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Scientific name - Dombey tiliacea (Endl.) Planch. Dombey, Joseph Dombey in honor of French botanist (1742-1794). Synonyms - Xeropetalum tiliaceum Popular names - Dombey of hoja de Tilo. Distribution and Habitat - originally from South Africa, indigenous to KwaZulu and Eastern Cape. Description - shrub or small tree, 3.10 x 2.7 m, trunk branched, bark dark gray, rough. Leaves alternate, 4.9 x 3-7 cm, three-lobed basis cordata, margine teeth face bottom covered with fine hairs, stalks pelos, 1-3 cm. Flowers campanulata, 3-4 cm diameter, axillary or terminal, solitary or grouped in a raceme, petals white, obovata. Blooms in August-September. Fruit capsule, round peloasa, 0.5-1 cm in diameter. Seeds black. Growth rate - fast. 4 mi n 3 years, first flowering occurs after 3 years. Tolerances - drought, poor soils and light frosts. Requirements - soil well-drained, fertile, exhibitions sunny or semi-shade. Management - is clipped after flowering. Propagation - by seeds in spring or cuttings in summer. The seeds should be harvested immediately after drying flowers. Natural partners and Garden - Capparis tomentosa, Coddia rudis, Commiphora harveyi, Deinbollia oblongifolia, Diospyros scabrida, Diospyros simii, Diospyros villosa, Homalium dentatum, Nuxia congesta, Ochna arborea, Olea woodiana, Sclerochiton harveyanus. Properties and Uses - species ideal for small gardens. References Bill Sheat, Gerald Schofield - Complete Gardening in Southern Africa - Struik Publishers, 1995 Davif Johnson, Sally Johns - Gardening with Indigenous Trees - Struik Publishers, 2002 Keith Kirsten - Gardening with Keith Kirsten - Struik Publishers, 2001 Roger Spencer - Horticultural Flora of South-Eastern Australia - University of Washington Press, 1995
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Rosa gallia L.
Bush, 100-150 cm tall, robust system radically, lignificat produces underground runners. The stems are green, with red points. Leaves imparipenate; 3.7 Folio, oval or elliptical, or short stalks Sesi, evening edge, glabra upper surface and glossy, the lower part is lighter and has many glandular hairs Lonicera xylosteum
Lonicera xylosteum - shrub originating from Europe, the Caucasus and Siberia, growing at the edge of deciduous forests, from lowland to 1600 m altitude. They prefer warm places and limestone associated with Cornus sanguinela, Ligustrum vulgare, Prunus padus and Rubus idaeus. Morinda citrifolia
Morinda citrifolia - originally from Queensland, Australia. The fruit is edible, from seeds to obtain oil insect repellent. Daphne mezereum - spurge Laurel
Daphne mezereum - deciduu shrub, native of Europe and Western Asia, cultivated as an ornamental shrub. All species of the genus Daphne are toxic. Contact with fruit juice or resin skin irritation. Quercus serrata
Tree 15-40 m high, trunk 1 m in diameter. Subsesile leaves or stalks, stalks up to 3 cm long, glabru or glabrescent; language to narrow obovata ovata, ovat-lanceolata, 6-15 x 2.5-7 cm, margins evening, the round, top-acute acuminata. Magnoliopsida
Rhaponticum scariosum
Rhaponticum scariosum - Alpine endemic species, grows on mountain pastures from 750 to 2500 m altitude. Pavone multiflora
Genus belongs to the Malvaceae, tribe Malvavisceae, which is characterized by a number of corporate sites is double that of carpelelor. Pachira aquatica
Pachira aquatica growing naturally along rivers in Central and South America. Is cultivated in world wide like ornamental, in hedges or solitary. Resistant to drought anf flooding. The seeds of P. aquatica are delicious raw, boiled or roasted. Young leaves and flowers are also edible. The seeds are high in protein and edible oil. Acacia dealbata - silver wattles
Acacia dealbata – native of Australia, is a vigorous fast growing tree, drought tolerant. It has fragrant flower, flowering in January-April. Polemonium caeruleum
Polemonium caeruleum - species used as ornamental plants in gardens with spontaneous or rock gardens. Are planted at 30 cm distance between plants. |
 
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