Search Results for "Acanthus spinosus"

Acanthus mollis 'Hollard's Gold' (Bear's breeches 'Hollard's Gold')

Other names: Bear's breech 'Hollard's Gold', Acanthus mollis 'Fielding Gold', Acanthus mollis 'Feilding Gold', Golden bear's breeches

'Hollard's Gold' is a clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with glossy, deeply lobed, yellow-green leaves, brighter yellow when young, and, in summer, tall, erect racemes of white flowers with dusky purple bracts.
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1.2m max. spread

1m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Strobilanthes wallichii (Kashmir acanthus)

Other names: Hardy Persian shield, Wild petunia, Kandali, Cane head, Wallich's conehead, Pteracanthus alatus, Ruellia alata, Goldfussia thomsonii, Strobilanthes atropurpurea, Strobilanthes alata, Strobilanthes atropurpureus

S. wallichii is a tender, upright, branching, evergreen subshrub with oval, toothed leaves and spike of tubular, purple to violet-blue flowers from summer into autumn.
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0.6m max. spread

1.2m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Acanthus 'Morning's Candle' (Bear's breeches 'Morning's Candle')

Other names: Acanthus 'Morning Candle', Bear's breech 'Morning's Candle'

'Morning's Candle' is a clump-forming, semi-evergreen to evergreen perennial with glossy, deeply lobed, dark green leaves and, in summer, tall, erect racemes of hooded, white flowers with spiny, purple to purple-pink bracts.
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0.7m max. spread

0.8m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Rhaphithamnus spinosus (Prickly myrtle)

Other names: Repu, Volkameria spinosus, Arrayán macho , Huayún, Arrayán de espino, Spiny arrayan, Rhaphithamnus cyanocarpum

R. spinosus is a branching, spiny, evergreen shrub or small tree with whorled, glossy, dark green leaves, purple-flushed in autumn and winter, and tubular, pale purple flowers from mid-spring to early summer followed by round, dark purple, edible fruit.
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5m max. spread

7m max. height

10-20 years to maturity

Orostachys spinosa (Spiny pennywort )

Other names: Sedum spinsoum, Dunce's cap, Chinese dunce cap, Cotyledon spinosa, Crassula spinosa, Sempervivum cuspidatum, Umbilicus spinosus, Orostachys erubescens

O. spinosa is a slow-growing, rosette-forming, succulent, monocarpic, evergreen perennial with narrowly oblong, spiny-tipped, grey-green leaves and, in summer, dense racemes of star-shaped, yellow or white flowers with prominent, yellow stamens.
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0.3m max. spread

0.15m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii (Wright's desert honeysuckle)

Other names: Wright's Texas firecracker, Wright's Mexican flame, Mexican flame, Hummingbird bush, Flame acanthus, Wright acanthus, Anisacanthus wrightii, Drejera wrightii, Wright's hummingbird bush

A. quadrifidus var. wrightii is an upright, open, deciduous shrub with lance-shaped, grey-green leaves and racemes of slender, tubular, scarlet to orange-red flowers from early summer into autumn.
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1.5m max. spread

1.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity