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"D_Mozina" wrote:

I was given a plant for christmas by a girlfriend. I have since discovered
it to be a "Acalypha hispida", more commonly known as a "Chenille Plant".

Can't find any Aussie cultivation info on Google (it's "tender in Phoenix",
though!), but in Sydney they are more commonly called Red Hot Cat's Tails.
Ring a local nursery and see what they say.

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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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