USDA zones 10 - 11. Phyllanthaceae (previously in the Euphorbiaceae family)
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	Breynia disticha 'Roseopicta' Code: 50271 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
(Syn.: Breynia nervosa 'Roseopicta'), Snowbush. Tropical shrub to 5 feet with small colorful leaves of white, pink, red and green. Commonly used as hedge plant in the Hawaiian Islands. Grow in bright shade, fertile soil, and ample moisture. Protect from frost. USDA zones 9b - 11. Native to South Pacific Islands of Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Phyllanthaceae (previously in the Euphorbiaceae family)
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	Brillantaisia owariensis Code: 50305 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
(Syn.: Brillantaisia nitens, Brillantaisia nyanzarum), Tropical Giant Salvia. Herbaceous shrub growing 4 to 6 feet tall, with large arrowhead-shaped leaves and spikes of large blue-purple flowers. Plant in part shade with moisture. Native to Central and Western Africa. Hardy to 30F. USDA zones 9 - 11. Acanthaceae
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