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Shortlist here and send quantities with the schedule. \u003ca href=\"\/en-ae\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eSend the plant schedule\u003c\/a\u003e and Ornatec will confirm availability, sizes, origin and the export pathway for the project.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"myoporum-parvifolium","title":"Myoporum parvifolium - Creeping Boobialla","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eMyoporum parvifolium\u003c\/strong\u003e, or Creeping Boobialla, is a hardy, fast-growing evergreen groundcover native to Australia. Known for its dense, low-growing habit and fine, bright green foliage, it forms a lush mat that suppresses weeds and stabilises soil. In spring and summer, small, star-shaped white to pale pink flowers add seasonal charm. 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Recognised as the national flower of Kuwait, it is a key species in desert ecosystems. Arfaj features small, silvery-green leaves and bright yellow, daisy-like flowers that bloom profusely in spring following rainfall. 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Known for its erect, branching stems, narrow green leaves, and small, star-shaped cream or pale green flowers, this plant thrives in harsh, rocky environments. 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It is prized for its silvery-grey, aromatic foliage and clusters of small, tubular lavender to pale purple flowers, which bloom in spring and early summer. 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It carries thick, rounded, leathery grey-green leaves and large, short-lived white flowers with a spectacular brush of long pink to purple stamens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt roots into rock crevices and cascades over the face, which makes it unusually useful on retaining walls, rock cuttings and steep embankments. 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Large, leathery, dark green paddle-shaped leaves form a basal rosette, above which broad flat sprays of deep violet-purple papery bracts are held on branched stems through much of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flower colour is unusually strong and unusually long-lasting, since the papery bracts persist long after the true flowers have gone. 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