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SO MANY FACES and so many choices…

hey flower in pots on stoeps, in pockets between the rocks of a rock garden, grow on dry pavements in windy coastal gardens, have pride of place in containers on modern rooftop gardens, and are often part of mixed plantings in sunny borders. They are not the nerds of the succulent world which are planted to fill space. They earn their presence with their beautiful pendant bell flowers produced in clusters at the tips of their stems. The flower petals are

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