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Cordyline australis, commonly known as the cabbage tree, [3] or by its Māori name of tī or tī kōuka, is a widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows up to 20 metres (66 feet) tall [ 4 ] with a stout trunk and sword-like leaves, which are clustered at the tips of the branches and can be up to 1 metre (3 feet 3 inches) long.
Cordyline fruticosa is an evergreen flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. The plant is of great cultural importance to the traditional inhabitants of the Pacific Islands and Island Southeast Asia. It is also cultivated for food, traditional medicine, and as an ornamental for its variously colored leaves.
Cordyline is a genus of about 24 species of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants in family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. The subfamily has previously been treated as a separate family Laxmanniaceae, [ 2 ] or Lomandraceae.
Foliage and fruiting panicle of Cordyline obtecta. C. obtecta is a cabbage tree up to 10 metres (33 ft) tall (generally much less), with a stout trunk 20–30 centimetres (7.9–11.8 in) in diameter. It has spreading branches covered with densely clustered stiff leaves that appear in tufts at the tips of the branches.
Tī ngahere is a sparingly-branched cabbage tree up to 4 metres (13 ft) tall. The leaves are lanceolate (somewhat paddle-shaped), up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in)long and from 40–80 millimetres (1.6–3.1 in) wide. The leaves are broad in the mid portion and droop from there. A prominent flat midrib runs the whole length of the leaf.
There are a lot of reasons your peace lily’s leaves turn brown. Most ugly leaves are caused by water issues, dry air, irregular temperature and too much fertilizer. Here’s how to spot the ...
Columnist Bill Lamont noticed that some of his trees looked like October foliage in August.
Slime flux, also known as bacterial slime or bacterial wetwood, is a bacterial disease of certain trees, primarily elm, cottonwood, poplar, boxelder, ash, aspen, fruitless mulberry and oak. A wound to the bark , caused by pruning, insects, poor branch angles or natural cracks and splits, causes sap to ooze from the wound.