The carnauba palm and the candelilla shrub are interesting plants that produce a useful wax. Many people are exposed to the wax via products that they buy.
Common names are confusing. There's a plant called the desert willow which isn't in the willow genus, for example, and if people refer to a plant as a sallow or an osier they may not realize that it's a willow. Chitrangada Sharanfrom New Delhi, India on May 17, 2020: Great article...
plants will flower best. You will find them among the Flowering Trees. Look for plants in the Black Diamond range, which often have ‘Ebony’ in their names, or grow almost any plant in the ‘Magic’ series. Their color is reliable even in hot zones, and they thrive in heat and ...
Also, it’s been relentlessly dry on the Cape and we have to take the “hydra” part of these shrubs’ names seriously. SO I think you’re seeing drought stress and burn from the concentrated aluminum sulfate on dry plants. If these were my shrubs I’d put a sprinkler on them and ...