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Scientific name - Bulbine frutescens Popular names - kopieva balm, Copa, geelkatstert, snake flower, cat's tail. Distribution and Habitat - originated in southern Africa. Description - Juicy perennial species, rizomatoasa. Leaves basal, linear, cylindrical, fleshy, 10-15 cm long. Floral stem is 45 cm long. Blossom flowers made up of 40-50 cm, arranged in Raceme 15-30 cm long. Flowers yellow-orange, 6-15 mm in diameter, lilac fluffy. Blooms in April-May. Fruit black cap. Requirements - grows well on land well drained, in full sun. Tolerate drought well. It needs occasional cuts after passage of flowers, inflorescences removal. Management - Autumn and winter reduce watering. Mulcirea protect plants from frost plantet. Propagation - by seeds, division bushes, spring. When the new plants have four leaves and roots well formed, then can be transplanted. Natural partners and garden - Acacia sp., Cercidium sp., Prosopis sp., Carissa macrocarpa, Aptenia cordifolia, Agapanthhus sp., Dymondia margaretae,Gazania sp., Dietes sp.. Properties and Uses - juice extracted from Bulbine frutescens is used as the basis for body creams to treat eczema. Balsamic properties, bacterial, healing. It associates well with other succulents in a Rocar. Can be used as plant along alleys, as plant pots. References Bob Hyland - Designing for Sun and Shade - Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2006 Kirsten Albrecht Llamas - Tropical Flowering Plants - Timber Press, 2003 Margaret Roberts - Margaret Robert's AZ Herbs - Struik Publishers, 2003 Marie Harrison - Groundcovers for the South - Pineapple Press2006
See also
 Cactus and succulent plants
Lampranthus aurantiacus
Lampranthus aurantiacus. perennial species, succulent native to South Africa. Cultivated as ornamental species for rocarii. Hatiora gaertneri
Hatiora gaertneri pendence is a shrub, very branched. Originally from southeastern Brazil, which grows at altitudes of 350-1300 m. The stem is segmented, each segment is about 5 cm, with small notches on the edges, green mat. Is devoid of thorns, or are very small. American Agave
Agave americana - herbaceous plant, perennial, rhizome drajonant. Arid soils increases in southern Texas, but naturalized in warm regions of the globe. Agave blooms just once in its life cycle, from 80-100 years after the plant dies. House Plant
Gardenia jasminoides - Gardenia
Shrub or small tree, growing 1-15 m tall. Leaves glossy, evergreen, opposite, coriacee, oval or elliptical, dark green, 7-10 cm long. Large solitary flowers, double or semiduble, white, 5.12 cm diameter. Bloom from May to September. Scindapsus
Planta voluble, originally from Indonesia and the Philippines. Cordiforme leaves, green with white spots, 6-8 cm long, thin stalks, 3-4 cm long, adult leaves oblong-or cordiforme lanceolata, 10-15 cm long, petiole 1.5-2 cm long. Iberis sempervirens
Perennial species, 30 cm height, 60-90 cm diameter, forming a dense bush covering the ground well. Leaves linear-lanceolata, margin entire, shiny dark green, 2,5-4 cm long x 3.6 mm wide. Flowers white, 4 petals, blossom type corymb, 9 cm diameter, January-June period of prosperity. Fruit silicula, 7 mm long. Kalanchoe eriophylla
Kalanchoe eriophylla - was first described by R. Hilsenbeck and W. Bojer, in 1857. Originally from Madagascar, which grows at high altitudes, on rocks. Kalanchoe eriophylla - epiphytic species, herbaceous perennial, 30 cm height. Decumbenta strain or swing. Leaves opposite, Sesia, in rosettes at the base, language juicy, sub-ovoid, 10-35 x 6-17 mm, pubescent, base truncata or amplexicaule, top obtuse, margin entire or crenata. Flowers
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
Crocosmia, comes from the Greek 'Krok' = Crocus, and 'osme' = odor, "smell of Crocus'. Crocosmia was described in 1851 by Jules Emile Planchon. Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora was created in France in 1880. Eryngium campestre - rostogol
Eryngium campestre - a species native to Central and S, V Asia, grows on rocky places, sandy in dry meadows and pastures, along roads. Lachenalia peersii
Genus name is given after the name of the Swiss professor of botany, Werner of Lachen. Lachenalia is endemic in southern Africa with a wide distribution in south-western regions Namibia, Cape Province. Campanula glomerata
Campanula glomerata species native to Europe, growing in arid environments, pastures and forest edges, 0-1500 m altitude. Seen as ornamental species, ideal for who wants to create a wild flower garden. Arachis hypogaea - Peanut
Herbaceous annual. Stem branched, 40-60 cm high. Leaves compound, 8-12 cm long, oblong folio-obovata, margin entire. Flowers yellow, axillary. Peabody, grow underground, contains 1.3 seeds. 2n = 40. Liliopsida
Bletilla striata
Bletilla are easy to grow, to shady borders, where they make a handsome textural combination with ferns. Scindapsus
Planta voluble, originally from Indonesia and the Philippines. Cordiforme leaves, green with white spots, 6-8 cm long, thin stalks, 3-4 cm long, adult leaves oblong-or cordiforme lanceolata, 10-15 cm long, petiole 1.5-2 cm long. Commelina communis
Commelina communis - grows naturally in East Asia, prefer shade and moist forests in 0-6000 altit. Commelina genus species is often confused with species of the genus Tradescantia, both belonging to the same family, Commelinaceae. Commelina flowers genre has two large petals and a small petal, flowers from three species of Tradescantia petals are equal in size. Strelitzia reginae - Bird of Paradise
Strelitzia is a genus containing five species of perennial, originating from southern Africa belong to the family Strelitziaceae. Genus name is derived from the queen of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of King George III of England, promoter of botany. |
 
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