Other names: Mouse melon, Mexican sour gherkin, Mexican miniature watermelon, Mexican sour cucumber, Zehneria scabra, Zehneria umbellata, Melothria heterophylla
M. scabra is a tender, twining perennial, often grown as an annual vegetable crop, with heart-shaped, lobed, dark green leaves and small, yellow flowers in late spring and early summer followed by small, oblong, dark and pale green mottled, edible, tart fruit.
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0.6m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Araucaria cunninghamii (Hoop pine)
Other names: Moreton Bay pine, Dorrigo pine, Colonial pine, Arakaria
A. cunninghamii is a tender, conical or columnar, coniferous, evergreen tree with peeling, reddish-brown bark and whorled branches bearing overlapping, scale-like, mid-green leaves, needle-like, flattened, and spirally-arranged when young. Insignificant flowers in spring are followed by cylindrical male cones and, on mature trees only, ovoid female cones.
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6m max. spread |
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50m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Pandorea jasminoides (Bower vine)
Other names: Bower plant , Bower plant of Australia , Moreton Bay trumpet jasmine, Trumpet creeper
P. jasminoides is a vigorous yet tender, twining, woody-stemmed, evergreen climber with wiry, branching stems bearing pinnate leaves divided into five to nine, ovate or lance-shaped, glossy, dark green leaflets and, from spring into summer, small panicles of tubular, white flowers with crimson throats.
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4m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Dionaea muscipula (Venus fly trap)
Other names: Venus mouse trap
D. muscipula is a variable, rosette-forming, evergreen, insectivorous perennial with hinged, rounded, trap-like, yellow-green to red leaves with marginal spines and erect stems bearing white flowers in summer.
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0.25m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Pandorea jasminoides 'Charisma' (Bower vine 'Charisma')
Other names: Bower plant 'Charisma', Bower plant of Australia 'Charisma', Moreton Bay trumpet jasmine 'Charisma', Trumpet creeper 'Charisma', Pandorea jasminoides 'Variegata', Variegated bower vine
'Charisma' is a vigorous yet tender, twining, woody-stemmed, evergreen climber with wiry, branching stems bearing pinnate leaves divided into five to nine, ovate or lance-shaped, glossy, mid- to bright green leaflets with creamy-white margins. Small panicles of tubular, white flowers with crimson throats bloom from spring into summer.
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4m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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