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Acanthus spinosus

Bear's Breeches, Spiny Bear's Breech, Spiny Bear's Breeches

Acanthus spinosus

Acanthus spinosus

Acanthus spinosus

Acanthus spinosus

Acanthus spinosus

Acanthus spinosus

Acanthus spinosus

Acanthus spinosus

Acanthus spinosus

Acanthus spinosus

Acanthus spinosus

Acanthus spinosus

Agave

Agave, Century Plant

Queen Victoria's agave form

Queen Victoria's agave form

Flowers close up

Flowers close up

7 Cultivars/Varieties

Agave salmiana

Century Plant, Pulque Agave

Agave salmiana form

Agave salmiana form

Agave salmiana form

Agave salmiana form

Agave salmiana form

Agave salmiana form

'Green Giant' form

'Green Giant' form

Berberis x aquisargentii

Hybrid Berberis

Flower and Leaves

Flower and Leaves

Cirsium discolor

Field Thistle

Multiple flower heads and a pollinator

Multiple flower heads and a pollinator

Underside of leaf

Underside of leaf

Cirsium horridulum

Bristle Thistle, Bull Thistle, Horrid Thistle, Purple Thistle, Spiny Thistle, Yellow Thistle

Cirsium horridulum

Cirsium horridulum

Cirsium horridulum

Cirsium horridulum

Cream Colored Flower

Cream Colored Flower

Gold Colored Flower

Gold Colored Flower

cirsium horridulum

cirsium horridulum

bud with spines

bud with spines

1 Cultivar/Variety

Cryptanthus bivittatus

Dwarf Rose-Stripe Star, Earth Star, Earth Star Bromeliad, Green earth star, Pink Starlite, Red Star Bromeliad, Starfish plant, Star Plant, Vary-leaf star

Cryptanthus bivittatus

Cryptanthus bivittatus

Cryptanthus bivittatus

Cryptanthus bivittatus

Cryptanthus bivittatus

Cryptanthus bivittatus

Cryptanthus bivittatus

Cryptanthus bivittatus

2 Cultivars/Varieties

Eremurus stenophyllus subsp. stenophyllus

Desert Candle, Foxtail Lily, King's Spears, Narrow-leaved Foxtail Lily

Eryngium planum

Blue Eryngo, Blue Sea Holly, Flat Sea Holly, Sea Holly, Sea Star Thistle, Star Thistle

flower, summer,

flower, summer,

rosettes of broad leaves among rocks.

rosettes of broad leaves among rocks.

rosettes of broad leaves.

rosettes of broad leaves.

Small blue flowers in round heads surrounded by blue bracts.

Small blue flowers in round heads surrounded by blue bracts.

4 Cultivars/Varieties

Eryngium yuccifolium

Beargrass, Bear's Grass, Button Eryngo, Button snake-root, Rattlesnake Master

Eryngium yuccifolium

Eryngium yuccifolium

Eryngium yuccifolium

Eryngium yuccifolium

Eryngium yuccifolium

Eryngium yuccifolium

Eryngium yuccifolium

Eryngium yuccifolium

Eryngium yuccifolium

Eryngium yuccifolium

2 Cultivars/Varieties

Ilex aquifolium

Christmas Holly, Common Holly, English Holly, European Holly

Ilex aquifolium

Ilex aquifolium

Ilex aquifolium

Ilex aquifolium

9 Cultivars/Varieties

Ilex Christmas Jewel® 'HL10-90'

Christmas Jewel, Christmas Jewel Holly

Ilex x 'Christmas Jewel' Fruit and Leaf

Ilex x 'Christmas Jewel' Fruit and Leaf

Ilex 'Nellie R. Stevens'

Nellie R. Stevens Holly, Nellie Stevens Holly, Often misspelled as "Nelly", Often Misspelled as "Stephens"

Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'

Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'

Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'

Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'

Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'

Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'

Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'

Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'

Ilex x Nellie R Stevens

Ilex x Nellie R Stevens

Ilex x Nellie R Stevens

Ilex x Nellie R Stevens

Ilex Oakland™ 'Magland'

Holly

Full Form of plant

Full Form of plant

A bushier Form of the plant

A bushier Form of the plant

Phoenix acaulis

Dwarf Date Palm, Stemless Date Palm

A small, solitary, pinnate-leaved palm growing among grasses.

A small, solitary, pinnate-leaved palm growing among grasses.

A small, solitary, pinnate-leaved palm growing in a garden.

A small, solitary, pinnate-leaved palm growing in a garden.

Rhapidophyllum hystrix

Needle Palm, Porcupine Palm

A shrub forming a mound of palmate leaves.

A shrub forming a mound of palmate leaves.

Color illustrations of the technical details of this species.

Color illustrations of the technical details of this species.

A shrub forming a mound of palmate leaves.

A shrub forming a mound of palmate leaves.

Palmate leaves on a long, slender petioles.

Palmate leaves on a long, slender petioles.

Leaf bases with long, erect, black needle-like spines.

Leaf bases with long, erect, black needle-like spines.

Cluster of small, white flowers among needle-like spines.

Cluster of small, white flowers among needle-like spines.

Zamia integrifolia

Coontie, Florida Arrowroot

Zamia integrifolia

Zamia integrifolia

Zamia integrifolia

Zamia integrifolia

Zamia integrifolia`

Zamia integrifolia`

Zamia integrifolia

Zamia integrifolia

Zamia integrifolia

Zamia integrifolia

Zamia integrifolia

Zamia integrifolia