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coprosma

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coprosma [kəˈprɒzmə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any shrub of the Australasian rubiaceous genus Coprosma: sometimes planted for ornament
[New Latin, from Greek kopros excrement + osmē smell]


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Here you might run into Canna 'Technicolor,' Coprosma 'Jim Duggan,' Convolvulus tricolor, or Tibouchina heteromalla.
Dozens of ground covers can serve as lawn substitutes: Dalea greggii (trailing indigo bush), Cotoneaster salicifolius ``Repens,'' Ceonathus griseus ``horizontalis,'' Arctotheca calendula, cape weed or Coprosma ``verde vista.
In making the journey from your car to the main garden, you are likely to encounter the following: a double-flowered pomegranate with striped petals; a multitrunked Chilopsis tashkentensis tree, which is a hybrid between the catalpa and the desert willow, with pink trumpet flowers; a green and cream variegated Coprosma kirkii ground cover; a compact version of Italian jasmine (Jasminum humile); and a mounding plant with scabiosa-type leaves and lavender, staticelike flowers.
 
 
 
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