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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. Our specimen has managed to survive the two strongest freezes Texas has thrown at us, including the megafreeze of 2021. After each, it returned tentatively later in spring, but eventually regained its vigor and stature.
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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 in mid-March after 2018 freeze |
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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