Featured Plant

Pogonopus speciosus chorcha de gallo located in the Arboretum
Blooming in December
The following is a partial list of flowering or fruiting plants located in Fairchild. Plants are grouped by area and listed alphabetically by scientific name, and include a common name when available and the location by plot number. 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.
Arboretum

Botanical Name:
Aloysia virgata
Common Name:
sweet almond bush

Botanical Name:
Alvaradoa amorphoides
Common Name:
Mexican alvaradoa

Botanical Name:
Arachnothryx leucophylla

Botanical Name:
Calliandra haematocephala 'Alba'

Botanical Name:
Cananga odorata

Botanical Name:
Cassia roxburghii
Common Name:
Ceylon senna

Botanical Name:
Clusia lanceolata
Common Name:
porcelain flower

Botanical Name:
Cordia lutea
Common Name:
yellow geiger

Botanical Name:
Dombeya cultivars

Botanical Name:
Eranthemum pulchellum

Botanical Name:
Erythrochiton brasiliensis

Botanical Name:
Euphorbia leucocephala
Common Name:
little Christmas flower

Botanical Name:
Euphorbia punicea
Common Name:
flame of Jamaica

Botanical Name:
Exostema ixoroides

Botanical Name:
*Hamelia patens

Botanical Name:
Hibiscus boryanus

Botanical Name:
Hibiscus grandidieri var. greveanus

Botanical Name:
*Holmskioldia sanguinea
Common Name:
Chinese hat plant

Botanical Name:
Kalanchoe sp.

Botanical Name:
Leea guineensis

Botanical Name:
Neomarica caerulea
Common Name:
tropical blue iris

Botanical Name:
Pachira aquatica
Common Name:
Guiana chestnut

Botanical Name:
Pavonia bahamensis
Common Name:
Bahamas swamp bush

Botanical Name:
Parmentiera cereifera

Botanical Name:
Phaleria macrocarpa

Botanical Name:
Pittosporum moluccanum

Botanical Name:
Pogonopus speciosu
Common Name:
chorcha de gallo

Botanical Name:
Ravenia spectabilis

Botanical Name:
Spathodea campanulata
Common Name:
African tulip-tree

Botanical Name:
Stemmadenia litoralis
Common Name:
milky way tree

Botanical Name:
Tabebuia palmeri

Botanical Name:
Tabernaemontana pachysiphon

Botanical Name:
Tabernaemontana pandacaqui

Botanical Name:
Tibouchina sp.
*Good location to see hummingbirds
Vine Pergola

Botanical Name:
Allamanda violacea

Botanical Name:
Aristolochia maxima

Botanical Name:
Brunfelsia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora

Botanical Name:
Cissus intermedia

Botanical Name:
Clerodendrum thomsoniae 'Delectum'
Common Name:
bleeding heart vine

Botanical Name:
Combretum indicum
Common Name:
Rangoon creeper

Botanical Name:
Saritaea magnifica
Common Name:
purple bignonia

Botanical Name:
Schlegelia parasitica

Botanical Name:
Solandra grandiflora
Common Name:
chalice vine

Botanical Name:
Stigmaphyllon sagraeanum

Botanical Name:
Thunbergia grandiflora
Common Name:
Bengal creeper

Botanical Name:
Wagatea spicata
Common Name:
candy corn plant
Lin Lougheed Spiny Forest of Madagascar
Plot 31

Botanical Name:
Aloe vogstii

Botanical Name:
Euphorbia viguieri

Botanical Name:
Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri

Botanical Name:
Pachypodium decaryi

Botanical Name:
Pachypodium lamerei var. ramosum

Botanical Name:
Pachypodium rutenbergianum

Botanical Name:
Uncarina grandidieri
Common Name:
mouse trap tree
Lowlands: Pineland
Botanical Name:
Alvaradoa amorphoides
Common Name:
Mexican alvaradoa
Botanical Name:
Bourreria cassinifolia
Common Name:
pineland strongbark
Botanical Name:
Callicarpa americana
Botanical Name:
Dalea carthagenensis var. floridana
Common Name:
Florida prairie-clover
Botanical Name:
Heliotropium polyphyllum
Common Name:
pineland heliotrope
Botanical Name:
Lantana depressa var. depressa
Common Name:
rockland shrub lantana
Botanical Name:
Melochia tomentosa
Common Name:
woolly pyramidflower
Botanical Name:
Physalis walteri
Common Name:
ground-cherry
Botanical Name:
Pityopsis graminifolia
Botanical Name:
Tephrosia angustissima var. corallicola
Common Name:
coral hoarypea
Lisa D. Anness Butterfly Garden
Plot 19b
Botanical Name:
Aristolochia littoralis
Common Name:
elegant Dutchman's pipe
Botanical Name:
Aristolochia pilosa
Botanical Name:
Asclepias curassavica
Common Name:
scarlet milkweed
Botanical Name:
Bourreria virgata
Common Name:
roble de guayo
Botanical Name:
Calotropis gigantea
Common Name:
giant milkweed
Botanical Name:
Chromolaena corymbosa
Botanical Name:
Conoclinium coelestinum
Common Name:
blue mistflower
Botanical Name:
Cuphea ignea
Common Name:
cigar flower
Botanical Name:
Lantana involucrata
Botanical Name:
Melochia tomentosa
Common Name:
wooly pyramidflower
Botanical Name:
Nashia inaguensis
Botanical Name:
Pentas lanceolata
Common Name:
Egyptian starclusters
Botanical Name:
Senna alata
Common Name:
candelabra bush
Botanical Name:
Senna polyphylla
Botanical Name:
Sophora tomentosa var. truncata
Common Name:
necklace pod

Botanical Name:
Stachytarpheta spp.
Photos by Arielle Simon/FTBG