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Peony. There are thousands of varieties of this spring blooming perennial. It’s large, showy flowers produce the most blooms when grown in full sunlight, at least 6 to 8 hours a day.
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The original plant was a vigorous specimen reaching 3 by 3 m (9.8 by 9.8 ft) and producing 100 to 120 flowerheads each year. It is named for its large dome-shaped cardinal red flowerheads, which bear 210 individual flowers and are surrounded by two rows of dark red bracts. These blooms have long vase life. [37]
The native form is usually less than 500 mm (20 in) tall, with long green leaves (140-450 x 60–190 mm), pleated. Flowers 15–20 mm, November to March in Queensland, normally yellow on a spike with pink, red, mauve or green bracts. [4] Occasionally a white form is found in the wild - see accompanying photograph.
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It is bushy and flowers are much paler than the regular orange or red forms. [48] Banksia ericifolia 'Limelight', registered with Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (ACRA) in 1987, is a large plant to 5 m (16 ft) with bright lime green foliage and orange blossoms. It is seldom seen due to the current focus on smaller forms for smaller ...
It gets a ring of pretty hot pink flowers in spring if it receives cooler temperatures (45 to 55 degrees) in winter. Water when mostly dry. Clive Nichols - Getty Images
They can be 10–20 centimetres (3.9–7.9 in) long and 15 centimetres (5.9 in) wide. The leaves are coppery green with red splashes, giving them a mottled appearance. Separate male and female flowers appear on the same plant. The male flowers are in long spikes which hang downwards while the female flowers are in short spikes.