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Zenobia
pulverulenta 6' Zone 5 Dusty Zenobia The Dusty Zenobia is an overlooked nativeAmerican plant from the southeastern U.S.Closely related to the blueberries, it has white,bell-shaped flowers, 1/2 in. across, on slendernodding flower stalks in mid-June. The foliageis a beautiful gray to gray-green and it turns a fine red color in the ...Continue reading...
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Zephyranthes
Smallbulbous herbs, of the Amaryllis Family, nativeto the southern U.S., Mexico or South America;leaves grasslike with funnel-shaped, singlyborne, white, yellow, pink or red flowers at theend of a single stalk, mostly in autumn. If thebulbs are to be stored over winter they shouldnot be allowed to dry out but should ...Continue reading...
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Zingiber
officinale 3' Zone 10 Common Gin, A plant native to the East Indies, the rhizome ofwhich is the ginger of commerce. The coated-ginger is the rhizome with the rind still on andthe "scraped" ginger is the rhizome with therind scraped off This is a very beautiful,tropical plant, the flowers developing into ...Continue reading...
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