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Aloe Succulent. Forms clumps of tapering, thick leaves. Green-grey. Green House Perennial (GHP)
Bougainvillea Woody stemmed climber. Pink, white, yellow floral bracts.
Capsicum Chile Peppers. Member of Solanaceae family.
Darlingtonia Cobra Lily. A monotypic genus confined to the western slopes of the North Rockies in California and Oregon, USA.
Dionaea Venus Fly Trap. A monotypic genus restricted to a small area of North and South Carolina in the USA.
Drosera Sundew. A genus of over 100 species of sticky-leaved perrenials (and a few annuals).
Jacaranda Deciduous tree. Fern like leaves with tiny bright green leaflets. Blue to blue-purple flowers.
Mimosa Sensitive Plant. Small shrub. Leaves close when touched.
Musa Banana plant. Some 35 species of tree like herbs.
Nepenthes Pitcher Plant. A genus of tropical vines producing a wide assortment of "urns" hanging from the leaf tips.
Olea Olive. Subtropical evergreen tree or shrub.
Pinus Pine. A tree 12-25m tall, trunk often short and commonly slightly sinuous.
Sarracenia American Pitcher. A genus of 7 spp. and several ssp. of rhizomatous perennial.
Tuberous Drosera Sundew. Species requiring completely dry dormancy in the summer, when they die back to tubers, sprouting again in the autumn.

See also Solanum tuberosum. A list of several thousand cultivated varieties of potato.