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Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: June 11, 2012
Caption: A recent rescue for 62 cents from a big box store plant bargain table! It will perform as a perennial in my climate (Zone 8b/9a) if the winters are not too severe and if some winter protection is provided.
Photo location: Jacksonville, Florida Zone 8b/9a
Date of photo: 2006-12-03

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: May 3, 2012
Caption: Blooms in my area from early May through June
Photo location: Jacksonville, Florida Zone 8b/9a
Date of photo: 2006-12-31

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: May 3, 2012
Caption: Tiny white pendant flowers -- look like a bridal bouquet for Titania in her marriage to Oberon (e.g. MSND)
Photo location: Jacksonville, Florida Zone 8b/9a
Date of photo: 2006-12-31

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: May 2, 2012
Caption: Grows very quickly to cover a large area from a single stem!
Photo location: Jacksonville, Florida Zone 8b/9a
Date of photo: 2006-11-29

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: April 9, 2012

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: April 3, 2012
Caption: Spring flowering only, but puts on quite a show when in bloom!
Photo location: North Shore area of Jacksonville, Florida 32208, Zone 8b/9a
Date of photo: 2006-12-03

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: April 3, 2012
Caption: Spring flowering only, but always a welcome treat each year.
Photo location: North Shore area of Jacksonville, Florida 32208, Zone 8b/9a
Date of photo: 2012-04-02

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: March 2, 2012
Caption: Rosa laevigata (Cherokee Rose) is not native to the U.S., but is widely naturalized. Folklore I've come across suggests it was imported by the colonists to keep deer out of their gardens. The rose grows so tall that deer (supposedly) can't jump it, and
Photo location: North Shore area of Jacksonville, Florida
Date of photo: 2006-12-18

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: March 2, 2012
Caption: Only after killing a few of these did I learn that they prefer wet feet (pot sitting in shallow water) in partial shade. I have managed to keep this one alive for several years.
Photo location: North Shore area of Jacksonville, Florida
Date of photo: 2006-11-29

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: March 2, 2012
Caption: P. tankervilliae are frost/freeze sensitive, but the emerging flower stalks can be protected in winter by capping a 55-gal plastic garbage can over the plant and include some mini-light strings for additional warmth. Freeze damaged leaves are shown in th
Photo location: North Shore area of Jacksonville, Florida
Date of photo: 2006-12-02

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: February 23, 2012
Caption: Recently purchased from Wal-Mart garden center for about $4! Nice find!
Photo location: North Shore area, Jacksonville, Florida
Date of photo: 2012-02-20