Nemesia versicolor

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Cultivation

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Read about Nemesia versicolor in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Nemesia versicolor, E. Mey. Erect or ascending, nearly glabrous below and slightly pilose above, simple or branched, 1 ft. or more high: lowest lvs. somewhat stalked and ovate or narrower: upper lvs. few, sessile, oblong, lanceolate or linear, entire or toothed: racemes sub-corymbose and lengthening, 1—3 in. long in the wild; fls. "variable in color, either white and striate outside or cinnabar-red, striate outside and sulphur-coloured on the throat or sulphur-colored and not striate" (Hiern); lobes of the upper lip equal among themselves and as long as the lower lip; throat with 2 callosities, pubescent; spur incurved or nearly straight, about as long as the lower lip. S. Afr. Var. compacta, Hort. (N. compacta, Hort.). A compact and attractive free-flowering race, 8 in. to 1 ft., excellent for borders and rock-gardens, with fls. in white, rose, violet, and blue. Var. compacta tricolor, Hort., has white, rose, and violet in the fls. R.H. 1898, p. 87. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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