Ophrys are tuberous terrestrial orchids producing a basal rosette of leaves and upright flowering stems with small leaves and spikes of two to 12 flowers, the lower lip often resembling a foraging ...

A compact cormous perennial, with narrow, strap-shaped basal leaves in spring. Upright stems to 40cm high bear clusters of funnel-shaped, mid blue double flowers in early summer ...

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Rosa can be deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs or scrambling climbers, with usually thorny stems bearing compound pinnate leaves and solitary or clustered flowers. Flowers may be followed by showy red ...