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The forest lily, Veltheimia is a South African bulb named in honor of August Ferdinand Graf von Veltheim, an 18th century German patron of botany.

Mine are grown in the basement under fluorescent lights blooming during the winter. After bloom, reduce watering till dormancy kicks in. Resume watering after new green growth noted. Veltheimia do not like disturbance and are happy, in my experience, for year's in the same pot. Pot up like an Amaryllis with the top of bulb free of soil. A rather unique indoor winter bloomer.

Recommended area to grow this slow growing native wildflower is out west, above 7000 feet elevation.

2017 Plant of the Year

Canna (Canna x generalis) rhizomes are edible raw, boiled, or baked. Eaten raw, they are said to have a taste similar to that of the water chestnut, sometimes with an element of bitterness. Boiled or baked, they have the texture and taste of potatoes.

These pumpkins can attain a weight in the 300 to 500 pound range.

ADS notes this daffodil maybe the same as E.H. Krelage.

Peregrina seems to be a popular plant in butterfly houses/gardens. I've noticed its presence in Houston, Galveston, and St Louis. It is in near-constant bloom. Originally from Cuba. It can be grown in large containers.

Keep your Zivas short...method to use -
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Duranta erecta is named after the papal physician and botanist Castore Durante. He lived in Rome during the latter half of the 15th century.
Sapphire refers to the blue color, as in the gemstone, and the "showers" refers to the flowering branches that tend to hang down at the ends from the concentration of blooms and fruit so situated.
The "golden dew drop" common name is from the yellow drupe that follows the flowers. A drupe has a soft, fleshy skin surrounding a hard nut or stone wherein dwells the seed.
I have successfully grown this plant trained as a small tree in a quite large pot. It is overwintered in the basement under fluorescent lights. The plant may lose 50 to 75% of its leaves during the winter but swiftly re-leafs when set in the sun in late spring.
It attracts bees, butterflies, and moths throughout the summer and into the fall.

Seeds contain one of the world's most toxic poisons, abrin. Ingestion of even one seed can be fatal. The poison is twice as toxic as ricin. Used for murder and cattle killing in India, where it is native. Where introduced, it can be very aggressive (for example, areas in Florida). Used also to make jewelry as the seeds are most colorful (most are black and red, though all-black, all-white, all-red, all-green, and orange are possible).
Host plant for the Cassius Blue butterfly.

A host plant of the Cassius Blue butterfly, Leptotes cassius.

Host plant for the Cassius Blue butterfly.

Host plant of the Floridian butterfly, Leptotes cassius (Cassius Blue).

Host plant of the butterfly Cassius Blue, Leptotes cassius.

Named after a butterfly, the Golden Skipper.

Named for a European butterfly whose wings are the same shade of yellow as the plant's blooms. BF - 'Gonepteryx Cleopatra'.

Official territorial plant of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Cultivar 'Alexander' is named after the English breeder Pauline Alexander. Patented 9-8-98.
Great cut flower. Blooms May to June. Potential there for some aggressive tendencies if planted in its ideal moisture-retentive soil in partial shade (though, to be fair, this cultivar is less aggressive than the species).
I planted mine when my current garden got its first start nearly 20 years ago. It's easy to divide and transplant. Makes for a colorful and unusual ground cover.
On the down side, the leaves of mine have reverted to all green (lost variegation).

Genus name Lysimachia is named after the Macedonian (located on the modern day Gallipoli peninsula) King of Thrace (ruled three hundred years before our common era).

New to the market Division 2 large cupped daffodil is described by Brent and Becky's thusly:
'Jersey Lace - large flowered small cup with smooth creamy white petals and a ruffled orange-yellow cup; 14"-18"; mid spring.'

Planning on forcing Jersy Lace this winter.

Blooming inside - successful force.

Brent and Becky's description:
'This incredible floriferous new double has long lasting flowers with terrific substance and very strong stems! Its yummy coloring is similar to marshmallow white with a creamy filling! 12/14cm, 14" - 16", mid spring.'
A white division 4 double that could force well.