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Popular names: Torch Lily. Originally from southern Africa. Kniphofia (complex hybrid) was one of the first species placed in the Cape, in the Netherlands in 1690. Perennial species with rhizome, erect flower stem, 1.5 m high and 10 mm in diameter. Leaves basal, linear, glabra, smooth edge, 30-90 x 5-25 mm. Blossom terminal, Raceme, 6-15 cm long, more than 50 flowers, pedicel 2-5 mm long, bractei 9 x 4 mm. Perianth cylindrical, orange-red to yellow-green with orange-brown central stripe, tube 3-4 cm long and 6 mm diameter, lobes 3 x 2 mm. Stamens 3.5 cm long, anther 1.5 mm long. Blooms from July to September. Fruit ovoid to oblong capsule, seeds many, presents aryl. Kniphofia grows on rich soil, moist but with good drainage.Excess water in the soil or the leaves can kill the plant. Hybrids of Kniphofia grow well in humid, humus rich, fertile, well drained, with exhibitions sunny. It can multiply by dividing rhizomes, Autumn. Cultivation and Varieties: 'Shining Scepter', 'Bressingham Comet', 'Atlantia', 'Tawny King', 'Royal Standard', 'White Nancy', 'Primrose Beauty', 'Nobilis'. Associations of plants Kniphofia: Molina carrier 'Variegata', Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, Aralia elata, Lonicera nitida, Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple', Salvia, Echinops ritro, Nepeta, Platycodon, Oenothera. References Andy McIndoe - Perennials - David & Charles, 2005 C. Burrell - The Sunny Border - Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2002 DO Wijnands - The Botany of the Commelins - CRC, 1983 January Cooke - Waterwise Gardening - New Holland, 2009 Jeff Cox - Perennial All-Stars - Roda Books, 2002 Julie Ryan - Perennial Gardens for Texas - University of Texas Press, 1998 Peter Sell, Gina Murrell, SM Walters - Flora of Great Britain and Ireland - Cambridge University Press, 1997 The European Garden Flora Editorial Committee - European Garden Flora - Cambridge University Press, 1986 Sue Chivers - Planting for Color - David & Charles, 2005 Tomasz Anisko - When Perennials Bloom - Timber Press, 2008
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Portulaca grandiflora
Portulaca grandiflora - annual species, succulent, native to Brazil. Can be used in parks and gardens as ornamental species for borders or pots on terraces species for sunny. Aster amellus
Aster amellus - a species native to Europe and Asia, common in the collinear, dry and sunny at the edge boschetelor grow on limestone bedrock, from 0 to 800 m altitude. Reseda lutea
Reseda lutea - herbaceous annual, papilla or glabrous. Hailing from Europe, increases alkaline soils, fields, dry ribs, from 0 to 2000 m altitude. Angelica archangel L. - Root Holy Spirit
Angelica, Arcangel, Angelica di Bohemia, archangel, wild celery, wild parsnip, bai zhi, engelwortel, Angélique, Angelika, Brustwurz, Chora, padaganghwal, erva do Espirito Santo, djagill, anschelika, Epiritu raiz del Santo, the root of the Holy Spirit. Callistephus chinensis
Callistephus chinensis - annual species, 10-70 cm tall, native to Asia. Species cultivated as ornamental in gardens and parks. Liliopsida
Anigozanthos rufus - Leg of kangaroo
Herbaceous rizomatoasa, Geof, 100-150 cm height. Mate leaves, gray-green, glabra, evergreen, 20-40 x 2-6 cm, margins scabrous. Escape very branched, tomentos. Inflorescences numerous, raceme. Red-purple flowers with pear, rare yellow-orange. Perianth law zigomorfic, lobate, tubular tomntoase, red, 25-35 mm long Belamcanda chinensis
Belamcanda chinensis - perennial species, native to eastern Asia, cultivated as ornamental species for borders or rock garden. Paraensis Alstroemeria sp. November.
Alstroemeria paraensis - herbaceous perennial, 1-1,4 m high, stem cylindrical, 0,4-0,8 mm diameter, glabra. Leaves stripped vegetation are 12-18 x 2,5-6 cm, elliptic, top acuminata, the attenuated both sides glabra, prominent ribs Four new species of Maranta L. Marantaceae in Brazil
Family Marantaceae species are distributed, the majority of 80% in tropical regions, 11% in Asia and 9% in Africa (Hammel, 1986). The family includes about 530 species and 31 genera, are the most widespread genus Calathea. 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. |
 
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