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    Mexican Weeping

    ByDavid Gramann

    ~ Mexican Weeping Otatea acuminata aztecorum Tolerates sea spray and drought. Open clumper, solid thin canes, ornamental, easy to prune, erosion control.   20′ tall, with 1 ” culms.  Clumping bamboos can be planted without fear of them spreading beyond their assigned territory, making them non-invasive. Height: 20 ft. Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade

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    Angel Wing Jasmine

    BySharons Plants

    ~Angel Wing Jasmine Jasminum nitidum Angel wing jasmine is a vine or shrub with sweetly fragrant, snow-white, pinwheel shaped flowers. This is a fast-growing, twining vine. It can grow to 20 ft (6.1 m) long but in the garden is often trimmed as a bushy shrub that gets little more than 2-4 ft tall. Full…

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    Valencia Orange

    ByDavid Gramann

    ~Valencia Orange Is the standard “juice” orange. It is also called the ‘Kona’ Orange’, as it began its life in Hawaii in Kona. It is the most widely grown orange in the world. ‘Valencia’ Oranges are very productive. The fruit is delicious, seedless and make wonderful juice and are delicious fresh eating.

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    Pulasan

    ByDavid Gramann

    ~Pulasan Pulasan is closely related to rambutan. The fruit is generally sweeter than rambutan and has a berry like flavor. Instead of soft hairs like rambutan, the fruit has soft short ‘spines’. It is tropical in its requirements, growing best out of the wind with a warm moist climate.

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    Rainbow

    ByDavid Gramann

    ~ Rainbow Heliconia Heliconia wagneriana The flowers of this species are actually highly modified leaves and bracts in the shapes of a lobster claws. The bracts are somewhat variable, bright red areas cover most of the cheek and it is surrounded by pale green along the lip keel and tip with yellow areas at the…