The plants most valuable for outside boxes are those of drooping habit, such as lobelias, tropeolums, othonna, Kenilworth ivy, verbena (Fig. 269), sweet alyssum, and petunia. ❋ Unknown (1906)
Most astonishing are the giant groundsels, ericas and lobelias of the ecologically fragile tree heath and alpine zones. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Every few years, the lobelias have a musth year when the great majority of plants flower. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The result of that labor was in full bloom on this day: shooting stars, wild geraniums and blue lobelias dotted the landscape which is also a sanctuary for a variety of wildlife. ❋ Unknown (2009)
It protects five distinct vegetation zones, several endangered species and a very unusual cloud forest flora, which includes giant heathers, groundsels and lobelias, characterized as 'Africa's botanic big game'. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Later she thinks of him as she plants blue lobelias at their beach house. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Moreover, the giant lobelias and giant senecios have evolved and radiated relatively recently from an East African ancestor, making their presence in the Drakensberg unlikely. ❋ Unknown (2007)
I also got an Echinacea it is yellow, not pink/red and more lobelias. ❋ Magnio (2007)
They did not call for geraniums and lobelias, as did the pretty Hampstead ❋ Unknown (2004)
While the men were just the other side of its profusion of scarlet lobelias, a blue flash lit the night. ❋ Unknown (1997)
Many of the plants of the páramo, the lobelias and fuchsias, bomareas and gesneriads, have long tubular flowers pollinated by hummingbirds—which, as it turned out, was the reason that Tim was wearing a red bandanna. ❋ Wade Davis (1996)
As they left, going down the steps, Wexford paused to stroke the head of the Pensive Selima who was sitting among some dead lobelias in an urn. ❋ Rendell, Ruth, 1930- (1983)
Smiling to himself, Wexford climbed the steps to the front door, ducking his head to avoid catching it on a hanging basket full of Technicolor lobelias and fire-engine geraniums. ❋ Rendell, Ruth, 1930- (1970)
Here and there a solitary tree rose to break the gently rolling monotony of the veldt: spiny acacias, sword-leaved dragon trees, emerald-spired lobelias, and thick-fingered, poisonous spurges. ❋ Howard, Robert E. (1969)
Lilies and trumpet-flowers and lobelias and asters and dahlias and wax-plants -- they all grow wild here. ❋ Charles D. Stewart (N/A)
