Definition of Aubretias

1. aubretia [n] - See also: aubretia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aubretias

au naturel
au naturel(p)
au pair
au pair girl
au pairs
au revoir
aua
aubade
aubades
auberge
auberges
aubergine
aubergines
aubertite
aubretia
aubretias (current term)
aubrieta
aubrietas
aubrietia
aubrietias
aubrite
aubrites
auburn
auburns
auceps
aucepses
auchenium
auction
auction block
auction bridge

Literary usage of Aubretias

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"... and its variegated form, aubretias, Hepaticas, Primroses, Cowslips, Silenc pendula, Pansies and Violets, Saxifrages, ..."

2. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"... aubretias, and many others, make excellent carpets for beds of bulbs. When the flowers appear, if they are protected from the sun by a light canvas, ..."

3. Gardening in California: Landscape and Flower by John McLaren (1908)
"Plant the beds with Wallflowers, Myosotis, Silene, Pansies, aubretias, Viola cornuta, etc., planting them as soon as convenient so that they may get ..."

4. Flower Grouping in English, Scotch & Irish Gardens by Margaret H. Waterfield (1907)
"I have seen beds and walks of Tea bushes with dwarf-growing plants under them—aubretias and Arabis, Crocuses and Scillas, or the grey greens of certain ..."

5. My Garden by Eden Phillpotts (1906)
"Saxifrages, thymes, and aubretias now help to hide my red rockery ; then a few primroses appear. My stock of these is mean, ..."

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