11.   The flowers will last longer in the cooler air, too.

12.   The fresh flowers last long in bouquets.

13.   The shiny green leaves turn strawberry tints, then bronze-red in fall, while the cobalt blue flowers last from late summer until frost.

14.   Their flowers will last more than a month.

15.   With all the varieties avaiable, no one has come up with one whose flowers will last more than a day.

16.   Calliandra haematocephala is widely cultivated in Hawaii as the red pompom flowers are widely used for their colourful leis as the flowers last much longer than most other blooms.