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. 

   

                                                                                  Plants of Interest April 2012

 

  

 

Arboretum

 

  Acacia tortuosa    3a

  Adenium arabicum    6

  Aloysia virgata    sweet almond bush    33

  Brachychiton sp. ‘Garrad’s Nursery’    33

  Bravaisia berlandieriana    43

  Brunfelsia uniflora    yesterday today & tomorrow    27

  Cochlospermum vitifolium    buttercup tree    26

  Dombeya x ‘Seminole’    35, 57a

  Euphorbia punicea    flame of Jamaica    50

  Fouqueria splendens    ocotillo    6

  Gardenia taitensis    Tahitian gardenia    33

  Gmelina arborea    snapdragon tree    51

  Gustavia superba    membrillo    39

  Ixora chinensis    24

  Jasminum sambac ‘Grand Duke of Tuscany’    19a

  Kopsia arborea    47

  Majidea zanquebarica    44

  Napoleonaea imperialis    Napoleon’s hat    45

  Neomillspaughia emarginata    25

  Parmentiera cereifera    candle tree    29

  Pereskia bleo    wax-rose    6

  Portlandia albiflora    50

  Portlandia grandiflora    25

  Portlandia proctorii    44

  Pseudobombax ellipticum    shaving brush tree    26

  Ravenia spectabilis    39

  Rondeletia leucophylla    24, 49

  Scutellaria havanensis     Havana skullcap    44

  Senna polyphylla    desert senna    51

  Stemmadenia litoralis    milky way tree    47

  Vallesia antillana    pearl berry    47

  Wigandia urens    3

 

Vine Pergola

 

  Chonemorpha fragrans

  Congea tomentosa    shower of orchids

  Derris scandens    Malay jewel vine

  Eranthemum pulchellum    blue sage

  Pyrostegia venusta    flame vine

  Quisqualis indica    Rangoon creeper

  Schlegelia parasitica

  Securidaca diversifolia    Easter flower

  Solandra maxima    golden chalice vine

  Stigmaphyllon sagraeanum

  Strongylodon macrobotrys    jade vine

  Thunbergia grandiflora    Bengal creeper

 

Conservatory

 

  Amherstia nobilis    pride of Burma

  Epiphytic Orchids & Bromeliads throughout

  Herrania umbratica   

  Scutellaria costaricana

  Tacca chantrieri    bat flower

  Tapeinochilos ananassae    pineapple ginger

  Tibouchina sp. ‘Alstonville’

  Warszewiczia coccinea

 

 

           Lisa D. Anness Butterfly Garden

Plot 19b

 

  Calotropis gigantea    giant milkweed

  Cnidoscolus aconitifolia    chaya

  Cordia globosa    butterfly sage

  Freylinia sp.

  Lantana involucrata    wild sage

  Nashia inaguensis    Moujean tea

  Odontonema callistachyum

  Pentas lanceolata    Egyptian starclusters

  Salvia coccinea    tropical sage

  Senna spp.

  Suriana maritima    bay-cedar

 

Lowlands

 

  Crateva religiosa    sacred garlic pear    169

Pineland Plot 176

  Croton linearis    pineland croton

  Heliotropium polyphyllum    pineland heliotrope

  Lantana depressa var. depressa    rockland shrub verbena

  Melochia tomentosa    teabush

  Pityopsis graminifolia    silk-grass

 

Keys Coastal Habitat

  Byrsonima lucida    locustberry

  Erithalis fruticosa    black torch

  Lantana involucrata    wild sage

 

 

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