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Amaryllis is a small genus of flowering bulbs, with two species. The better known of the two, Amaryllis belladonna, is a native of South Africa, particularly the rocky southwest region near the Cape. For many years there was confusion amongst botanists over the generic names Amaryllis and...

Banana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genusMusa and for the fruit they produce. It is one of the oldest cultivated plants. They are native to tropical South and Southeast Asia, and are likely to have been first domesticated in Papua New Guinea.Today, they are cultivated throughout...

Bougainvillea is a genus of flowering plants native to South America from Brazil west to Peru and south to southern Argentina (Chubut Province). Different authors accept between four and 18 species in the genus. The first European to describe these plants was Philibert Commerçon, a French botanist...

Canna (or canna lily, although not a true lily) is a genus of nineteen species of flowering plants. The closest living relations to cannas are the other plant families of the order Zingiberales, that is the Zingiberaceae (gingers), Musaceae (bananas), Marantaceae, Heliconiaceae, Strelitziaceae,...

Cichorium intybus, is a somewhat woody, perennialherbaceous plant usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Various varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons (blanched buds), or for roots (var. sativum), which are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and additive....

The modern fashion for tropical and foliage gardens is fine if you live in a frost-free climate, but it can be a challenge if you're gardening in a cooler area. The answer is to grow a cordyline, because there's a variety to suit almost every climate. Cordylines are palm-like plants that will...

Delphinium is a genus of about 300 species of perennial flowering plants in the familyRanunculaceae, native throughout the Northern Hemisphere and also on the high mountains of tropical Africa.The common name "larkspur" is shared between perennial Delphinium species and annual species of the genus...

Dicentra is a plant genus that is part of the Fumariaceae family. It contains about 20 species of annual and perennial herbs that are native to North America and Asia. These plants have parsley-like foliage and arching stems that dangle heart-shaped flowers. Landscapers use these plants in flower...

Ginger or ginger root is the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale, consumed as a delicacy, medicine, or spice. It lends its name to its genus and family (Zingiberaceae). Other notable members of this plant family are turmeric, cardamom, and galangal. Ginger cultivation began in South Asia and...