Bananas are a versatile plant in any landscape and can add a lush, tropical look to any area. Although everyone knows the fruit, few people have
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Musella lasiocarpa or Chinese Yellow. At one time this rare banana was thought to be extinct in the wild in its native home in Yunnan, China. In
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The Ensete maurelii is also called Red Abyssinian Banana and is a huge ornamental plant with leaves up to 10 feet long. The maurelii is a colorfu
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Phaius tankervilliae is a terrestrial orchid called Nun's Orchid. It is a vigorous plant with thin, pleated leaves that produces erect flower spi
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Geraniums are among the most popular outdoor plants, but they also make great indoor flowering plants. The plants we refer to as geraniums are re
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Cannas are herbaceous perennials closely related to gingers, bananas, heliconias, and birds of paradise. Cannas do well over most of the U.S. pro
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Edible PIneapple Bromeliads belong to the plant family, Bromeliaceae, which encompasses over 2,700 species plus thousands of hybrids. With one exc
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Other names for this plant are Lily of the Nile, Arum Lily and Varkoor which is an Afrikaans name meaning Pig's Ear. The Calla Lily is a beaut
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Gingers are the queen flowers of the plant world. They are the source of wonderous fragrances and possess exquisitely delicate foliage and flower
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Sweet peas in pods The florists’ calendar marks April with sweet pea, a pretty, non-edible plant with the unwieldy name Lathyrus odoratus. Th
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