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- 2. it has a handsome, glossy compound leaves, each bearing 3 leaflets. Young leaves are fuzzy, giving them a silvery sheen. It's extremely adaptable to indoor conditions and makes an easy house plant. Pot this vine in a hanging basket to show off its beautiful trailing foliage.
- 4. They are easy to grow and can be the center of any garden, and they even grow well indoors, and they come in many shapes, colors, and sizes.
- 7. showy Mexican and Central American plant (E. pulcherrima) with tapering usually scarlet bracts that suggest petals and surround small yellow flowers.
- 8. usually grown as an annual, boasting loose clusters of slipper-shaped flowers in shades of red, orange, yellow or reddish brown. The blossoms are often spotted or blotched with contrasting color.
- 9. the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. They are native to rocky areas of Europe, the United States, Canada, and North Africa.
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- 1. also called variegated laurel, colourful-leaved plant of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) native to Malaysia and the Pacific and extensively cultivated. ... The plants are evergreen with brilliantly coloured, glossy, leathery leaves.
- 3. a glandular pubescent perennial herb (Tolmiea menziesii) of the family Saxifragaceae that is native to western North America, has young plants borne at the junction of leaf blade and petiole, and is used as a foliage plant.
- 5. the most popular varieties feature long grassy green-and-white-striped leaves. ... Spider plants are easy to grow.
- 6. They belong to the myrtle family Myrtaceae and have flowers similar to those of the tea-trees (Leptospermum).
- 8. an airy looking plant that brings a tropical feel to indoor spaces. Its low maintenance care needs make it a popular choice for homes and yards (weather permitting) everywhere.