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- noun Plural form of
subshrub .
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They are subshrubs or herbaceous, and have slender trailing stems 1-2 m long but not growing more than 20-70 cm above ground; the stems frequently take root where they touch the ground, enabling the plant to spread widely.
VINCA MINOR ALBA FOR ELEGANCE Pooky 2009
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Dry grasslands are characterized by several macro-herbaceous species from the genus Stipa, Lygeum spartum, and subshrubs such as Artemisia herba-alba.
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Both could make a feature plant in a sunny border with other Mediterranean silver-leaved subshrubs with contrasting flowers.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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