Featured Plant 

 

 

 

 

Cassia roxburghii   Plot 34 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Other September Bloomers

The following is a partial list of blooming, fruiting and plants of interest located in Fairchild during the specified month. Plants are grouped by area and plot number, and alphabetically by scientific name, and common name when available.  You may refer to the plot map at the bottom of this page.  Plot maps are also located at the Visitor Center at the entrance to Fairchild. 

   

Of Interest in the Garden    September 2011

 

 

 

Arboretum

 

  Archidendron lucyi    scarlet bean    55b

  Baccharis dioica    43

  Bauhinia divaricata    50

  Calliandra surinamensis    44

  Cameraria latifolia    3

  Cananga odorata    ylang ylang    17

  Cassia roxburghii    Ceylon Senna    34

  Clusia lanceolata    49

  Combretum constrictum    55b

  Cordia alliodora    51

  Cubanola domingensis    43

  Euphorbia punicea    flame of Jamaica    41c, 50

  Evodia ridleyi    39

  Exostema ixoroides    24

  Gardenia taitensis    Tahitian gardenia    24

  Ginoria glabra    33

  Inga paterno    ice cream bean    18

  Hamelia cuprea    14

  Kopsia spp.    47

  Myrciaria vexator    46

  Pachira aquatica    Guiana-chestnut    18

  Plumeria pudica    bridal bouquet    12, 55b

  Pseudomussaenda flava     5

  Portlandia grandiflora    bell flower    8

  Portlandia proctorii    41c

  Rhus simarubifolia    43

  Rondeletia odorata    Panama-rose    21, 24

  Stemmadenia litoralis    milky way tree    47

  Strobilanthes cusia    50

  Tabernaemontana divaricata ‘Flore Pleno’    5

  Tournefortia staminea    43

  Wrightia tomentosa    24

 

Vine Pergola

 

  Acalypha hispida    chenille plant

  Adenocalymna comosum var. nitidum

  Allamanda spp.

  Argyreia nervosa    woolly morning glory

  Aristolochia maxima

  Bauhinia fassoglensis

  Chonemorpha fragrans

  Clerodendrum thomsoniae ‘Delectum’

  Combretum aubletii    monkey’s brush

  Portlandia grandiflora    bell flower

  Quisqualis indica    Rangoon creeper

  Securidaca diversifolia    Easter flower

  Solanum wendlandii    Costa Rican nightshade

  Stigmaphyllon sagraeanum

  Thunbergia spp.

 

 

 

Lisa D. Anness Butterfly Garden

Plot 19b

 

  Aloysia virgata    sweet almond bush

  Asclepias curassavica    scarlet milkweed

  Bourreria cassinifolia    pineland strongbark

  Bourreria succulenta    Bahama strongbark

  Callicarpa americana    beautyberry

  Calotropis gigantea    giant milkweed

  Cordia globosa    butterfly sage

  Hamelia patens    firebush

  Koanophyllon villosum    shrub eupatorium

  Lantana involucrata    wild sage

  Nashia inaguensis    Moujean tea

  Pentas lanceolata    Egyptian star clusters

  Phyla nodiflora    frogfruit

  Salvia coccinea    tropical sage

  Senna spp.

 

Lowlands

  

Keys Coastal Habitat

  Chiococca alba    snowberry

  Eustoma exaltatum    seaside gentian

  Flaveria linearis    yellowtops

 

Pineland

  Bidens alba var. radiata    Spanish needles

  Bourreria cassinifolia    pineland strongbark

  Calliandra americana     beautyberry

  Croton linearis    pineland croton

  Heliotropium polyphyllum    pineland heliotrope

  Physalis walteri    Walter’s groundcherry

  Vernonia blodgettiii    Blodgett’s ironweed

  Phyla nodiflora    frogfruit