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San Jose foliage
Lacy foliage of Tasmanian tree fern eventually gets considerable height.
Plant profile
January 31, 2012
The trunk of a tree fern is really just tough compressed roots growing downward through dead organic material left behind by earlier growth. The...
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The foliage is not as recognizable as the beverage that coffee makes
Plant profile
December 22, 2011
The White Raven Coffee Shop, the best little pourhouse in Felton, has an interesting but old fashioned houseplant on the counter. This group of...
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The king palm makes a regal impression.
Plant profile
October 5, 2011
Where it grows wild in rain forests of eastern Australia, the piccabeen or bangalow palm, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, is a strikingly elegant...
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Some classics never die. Bear's breech can even become a weed.
Plant profile
August 6, 2011
Like some other Victorian perennials that are still happy after a century, bear's breech, Acanthus mollis, can get to be too much of a good...
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False cypress fit into small gardens better than real cypress do.
Plant profile
June 9, 2011
Just like other types of false cypress, the Sawara false cypress, Chamaecyparis pisifera, naturally gets much larger than its many cultivars that...
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Silver Mountain gum is a rather small eucalyptus with a big personality.
Plant profile
June 6, 2011
The bulky trunk and limbs, and shaggy bark of silver mountain gum, Eucalyptus pulverulenta, seem like they should be associated with a more...
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Dwarf Port Orford Cedars are a bit of the northern forests for the garden.
Plant profile
May 28, 2011
Fifty foot tall Port Orford cedar trees, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, like those that get harvested for timber from their native range on the south...
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Foliage is actually a more important feature than flowers of coral bells.
Plant profile
January 3, 2011
Even though their delicate trusses of tiny hanging flowers on one or two foot tall wiry stems make good cut flowers and attract hummingbirds in...
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Dracaenas are happy to be houseplants through cold winters.
Plant profile
December 21, 2010
So many dracaenas, Dracaena marginata, growing happily in neglected gardens incoastal areas of Southern California and Florida makes onewonder how...
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The fuzzy white foliage of dusty miller looks better than its bloom.
Plant profile
December 19, 2010
The relaxed trusses of small yellow composite (daisy-like) flowers of dusty miller, Senecio cineraria, can bloom at any time except when winter...
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