| The shrub can grow to between 3 and 5 metres high, and about the same width | The fact that it is poisonous eye and skin contact should be avoided means that it is not often planted ornamentally |
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| These unusual attributes make the shrub valuable for landscape design | procera is an interesting plant and wrongly maligned |
The Calotropis or Felt Plant is known in Arabic as ashar.
23| Maintenance measures are necessary from time to time to improve its appearance | The Felt Plant can tolerate high salinity and requires no irrigation once established |
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| The flowers are grey on the outside and purple on the inside, in clustered axillary inflorescences |
It is an attractive plant for natural garden themes, in rock or steppe gardens, and as a specimen making a silhouette against a wall or in group planting.