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Davidia
• Dogwood family (Cornaceae).
• Davidia involucrata, The Pocket Handkerchief or Ghost Tree, comes from
China, and gets its name from the enormous large white bracts which surround
the flower. There is a beautiful example at the bottom of Chilean Coomb. |
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Hoheria
• Mallow family (Malvaceae).
• Hoheria sexstylosa, Ribbon Wood, is a small tree from New Zealand with
pure white flowers. Early settlers used the inner bark for rope. |
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Exochorda
• Rose family (Rosaceae).
• Exochorda x macrantha 'The Bride', is a beautiful shrub with large white
flowers. |
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Gevuina
• Protea family (Proteacae).
• Gevuina avellana, the Chilean Hazel, is a small tree from Chile with white
flowers and large red cherry-like fruit. |
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Corylopsis
• Witch Hazel family (Hamamelidaceae).
•These are beautiful deciduous shrubs from China and Japan with fragrant
pale yellow pendulous flowers appearing just before the leaves.
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Echium
• Borage family (Boraginaceae).
•The spectacular Echium pininana sends up a 2-3m spike of densely-packed
mauve flowers, while Echium fastuosum has a smaller spike of beautiful blue flowers.
Both plants come from the Canary Islands. |
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Lomatia
• Protea family (Proteaceae).
• These evergreen shrubs from Australia and South America have attractive
foliage and flowers.
• Lomatia ferrugina is a magnificent foliage plant from the rain forests
of Chile, and Lomatia myricoides from Australia has white flowers similar to
Grevillea. |
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Berberis
• Berberis family (Berberidaceae).
• Berberis darwinii from Chile is one of the finest of all flowering shrubs
with bright orange flowers. |
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Puya
• Bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae).
• Puyas are native to the high Andes. They grow at higher altitude than
other bromeliads and are tolerant of high winds, drought and low temperatures.
• The flowering stems grow to 3m, and have the most striking green or blue
flower colours. |
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