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  • Plant: Borage (Borago officinalis)
  • Contributor: WebTucker
  • Gallery: Bloom
  • Caption: Borage # 277 nn; LHB page 832, 174-1-1; MBG, "Borage # 277 nn; LHB page 832, 174-1-1; MBG, "Genus possibly Latin 'burra' meaning hairy garment, reference to hairy leaves of species. S.E. means sold in shops with supposed medicinal properties."
  • Photo location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
  • Date of photo: May 17, 2024
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  • Plant: Aeonium (Aeonium arboreum)
  • Contributor: Calif_Sue
  • Gallery: Bloom
  • Photo location: At a local garden
  • Date of photo: 2024-05-18
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  • Plant: Borage (Borago officinalis)
  • Contributor: WebTucker
  • Gallery: Entire plant
  • Caption: Borage # 277 nn; LHB page 832, 174-1-1; MBG, "Borage # 277 nn; LHB page 832, 174-1-1; MBG, "Genus possibly Latin 'burra' meaning hairy garment, reference to hairy leaves of species. S.E. means sold in shops with supposed medicinal properties."
  • Photo location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
  • Date of photo: May 17, 2024
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  • Plant: Buchozia japonica
  • Contributor: WebTucker
  • Gallery: Entire plant
  • Caption: Snow rose #276 nn; LHB page 930, 187-12, "Indian name."; MBG, "Genus name is derived from the name used in India for this shrub. Specific epithet of japonica is in reference to its Japanese native territory."
  • Photo location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
  • Date of photo: May 17, 2024
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  • Plant: Buchozia japonica
  • Contributor: WebTucker
  • Gallery: Bloom
  • Caption: Snow rose #276 nn; LHB page 930, 187-12, "Indian name."; MBG, "Genus name is derived from the name used in India for this shrub. Specific epithet of japonica is in reference to its Japanese native territory."
  • Photo location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
  • Date of photo: May 17, 2024
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  • Plant: Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
  • Contributor: WebTucker
  • Gallery: Bloom
  • Caption: Fox glove #37 nn; LHB page 894, 179-16-7, "Latin for 'finger of a glove', referring to the shape of the flowers".
  • Photo location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
  • Date of photo: May 17, 2024
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  • Plant: Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Betty Ford')
  • Contributor: MissAlice
  • Gallery: Bloom
  • Caption: Love this red color!
  • Photo location: McDonough, GA
  • Date of photo: 2024-05-15
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  • Plant: Astilbes (Astilbe)
  • Contributor: WebTucker
  • Gallery: Bloom
  • Caption: Astilbe # 275 nn; MBG, "Genus name comes from the Greek words 'a' meaning without and 'stilbe' meaning brightness in reference to the dull leaves of some species."
  • Photo location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
  • Date of photo: May 17, 2024
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  • Plant: Astilbes (Astilbe)
  • Contributor: WebTucker
  • Gallery: Bloom
  • Caption: Astilbe # 275 nn; MBG, "Genus name comes from the Greek words 'a' meaning without and 'stilbe' meaning brightness in reference to the dull leaves of some species."
  • Photo location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
  • Date of photo: May 17, 2024
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  • Plant: Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Wasn't Born Yesterday')
  • Contributor: Avedon
  • Gallery: Entire plant
  • Caption: Possibly the best Murphy daylily we grow
  • Photo location: My garden in northeast Texas
  • Date of photo: 2024-05-18
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  • Plant: Radishes (Raphanus sativus)
  • Contributor: WebTucker
  • Gallery: Bloom
  • Caption: Radish # 274 nn; RAB, p.496, 88-10-2; LHB p.439, 83-3-2, "Raphanus, classical name."
  • Photo location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
  • Date of photo: May 17, 2024
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  • Plant: Radishes (Raphanus sativus)
  • Contributor: WebTucker
  • Gallery: Entire plant
  • Caption: Radish # 274 nn; RAB, p.496, 88-10-2; LHB p.439, 83-3-2, "Raphanus, classical name."
  • Photo location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
  • Date of photo: May 17, 2024
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  • Plant: Garden Nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus)
  • Contributor: WebTucker
  • Gallery: Bloom
  • Caption: Garden nasturtium # 273 nn; LHB page 602, 99-1-1, "Greek for 'trophy' in reference to shield-like peltate leaves."; MBG, " From Linnaeus, plant apparently resembles shape of the classical trophy."
  • Photo location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
  • Date of photo: May 17, 2024
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  • Plant: Garden Nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus)
  • Contributor: WebTucker
  • Gallery: Entire plant
  • Caption: Garden nasturtium # 273 nn; LHB page 602, 99-1-1, "Greek for 'trophy' in reference to shield-like peltate leaves."; MBG, " From Linnaeus, plant apparently resembles shape of the classical trophy."
  • Photo location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
  • Date of photo: May 17, 2024
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  • Plant: Fancy-Leafed Caladium (Caladium bicolor)
  • Contributor: WebTucker
  • Gallery: Entire plant
  • Caption: Fancy leaf caladium 272 nn; LHB page 188, 29-20-1, "Name probably of East Indian origin, published in 1800."
  • Photo location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
  • Date of photo: May 17, 2024
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  • Plant: Gray Santolina (Santolina chamaecyparissus)
  • Contributor: WebTucker
  • Gallery: Entire plant
  • Caption: Holly flax # 271 nn; LHB page 994, 194-18-1, "Name of doubtful derivation. "
  • Photo location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
  • Date of photo: May 17, 2024
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  • Plant: Gray Santolina (Santolina chamaecyparissus)
  • Contributor: WebTucker
  • Gallery: Bloom
  • Caption: Holly flax # 271 nn; LHB page 994, 194-18-1, "Name of doubtful derivation. "
  • Photo location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
  • Date of photo: May 17, 2024
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  • Plant: Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Spartan')
  • Contributor: 2Dogsmother
  • Gallery: Bloom
  • Photo location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
  • Date of photo: 2024-05-18
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  • Plant: Siberian Iris (Iris 'Summer Revels')
  • Contributor: 2Dogsmother
  • Gallery: Entire plant
  • Photo location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
  • Date of photo: 2024-05-18
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  • Plant: Siberian Iris (Iris 'Summer Revels')
  • Contributor: 2Dogsmother
  • Gallery: Bloom
  • Photo location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
  • Date of photo: 2024-05-18
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