Other April Bloomers

The following is a partial list of  flowering and fruiting plants located in Fairchild during the specified month. Plants are listed alphabetically by scientific name, the location by plot number and by common name. You may refer to the plot map at the bottom of this page.  Plot maps are also located at the Visitors Center at the entrance to Fairchild. 

 

Arboretum

 

  Acacia tortuosa    3a

  Acanthus sp.    44, 50

  Ardisia revoluta    45

  Barleria cristata    Philippine violet    5, 43

  Barleria oenotheroides    49

  Begonia spp.    49, 50

  Bombax ceiba    red silk cotton tree    35

  Bravaisia berlandieriana    43

  Brunfelsia spp.    5, 25, 27, 52

  Brownea capitella    22

  Calliandra haematocephala    red powder puff    50

  Cananga odorata    ylang ylang    17

  Cochlospermum vitifolium    buttercup tree    26

  Crotalaria sp.    5

  Dombeya cultivars    35

  Euphorbia punicea    flame of Jamaica    41c, 50

  Garcinia spicata    gamboge tree    49

  Guaiacum officinale    lignum vitae    34

  Guaiacum sanctum   lignum vitae   34, 37 

  Hibiscus spp.    33

  Jatropha integirrima    peregrina    41

  Kopsia spp.    47, 50

  Macaranga grandifolia    coral tree    22

  Oncoba spinosa    fried egg tree    52

  Pachira aquatica    Guiana-chestnut    18

  Pseudobombax ellipticum    shaving brush tree    26

  Rondeletia leucophylla    49

  Senna polyphylla    desert senna     52

  Stemmadenia litoralis    47

  Tournefortia staminea    43

  Whitfieldia sp.    50

  Wigandia urens    3

 

Vine Pergola

 

  Aristolochia maxima

  Begonia popenoei

  Clerodendrum spp.

  Congea tomentosa    shower of orchids

  Eranthemum pulchellum    blue sage

  Oxera pulchella

  Petrea volubilis    queen's wreath

  Pyrostegia venusta    flame vine

  Schlegelia parasitica

  Securidaca diversifolia    Easter flower

  Solandra maxima    golden chalice vine

  Stigmaphyllon sagraeanum

  Strongylodon macrobotrys    jade vine

  Tecomanthe dendrophila    New Guinea trumpet creeper

  

Conservatory

 

  Calathea warscewiczii

  Calathea burle-marxii 'Ice Blue'

  Cochliostema odoratissimum

  Epiphytic Orchids & Bromeliads throughout

  Freycinetia cumingiana

  Scutellaria costaricana

  Tapeinochilos ananassae    pineapple ginger 

 

Lisa  D.  Anness  Butterfly  Garden

Plot 19b

  

  Aloysia virgata    sweet almond bush

  Galactia striata

  Odontonema callistachyum

  Pentas lanceolata    Egyptian starclusters

  Ruellia succulenta    thickleaf wild petunia

  Senna spp.  

  Sophora tomentosa    necklace pod

 

Lowlands

 

 

  Acacia pinetorum    pineland Acacia    176

  Borrichia arborescens    sea ox-eye    199

  Byrsonima lucida    locust-berry    191

  Croton linearis    pineland croton   176

  Dodonea viscosa    varnish leaf    176, 195

  Flaveria linearis    yellowtop    199

  Guaiacum officinale    lignum vitae    99c

  Tabebuia caraiba    silver trumpet tree    192

  Zanthoxylum coriaceum    prickly ash    194

  

Lin Lougheed Spiny Forest of Madagascar

Plot 31

 

 

  Euphorbia milii    crown of thorns

  Euphorbia viguieri

  Pachypodium spp.

  Uncarina grandidieri    mouse trap tree

  Uncarina roeoesliana

 

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