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Perfect for adding a dramatic splash to your garden beds or landscaping, ornamental grasses are often a bountiful source of cut or dried flowers as well. About HISTORY Ornamental grass was first popularized in the mid 1930s in Germany. A German nurseryman named Karl Foerster s...
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The name "banana" quite likely comes from the West African language Wolof word banaana which was adopted into Spanish and/or Portuguese and from there into English. Bananas are native to the tropical regions of Australia and Indomalaya. It is believed domestication and cultiva...
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Some people compare the dragonfruit to the kiwi, because of its dark, crunchy seeds and juicy flesh. Like beets, swiss chard, and amaranth, the red and purple colors found in dragon fruits are from betacyanins. Commercially, dragon fruit is used to add flavor and color to juic...
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The Chicago Hardy fig is productive, easy to grow, and bears dark mahogany medium-size figs. Amazingly it is drought, heat and cold tolerant. It is hardy to zones 5-10. In colder climates, the fig will die back and resume growth in spring. Chicago Hardy fig originates from Sic...
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Sarracenia, or trumpet pitcher plants, are beautiful, fascinating carnivorous plants native to North America. We are so pleased to offer an exquisite mix of rare, often endangered, seeds from the Botanique nursery in Virginia. About HISTORY Pitcher plants are indigenous to the...
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While green and ripe papaya fruits are used both raw and cooked in many world cuisines, the unripe fruit and some parts of the plant may cause a reaction in people with latex allergies. In some parts of Asia, the young, tender leaves are cooked and eaten like spinach. Traditio...
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