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It is a compact shrub with an erect habit that can grow into a medium-sized tree. Its evergreen, oval leaves are dark green but crimson red when young, especially in early spring. Its flowers are small, with five petals, united in large white inflorescences. They bloom at the end of spring. It can reach a height of 5 meters and a diameter of 5 ...
Myrica cerifera is a small evergreen tree or large shrub native to North and Central America and the Caribbean. Its common names include southern wax myrtle, southern bayberry, candleberry, bayberry tree, and tallow shrub. It has uses in the garden and for candlemaking, as well as a medicinal plant.
Myrtus communis – MHNT. Myrtus (commonly called myrtle) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. It was first described by Swedish botanist Linnaeus in 1753. [2] Over 600 names have been proposed in the genus, but nearly all have either been moved to other genera or been regarded as synonyms.
G. procumbens is a small, low-growing shrub, typically reaching 10–15 cm (4–6 in) tall. The leaves are evergreen, elliptic to ovate, 2–5 cm ( –2 in) long and 1–2 cm ( – in) broad, with a distinct oil of wintergreen scent. The flowers are pendulous, with a white, sometimes pink-tinged, [3] bell-shaped corolla with five teeth at the ...
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Streptopus amplexifolius ( twistedstalk, [1] clasping twistedstalk, [1] claspleaf twistedstalk, [1] white twisted-stalk, or watermelon berry) is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, native to North America, Europe and Asia. It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 40–100 cm tall, with alternate, oblong-lanceolate leaves ...
Juniperus virginiana is a dense slow-growing coniferous evergreen tree with a conical or subcylindrical shaped crown [8] that may never become more than a bush on poor soil, but is ordinarily from 5–20 metres (16–66 feet) tall, with a short trunk 30–100 centimetres (12–39 inches) in diameter, rarely to 27 m (89 ft) in height and 170 cm ...
Callicarpa americana. Callicarpa americana, commonly called the American beautyberry, is an open-habitat, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards. American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat, thus distributing the seeds.
Physalis peruviana is a species of plant in the nightshade family ( Solanaceae) native to Chile and Peru. [2] Within that region, it is called aguaymanto, uvilla or uchuva, in addition to numerous indigenous and regional names. In English, its common names include Cape gooseberry, goldenberry and Peruvian groundcherry.
Christmasberry. Christmasberry (also Christmas berry or Christmas-berry) can refer to any one of several shrubs or small trees, as well as their colorful fruit: Ardisia crenata, native to Asia and Australia. Crossopetalum ilicifolium. Lycium carolinianum (Carolina desert-thorn, family Solanaceae), a boxthorn native to subtropical North America.