Plant Articles
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Aloe: decorative and medicinal plants
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Amaryllidaceae : unusual bulbous plants
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Aquarium plants : the green garden of fishes
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Aromatic plants : aromas for defending ourselves and medicinal properties
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Arum : a trap for the flies
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Asclepiadaceae: star-shaped flowers
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Australian flowers: unusual, often suitable for Mediterranean climate
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Australian proteaceae: wily seducers
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Australian rainy forest: animals and plants
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Banksias : odd Australian flowers
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Botanic geraniums: the South African ancestor of florists’ geraniums
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Bromeliaceae: the pineapple and its ornamental relatives
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Buds: from flower and from leaves… opening sequence
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Cistus: easy in Mediterranean climate
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Citrus fruits : varieties and cultivation in pots
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Colour of flowers: why flowers are coloured
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Cycadaceae: the plants which lay eggs
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Dianthus: the cut-flower champions
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Easy roses: thick hedges and specks of colour without too many cares
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Eucalyptus: the eucalypti are also splendid flower plants
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Euphorbia: the “Christmas star” … but also cactaceous look
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Evolution of the plants : Birth of life and invention of the flower
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Fireworks flowers: an odd look to seduce possible pollinators
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From the far east to Rome the route of spices
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Geraniums like small trees: skilfully pruned to form a stalk
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Grevillea: the “feminist plants”
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Havana Botanical Garden: 600 hectares and 35 Km of avenues
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Heather: a small flower for all seasons
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Hemerocallis : a large splendid flower which lives just one day
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Hibiscus: splendid exotic flowers which seduce the birds
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House plants: the most beautiful and easiest species
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Imperial geraniums: huge spectacular spring flowers
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Iris: nowadays they count 30.000 horticultural forms
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Leaf geraniums: leaves with white, yellow, and red variegations
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Leguminosae: a large botanical family with 17.000 species
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Leucospermum: pincushion and … a feminist triumph
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Mammillaria: cacti with “round dance” flowers and fruits
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Meillandina roses: born for cultivation in pots
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Miniature geraniums: not high more than 23 centimetres
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Mirabilis jalapa: the “four o’clock flowers”
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Modern roses: the new trend
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Monegasque National Plants
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Myrtaceae: the exotic relatives of the myrtle
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Namaqualand: spectacular blooming of the South African desert
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Nepenthes pervillei: carnivorous plant of Seychelles
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Nerium oleander: the oleander, a splendid Mediterranean plant
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Never seen before flowers: found out in various parts of the world
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Night cacti: they bloom as soon as it darkens, and their flowers fall at dawn
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Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden
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Odorous geraniums : fragrances of rose, lemon, mint and spices
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Old roses : an always actual glamour
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Opuntia : the “ prickly pears ” … sculptural forms and splendid flowers
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Papaver : poppies and relatives
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Passiflora : the “Passion flowers”
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Peradeniya botanical orchard : gigantic exotic plants
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Phalaenopsis : the easy orchid which grows up well at home
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Princesse Grace de Monaco Rose Garden : born on the sea
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Protea : beautiful South African with a multiform look
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Roses without grafting : they grow up on their roots. Advantages.
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Scent of flowers : to attract pollinators from kilometres far away
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Scented Roses : also between the new Tea Hybrids
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Simple roses : they have usually 5 petals… but well placed
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Solanaceae : the family of potatoes and tomatoes
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South African Iridaceae : spectacular relatives of the iris
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South African Proteaceae : they are not afraid of fires… on the contrary !
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Stellars geraniums : created in Australia by a passionate in 1950
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Stone plants : succulent plants, mimetic, with splendid flowers.
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Succulent geraniums : they bloom and then disappear for months
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Tecoma capensis : suitable for Mediterranean gardens
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The Anigozanthos: the ” Kangaroo paws “
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The Botanical Garden of Chanousia
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The Botanical Garden of Victoria : history and endemisms of the Seychelles
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The incredible Lodoicea maldivica and the Vallée de Mai
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The Jardin Exotique of Monaco : 7.000 species
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The Leucadendron : similar to daisies and pine-cones
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The Parc Phoenix of Nice
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Tulipa : tulips with several heads, similar to roses…and odd forms
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Unusual geraniums : incredible forms and colours
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Verticordia : the “ feather flowers ” which come from Australia
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Violets : they hybridize easily for kids enjoyment
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Viscum album : the Christmas scrounger
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Welwitschia mirabilis : Namibia’s living fossil
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Xanthorrhoea : overcomes the 900 years and is not afraid of fire
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Zoysia : an expensive lawn with poor maintenance