1. moss cypress
Crassula muscosa
A spreading, perennial succulent to 30cm high, forming a dense bush of branching stems with tightly overlapping green leaves. Bears tiny, tubular yellow-green flowers along the stems in spring.
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Get to know 17 plants selected from //Karas. Discover their scientific names, identifying features and growing needs.
Plants to discover
2. rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus
A bushy, evergreen shrub, variable in habit from prostrate to upright, from 15cm to 2m tall. Aromatic, linear, dark green leaves 1.5-5cm long have pale, felty undersides. Flowers usually pale violet-blue and white, can also be pinkish or bl
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3. white poplar
Populus alba
P. alba is a spreading, deciduous tree with a broad crown, suckering freely. Rounded leaves are deeply-lobed, dark green on top and white and downy underneath. Young shoots and leaves are completely white and hairy; yellow autumn colour. In
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4. common myrtle
Myrtus communis
Upright, bushy evergreen shrub about 3m in height, with small, aromatic, glossy dark green leaves, and profuse white flowers 2cm in width with central tufts of white stamens in mid to late summer or autumn, followed by purplish-black berrie
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5. hairy alum root
Heuchera villosa
A clump-forming perennial to about 40cm high, forming a mound of lobed, softly hairy mid-green leaves. Flowers in late summer, producing loose sprays of small, bell-shaped, white or pink flowers on slender stems above the foliage
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6. poinsettia
Euphorbia pulcherrima
A semi-evergreen shrub with large, bluntly toothed, ovate leaves and tiny yellow flowers with leaf-like bright red bracts, opening in winter
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7. grey-leaved euryops
Euryops pectinatus
An evergreen shrub to 1m in height and width, with pinnately cut, grey-hairy leaves and long-stalked yellow daisies to 5cm across from early summer, and into winter when grown under glass
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8. bunny ears cactus
Opuntia microdasys
O. microdasys is a bushy, perennial cactus with flattened, segmented, oval to round, light to mid-green stems; densely spotted with white areoles, each bearing minute white, yellow or reddish-brown bristle-like spines. Yellow, bowl-shaped f
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9. Gollum Jade
Crassula ovata Gollum
Gollum Jade is a compact, evergreen succulent shrub with fleshy, finger-like leaves that are tubular and often flared at the tips, resembling small green trumpets. The leaves develop attractive red or burgundy margins when grown in bright l
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10. date palm
Phoenix dactylifera
A tall, tender palm with elegant, arching leaves composed of many linear, grey-green leaflets. In its native environments it produces 1-2m long flower spikes from the crown of the tree; these are followed by sweet, edible fruits (dates)
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11. golden barrel cactus
Echinocactus grusonii
A barrel-shaped stem to 50cm in height, with deep ribs bearing yellowish spines and, on mature plants, yellow flowers to 6cm in length
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12. mother-of-pearl plant
Graptopetalum paraguayense
A clump-forming succulent forming basal rosettes to 10cm wide of pointed, grey-green leaves that are often tinged with pink and are borne at the end of trailing stems. Short sprays of star-shaped, yellow and red flowers are borne in summer
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13. fiddleneck
Phacelia tanacetifolia
P. tanacetifolia is a robust winter annual of variable height, 20-120cm, with fern-like pinnately cut leaves, sometimes rather grey-green, and abundant, densely set soft blue or lavender-blue flowers in terminal, curved cymes during summer.
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14. swamp cypress
Taxodium distichum
T. distichum is a deciduous coniferous tree to 20m or more, with a conical crown, fibrous red-brown bark and soft, feathery, light green foliage turning rich yellow-brown in autumn. Small ovoid cones
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15. Barbados aloe
Aloe vera
An evergreen perennial to 0.6m, forming rosettes of fleshy, narrow, dull green leaves with spiny margins, with long racemes of tubular greenish-yellow flowers 3cm in length in racemes to 90cm in length
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16. Horseweed
Erigeron canadensis
Horseweed is an erect, freely branching annual or biennial herb, usually 30–150 cm tall, with a slender taproot and a bristly stem. Basal leaves are oblanceolate and toothed, soon withering; stem leaves are narrow, lanceolate to linear and
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17. avocado
Persea americana
P. americana is a bushy evergreen shrub or small tree, with glossy, lance-shaped or elliptic leaves, rarely flowering in cultivation in temperate climates
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