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Photo By: JAMES H. SCHUTTE
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Abelmoschus moschatus
(Musk Okra, Muskmallow)
Hairy foliage and pretty, colorful hibiscus-like flowers make the musk mallow a favorite warm season garden accent. A tender herbaceous perennial from southern Asia that is most often grown as a bedding annual, its flowers occur from summer to frost and are usually bicolored yellow with a purple eye, but variations with pink, orange or red blossoms with a white eye are now common as both named and unnamed garden cultivars, too.
The busky plant with many upright stems will be clothed in coarse-textured...
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Photo By: JAMES BURGHARDT
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Abelmoschus moschatus 'Mischief'
(Mischief Muskmallow, Musk Okra, Muskmallow)
Hairy foliage and pretty, deep rose-magenta hibiscus-like flowers make the Mischief musk mallow a great selection for gardens and containers. A tender herbaceous perennial from southern Asia that is most often grown as a bedding annual, its ripened seeds smell like musk.
The bushy plant with upright stems will be clothed in coarse-textured foliage that is hairy. Each deep green leaf has three to seven lobes. From early summer onwards, tennis ball-sized flowers occur at stem tips and attract butterflies....
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Photo By: JOHN RICKARD
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Acacia cultriformis
(Knife Acacia)
This tough medium-sized tree is native to eastern Australia where it thrives on arid rocky ridges along the coasts and inland. It has a high degree of drought, salt and wind resistance.
Knife acacia has a large twiggy canopy that becomes cloaked in blue-green leaf-like structures called phyllodes, which are triangular and held very close on the stem. This acacia blooms in spring with large clusters of fragrant bright yellow flowers that are pea-sized and round. They are highly attractive to...
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Photo By: JAMES BURGHARDT
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Acalypha hispida
(Caterpillar Plant, Chenille Plant, Red-hot Cat's Tail)
Dramatically filled with long, drooping catkins of velvety red flowers during the warm months, chenille plant is one of the tropical world's prettiest plants. It is a heat-loving broadleaf evergreen shrub native to Malaysia and New Guinea. It is grown for its pendulous fluffy red flowers that look much like fuzzy caterpillars. Interestingly, the French word for caterpillar is "chenille", the reason for its common name. Plants are dioecious - either male or female in gender, and only the showier-blooming...
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Photo By: GRANDIFLORA
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Acalypha wilkesiana
(Copperleaf, Copperplant, Wilkes' Acalypha)
Copperplant is an evergreen shrub native to the tropics and has large, oval leaves in various showy color combinations and inconspicuous long, copper-green flowers. In cooler climates it is often grown as an annual, container plant or houseplant but in frost-free locations it can be used in a mixed hedge, shrub border or as a specimen plant. Plants prefer moist, humid conditions in full sun to partial shade.
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Photo By: NANCY ENGEL
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Acalypha wilkesiana 'Beyond Paradise'
(Beyond Paradise Acalypha, Copperleaf, Wilkes' Acalypha)
Copperplant is an evergreen shrub native to the tropics and has large, oval leaves in various showy color combinations and inconspicuous long, copper-green flowers. In cooler climates it is often grown as an annual, container plant or houseplant but in frost-free locations it can be used in a mixed hedge, shrub border or as a specimen plant. Plants prefer moist, humid conditions in full sun to partial shade.
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Photo By: CAROL CLOUD BAILEY
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Acalypha wilkesiana 'Blaze'
(Blaze Copperleaf, Copperplant, Wilkes' Acalypha)
Copperplant is an evergreen shrub native to the tropics and has large, oval leaves in various showy color combinations and inconspicuous long, copper-green flowers. In cooler climates it is often grown as an annual, container plant or houseplant but in frost-free locations it can be used in a mixed hedge, shrub border or as a specimen plant. Plants prefer moist, humid conditions in full sun to partial shade.
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Photo By: CAROL CLOUD BAILEY
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Acalypha wilkesiana 'Cypress Elf'
(Copperplant, Dwarf Copperplant, Wilkes' Acalypha)
Dwarf copperplant is an evergreen shrub with irregular, narrow, pendulous leaves in reddish bronze shades with pink or magenta margins. In cold climates it is often grown as an annual. This plant prefers moist, humid conditions in full sun to partial shade. Grow it as an annual, container plant or houseplant but in frost-free locations it can be used in a mixed hedge, shrub border or as a specimen plant.
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Photo By: CAROL CLOUD BAILEY
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Acalypha wilkesiana 'Inferno'
(Copperleaf, Copperplant, Wilkes' Acalypha)
Copperplant is an evergreen shrub native to the tropics and has large, oval leaves in various showy color combinations and inconspicuous long, copper-green flowers. In cooler climates it is often grown as an annual, container plant or houseplant but in frost-free locations it can be used in a mixed hedge, shrub border or as a specimen plant. Plants prefer moist, humid conditions in full sun to partial shade.
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Photo By: CAROL CLOUD BAILEY
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Acalypha wilkesiana 'Java White'
(Copper Plant, Copperleaf, Java White Copperleaf, Wilkes' Acalypha)
Copperplant is an evergreen shrub native to the tropics and has large, oval leaves in various showy color combinations and inconspicuous long, copper-green flowers. In cooler climates it is often grown as an annual, container plant or houseplant but in frost-free locations it can be used in a mixed hedge, shrub border or as a specimen plant. Plants prefer moist, humid conditions in full sun to partial shade.
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