Strongylodon macrobotrys - Jade Vine

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 2013 

        
 
 

 


Arboretum

 

  Acanthus sp.    50

  Aloysia virgata    sweet almond bush    33

  Begonia cultivars    49, 50

  Brachychiton sp. ‘Garrad’s Nursery’    33

  Bravaisia berlandieriana    43

  Brunfelsia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora    5

  Cochlospermum vitifolium    buttercup tree    27

  Dombeya x ‘Seminole’    35, 57a

  Euphorbia punicea    50

  *Fouquieria splendens    ocotillo    6

  Gmelina arborea     snapdragon tree    51

  Goetzea elegans    27d

  *Hamelia patens    firebush    3a

  *Holmskioldia sanguinea    Chinese hat plant    3a

  Kopsia arborea    47

  Pavonia bahamensis    Bahama swamp bush    26

  Pseudobombax ellipticum    shaving-brush tree    26

  Rondeletia leucophylla    49

  Samyda sp.    51

  Scutellaria havanensis    Havana skullcap    44

  Senna polyphylla    desert senna    51

  Sida eggersii    26

  Stemmadenia litoralis    milky way tree    47

  Strobilanthes cusia    Assam indigo    44

  Wigandia urens    3a

 

 

* Good location to see hummingbirds


Vine Pergola

  

  Bauhinia fassoglensis

  Clerodendrum splendens

  Clerodendrum thomsoniae ‘Delectum’

           magenta bleeding heart vine

  Congea tomentosa    shower of orchids

  Eranthemum pulchellum    blue sage

  Petrea volubilis    queen’s wreath

  Prestonia mollis

  Schlegelia parasitica

  Securidaca diversifolia    Easter flower

  Solandra maxima    golden chalice vine

  Stigmaphyllon sagraeanum

  Strongylodon macrobotrys    jade vine

  Thunbergia grandiflora    Bengal creeper

 

 

 

 

Tropical Plant Conservatory

  

  Alpinia rugosa

  Amherstia nobilis    pride of Burma

  Calathea warscewiczii

  Costus aff. erythrophyllus

  Epiphyte tree: orchids & bromeliads

  Freycinetia cumingiana

  Monocostus uniflorus

  Tapeinochilos ananassae    pineapple ginger

  Warszewiczia coccinea

 

 

Lisa D. Anness Butterfly Garden

Plot 19b

  

  Asclepias curassavica    scarlet milkweed

  Aster dumosus    rice button aster

  Calliandra haematocephala ‘Nana’

  Cnidoscolus acontifolius    chaya   

  Conoclinium coelestinum   blue mistflower

  Cordia globosa     butterfly-sage

  Heliotropium spp.

  Lantana involucrata    wild sage

  Melochia tomentosa    teabush

  Odontonema sp.

  *Pentas lanceolata    Egyptian starclusters

  Randia aculeata    indigo berry

  Salvia coccinea    tropical sage

  Scutellaria havanensis    Havana skullcap

  Senna spp.

  Solidago leavenworthii    Leavenworth’s goldenrod

  Turnera diffusa    damiana

 

 
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