Deciduous shrubs
Abelia
Abelia
The genus Abelia includes about 30 species of hardy, delicate deciduous and evergreen shrubs or small trees with characteristic opposite, shortly petioled leaves.
Plants
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Deciduous shrubs
Abeliophyllum
Abeliophyllum
A genus of shrubs that includes only one species – the two-ranked abeliophyllum. This is an ornamental flowering shrub that blooms before the leaves open. The flowers are fragrant, white or pinkish.
Flowers for the garden
Abronia
Abronia
A genus of flowering plants in the Nyctaginaceae family. Perennial and annual rhizomatous herbaceous plants. Shoots prostrate, creeping
Indoor plants
Abutilon
Abutilon
Family Malvaceae. Native to South America. Abutilon is sometimes encountered under the name "house maple".
Deciduous trees
Acacia
Acacia
Native to Australia, Africa, Asia, and Polynesia. It is a shrub with pinnate leaves and pleasantly scented flowers.
Indoor plants
Acacia or Mimosa
Acacia
Leaves are bipinnate, mostly with numerous small leaflets. In many (predominantly Australian) species the leaf blade is completely or partially undeveloped and then the function of photosynthesis is performed by a leaf-…
Flowers for the garden
Acaena
Acaena
These are mat-forming shrubs or subshrubs 10 to 30 cm high, with woodying shoots and overwintering leaves
Indoor plants
Acalypha or Fox Tail
Acalypha
Acalypha wilkesiana Muell. Arg - An evergreen dioecious shrub up to 3 m tall with straight reddish, sparsely pubescent shoots.
Indoor plants
Acampe
Acampe
Family Orchidaceae. The genus includes 9 species of epiphytic or lithophytic monopodial orchids from low-elevation tropical rainforests of Africa, India, Indochina and southern China.
Indoor plants
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae
A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Scrophulariales. Mostly herbs, subshrubs and shrubs, sometimes small trees. Among the Acanthaceae one can find vines, xerophytes and marsh plants.
Flowers for the garden
Acanthaceae
Acanthuseae
The family Acanthaceae comprises about 2,600 species belonging to approximately 250 genera. Mostly these are perennial herbaceous plants and subshrubs, widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics of both hemisphere…
Flowers for the garden
Acantholimon
Acantholimon
A perennial evergreen plant with needle-like, rather stiff spiny leaves; Acantholimon eventually forms large mats. Its native range is the steppes and mountains of Armenia and Asia Minor. The genus includes about 90 spe…
Flowers for the garden
Acanthus
Acanthus
The genus Acanthus (Acanthus L.) includes about 40 species of herbaceous plants, less often shrubs, of the Acanthaceae family.
Flowers for the garden
Aceras figured
Aceras anthropophorum
Aceras grows in meadows, less often among shrubs, on very dry sandy soils. Prefers full light, but can grow with some shading.
Indoor plants
Achimenes
Achimenes
Greatly loved by houseplant growers for its brightly colored flowers and the attractive flared corolla. Flower colors are very diverse: purple, blue, bright pink, yellow, etc.; leaves are velvety.
Indoor plants
Achyranthes verschaffeltii
Achyranthes verschaffelti
Stems red. Leaves oval, reddish-brown or dark purple with pale reddish or yellowish-green veins, with a slight metallic sheen on the upper surface.
Flowers for the garden
Acidanthera
Acidanthera
Cormous perennials resembling gladioli in appearance. Stems erect, sparsely leaved. Leaves linear or narrowly sword-shaped, dark green.
Flowers for the garden
Acidanthera bicolor
A. bicolor Hochst
Cormous-bulbous perennial up to 120 cm tall. Stems simple or branched at the top. Leaves numerous, light green, linear or sword-shaped, 40–50 cm long.
Flowers for the garden
Aconite
Aconitum
Family Ranunculaceae. Latinization of the Greek 'akoniton', the name of a plant used to poison wolves and other predators.
Flowers for the garden
Aconite Arends
Aconitum carmichaelii Arendsii Group
A group of hybrids obtained by interspecific crossing. Height about 100 cm. They bloom abundantly in mid‑summer.
Climbing plants
Aconite-leaved grapevine
Ampelopsis aconitifolia
A small graceful woody climber (up to 3 m) with deeply divided, palmate-lobed leaves on long petioles, green, glossy, glabrous above, hairy beneath along the reddish veins.
Climbing plants
Actinidia
Actinidia
Family Actinidiaceae. Name: the botanical name of the genus comes from the Greek word 'actis' — ray; referring to the radiating arrangement of the styles of the ovary.
Climbing plants
Actinidia
Actinidia
A genus of woody vines in the Actinidiaceae family. A shrubby deciduous climber with alternate entire leaves with toothed or serrated margins, oval, red-bronze or green. The plant is dioecious, less often monoecious. Fr…