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Highlights of spring 2007 I

Lobivia saltensis , native ~8000' Salta, Argentina
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Flowering after one winter and despite retaining its crimson winter color.

Pittosporum illiciodes from high altitude Taiwan
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It looks like a Pieris, totally undamaged at +7F, 4days continuously below freezing

Arbutus arachnoides, from eastern Mediterranean
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Growing well after its first winter

Leptospermum lanigerum, native to Australia
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Fully evergreen after two winters, no flowers yet

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