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Rosa nutkana

The Nootka rose (Rosa nutkana) is a species of rose in the classified section Cinnamomeae, originally from the North-West Pacific, North America (straddling the U.S. and Canada). It takes its name from the Native American tribe of the Nootka. It is part of the section Cinnamomeæ (as Rosa rugosa), It is a bit dense bush, dark green leaves 5-9 toothed leaflets. The flowers are pink, rather large, appear in June and followed by large red fruit and round. This plant protocarnivore able to trap and kill insects, but unable to digest or assimilate their nutrients. Source: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_nutkana See Also: sending flowers, online florist ... read more

The Silky dogwood

The Silky dogwood (Cornus sericea L., Syn: C. stolonifera Michx.) (= Sericeus silky = ausläufertreibend stolonifera), also white dogwood and shoot Ender called Dogwood, is a species of the genus dogwood (Cornus) in the family Dogwood (Cornaceae). It is often the Tatar dogwood (Cornus alba), also White Dogwood (alba = white) is called equivalent, which he sees outwardly very similar, from which he, however, by the shape and size of his casts, and by his It is a shrub that reaches the height of one to four meters. Its branches are spread out to arched overhang, where they touch the ground, they can form roots. From the roots of driving numerous offshoots, so that there are at appropriate locations quickly extensive thickets. The young twigs are dark red, older branches gray-green color slowly. The red coloration is most intense in winter. The pith is wide and white. The leaves are five to 14 (to 20) inches long, opposite, upper surface dull green, undersid... read more

Kalmiopsis

Kalmiopsis (Kalmiopsis leachiana) is a rare flowering plant, endemic to the Siskiyou Mountains in southwestern Oregon, where it is specially protected in the reserve Kalmiopsis Wilderness of 72 800 ha. It is related to the family Ericaceae Kalmia. It is an evergreen shrub growing to 10-30 cm high, with erect stems with leaves spirally arranged, simple 2-3 cm in length and 1 cm wide. The flowers are pink-purple, in clusters of 6-9 together, reminiscent of small flowers of Rhododendron, with a five-star calyx united petals, each flower 1.5-2 cm in diameter. The fruit is a five lobed capsule containing numerous seeds. Source: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmiopsis See Also: International Flower Delivery, Florist ... read more