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Barbados Pride (caesalpinia
pulcherrima)
Elegant and showy sunset-colored flowers
bloom year round. Scientific name 'pulcherrima' is from the Latin
word for 'beautiful'. Can be used for an attractive informal hedge
and is very easily grown from seed. |
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Blue Yucca (yucca rigida)
An erect tree-like succulent with long blue green
spiny blades that can potentially grow up to 12' tall. A trunk
forming variety that produces beautiful white flowers from the center. |
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Elephant Ear (enterolobium cyclocarpum)
A truly magnificent wide-canopied plant, member of the
mimosa family and known for its glamorous feathery foliage. Pretty
white flowers produced in massive heads, followed by the odd-looking
ear-shaped fruit pods. |
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Gardenia
Flower (gardenia thunbergia)
This ornamental is outstanding
not only as a gorgeous plant but also for its unforgettable scent, an
ingredient of romance. The pure white flowers average 3" in
diameter and bloom in profusion. |
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Golden Lantern (senna
reticulata)
A very regal looking flowering
bush that spreads out in a most dignified manner. Exquisite pale
green leaves. Produces an abundance of extremely pretty golden
yellow blooms. A very serene plant to have around the house. |
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Hot Poker Tree
(erythrina poeppigiana)
A fast growing medium-size bushy
tree of tantalizing beauty. The trunk has a showy cork-like
texture. A profusion of dazzling bright orange flowers, shaped in
the form of a poker, are produced for many months. |
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Jungle Chili
(capsicum sp.)
Originally grown by the Mayan
Indians, Jungle Chili is a shrubby plant with small ovate leaves and
star-shaped flowers. It produces odd looking, nearly globular
scarlet-red fruits of about 1" in diameter. The fruits have a very
pleasant mild, tangy taste. |
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Miracle Fruit
(synsepalum dulcificum) -
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A small tree, 5' tall, with
leathery leaves and clustered flowers. The novel red fruit,
3/4" across, is fleshy and contains one seed. Miraculously,
after eating it, it causes everything, even a lime, to taste
sweet. A much-applauded houseplant. |
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Senna (senna didymobotrya)
Beautiful shrub with profuse yellow flowers that
attract butterflies, birds and bees. Has graceful, feathery
greenery and is very fast growing. It is said to have a scent like
buttered popcorn when the leaves are rubbed. |
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Shame Plant (mimosa pudica)
Also known as the Sensitive Plant, it is a shrub that
grows to about 2 feet in height quite quickly. Novel because of the
ability of its delicate leaves to "go to sleep" at the slightest touch.
The flowers resemble little purple powder puffs. Makes an
interesting conversation piece. |
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Water Bamboo (phyllostachys heteroclada)
This is a popular bamboo that is used in groves and as
a screen or hedge and is called water bamboo because it grows very well in
moist areas. Also a popular indoor plant as it can survive with
minimal light. |
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Zebra
Banana (musa zebrina)
Definitely the most
unusual-looking member of the banana family. A slender
highly-ornamental plant 6' high with tall trunk bearing delicate
long-stalked leaves, satiny bluish green, richly variegated with
blackish blood-red; the midrib brown-red. |
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