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Flowers and Plants #III (3)
Picking up where Number II (2) left off...(drum roll, please)...: marigold.
[img]http://bestsmileys.com/butterfly/3.gif[/img}
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Picking up where Number II (2) left off...(drum roll, please)...: marigold.
[img]http://bestsmileys.com/butterfly/3.gif[/img}
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nasturiums
(and ... do we do all letters like X, Q, Z?)
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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nasturiums
(and ... do we do all letters like X, Q, Z?) I defer to those more knowledgable than me, but if we use the scientific names, there are often plants with these usually troublesome letters?
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 Ornithogalum thyrsoides (common name: chincherinchee or tjienkerientjee, which comes from the sound made by the stems when rubbed together.
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Ornithogalum thyrsoides (common name: chincherinchee or tjienkerientjee, which comes from the sound made by the stems when rubbed together.
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peony
(our are now flowering - white with a few red streaks)
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Quiabentia chacoensis (a cactus plant native to the Gran Chaco in South America).
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Quiabentia chacoensis (a cactus plant native to the Gran Chaco in South America).
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Rhodedendron (hmm, spelling??)
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Rhodedendron (hmm, spelling??)
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Strawberries!!!
(I think that is the spelling for rhodendendron - interesting word / spelling!!!)
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Strawberries!!!
(I think that is the spelling for rhodendendron - interesting word / spelling!!!)
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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 Ursinia cakilefolia - a member of the daisy family, its common name is parachute flower, because the seeds fly on the slightest breeze.
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Ursinia cakilefolia - a member of the daisy family, its common name is parachute flower, because the seeds fly on the slightest breeze.
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vanilla trumpet vine ( Distinctis latifolia) 
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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vanilla trumpet vine ( Distinctis latifolia)
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wisteria
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Xerochrysum subundulatum (scentific name for the alpine/ orange everlasting); Yucca baileyi intermedia (scientific name for the Intermediate yucca); and Zamiacaulcas zamiafolia (one of two scientific names for the aroid palm, or arum fern)
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Re: Flowers and Plants #III (3)
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Xerochrysum subundulatum (scentific name for the alpine/ orange everlasting); Yucca baileyi intermedia (scientific name for the Intermediate yucca); and Zamiacaulcas zamiafolia (one of two scientific names for the aroid palm, or arum fern)
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Asparagus
Thanks JFT for the end of the alphabet!!! 
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cauliflower (a cousin to broccoli!) 
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