Sunday, September 30, 2007

HINTS - Number 15 Set 3

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Family: Verbeneceae

Small deciduous shrub, size group 4, with straight, dense, long branches.

Uses: foundation, massing, bank planting

Fruit: small, striking purple, axillary fruit clusters late summer

Cultivar: 'Issai' developed at Brookside Gardens

Leaf:
simple
opposite
serrate in center, entire at apex and base
Dark green above
Pale green below
Purple/red petiole

Stem:
Green beneath (no sun)
Purple above

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