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English translation: Bee brush / white brush / White bush
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| 09:59 May 15, 2009 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Science - Botany / plant/shrub | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Carmen Lapadat Romania Local time: 01:17 | ||||||
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peer agreement (net): +2Bee brush / white brush / White bush Explanation: Aloysia lycioides Bee brush or Common bee-brush or White brush or White bush Incredibly sweet-smelling white flowers come and go during the warm season, attracting butterflies and other insects that come for the nectar. A thornless, many branched, open and airy, upright evergreen shrub. Small narrow, oblong pointed leaves are dark green, crowded close to the stem. The whole plant is aromatic. Spike-like flower clusters are white and are much longer than the leaves. Bee brush is sweetly fragrant in bloom. The seed capsule splits into two sections when ripe, each containing a seed. QuickFacts Description Growth Forms: Shrub. Mature Height: 6 feet Mature Width: 8 feet Predominant Flower Color: White Flowering Seasons: Spring (mid February - April), Summer Rainy Season (July - mid September), Fall (Octover - November) Gardening Planting Zone: Transition zone Water Use: Low Exposure: Partial Shade to Full Sun Hardy to: 15° - 20° F Planting Season: Fall (October - November) Growth Rate: Fast Availability: Desert plant nurseries; botanical garden nurseries. In the Wild Habitat: Rocky areas of washes. hills, woodlands, and bluffs. Elevation: 1100 to 5000 ft. Native Range: Western Texas to southern Arizona and Mexico; South America. Landscape Use: Background Plant, Hedge, Butterfly Garden, Natural Area, Patio Area, Screen. The white flowers of bee brush are very sweetly scented and since the shrub is not prickly, it should be placed where the fragrance can be enjoyed. Loose airy branches make an informal hedge or screen. The shrub makes an excellent background plant for accent plants (yucca, agave, aloe, cactus). Planting Tips: Plant from one- or five-gallon containers at any time of the year. Bee brush can go right into native soil, although establishment is speeded up by digging the hole just slightly deeper than the container, but several times wider. Water immediately after planting. Gardening Tips: Bee brush thrives best in full sun, although it tolerates partial shade. It requires more frequent watering in the sunnier position, but overall the plant is very drought-tolerant. Water weekly the first summer, then wean to every two weeks when the worst of the heat is over, reducing to a thorough monthly watering thereafter. Prune hard in spring to thicken plants, if desired, or allow bee brush to grow naturally. This sturdy native does not need fertilizing. Problems: If bee brush grows in areas that get a lot of water, seedlings may need to be pulled. Sweet flowers are attractive to bees, so the plant is best kept away from pool and play areas. Flowers are poisonous to horses, mules, and burros, but foliage is quite safe. Attracting WildlifeWildlife Attraction: Butterflies, Nectar food plant. Wildlife Use: Fragrant flowers attract butterflies and other insects for nectar. Birds feed on small seeds. NamesFamily: Verbenaceae (Verbena Family) Scientific Name (Genus species): Aloysia lycioides Pronounced ah-LOY-see-ah lie-see-OI-dees Common Names: Bee brush, Common bee-brush, White brush, White bush Spanish Names: Vara dulce, Jazminillo Former Names: Aloysia gratissima (Gillies & Hooker) Benson, Lippia gratissima (Gillies & Hooker) Benson, Lippia lycioides Steud. Additional Example sentence(s):
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| Reference Reference information: Aloysia gratissima Syn. Aloysia lycioides, Lippia lycioides Whitebush. In Southern Spain, in Cordoba the plant is called LA FAVORITA, and we saw it in many gardens during the AGM in Carmona. This semi green, 6 to 9 inches tall, irregularly upright to rounded much branched shrub is native to South Texas and New Mexico. The leaves are linear, oblong, elliptic or lanceolate . The flowers that come in the Spring are vanilla scented, racemed. It likes good drained soils. You can grow it on a sunny wall, in espalier, as the picture in the patio or cut it round. I love it, the way it smells in the patio, it is delightful. MM Aloysia lycioides Bee brush or Common bee-brush or White brush or White bush Incredibly sweet-smelling white flowers come and go during the warm season, attracting butterflies and other insects that come for the nectar. A thornless, many branched, open and airy, upright evergreen shrub. Small narrow, oblong pointed leaves are dark green, crowded close to the stem. The whole plant is aromatic. Spike-like flower clusters are white and are much longer than the leaves. Bee brush is sweetly fragrant in bloom. The seed capsule splits into two sections when ripe, each containing a seed. QuickFacts Description Growth Forms: Shrub. Mature Height: 6 feet Mature Width: 8 feet Predominant Flower Color: White Flowering Seasons: Spring (mid February - April), Summer Rainy Season (July - mid September), Fall (Octover - November) Gardening Planting Zone: Transition zone Water Use: Low Exposure: Partial Shade to Full Sun Hardy to: 15° - 20° F Planting Season: Fall (October - November) Growth Rate: Fast Availability: Desert plant nurseries; botanical garden nurseries. In the Wild Habitat: Rocky areas of washes. hills, woodlands, and bluffs. Elevation: 1100 to 5000 ft. Native Range: Western Texas to southern Arizona and Mexico; South America. Landscape Use: Background Plant, Hedge, Butterfly Garden, Natural Area, Patio Area, Screen. The white flowers of bee brush are very sweetly scented and since the shrub is not prickly, it should be placed where the fragrance can be enjoyed. Loose airy branches make an informal hedge or screen. The shrub makes an excellent background plant for accent plants (yucca, agave, aloe, cactus). Planting Tips: Plant from one- or five-gallon containers at any time of the year. Bee brush can go right into native soil, although establishment is speeded up by digging the hole just slightly deeper than the container, but several times wider. Water immediately after planting. Gardening Tips: Bee brush thrives best in full sun, although it tolerates partial shade. It requires more frequent watering in the sunnier position, but overall the plant is very drought-tolerant. Water weekly the first summer, then wean to every two weeks when the worst of the heat is over, reducing to a thorough monthly watering thereafter. Prune hard in spring to thicken plants, if desired, or allow bee brush to grow naturally. This sturdy native does not need fertilizing. Problems: If bee brush grows in areas that get a lot of water, seedlings may need to be pulled. Sweet flowers are attractive to bees, so the plant is best kept away from pool and play areas. Flowers are poisonous to horses, mules, and burros, but foliage is quite safe. Aloysia lycioides Bee brush or Common bee-brush or White brush or White bush Incredibly sweet-smelling white flowers come and go during the warm season, attracting butterflies and other insects that come for the nectar. A thornless, many branched, open and airy, upright evergreen shrub. Small narrow, oblong pointed leaves are dark green, crowded close to the stem. The whole plant is aromatic. Spike-like flower clusters are white and are much longer than the leaves. Bee brush is sweetly fragrant in bloom. The seed capsule splits into two sections when ripe, each containing a seed. QuickFacts Description Growth Forms: Shrub. Mature Height: 6 feet Mature Width: 8 feet Predominant Flower Color: White Flowering Seasons: Spring (mid February - April), Summer Rainy Season (July - mid September), Fall (Octover - November) Gardening Planting Zone: Transition zone Water Use: Low Exposure: Partial Shade to Full Sun Hardy to: 15° - 20° F Planting Season: Fall (October - November) Growth Rate: Fast Availability: Desert plant nurseries; botanical garden nurseries. In the Wild Habitat: Rocky areas of washes. hills, woodlands, and bluffs. Elevation: 1100 to 5000 ft. Native Range: Western Texas to southern Arizona and Mexico; South America. Landscape Use: Background Plant, Hedge, Butterfly Garden, Natural Area, Patio Area, Screen. The white flowers of bee brush are very sweetly scented and since the shrub is not prickly, it should be placed where the fragrance can be enjoyed. Loose airy branches make an informal hedge or screen. The shrub makes an excellent background plant for accent plants (yucca, agave, aloe, cactus). Planting Tips: Plant from one- or five-gallon containers at any time of the year. Bee brush can go right into native soil, although establishment is speeded up by digging the hole just slightly deeper than the container, but several times wider. Water immediately after planting. Gardening Tips: Bee brush thrives best in full sun, although it tolerates partial shade. It requires more frequent watering in the sunnier position, but overall the plant is very drought-tolerant. Water weekly the first summer, then wean to every two weeks when the worst of the heat is over, reducing to a thorough monthly watering thereafter. Prune hard in spring to thicken plants, if desired, or allow bee brush to grow naturally. This sturdy native does not need fertilizing. Problems: If bee brush grows in areas that get a lot of water, seedlings may need to be pulled. Sweet flowers are attractive to bees, so the plant is best kept away from pool and play areas. Flowers are poisonous to horses, mules, and burros, but foliage is quite safe. |
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| Reference: Photograph of lippia lypioides Reference information: http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/plants.html (Carmen quotes from this, but the link hasn't come up) |
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