(Hybrid African Daisy)

Frost-tender, shrubby perennials often used as annuals, these showy hybrids result from crosses between several South African members of Arctotis. They bear large colorful daisies with contrasting dark halos on calf-high, leafless stems. The solitary blooms may be pink, red, orange, white, or yellow. They appear from summer into fall above densely massed, silvery green, slightly fuzzy leaves with deeply lobed margins. Blooms tend to stay open wider and longer in cloudy conditions than do...

(Hybrid African Daisy)

Frost-tender, shrubby perennials often used as annuals, these showy hybrids result from crosses between several South African members of Arctotis. They bear large colorful daisies with contrasting dark halos on calf-high, leafless stems. The solitary blooms may be pink, red, orange, white, or yellow. They appear from summer into fall above densely massed, silvery green, slightly fuzzy leaves with deeply lobed margins. Blooms tend to stay open wider and longer in cloudy conditions than do...

(Coralberry)

This Asian native is a small tender evergreen shrub with glossy, dark green, serrated leaves. Fragrant white to pinkish flowers appear in late spring and early summer, followed by showy drooping clusters of red berries that remain on the plant through much of the winter.

This shrub requires little maintenance in partial shade and humus-rich, well drained, acid soil. It adds vivid color to shady gardens and greenhouses in winter. Use it as a tall groundcover, in the foundation planting, or as...

(Orange Crownshaft Palm)

Prized for its bright hues, this small to medium-sized, typically multi-trunked palm is found in rain forests in eastern Indonesia.

The smooth trunks of this palm are greenish gray toward the base and olive-green toward the tip, with conspicuous pale, silvery, orange-tinged, bamboo-like bands. About a dozen enormous, rich green fronds arch from each trunk's apex, their clasping bases forming a "crownshaft" that in some selections is vibrant orange, yellow, or orange-red. The feather-shaped fronds...

(Dwarf Sugar Palm, Formosa Palm)

Valued for its large, lush, tropical leaves and its remarkable cold hardiness, this small clump-forming palm is native to moist forested slopes in Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands. Its stems are monocarpic, each individual trunk dying after it flowers and fruits.

The enormous, feather-like, upright fronds are borne atop short slender trunks clothed with black hairy fibers. Each frond comprises numerous long narrow blade-shaped leaflets, paired along a midrib (or "rachis"). The stiff leaflets are...

(Sugar Palm)

A stately palm with immense fronds and a tall, shaggy trunk, this Indonesian native has long been cultivated in Southeast Asia for its sweet sap and tough fibers. A monocarpic plant, it dies after it flowers and fruits.

Borne on sturdy, fiber-coated leaf stems ("petioles"), the enormous, upright, evergreen fronds can be as long as a small bus. They cluster atop a solitary trunk that is densely thatched with gray or black burlap-like fibers and armed with thin, woody, skewer-like spines. Each...

(Argyranthemum, Madeira™ Cherry Red Argyranthemum, Madeira™ Cherry Red Marguerite Daisy)

The shrubby evergreen Marguerite daisy is beautiful and durable. The hybrid Madeira™ Cherry Red -- cultivar 'Bonmadcher' -- is compact, well-branched and uniform. Its daisy-like flowers have multicolored centers with dark red, orange and yellow bands. The many petals radiate outward, white at their base but mainly a powdery medium red. The petals have a hint of coral. Madeira™ Cherry Red is a tough plant that is grown as a perennial in frost-free climates and a bedding annual in cold winter regions....

(Argyranthemum, Madeira™ Crested Primrose Argyranthemum, Madeira™ Crested Primrose Marguerite Daisy)

The shrubby evergreen Marguerite daisy is beautiful and durable. The hybrid Madeira™ Crested Primrose -- cultivar 'Bonmadcimro' -- is compact, well-branched and uniform. Each daisy-shaped flower has a yellow center teeming with tiny light yellow florets to create a fluffy, button-like eye. The ray petals that surround the eye are an even lighter pale yellow. Madeira™ Crested Primrose is a tough plant that is grown as a perennial in frost-free climates and a bedding annual in cold winter regions....

(Argyranthemum, Madeira™ Crested Violet Argyranthemum, Madeira™ Crested Violet Marguerite Daisy)

The shrubby evergreen Marguerite daisy is beautiful and durable. The hybrid Madeira™ Crested Violet -- cultivar 'Bonmadcink' -- is compact, well-branched and uniform. Its daisy-like flowers have cream and lavender-pink centers teaming with many reduced petals, creating a semi-double flower head. The ray petals the radiate outward are first deep lavender-pink but then fade to a lighter shade as they age. Madeira™ Crested Violet is a tough plant that is grown as a perennial in frost-free climates and...

(Argyranthemum, Madeira™ Crested Light Pink Argyranthemum, Madeira™ Crested Light Pink Marguerite Daisy)

The shrubby evergreen Marguerite daisy is beautiful and durable. The hybrid Madeira™ Crested Light Pink -- cultivar 'Bonmadcipi' -- is compact, well-branched and uniform. Each daisy-shaped flower has a cream to pale yellow center packed with tiny florets to create a fluffy, button-like eye. The ray petals that surround the eye are delicate light pink. Madeira™ Crested Light Pink is a tough plant that is grown as a perennial in frost-free climates and a bedding annual in cold winter regions.

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