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Revision as of 13:36, 7 September 2010
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
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Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
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Origin: | ✈ | [[Origin::temperate Old World]] |
Exposure: | ☼ | ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property. |
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Acanthus > |
Read about Acanthus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Acanthus (akanthos, thorn). Acanthaceae. Bear's Breech. A genus of twenty species of temperate Old World, mostly hardy herbaceous perennials of vigorous growth and broad pinnatifid foliage, suitable for backgrounds of borders and subtropical effects. Height 3-4 ft.: spikes 1-1 1/2 ft. long; fls. dull white to rose or purplish, sessile, spicate, densely clustered; corolla 1-lipped, the lip 3-lobed; anthers 1-celled, ciliate. Mostly S. Eu. They need a rich, light, well-drained soil and much sunshine. Excessive moisture is fatal, especially in winter and spring. Fall-planted stock should always be protected for the winter by long litter or evergreen boughs, even where established plants are hardy. Must be deeply mulched north in winter. Propagation is by division in spring or early autumn, and by seeds. It is supposed that acanthus leaves afforded the suggestion for the foliage decoration on the capital of the Corinthian and other columns. Fig. 85 shows the conventionalized decoration, and Fig. 86 the form of leaf of A. spinosus. The leaves of A. mollis were probably also involved in variations of decoration.CH
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Species
Selected specieswp:
- Acanthus balcanicus
- Acanthus dioscoridis
- Acanthus ebracteatus
- Acanthus eminens
- Acanthus hirsutus
- Acanthus hungaricus
- Acanthus ilicifolius
- Acanthus mollis
- Acanthus montanus
- Acanthus polystachyus
- Acanthus spinosus
- Acanthus syriacus
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
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