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Limnophila

Limnophila

Limnophila

The genus of aquatic and marsh plants Limnophila (Limnophila) belongs to the Figwort family - Scrophulariaceae. Species of the genus Limnophila (Limnophila) are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the wor…

Daboecia cantabrica, Irish heath

Daboecia cantabrica, Irish heath

Daboecia cantabrica

A prostrate, sprawling shrub resembling heather (25–50 cm high) with many strongly branched reddish-brown stems. There are about 20 garden forms.

Black pine «Brepo»

Black pine «Brepo»

Pinus nigra «Brepo»

Dwarf cultivar of black pine. Crown very dense, globular. Branches ascending at the tips. Needles dark green, long, slightly curved, stiff, pointed. Cones oblong-ovoid, yellow-ovoid.

Green pololepestnik

Green pololepestnik

Coeloglossum viride

Distributed in Western Europe (except the extreme south), in China, and in North America. A perennial with a two-part tuber, the ends of which are awl-shaped and elongated.

Aucuba

Aucuba

Aucuba

This evergreen shrub, in nature reaching almost 5 m in height, grows to about 1.5 meters in indoor conditions.

Siberian juniper

Siberian juniper

Juniperus sibirica

A species of evergreen shrubs of the genus Juniperus (Cupressaceae)

Bay laurel

Bay laurel

Laurus nobilis

Bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) - species description, photos, care, cultivation, repotting, pests, propagation - Bay in Your Garden

True velvet

True velvet

amurense Rupr.

A tree with a broad crown, a short trunk, sometimes multi-stemmed, up to 15 m tall, with thick corky light-gray bark.

Nadborodnik

Nadborodnik

Epipogium

Nadborodnik (Epipogium) - description, species, photos, care, maintenance, repotting, pests, propagation - Nadborodnik

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