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Feijoa sellowiana, commonly known as pineapple guava, is an evergreen shrub originating from South America particularly Brazil and Argentina. It’s notable for producing edible fruit with a distinctive sweet and aromatic flavor reminiscent of pineapple and guava. The plant thrives in drought-tolerant...
Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris punctata) is a deep-rooted perennial of central North American plains, with taproots exceeding one meter that enable survival in severe drought conditions.
The California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is a medicinal and ornamental flowering plant native to the United States and Mexico, designated the state flower of California in 1903.
Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen shrub native to the southeastern United States, is notable for containing caffeine and historically being used by indigenous peoples to make a tea.
Phlomis fruticosa, known as Jerusalem Sage, is a Mediterranean evergreen shrub recognized by its sage-like, woolly gray-green leaves and distinctive tiers of yellow spring flowers.
Nerium oleander (Oleander) is a Mediterranean shrub notable for being one of the most poisonous common garden plants, with all parts containing toxic cardiac glycosides including oleandrin.
Native to central Asia, Perovskia atriplicifolia is a drought-tolerant subshrub highly regarded for its silvery foliage and was named the 1995 Perennial Plant of the Year.
Bougainvillea, native to South America, was first described by European science during Louis Antoine de Bougainville's 1766–1769 circumnavigation voyage, with botanist Philibert Commerson naming it.
Cistus x purpureus, the Purple Rock Rose, is a drought-tolerant hybrid evergreen shrub from the Mediterranean region notable for its distinctive, dark red-spotted magenta flowers.
Australian plants (Anigozanthos species) with velvety tubular blooms shaped like a paw, with Anigozanthos manglesii named floral emblem of Western Australia in 1960.
