Nemesia

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Nemesia

a genus of herbaceous, usually annual plants of the family Scrophulariaceae; less frequently, the plants are subshrubs. The leaves are opposite and entire. The flowers are in racemose or corymbiform inflorescences; rarely are they solitary. The corolla has a bilabiate blade and a short tubule, which is widened into a sac or elongated into a spur. There are four stamens. The fruit is a capsule. There are more than 50 species, found in southern Africa. Some annual species, such as Nemesia strumosa and N. versicolor, are ornamentals. Hybrid forms and varieties with variously colored large flowers are most often cultivated. They are used as borders, in rock gardens, and for cuttings.

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The white Nemesia Sweet Lady was the longest flowering of three highly scented varieties and still looked good in September.

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The white Nemesia 'Sweet Lady'' was the longest flowering of three highly scented varieties and still looked good in September.

Plants that will be blooming perfect

The white Nemesia 'Sweet Lady' was the longest flowering of three highly scented varieties and still looked good in September.

Patio plants for colour infusion; Summer pots should be a riot of colour, ideally with flowers that bloom into autumn. HANNAH STEPHENSON looks at trials of new patio plants to find out which will be worth growing this year

The white Nemesia "Sweet Lady" was the longest flowering of three highly scented varieties and still looked good in September.

Going potty on the patio; Hannah Stephenson looks at trials of new patio plants to find out which will be worth growing this year

Expert tip: Fill a basket with orange nemesia, nasturtium and million bells to decorate an area you want to be energised and playful.

GET THE HANG..OF BASKETS; For budget baskets get ahead of the summer season and start plants from seeds or plugs now so that you have magnificent displays ready for putting outdoors in late May..

Nemesia Magbuhat was born in 1937 in the city of Batangas (123 kilometers or 77 miles south of Manila), Philippines (Philippine Convention and Visitors Corporation, n.

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By the 1960s nursery owners caught on to the English garden game and began their annual production of climatically unsuitable European seasonal bedding plants such as pansies and antirrhinums, adding petunias, nemesia, violas, stocks, bulbs and other species as the years progressed.

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tide pool life," says Nemesia Herzstein, aquarium education specialist

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Late March is an ideal time to make sowings of a host of half-hardy annuals and perennials such as petunia, nemesia, salvia, lobelia, aster, gazania and dahlia.

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First Vice President of Congress Nemesia Achacollo Tola, Bolivia; Senator Marta Lucia Ramirez, Colombia; Congresswoman Dayana Martinez Burke, Honduras; Beatriz Paredes, President, Partido Revolucionario Independiente (PRI), Mexico; Dame Billie Miller, Senior Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Barbados; Senator Maria Antonieta Saa, Chile; Congresswoman Olga Ferreira de Lopez, Paraguay; and Epsy Campbell Barr, President, Partido Accion Ciudadana (PAC), Costa Rica, were among the participants.

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Nemesia, also multicolored, rivals toadflax for charm, but tends to disappear when summer comes.