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Lily of the nile
Agapanthus africanus
Spring & summer
Blue
8/11
Part sun
Good
To 2.5' (flower spike reaches 36")
Low
Slow
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Allamanda (brown bud=vine)
Allamanda
Spring, summer, fall
Yellow (some vines in other colors)
10a-11
Sun-part
Moderate
Bush to 5', dwarf to 3'
Low
Vine & bush fast, dwarf medium
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Alocasia (elephant ear variety)
Alocasia odora
10b-11
Part sun
Low
To 4'
Low
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Common name: Arboricola trinette or gold finger
Botanical name: Schefflera arboricola
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Areca Palm
Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
Spring
White
10B-11
Sun to Part sun
High
to 20 ft
Med
Med
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Azalea
Rhododendron hybrid
Spring
Many
8/10A
Part sun
Low
Varies - some to 6ft
Low
Med
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Beach/dune Sunflower
Helianthus debilis
All year
Yellow
8/10B
Sun
High
To 1.5'
High
Fast
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Begonia (wax)
Begonia semperflorens
All year
Red, pink or white
10b/11
Part sun (sun in cooler months)
Good
To 10"
Low
Slow
bronze colored plants like more sun, green plants like shade
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Bird of Paradise
Strelitzia reginae
Summer/Fall
Orange
10A/11
Part sun
High
2-4 ft
Low
Slow/med
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Bird of Paradise White
Strelitzia nicolai
Summer/fall
White
9B/11
Part sun
High
To 20 ft
Med
Slow
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Bleeding Heart
Clerodendrum thomsoniae
Summer
Red & white or Red & purple
10A-11
Part sun
Low
n/a
Low
Med
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Blue Daze
Evolvulus glomeratus
All year
Blue
10B/11
Part sun to sun
Med
To 1 ft
High
Med
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Bottle Palm
Hyophorbe langenicaulis
Summer
White
10B/11
Part sun to sun
High
To 12 ft
High
Slow
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Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea spectabilis
All year
Many
10B/11
All day sun
High
Varies
High
Med
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Bulbine
Bulbine frutescens
All year
Yellow or Orange
8/11
Part sun to sun
High
To 2 ft'
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Slow
**Has aloe-like healing qualities
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