Plant list: Hrovatin exotica

Native to China and Eastern Asia and is now grown ornamentally in the United States. The berries are employed as a “yin” tonic in traditional Chinese medicine for a wide variety of conditions,...

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Acer palmatum shishigashira

Cut-Leaf Japanese Maple

This maple is native to China and Japan. Its botanical name comes from its leaves, which have 5 or more deep lobes and vaguely resemble a human hand. It is a popular bonsai subject in Japan. The bark...

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Citrus lemon

Lemon

This is a small, widely branched tree that grows 10 to 20 feet (3-6 m) high. It is thorny and evergreen and its leaves are narrow and ovate and light green. The flower buds are in pairs or single....

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Nephrolepis exaltata

Sword fern, Boston fern, Wild Boston fern

Nephrolepis exaltata has erect fronds up to 3" long and 6 wide in tufted clusters arising from underground stems called rhizomes. The individual leaflets are as much as 3 (7 cm) long and shallowly...

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