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Plants beginning with 'N'
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Neomarica
gracilis -- Walking Iris, Apostle Flower -- An outrageous
member of the Iris family; one ofthose known as Walking Iris because,
once the flower has faded, the heavy seed pod bends to the ground and
starts a new plant. About that flower: three bright white petals pop open
to reveal their inner segments of electric blue and yellow. The 2"
flower is on a pendulous stem that will reach 3' in length, drooping down
and away from rigid, shiny, 2x3' sword-shaped leaves. Zone 9 or adapts
well to indoor culture, either as a houseplant on in a cool greenhouse.
Rumor has it that its spring bloom in in sync with the lunar phases, but
we haven't kept track of this, as it is hard to see the flower at night.
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Nerine
var ex New Zealand-- Diamond Lily -- The bulb sits mostly
atop the soil looking dead during the summer; then in the fall a flower
stem emerges, developing several pink trumpet flowers on 12-15" stalks.
It's only after the flower that the broad, straplike leaves appear (except
on young plants not large enough to flower). Zones 7-10. The bulb hails
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Nerine
filifolia -- While most Nerine species have broad, straplike
leaves, Nerine filifolia has leaves that are threadlike and grassy. The
plant is also smaller than common species, to about 8", and with
smaller flowers, so the effect is much more delicate than that of its
larger cousins. The flowers are about 1" across, light pink, and
with wavy-margined sepals, produced in autumn. The leaves on this plant
are replaced as old ones fade, so it is nearly evergreen in most climates.
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