Ornithogalum thyrsoides


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Noun1.Ornithogalum thyrsoides - South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowers
chincherinchee, wonder flower
star-of-Bethlehem - any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers
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If you're after a cooling effect in your flowerbeds pick white chincherinche or Ornithogalum thyrsoides, the ivory-coloured Galtonia candicans and the sweetly- scented Gladioli callianthus, whose white petals bear a central maroon blotch.
Your garden: EARLY TO BED; Summer sizzlers

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