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Gynura bicolor |
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| | Early July |
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| | A little bigger by early October |
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| Common name |
Okinawan spinach |
| Family |
asteraceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z8-10)  |
| Flowers |
yellow-orange (early fall) |
| Size |
40" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
Perennial from the Himalayas, whose main attraction is its clump of chocolaty-purple leaves steaked with green, with a tropicalesque, fleshy appearance. I wouldn't have guessed it was a composite, but sure enough, the flowers that appear above the foliage in fall are like a cross between groundsel and a dandelion. Ours is still small.
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| | Flower buds early November |
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| | Buds ready to burst |
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| | In full flower late November |
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| | After getting hit with a few mild freezes in December |
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| | New growth, mid-March |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: back fence border About my plant portraits
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March 17, 2018
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