Think You Can Identify This Plant? No. 28 – December 2007

If you jazz the genus and coinage of this month ’s mystery story plant , you could win a free twelvemonth ’s subscription to Fine horticulture . If you ’re already a ratifier , we ’ll add together a year onto your subscription .

Email usyour entrance by December 31 , 2007 with “ Mystery Plant # 28 – December ” in the capable line . Along with your guess , please include your mailing address and your telephone number . The achiever will be chosen at random from all right entry .

Last month ’s mystery plant was resplendency bush , also known as Brazilian wanderer blossom ( Tibouchina urvilleana , USDA Hardiness Zones 9 - 11 ) . This stamp bush grows to 20 feet tall and 10 foot wide in warm climates , and opt full sun and moist , fertile soil . It is popular as a specimen or mingler in containers in cooler climates and can be brought indoors during the wintertime month . Fuzzy , silvern greenish parting are the utter backdrop for glory bush ’s stunning , regal purple prime that are up to 2 in wide . Suzanne Cresie of Baton Rouge , Louisiana was chosen at random from all correct incoming to incur a gratis one - yr subscription to Fine Gardening . Congratulations , Suzanne !

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