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Old 12-11-2007, 11:57 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: Growing list of Tropicals for sale . . .

SOUTHLATROPICAL . . . . Philadendron selloum is native to northern Argentina at about the same temp zone as New Orleans. If your bananas occationally freez then you should cover the selloum. Zanadoo is a cultivar that looks good in a pot, but wwhen it gets to be 2 or 3 years old it begins to deform and get leggy and unhealthy.

Jasmine . . . From one state to another they are all called "Star Jasmine"
To add to the problem the botanical names of several have been officially changes in the last ten years. Jasmine nitida is one that has been changed, so there is no way to call them by common names. However . . .

Star Jasmine: Jasminium laurifolium / Sweet odor random flowers on a bushy plant with occational vines spreading. Easily identified by its "red bud" befor flower opening. Flowers very random in groups of few. Sweet odor.

Confederate Jasmine: Trachylospernum jasminoides / Dark green vining and climbing plant with dense clusters of tiney white stars in Spring and Summer.

Downey Jasmine: Bot. ? The only Jas with FUZZY leaves. A bushy plant with occationally spreading branches. Blooms Fall and Winter with many tiney white stars with no odor.
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