Gold Shrimp Plant or Lollypop Plant

Shrimp plant is a bold evergreen perennial flowering shrub. Of course, the big attractions are the intense golden yellow flowers many folks agree look like the cooked shrimp we eat. It is an evergreen upright shrub, 4 to 10 feet tall, 2 to 5 feet wide; opposite, ovate, dark green leaves, up to 6 inches long, 2.4 inches wide. Produces showy yellow blossoms from late spring to early summer. Golden Shrimp Plant sends out underground runners. With a few plants and a few years, your Golden Shrimp Plant will spread to fill in spaces.

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Flaming katy or Kalanchoe

Kalanchoes are succulent plants with flat, glossy, green leaves. Kalanchoes will also bloom with small pretty flowers in shades of reds, pinks, oranges, and yellows. The plant was originally brought from Magadascar to Paris in 1927, while in 1928 a German merchant managed to grow it as a houseplant and started to trade it a few years later, around 1932. His name was Blossfeld and the common variety of kalanchoe was named after him (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana) The name kalanchoe came from a chinese word but it is still unknown how and when it was given to the plant. Grown indoors or out for its bright flowers and ornamental, fleshy foliage. The small flowers are grouped in tightly paced flowerheads borne on long stems. Each head has between 20 - 50 flowers. Will thrive outdoors in frost-free areas. Ideal container or indoor plant. Tiny flowers are borne mainly in Summer and Autumn, but also in Winter in the more temperate areas.



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Violet Bells

I have been unable to find out the generic or common name of this flower. It looks like morning glory and some of the other bell flowers, but the leaf shape is different from the others.

Anyways it adds color to my garden and I love it for that. Should anyone be able to identify the flower, please leave a comment.

Baby Sun Rose

Baby Sun Rose is a perennial herb, spreading over ground and neighboring vegetation, with small, heart-shaped, dark green succulent leaves interspersed with small, axillary, many-petaled, bright pink to purple flowers that open only in sun. Baby sun rose is native to the Eastern Coastal Plains of South Africa. This charming plant makes an excellent annual ground cover, often reaching a spread of 2 feet or more in the growing season. Baby sun rose needs full sun to light shade. When grown in pots, the pots should be at least 8 inches deep. It also makes a great hanging basket plant for full sun. Aptenia cordifolia are propagated by cuttings or seed. Cuttings will root in about 3 weeks. Has excellent heat tolerance.

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Pink Orchid - Crown of Thorns

1-1/2" soft pink blooms are borne in clusters on and off throughout the year. Large drooping foliage atop the thick stiff canes gives the appearance of a small thorny palm tree. An easy indoor plant requiring minimal water and good light in a free draining cactus soil.



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Gazania Ringens

Gazania, or treasure flower, is a South African annual flower that likes hot, dry summers. Gardeners treasure it for its strangely patterned daisylike flowers.



Gazanias grow in rosette form with attractive notched leaves. Flowers rise 8 to 12 inches on short stems. They're white, pink, bronze, red, yellow, and orange with banded markings. Flowers close on cloudy days.





Gazanias prefer full sun and moderately fertile but well-drained soil. They don't like heavy soil in hot, humid climates.

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