Featured Plant    

 
Strongylodon macrobotrys
Jade vine 
Plot 4 - Vine Pergola
   



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 2009

 


Arboretum

 

  Aloysia virgata    sweet almond bush    33

  Barleria oenotheroides    49

  Bombax ceiba    1, 35

  Bravaisia berlanderiana    43

  Brownea sp.    21

  Brugmansia suaveolens    angel's trumpet    3a

  Brunfelsia grandiflora ssp.  grandiflora    5

  Cochlospermum vitifolium    buttercup tree    26

  Cordia lutea    22

  Deplanchea sp.    29

  Dietes iridiodes 'Amatola'    44

  Dombeya x 'Seminole'    35

  Exostema nitens    24

  Euphorbia punicea    41a, 50

  *Holmskioldia sanguinea    Chinese hat plant    3a

  Inga paterno    ice cream bean    18

  Jatropha integerrima    peregrina    41c

  Pachira aquatica    Guiana-chestnut    18

  Polygala myrtifolia 'Chapman Field'    50

  Pseudobombax ellipticum    shaving brush tree    26

  Rondeletia leucophylla    49

  Russelia coccinea    coral bush    19a

  Sabinea punicea    41c

  Senna polyphylla    desert senna    43

  Tabebuia chrysantha    29

  Tithonia diversifolia    tree marigold    49

 


Vine Pergola

  

  Acalypha hispida   chenille plant

  Clerodendrum splendens

  Congea tomentosa    shower of orchids

  Eranthemum pulchellum    blue sage

  Oxera pulchella

  Petrea volubilis    queen's wreath

  Solandra maxima    golden chalice vine

  Stigmaphyllon sagraeanum

  Strongylodon macrobotrys    jade vine

  Thunbergia spp.

 

Conservatory

 

  Aechmea woronowii

  Begonia nelumbiifolia    lily-pad begonia

  Cochliostema odoratissimum

  Epiphytic orchids, ferns and bromeliads

  Freycinetia cumingiana

  Stromanthe sanguinea

 

Lin Lougheed Spiny Forest of Madagascar

Plot 31

  

  Aloe imalotensis

  Aloe 'Rooikappie'

  Crotalaria sp.

  Euphorbia viguieri

  Pachypodium baronii var. baronii

  Pachypodium rosulatum var. rosulatum

  Pachypodium rutenbergianum

  Uncarina grandidieri    mouse trap tree 

 

Garden House Area

 

  Bougainvillea 'Elizabeth Angus'    137, 139

  Clerodendrum thomsoniae 'Delectum'    139

  Clerodendrum quadriloculare    starburst    137, 138

  Couroupita guianensis    cannonball tree    137

  Petrea volubilis    queen's wreath    139

  Quesnelia quesneliana    137

  Spathoglottis plicata    ground orchid    137

  Strelitzia reginae    bird of paradise    123

 

Lisa  D.  Anness  Butterfly  Garden

Plot 19b

  

  Aloysia virgata    sweet almond bush

  Calliandra sp.

  Cordia globosa     butterfly-sage

  Galactia striata

  Lantana involucrata    wild sage

  Odontonema sp.

  *Pentas lanceolata    Egyptian starclusters

  Ruellia succulenta    thickleaf wild petunia

  Senna polyphylla    desert senna

 

Amphitheatre Area

 

  Alpinia spp. & cultivars    72, 76

  Aquatic plants

  Heliconia spp. & cultivars    72, 76


 
 
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