Other March 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.
* Good location to see hummingbirds
Of Interest in the Garden March 2010
Arboretum
Aloysia virgata sweet almond bush 33
Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii ‘Select Red’ 44
Begonia ‘Plum Gorgeous’ 49
Bravaisia berlandieriana 43
Coreopsis leavenworthii tickseed 50
Croton fishlockii 41c
Dombeya x ‘Seminole’ 35
Exostema nitens 24
Euphorbia punicea 41a, 50
Gardenia cornuta horned gardenia 44
Goetzea elegans 27d
Heliotropium angiospermum scorpions tail 43
*Holmskioldia sanguinea Chinese hat plant 3a
Inga paterno ice cream bean 18
Iochroma warscewiczii 49
Jatropha integerrima peregrina 41c
Polygala myrtifolia ‘Chapman Field’ 50
Polygonum capitatum Japanese knotweed 49, 50
Rondeletia leucophylla 49
Russelia coccinea coral bush 19a
Sabinea punicea 41c
Salvia caymanensis Cayman sage 17, 50
Senna polyphylla desert senna 43
Strobilanthes cusia Assam indigo 44
Tabebuia chrysantha 29
Tournefortia staminea 43
* Good location to see hummingbirds
Vine Pergola
Clerodendrum splendens
Congea tomentosa shower of orchids
Eranthemum pulchellum blue sage
Oxera pulchella
Petrea volubilis queen’s wreath
Pyrostegia venusta flame vine
Solandra grandiflora chalice vine
Solandra maxima golden chalice vine
Stigmaphyllon sagraeanum
Thunbergia grandiflora Bengal creeper
Wagatea spicata candy corn plant
Conservatory
Calathea burle-marxii ‘Ice Blue’
Epiphytic orchids, ferns and bromeliads
Freycinetia cumingiana
Heliconia collinsiana
Medinilla sp.
Scutellaria costaricana
Garden House Area
Bougainvillea ‘Elizabeth Angus’ 137, 139
Clerodendrum thomsoniae ‘Delectum’ 139
Clerodendrum quadriloculare starburst 137, 138
Petrea volubilis queen’s wreath 139
Portea alatisepala 139
Quesnelia quesneliana 137
Strelitzia reginae bird of paradise 123
Lisa D. Anness Butterfly Garden
Plot 19b
Aloysia virgata sweet almond bush
Asclepias curassavica scarlet milkweed
Calotropis gigantea giant milkweed
Cordia globosa butterfly-sage
Freylinia sp.
Galactia striata
Glandularia maritima beach verbena
Lantana involucrata wild sage
Nashia inaguensis moujean tea
Odontonema sp.
*Pentas lanceolata Egyptian starclusters
Ruellia succulenta thickleaf wild petunia
Salvia coccinea tropical sage
Senna spp.
Lin Lougheed Spiny Forest of Madagascar
Plot 31
Aloe spp.
Crotalaria sp.
Euphorbia viguieri
Uncarina grandidieri mouse trap tree