Indoor plants
Turmeric
Curcuma
Domestic turmeric, long turmeric or turmerik (Curcuma damеstica, Curcuma longa) - a perennial herbaceous plant up to 1 m tall. The rhizome is fleshy, with elongated roots from which tuberous swellings arise.
Plants
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Flowers for the garden
Twisted Bellevalia
Bellevalia flexuosa
These perennial bulbous plants with distinctive inflorescences of white flowers are found in forests around Ashkelon. The Hebrew name "zamzumit matsuya - the common" alludes to the sound of the bells ("zamzam" - buzzer).
Flowers for the garden
Two-flowered cinquefoil
Potentilla biflora Willd. ex Schlecht.
Cushion-forming subshrub 3-8 cm tall, clothed at the base with remnants of petioles and dead leaves.
Flowers for the garden
Two-leaved Platanthera or Night Violet
Platanthera bifolia
A species with a wide range, found in Western Europe and Asia Minor. Grows in coniferous, deciduous and mixed forests, especially near "windows" (openings), along forest edges, clearings and shrubby thickets.
Flowering shrubs
Two-row Abeliophyllum (White Forsythia)
Abeliophyllum distichum
Two-row Abeliophyllum (White Forsythia) (Abeliophyllum distichum) - species description, photos, care, cultivation, transplanting, pests, propagation - Abeliophyllum
Deciduous shrubs
Uda willow
Salix udensis
A species of the genus Salix in the Salicaceae family. A tall shrub or small tree with a broadly rounded crown. Leaves oblong, dark green and glabrous above, bluish and pubescent beneath. Catkins cylindrical, almost ses…
Flowers for the garden
Ugam bergenia
B. ugamica
The plants were first found in the wild and described in the 1950s by V. N. Pavlov, who named the species after the place where the plants occur. Its habitat is the subalpine belt.
Encyclopedia - Plants for ponds
Ulva-like Aponogeton
Aponogeton ulvaceus
The plant grows both in still bodies of water and in fast-flowing waters, in soft and sometimes calcareous water at depths down to 80 cm, in both shaded and sunny locations at elevations up to 1250 m above sea level.
Flowers for the garden
Umbellifers
Umbelliferae
The family Umbellifers is among the largest and most economically important families of flowering plants. It includes about 300 genera and 3,000 species, distributed across almost all the land surface of the globe.
Deciduous shrubs
Upright cherry laurel
Prunus laurocerasus’Herbergii’
Upright cherry laurel (Laurocerasus 'Herbergii') - brief description of the species on Your Garden
Flowers for the garden
Upright cinquefoil
Potentilla erecta (L.) Raeusch.
A perennial herbaceous plant 15-40 cm tall with thin stems strongly branched in the upper half.
Flowers for the garden
Ursinia
Ursinia
Annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-shrubby plants. Stems glabrous or pubescent, fragrant. Leaves alternate, toothed, pinnately lobed or pinnately dissected.
Deciduous shrubs
Useful viburnum
V. utile Hemsl.
An evergreen, low shrub (up to 1.5 m), with thin, twig-like lateral branches; young shoots yellowish- or gray-woolly, later becoming bare, reddish-brown.
Climbing plants
Ussuri grapevine
Ampelopsis brevipedunculat
A small woody liana up to 5–7 m long. Stems are covered with light gray or slightly brownish bark; young shoots are yellowish-red; leaves are coarsely hairy, three- to five-lobed, large (up to 13 cm)
Flowers for the garden
Utsoniya showy
W. spectabilis Schinz
Occurs: On grassy slopes in the Cape Province of South Africa. Stem 45-60 cm tall.
Indoor plants
Uvaria
Uvaria
Origin: Southeast Asia, Malaysia, the islands of Java, Sumatra and Borneo, the Philippines, New Guinea and occasionally found in New Zealand. All species of Uvaria are small trees or shrubs; some climb on supports with …
Flowers for the garden
Uvularia
Uvularia
Perennial plants up to 50 cm tall. Rhizome horizontal, branched. Stems usually numerous, thin, sheathed at the base, forked and leafy above.
Flowers for the garden
Valeriana
Valeriana
Sun-loving, but only with sufficient moisture. Tolerate partial shade. Prefer fertile garden soils. Moisture-loving.
Encyclopedia - Plants for ponds
Vallisneria
Vallisneria
Vallisneria are dioecious aquatic plants with ribbon-like, long leaves. Vallisneria is widely used in landscape design for greening large aquariums and pools.
Encyclopedia - Plants for ponds
Vallisneria nana
Vallisneria nana
An attractive plant with dark-green narrow leaves. Especially suitable for both the midground and the background in small aquariums.
Indoor plants
Vallotta
Vallotta
A beautiful perennial bulbous plant with flowers gathered in an umbel on a long scape. Leaves dark green, reddish at the base, linear in shape up to 65 cm long and 3.5 cm wide.
Indoor plants
Vanda
Vanda
Blue Vanda - Vanda coerulea - a plant with an erect stem up to 1 m long and a large number of aerial roots.
Indoor plants
Vanilla
Vanilla planifolia
This is a climbing plant with light green leaves. The flowers range in color from pale yellow to pale green.
Encyclopedia - Plants for ponds
Variable Hygrophila
Hygrophila difformis
Variable Hygrophila is widespread in Southeast Asia. It grows in swamps, along the edges of water bodies and in rice paddies, introduced from Thailand.