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 2011 

 

Arboretum

 

  Aloysia virgata    sweet almond bush    33

  Begonia cultivars    49, 50

  Bravaisia berlanderiana    43

  Clusia lanceolata    49

  Cochlospermum vitifolium    buttercup tree    27

  Dombeya x ‘Seminole’    35

  Euphorbia punicea    41a, 50

  Goetzea elegans    27d

  Heliotropium angipospermum    scorpions tail    43

  *Holmskioldia sanguinea    Chinese hat plant    3a

  Inga paterno    ice cream bean    18

  Iochroma warscewiczii    49

  Jatropha integerrima    peregrina    41c

  Neomillspaughia emarginata    25

  Polygala myrtifolia ‘Chapman Field’    50

  Polygonum capitatum    Japanese knotweed    49, 50

  Rondeletia leucophylla    49

  Salvia caymanensis    Cayman sage    17, 50

  Scutellaria havanensis    Havana skullcap    44

  Senna polyphylla    desert senna    43, 51

  Strobilanthes cusia    Assam indigo    44

  Tournefortia staminea    43, 50

  Vernonia verticillata    43 

 

 

* Good location to see hummingbirds

 

Vine Pergola

  

  Clerodendrum splendens

  Congea tomentosa    shower of orchids

  Eranthemum pulchellum    blue sage

  Oxera pulchella    royal creeper

  Petrea volubilis    queen’s wreath

  Solandra maxima    golden chalice vine

  Stigmaphyllon sagraeanum

  Strongylodon macrobotrys      jade vine 

 Tecomanthe dendrophila    New Guinea trumpet creeper

  Thunbergia grandiflora    Bengal creeper

  Wagatea spicata    candy corn plant

 

 

Lin Lougheed Spiny Forest of Madagascar

Plot 31

  Aloe spp.

  Euphorbia viguieri

  Pachypodium rosulatum var. rosulatum

  Pachypodium rutenbergianum

  Uncarina grandidieri    mouse trap tree  

Lowlands

 

Pineland

  Acacia pinetorum    pineland acacia

  Croton linearis    pineland croton

  Jacquemontia curtisii    pineland clustervine

  Lantana depressa var. depressa    rockland shrub verbena

  Melochia tomentosa    woolly pyramid flower

 

Keys Coastal Habitat

  Flaveria linearis    yellowtop

  Lantana involucrata    wild sage

  Scutellaria havanensis    Havana skullcap

 

 

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 mexicana var. chapmanii    Bahama senna