CERATOSTIGMA griffithi
Small semi-deciduous and perennial shrub which can grow 60-80 cm tall and large at its maximum development. It’s very compact, with small and round bright green leaves, on which numerous small blue flowers stand out perfectly between summer and fall. When the first cold comes, leaves color will turn scarlet red.
CHRYSANTHEMUM frutescens (=Argyranthemum f.)
CARISSA jasminoides
CARPOBROTUS acinaciformis
Perennial succulent plant coming from South Africa, but naturalized in many coastal areas of the Mediterranean. It consists of numerous branched and prostrate stems covered with fleshy green leaves, often slightly mowed at triangular section. Large purple flowers bloom plenty from the axil of leaves in late spring. Its botanical name comes from the greek […]
CARPOBROTUS edulis
Rustic succulent, perennial, native to South Africa with ground cover and rapid growth It consists of numerous branched stems with a prostrate course, which are covered with fleshy, green, triangular section leaves, longer and more developed than those of C. acinaciformis: in width it knows no limits of development, while its height is not excessive, […]
CARYOPTERIS X clandonensis ‘Kew Blue’
Beautiful hybrid of Caryopteris clandonensis, a small perennial and deciduous bush, with a rapid growth and a thick and regular habit: at the maximum of its development, it can grow up to 1 m tall and large. Woody and branched from the base, it has numerous stems, thin and rigid, with an erect trend that […]
CASSIA candolleana (=Senna bicapsularis)
CALLISTEMON citrinus ‘Splendens’
Evergreen shrub coming from Australia. It is very popular and particularly used in the Italian gardens for its distinctive scarlet-red flowering occurring several times from spring to autumn. Inflorescences are composed by a multitude of long and red stamens looking like a toothbrush, hence the English name “bottle brush”. Once established it tolerates drought and […]
CASSIA corymbosa (=Senna corymbosa)
Beautiful semi-deciduous shrub or small tree, highly branched, which can quickly grow 3 m tall. Its leaves consist of small oval leaflets and, between summer and autumn, it will be filled with large yellow flowers, followed by an abundant production of pods containing numerous seeds.
CALLISTEMON viminalis
Evergreen shrub or small tree that can easily grow more than 3 m tall. It is characterized by long flexible and arched branches bearing small pointed green leaves and a rich spring-summer flowering composed of showy red cylindrical inflorescences, often repeated in autumn. It tolerates drought and salinity, less frosts above all if intense and […]