Saturday, January 5, 2008

Move over, rose hips ....


Saw this curious sight at the Raulston Arboretum today: a gardenia with hips?! Looked it up and indeed, Gardenia augusta produces "narrowly ovate drupes, usually with six linear persistent calyx lobes" (Tropical Ornamentals: A Guide by W. Arthur Whistler). Nice.

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