Tuesday

Pinhão Monkey Puzzle Chilean Pine Araucaria araucana

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  Very unusual, rare and exotic looking prehistoric specimen Tree.   The Monkey Puzzle Tree is an exotic South American evergreen tree t...

Real or not Real? Regal Birdflower Crotalaria cunninghamii

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It's real, however real seeds are hard to get to.  Called a green birdflower or regal birdflower, this stunning plant belongs to the le...
Friday

Rare and Unusual Roundleaf Star Creeper

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The Star Creeper Lobelia nummularia is a herbaceous perennial ground-cover, native to Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Demure, white...

The unusual Waratah from Australia

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Waratah is the Aboriginal word for the NSW Waratah Telopea speciosissima. Telopea is from the Greek telepos meaning "seen from afar...

Wonderful Perfume Flower Bush Fagraea Ceilanica

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Fagraea ceilanica, the perfume flower bush, is classified under the Loganiaceae family. This evergreen plant can be pruned back to maintai...
Thursday

Grow some Tasty Asian Water Chestnut Eleocharis dulcis in the Backyard

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Off we go, starting our own water chestnuts again. In case you ever had them in stir fry, the fresh bulbs are 100 times better than t...
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Wednesday

Grape Smelling Purple Texas Mountain Laurel

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Also known as Grape Soda or Cool Aid Tree due to it's grapelicious fragrance. Indigenous to Texas, New Mexico and Mexico, this large...
Tuesday

Droping and Weeping Showy Coast Silk Tassel Bush Garrya elliptica

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  Garrya elliptica (Coast silk-tassel) is an evergreen shrub native to the coastal ranges of California and southern Oregon, south to Los ...

Richea Pineapple Heath - Fascinating and Unusual Flower

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Richea dracophylla is a tall, erect shrub 4-12 feet high but often smaller. The leaf bases sheath the stem and the leaves are arranged sp...

The Exotic Peruvian Sweety Drop Pepper aka Biquinho Pimenta De Bico

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If you love the flavor of hot chili peppers, but have problems with their spicy "heat," then a variety of heirloom chili pepper...
Friday

Blue Nasturtium Tropaeolum azureum

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Wow. The stunning and rare blue climbing nasturtium has thin twining stems which produce many dazzling cobalt blue flowers from the leaf ax...
Monday

Rare Chilean Nasturtium Tropaeolum tricolor

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Tropaeolum tricolor, Soldadito is a winter growing plant found in Chile and Bolivia, with very delicate looking shoots appearing usual...
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Showy Flowering Shrub - Rare Blue Abutilon

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Abutilon vitifolium is a large, handsome ornamental flowering plant from the mallow family. Native to Chile is was first introduced to weste...

An Elephant headed Wildflower!

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Pedicularis groenlandica is a showy flowering plant in the broomrape family which is known by the common names elephant's head and ele...

Iochroma fuchsioides Red Mini Angles Trumpet

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This beautiful and rare and  perennial gem from South America is a relative of the Angel Trumpets (Brugmansia) with smaller leaves and mo...
Tuesday

Rare Fried Egg Poppy Romneya

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These tall, branching, deciduous, extraordinary member of the poppy family, has gray-green foliage up to 5 inches long with 3-5 lobes a...