221 plants Encyclopedia

• Common name : Bush Violet, Jamaican Forget-me-not • Scientific name : Browalliaamericana • Family : Solanaceae • Native land : Tropical Latin America, from Mexico and the Caribbean, south to Peru and Brazil Browallia is a true annual flowering plant. Browallia is a bushy plant that fills the gaps in the garden with bright, […]

• Common name : Brassica Flowers, Ornamental Cabbage, Kale • Scientific name : Brassica oleracea • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : Coastal Southern and Western Europe Brassica is a herbaceous annual, biennial, or occasionally perennial with smooth, glaucous (waxy), rounded lower leaves. This genus includes the cabbages and the mustards. It is a

• Common name : Firecracker Bush/Trumpetellia/Hummingbird Flower • Scientific name : Bouvardiaternifolia • Family : Rubiaceae • Native land : Mexico and Central America Bouvardia is an evergreen flowering shrubby perennial. Bouvardia typically blooms between May and October, and can live up to 10 years. The plant grows up to 1.5 metres tall. The leaves

• Common name : Great Bougainvillea • Scientific name : Bougainvillea spectabilis • Family : Nyctaginaceae • Native land : South America from Brazil west to Peru and south to southern Argentina, South-East Asia Bougainvillea is evergreen in regions experiencing rainfall throughout the year, and deciduous where a dry season occurs. It is a thorny

• Common name : Starflower/Bee Plant/Bee Bread • Scientific name : Boragoofficinalis • Family : Boraginaceae • Native land : Mediterranean region Starflower is a flowering annual herb. Borage has blue purplish star‑shaped flowers that attract bees all summer long. It grows up to 3.3 feet tall. The stem and the leaves have hairy texture.

• Common name : Blue Flag, German Iris • Scientific name : Iris germanica • Family : Iridaceae • Native land : Southern Europe and the Mediterranean area Blue flag is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant that is found in shallow water along shorelines and in wet areas. The plants grow up to 3 feet

• Common name : Blue Fescue • Scientific name : Festucaglauca ‘Elijah Blue’ • Family : Poaceae • Native land : Europe It is an evergreen or semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial grass. It is deep sea blue in colour. Blue fescue is a lowgrowing, semi-evergreen ornamental grass noted for its finelytextured, silver-blue foliage. Foliage forms a

• Common name : Chinese Ground Orchid • Scientific name : Bletillastriata • Family : Orchidaceae • Native land : Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Myanmar and China Chinese ground orchid is a terrestrial orchid. It has thin, pleated leaves that resemble a small palm tree, and it produces about five flowers per stem. It produces small,

• Common name : Deer Fern, Hard Fern • Scientific name : Blechnumspicant • Family : Blechnaceae • Native land : Europe and Western North America Blechnum is an evergreen fern. It can grow up to 1 feet tall. It is one of the plants grown in the woodland garden. It is an adaptable fern

• Common name : Black-eyed Susan • Scientific name : Rudbeckiahirta • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : The Eastern and Central United States Black-eyed Susan, a wildflower, is categorised as an annual to a short-lived perennial across its range a flowering plant. It blooms in the first year from the seed planted in

• Common name : Black Currant • Scientific name : Ribesnigrum • Family : Grossulariaceae • Native land : Temperate parts of Central and Northern Europe and Northern Asia It is a compact, mounding, deciduous shrub which grows up to 4 feet tall. The plant produces multi-seeded black berries up to 1 cm in size,

• Common name : Black Locust • Scientific name : Robiniapseudoacacia • Family : Fabaceae • Native land : South-Eastern United States Black locust is a medium-sized tree, growing up to 50 feet in height. The leaves are pinnately compound, and the oval-shaped leaflets are always paired. It has white blooms for only 10 days

• Common name : Paper Birch • Scientific name : Betulapapyrifera • Family : Betulaceae • Native land : Cold climates of Canada and Alaska, and some parts of the Northern US states Paper birch is a slender and graceful deciduous annual tree with white bark. The bark has a chalky covering that rubs off

• Common name : Little Tree Plant • Scientific name : Biophytumsensitivum • Family : Oxalidaceae • Native land : Nepal, India and in other South-East Asian countries It is a small, sensitive flowering annual herb which looks like a miniature palm. Its leaves are sensitive. It has unbranched stems up to 30 cm in

• Common name : Queen’s Tears • Scientific name : Billbergianutans • Family : Bromeliaceae • Native land : Brazil, Venezuela, French Guiana, Lesser Antilles and Cuba Billbergia is a perennial flowering ornamental houseplant. It grows on trees and on rocks or the ground in subtropical forests. It readily forms clumps of bronze-green leaf rosettes.