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