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Touchable Plants

By Susan Morgan, HGTV.com
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  • Gesneriads, including African violets--fuzzy foliage
  • Rabbit's foot fern (Davallia fejeensis) or squirrel's foot fern (D. trichomanoides)--fuzzy rhizomes
  • Foxtail fern (Asparagus densiflorus 'Meyeri')--fine-textured fronds
  • Asparagus fern (Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengerii')--fine-textured fronds
  • Purple passion or velvet plant (Gynura aurantica)--fuzzy foliage
  • Pussy ears (Kalanchoe tomentosa)--fuzzy foliage
  • Lace velvetleaf (Kalanchoe beharensis 'Maltese Cross')--fuzzy foliage
  • String of pearls (Senecio rowleyanus)--leaves resemble strands of pearls or tiny marbles.
  • Red powder puff (Calliandra haematocephala) or pink powder puff (Calliandra schultzei)--puffball bloom
  • Trailing velvet plant (Dipteracanthus devosianus)--fuzzy foliage


    • Chenille Plant

    Lotus

    Passion Flower

    Blood Lily

    Jerusalem Sage


    Verbascum

    Mexican Feather Grass

    Magnolia

    Coast Silk-tassel

    Birchbark Cherry


    Agave

    Other touchables

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