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Topic: Centranthus


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  Centranthus - LoveToKnow Garden
Centranthus - C. macrosiphon, a hardy Spanish annual of the Valerian order, with pretty rose-colored flowers, is useful for the rock garden or flower border.
It may be sown in September and pricked off into pots for winter for transplanting in spring, or again in the open ground in March and April, the seedlings being thinned out about 1 foot apart.
Red Valerian (Centranthus Ruber) - A handsome, hardy border plant from the Mediteranean, and an old inhabitant of gardens, often also naturalised.
garden.lovetoknow.com /wiki/Centranthus   (138 words)

  
 Centranthus ruber 'Coccineus' (Jupiter’s Beard): High Country Gardens
Centranthus ruber 'Coccineus' (Jupiter’s Beard): High Country Gardens
This is such a versatile plant, being equally at home in both the xeric garden and traditional perennial border.
Gardeners who purchased Centranthus ruber 'Coccineus' also purchased:
www.highcountrygardens.com /catalog/product/31655   (165 words)

  
  * Centranthus - (Plants): Definition
Centranthus - C. macrosiphon, a hardy Spanish annual of the Valerian order, with pretty rose-colored flowers, is useful for the rock garden or flower border...
Perennial plant Centranthus ruber in the Valerianaceae family, native to the Mediterranean region.
The red valerian, or Jupiter's-beard (Centranthus ruber), and the African valerian (Fedia cornucopiae) are among other ornamental species native to the Old World...
www.mimihu.com /plants/centranthus.html   (210 words)

  
 Centranthus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Centranthus thrives in full sun and well drained, alkaline soil.
A sprinkling of lime around the base of the plant in early spring and again in the fall is beneficial.
Centranthus offers a bright accent when planted in or beside sunny stone walls.
www.williams-nursery.com /centranthus.htm   (213 words)

  
 PlantFiles: Detailed information on Jupiter's Beard, Keys to Heaven, Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber)
Centranthus grows wild all over the San Francisco Bay area.
Centranthus ruber is NOT "too invasive" in the Reno-Sparks, NV region.
It does reseed moderately, and spreads a little, but it's nothing that can't be controlled by a quick tug on plants that emerge where they shouldn't.
plantsdatabase.com /go/136/index.html   (972 words)

  
 Red valerian, Milamores, Herba de Sant Jordi, - Centranthus ruber
Red valerian, Milamores, Herba de Sant Jordi, - Centranthus ruber
Centranthus ruber (L.) DC - Herba de Sant Jordi.
Centranthus ruber (L.) DC - Milamores, hierba de San Jorge.
www.botanical-online.com /fotoscentranthusruber.htm   (186 words)

  
 Centranthus ruber : Jupiter's beard
Centranthus ruber is very invasive and seeds itself aggressively.
But it flowers for months and months and needs no care, not even watering, and the flowers are quite pretty.
Just be prepared to uproot it when it shows up where you don't want it.
www.hortiplex.com /plants/p1/gw1008923.html   (63 words)

  
 Perennials - Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian, Jupiter's Beard, Keys-of-Heaven, Fox's Brush)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian, Jupiter's Beard, Keys-of-Heaven, Fox's Brush)
Easy to grow and long-flowering, this perennial is available in deep reddish pink and also in white varieties; blooms right up until the first frost.
Red Valerian is tolerant of drought conditions and thrives in poor soil, but growth will be more compact.
www.dulley.com /plant/p081.shtml   (104 words)

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