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• Pycnostachys
  ...or linear-lanceolate lvs., a native of Madagascar, has also been cult. in England. ...for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc -->
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• Butea
  ...ock. 2005. ''Legumes of the World''. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Richmond, England. </ref> ''[[Butea monosperma]]'', also known as [[Flame of the Forest]] or [[Bastard Teak]], is native to [[India]] and [[Southeast As
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• Bryonia dioica
  ...botanic gardens. It grows rapidly over hedges and fences. Root of this and of B. alba are employed principally as a hydragogue-cathartic. The fresh, brui *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
  2 KB (222 words) - 23:27, 13 February 2010
• Garden Cities
  ...jects are to be achieved being a healthy, natural and economic combination of town and country life, and this on land owned by municipality." It will be ...cities because of the "attractions" there, of various kinds. In the nature of the case, certain magnets attract to the town or city, and certain other ma
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• Heterospathe
  Heterospathe (Greek, a different kind of spathe). Also written Heterospatha. Palmaceae, tribe Areceae. A rare and hi ...ble from importers and from S. Fla., but is cult, in Amer. only in botanic gardens.
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• Daisy
  ...The Swan River daisy is [[Brachycome iberidifolia]]. The African daisy of gardens is [[Dimorphotheca]]. *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
  2 KB (358 words) - 04:26, 26 August 2009
• Notospartium
  ...looming there in summer (Dec.-Jan.). Hardy in the open at the Kew Gardens, England. *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
  2 KB (275 words) - 17:24, 22 February 2010
• Horminum
  ...es to the Tyrol; it makes a tuft of foliage; blooms in midsummer; hardy in England. Vars. album and grandiflorum purpureum are offered. Other plants sometimes ...for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc -->
  2 KB (300 words) - 06:44, 23 November 2009
• Vaccinium cespitosum
  ...ard; also on alpine summits of New England and N. Y..— May be used in rock-gardens. <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 078941943
  2 KB (256 words) - 20:35, 14 October 2009
• Anthemis
  ...ia]] east to [[Iran]]. They have been grown in and have become native to [[England]]/[[United Kingdom]]. ...s of a large, Old World temperate-region genus, used in borders and alpine gardens.
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• Lamprocapnos
  Lamprocapnos (Dicentra) is a genus of plants, some of which are commonly known as Bleeding Heart. For the species most commonly ...y perennial plants with much-cut foliage, and clustered attractive flowers of interesting structure.
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• Gardening
  '''Gardening''' is the practice of growing flowering [[plant]]s, [[List_of_vegetables|vegetable]]s, and [[frui ...e situations, a staff of [[gardener]]s or [[groundskeeper]]s maintains the gardens.
  9 KB (1,425 words) - 18:39, 25 February 2010
• Poppy
  A '''poppy''' is any of a number of colorful [[flower]]s, typically with ...roups; many species are also grown in [[garden]]s. Those that are grown in gardens include large plants used in a mixed [[herbaceous]] border and small plants
  4 KB (669 words) - 09:21, 8 February 2010
• Eranthis cilicica
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...n grown in gardens, said to be red-brown. Roots of this were first sent to England from its native home near Smyrna in 1892. Rare in Amer.
  3 KB (511 words) - 07:21, 25 September 2009
• Star of Bethlehem
  |common_name=Star of Bethlehem ...ludes the star of Bethlehem, a dwarf hardy bulbous plant that bears umbels of green-and-white flowers in May and June; also many other outdoor and indoor
  5 KB (769 words) - 21:37, 25 February 2010
• Howea forsteriana
  ...metres. Under natural conditions, it grows as a solitary tree. Germination of the seeds is erratic. *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
  3 KB (454 words) - 13:13, 18 July 2010
• Rosa odorata
  ...mbine the vigor and the foliage of var. gigantea with the paniculate infl. of R. moschata. Other hybrids with different garden roses have been raised in *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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• Aconitum napellus
  ...", "Wolf's Bane", ''Fuzi'', "Monk's Blood", or "Monk's Hood") is a species of ''[[Aconitum]]'' in the family [[Ranunculaceae]], native and [[endemic (eco Plants are grown in gardens in temperate zones for their spike-like inflorescences that are showy in ea
  4 KB (621 words) - 02:05, 3 November 2010
• Abies alba
  ...syn. A. pectinata). Columnar tree having dark green leaves, the undersides of which are silver, up to 1 inch (2.5cm) long. The leaves are in a v-shape ar ...ch abbreviated branches, are common in gardens. Not perfectly hardy in New England.}}
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• Jubaea chilensis
  ...Region|Maule]] regions. It was long assumed that the [[extinct]] palm tree of [[Easter Island]] belonged to this genus too, but it is distinct and now pl ...e world is the ''Jubaea chilensis'' at [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|Kew]], England.
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