Now, the Plant Provocateur is a Prince fan from way back. If his royal badness were to be a plant I think he’d be Strobilanthus dyerianus otherwise known as Persian Shield. This passionately purple plant comes from the mystical land…
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Monthly Archives: September 2012
If Prince Were A Plant…
Trippin’ On Tigers With A Purple Passion
Can you stand it?! This is some serious plant glam coming at you. May I introduce Passiflora ‘Purple Tiger’. One of the most incredible blossoms I have ever seen. Look closer. It’s like some trippy sea anemone or better yet…
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Strange Fruit
Sometimes plants have a funny way of surprising you. One minute they’re just growing along, doing their thing and suddenly time stops. Everything is in its right place. So right in fact that something you don’t often see appears right…
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Posted in Inspiration, Plants
Once You Go Black…
Once you go black you can never go back! The ultimate in my collection of recent cool finds. May I introduce to you Aechmea ‘Prieto’ (pronounced ‘eek-mee-uh’). Aechmeas are bromeliads and a relative of the pineapple. They come to us…
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Posted in Plants
R U A Nymph-O-Maniac?
Did the post title get your attention? A little saucy isn’t it? It’s not called The Plant Provocateur for nothin’. Now let’s unplug, unwind, and spend a little time down by the water. I am so entranced by water lilies…
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