Difference between revisions of "Acanthus spinosus"

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Revision as of 13:49, 7 September 2010


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 36 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 36.
Width: 40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40. to 60 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 60.
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Features: flowers, ground cover
USDA Zones: 6 to 10
Flower features: red, pink, white
Scientific Names

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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation
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Water: ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.
Scientific Names



Read about Acanthus spinosus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Acanthus spinosus, Linn. Fig. 86. Lvs. lanceolate, pinnatifid, pubescent; spines short, whitish: fls. smaller than in the last, purplish, summer; spikes dense, slightly villous. B.M. 1808. Gn. 8:147. CH


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Varieties

Spinosissimus group (syn. Acanthus spinosissimus, Desf.) Lvs. dark green, pinnately parted; spines glistening, whitish: fls. infrequent, rosy, sessile: autumn; spikes loose, pilose or glabrescent: S. Eu. Grows 3-4 feet, ft. high: lvs. sessile, spines of the bracts recurved.

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