Featured Plant

Freycinetia cumingiana   - Conservatory

 

Other February 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 a plot map at the bottom of this page.  Plot maps are also located at the Visitors Center at the entrance to Fairchild. 

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Of Interest in the Garden    February 2012

 

Arboretum

 

  Acacia tortuosa    poponax    3a

  Bougainvillea cultivars    3, 14

  Brunfelsia densifolia    serpentine hill raintree    5

  Brunfelsia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora    5

  Calliandra hematocephala ‘Alba’    43

  Ceiba pentandra    kapok    43

  Clematis smilacifolia    50

  Clerodendrum quadriloculare    starburst flower    139

  Clusia lanceolata    49

  Dombeya x ‘Seminole’    35

  Euphorbia punicea    flame of Jamaica    50

  Gardenia carinata    12

  Gardenia longiterna    24

 *Holmskioldia sanguinea    Chinese hat plant    3a

  Jacquemontia pentanthos    skyblue cluster vine    12

  Jatropha chamelensis    12

 *Pavonia bahamensis    26

  Portlandia proctorii    49

  Rondeletia leucophylla    24

  Semecarpus anacardium    marking nut tree    43

  Senna polyphylla    desert senna    43, 50

  Strobilanthes cusia    49, 50

  Tournefortia staminea    43

  Triplaris cumingiana    long john    142

  Whitfieldia sp.    50

  Wigandia urens    3a

 

* Good location to see hummingbirds

 

 

Vine Pergola

 

  Aristolochia maxima

  Clerodendrum splendens

  Clerodendrum thomsoniae ‘Delectum’    bleeding heart

  Congea tomentosa    shower of orchids

  Eranthemum pulchellum    blue sage

  Pyrostegia venusta    flame vine

  Rhytidophyllum tomentosum

  Solandra maxima    golden chalice vine

  Thunbergia grandiflora   Bengal creeper

  Wagatea spicata    candy corn plant

 

 

Lin Lougheed Spiny Forest of Madagascar

Plot 31

  Aloe sinkatana

  Aloe vaombe

  Euphorbia milii var. bevilanensis

  Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri

  Pachypodium rutenbergianum

  Uncarina grandidieri    mouse trap tree

 

 

 

Lisa D. Anness Butterfly Garden

Plot 19b

 

  Asclepias curassavica    scarlet milkweed

  Aster dumosus    rice button aster

  Calliandra sp.

  Calotropis gigantea     giant milkweed

  Conoclinium coelestinum    blue mistflower

  Cordia globosa    butterfly sage

  Lantana involucrata    wild sage

  Odontonema sp.

  Pentas lanceolata    Egyptian star clusters

  Salvia coccinea    tropical sage

  Senna polyphylla    desert senna

 

 

Lowlands

  

  Tabebuia rosea    rosy trumpet tree    173

  Zanthoxylum coriaceum    prickly ash    194

  

Pineland Plot 176

  Acacia pinetorum    pineland acacia

  Bourreria cassinifolia    pineland strongbark

  Callicarpa americana    beautyberry

  Croton linearis    pineland croton

  Dodonea viscosa    varnish leaf

  Heliotropium polyphyllum    pineland heliotrope

  

Keys Coastal Habitat

  Erithalis fruticosa    blacktorch

  Lantana involucrata    wild sage

  Rapanea punctata    myrsine