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Scientific Name - Callistemon citrinus Stapf Synonyms - Callistemon lanceolatus Popular names - red bottle-brush. Distribution and Habitat - originating in Eastern Australia. Description - shrub or small tree, 8 m high. Leaves simple, opposite, blade elliptic, pinnately veined, pubescent on the margins. Flowers in terminal cylindrical spikes; corolla of 5 red petals falling soon after the flower opens; numerous red stamens, 2.5-3 cm long. Bloom in June. Fruit subglobose capsule, sessile, woody, 5-7 mm long. Pollinated by birds. Tolerant - do not tolerate temperatures below-5ĚŠ C. Requirements - fertile, well-drained soils in sunny places. Management - supports trimming. Propagate - by seeds or by cuttings. Curiosity & ndAsh, genus name derives from Greek and means beautiful stamens. When crushed, the leaves emit a lemon-like scent.
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Caragana arborescens
Deciduu shrub, 2-5 m high. Bark gray young branches are yellow-green. Leaves alternate; paripenat-compound, 4-6 pairs of folio oval-elliptic, 10-35 mm long, dark green in summer and autumn yellow, 5-10 cm long; spinescente Stipe. Flowers solitary, Corola yellow, 20-25 mm long, increase the armpit leaves, blooming from May to June. Schefflera arboricola
Evergreen shrub, 3-4 m high. Leaves alternate, long-petiolate, palmately-compound, with 7.9 Folio, coriacee, folio obovata, glabra, margin entire, nervatiune pinnate, petiole thin, 12-15 cm long. Blossom terminal, glabra, 20 cm long, flowers arranged in umbele raceme, 0.7-1 cm in diameter, pedicel 5.8 mm long. Fruit drupe, ovoid, orange, 5 x 4 mm. Fothergilla
Fothergilla gardenii - small shrub, up to 1 m high. Leaves 4.8 x 1.5-5 cm, edge to the top gear. Flowers white with pink ears appear before the leaf in the terminal, stamens numerous. Blooms in April-May, prefers moist soil, well-drained, in full sun. Morus nigra - mulberry tree
The fruit of Morus nigra contain 9% sugar, organic acids, pectin, tannin, vitamins A and C, minerals and other substances. Berries can be eaten raw or dried, in puddings, jams, or sauce. Picea glauca
Species native to North America, boreal Canada - Western Alaska, increases along with Picea mariana, Pinus banksiana, Populus tremuloides, Abies balms, Betula lutea and Acer saccharum. Port pyramidal, columnar, dense crown, 14-21 m high and 30-45 cm diamteru trunk, root surface, thin crust, less than 2.5 cm thick, gray-purple. Magnoliopsida
Ceiba pentandra
Ceiba pentandra - tree, native of tropical America, seen as a species cultivated in the Philippines, growing in arid regions,forests and grasslands from sea level to 1000 m altitude. Aglaia odorata
Aglaia odorata is a tree native to Southeast Asia and grown as an ornamental tree throughout the Pacific Rim. In the Philippines, a decoction of roots is used as a drink to reduce fever. Zinnia elegans
Zinnia elegans - herbaceous annual, native of Mexico. Zinnia elegans was named in honor of Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727-1759), professor of anatomy and botany at the University of Gottingen (Germany), which described the species Zinnia peruviana. Cerastium tomentosum - snow in summer
Cerastium tomentosum - is a commonly grown rock-garden, often escape from cultivation. Hebe x franciscana
Hebe x franciscana - evergreen shrub, up to 1.5 m tall. Hebe x franciscana is a hybrid of Hebe speciosa Hebe from New Zealand and Elliptic. |
 
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