Fasciation - Plant Cresting
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Fasciated Echium plantagineum Fasciation - why does it occur, and have you seen any examples ? Martin Sirov has sent some wonde...
Rosemary PLANT PORTRAIT
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Rosmarinus officinalis, Rosemary is an evergreen and highly aromatic shrub. Native to the Mediterranean coast it has small pale mauve-blue (...
Chamaerops humilis PLANT PORTRAIT
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Chamaerops humilis, Fan Palm This palm is native to Portugal. Indeed it is the northernmost naturally occurring palm in the world. This shru...
Lavender
http://plants.mgaportugal.org/2014/11/top-ten-for-algarve-lavender.html
Lavender Lavandula dentata var. dentata (E Spain, along the coastal areas, Gibraltar, Balearic Islands, N Africa). One of the more wid...
Oleander PLANT PORTRAIT
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The botanical name is Nerium oleander, with a few sub-species. The main contribution to our gardens comes from the many selected hybrids giv...
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