Cuphea to Dyschoriste

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	Cuphea salvadorensis Code: 80156 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
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. Lythraceae
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	Dermatobotrys saundersii Code: 80190 Price: $13.95 Quantity in Basket: none
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. Scrophulariaceae
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	Dianthera nodosa 'Brazil' Code: 69147 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
A relative of shrimp plant (Justicia) has clusters of beautiful bright pink, tubular, three-lipped flowers along the stems. Bloom almost continuously. A great container plant. Grows 1 to 3 feet high. Prefers part shade with a moist, well drained soil. Protect from frost. From Eastern Brazil. Acanthaceae
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	Dicliptera suberecta Code: 69157 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
(Syn.: Justicia 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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	Doryanthes palmeri Code: 90272 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Spear Lily. Large evergreen perennial with erect rosette of light green leaves to 10 feet wide. Spring bloom with bright red flowers on arching 15 foot high stalk. Usually takes several years before flowering. Sun or part shade, good drainage, regular watering. Hardy to mid 20's. Uncommon. Native to Australia. Doryanthaceae
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	Duranta erecta 'Alba' Code: 51445 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
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 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
A compact form with smaller green leaves and numerous light blue flowers. Verbenaceae
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	Duranta erecta 'Gold' Code: 51452 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Compact shrub with small leaves entirely golden yellow. Clusters of lavender-blue flowers. Verbenaceae
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	Duranta erecta 'Golden Edge' Code: 51453 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
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 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Beautiful variegation on this compact shrub with small yellow-green foliage bordered deep green. Lavender-blue flowers. Verbenaceae
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	Duranta erecta 'Sarasota' Code: 51448 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
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 Price: $9.95 Quantity in Basket: none
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 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
(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 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Showy leaves splashed white and green, compact shrub. Lavender-blue flowers. Verbenaceae
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	Duvernoia aconitiflora Code: 69148 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
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. zones 9 - 11. Acanthaceae
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	Dyschoriste hygrophyllodes Code: 69153 Price: $8.95 Quantity in Basket: none
(Syn.: Calophanes hygrophiloides), Bridal Flower. Evergreen small shrub with lavender colored trumpet-shaped flowers, with deep violet streaking in the throat, appearing in dense clusters on upright stems. Leaves are rounded to 1 inch long. Grows 4 to 6 feet high. Can be easily pruned to 3 feet tall as an informal hedge. Give regular watering, average soil in part shade to full sun. USDA zones 9 - 11. Brazil. Acanthaceae
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