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are misting and pebble trays, which are shallow trays covered with pebbles and filled with water that evaporates to increase humidity. Other methods of...

many are picked by hand to be able to better select them, as they do not all ripen at the same time. They are sometimes shaken off the tree onto mats,...

Cucurbitaceae along with melons, cucumbers and squash. In the most common variety, the fruit is roughly pear shaped, somewhat flattened and with coarse wrinkles...

fully hardy in all areas of Britain and may require protection in severe winters. When dormant it is reliably hardy to about -5°c, with occasional lows...

palm reaching heights of 25 m ft with a trunk up to 1.3 m ft in diameter at the base, often thicker higher up, and with smooth bark. The 3 - 5 m leaves...

leaves have a strongly serrated margin, a cordate base and an acuminate tip with a terminal leaf tooth longer than adjacent laterals. It bears small greenish...

When grown for fibre, it requires a mild temperate climate with at least 67cm annual rainfall, with abundant rain whilst the seeds are germinating and until...

rainfall with a dormant dry season. Their native range is Africa, Southeastern Asia and parts of Malaysia, but they are now widely cultivated. All parts of...

climates worldwide. Species are native to tropical and subtropical regions of all continents in addition to the South West Pacific and Australasia. Sorghum...

moisture-retentive soil. It can also be grown epiphytically, as, for example, with moss around its roots and wired to rough bark. There aren't too many serious...

flowering), with all plants in the population flowering simultaneously. The longest mass flowering interval known is 130 years, and is found for all the species...

widely distributed members of the genus. Most of these plants have woody stems with prickles like roses; spines, bristles, and gland-tipped hairs are also common...

freshly cut stalks will be firm and glossy. In warm climates, rhubarb will grow all year round, but in colder climates the parts of the plant above the ground...

grows to 120-150 cm tall, with slender branched stems. The leaves are lanceolate, 2-8 cm long and 2-10 mm broad, glossy green, with an entire margin. The flowers...

Gerbera species bear a large capitulum with striking, two-lipped ray florets in yellow, orange, white, pink or red colours. The capitulum, which has the...

Roystonea oleracea, sometimes known as the Caribbean Royal Palm,[citation needed] palmiste, Imperial palm[citation needed] or cabbage palm, is a species...

be either dense or open and lax; each flower is small, 3–10 mm diameter, with five white or pink petals. Gypsophilas are often grown as ornamental plants...

often in heavy demand from farmers with clover pastures. Farmers enjoy the benefits of increased reseeding that occurs with increased bee activity, which means...

which freely visit the flowers for both nectar and pollen); all are self-sterile, and (with the exception of a few specially developed cultivars) self-pollination...

wildflower gardening) during the 1980s. A putative hybrid with aster, known as x Solidaster is less unruly, with pale yellow flowers, equally suitable for dried...