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Winter is the time to prune many plants in the garden. Climbing roses, tree roses, are good examples that need pruning to produce healthier plants, stronger growth and flowering, elimination of diseased or damaged canes, [...]

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes

Nepenthes, popularly known as tropical pitcher plants, are a genus of carnivorous plants that grow in wet habitats in the tropical areas of the world, especially in the steamy jungles of Southeast Asia. It is [...]

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Genus: Aloe
It is a genus of about four hundred species of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as aloe vera. It is native to Africa, particularly in South Africa’s Cape Province, the mountains of tropical Africa, and neighboring areas such as Madagascar, [...]

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Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Magnoliaceae
Genus: Magnolia
In 1703 Charles Plumier described a flowering tree from the island of Martinique and gave the species, the genus name Magnolia, after Pierre Magnol, who was director of the botanical garden at Montpellier, France.  Magnolia is a popular ornamental and shade tree, [...]