Encyclopedia - Plants for ponds
Baldjuansky knotweed
Polygonum
Name: derived from the Greek words 'polys' - many and 'gonos' - knee/joint; given for the knotty, jointed stem.
Plants
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Climbing plants
Balkan Dioscorea
D. balcanica
A hardy plant with climbing shoots and tuberously thickened rhizomes. Its above-ground parts die back in winter, but each spring it produces two-meter stems adorned with beautiful glossy, heart-shaped dark green leaves.
Flowers for the garden
Balkan geranium or large-rhizomed geranium
G. macrorrhizum
Perennial plant. Differs from other geraniums by a long, thick rhizome up to 1.5 cm in diameter, branching over the soil surface. Thanks to the rapidly spreading rhizome the large-rhizomed geranium forms a dense, compac…
Conifers
Balkan pine, Macedonian pine or Rumelian pine
Pinus peuce
Family Pinaceae. Grows in the mountainous regions of the Balkan Peninsula. A tree up to 40 m tall, externally similar to the white pine (the most graceful of the pines introduced here), but less hardy in cultivation.
Indoor plants
Balsam (Impatiens)
Impatiens
The native range of balsam (Impatiens) is tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa.
Conifers
Balsam fir
Abies balsamea
A slender tree up to 15–25 m tall, with a regular, conical or narrow-pyramidal, dense crown that in solitary trees reaches the ground, and with blackish-gray bark.
Conifers
Balsam fir 'Nana'
Abies balsamea Nana
Cultivar of balsam fir. A dwarf tree with a cushion-shaped or conical rounded crown. Branches are spreading, densely arranged, compact, growing horizontally. Needles are dark green, flattened, glossy, 1.5-2.5 cm long, b…
Conifers
Balsam poplar
Balsamjfera L.
Balsam poplar (Balsamjfera L.) - a brief description of the species on Your Garden
Deciduous trees
Balsam poplar
Р. balsamifera L.
Large tree up to 20-25 m high, with a spreading, broad, ovoid crown. Bark of old trees dark gray at the base, above - gray, smooth. Shoots slightly angled, later cylindrical, brown. Leaves ovate
Deciduous trees
Balsam poplar
Populus balsamifera
Balsam poplar - a slender, large tree, upright shoots, in old age the crown is lacy and asymmetrical, initially fast-growing
Indoor plants
Bamboo
Bambusa
Bamboo is a rare plant in indoor compositions, but in a greenhouse or a large room it looks impressive.
Indoor plants
Banana
Musa
The banana prefers bright, diffused light; it should be shaded from direct sunlight, for example with translucent tracing paper or a thin fabric.
Flowers for the garden
Baneberry
Actaea
Plants are poisonous; toxicity remains even after drying. Contact of the sap with the mucous membranes of the mouth and eyes is especially dangerous.
Conifers
Banks' pine
Р. banksiana Lamb.
Family Pinaceae. One of the forest-forming trees in northern Canada. An evergreen tree of medium height with a broadly spreading oval crown. Needles short, strongly curved, twisted, light green. Cones small, oblique, cu…
Deciduous shrubs
Barberry
Berberis
Barberries are valued not only as ornamental-leaved plants; they also bloom extraordinarily beautifully.
Deciduous shrubs
Barberry
Berberis L.
A genus of evergreen, semi-evergreen or deciduous shrubs, less often small trees with thin ridged, often thorny shoots. Leaves alternate, oval or elliptic.
Deciduous shrubs
Barberry × media 'Parkjuweel'
Berberis × media 'Parkjuweel'
A cultivar of Barberry × media. It is a hybrid of Berberis gagnepaini chenaultii, which belongs to hybrids of Berberis gagnepaini and Berberis verruculosa.
Flowers for the garden
Bare Astilbe
A. glaberrima
Perennial plant with a woody rhizome. Only 12 cm tall. Clump diameter about 15 cm, leaves with a bronze sheen. Flowers with pink blooms in June-July.
Flowers for the garden
Barlia
Barlia
Occurs in meadows or in open woodlands, predominantly in lowlands or on hills with dry or moderately moist alkaline soils. It grows throughout the Mediterranean, except for the southern Adriatic.
Indoor plants
Barlia
Barlia
The genus Barlia occupies a very isolated position within the orchid family. From a pair of underground tubers arises a robust stem up to 80 cm long
Flowers for the garden
Bartholina crested or Spider orchid
В. pectinate
Plants up to 7-10 cm tall. Root tubers small, oval. Stem thin, slender, straight, pubescent, reddish toward the top.
Flowers for the garden
Basellaceae
Basellaceao
Basellaceae are twining (counterclockwise) perennial herbs with annual shoots and perennial rhizomes, often tuberous or bearing branches with tubers.
Deciduous trees
Basket willow
Viminalis L.
A species of deciduous shrubs and trees in the genus Salix. A deciduous, branching shrub, less often a tree. Leaves linear or narrow-lanceolate, dark green above, densely pubescent beneath. Staminate catkins – oblong-ov…
Indoor plants
Bauhinia
Bauhinia
Bauhinia, or the orchid tree, in indoor cultivation is a small plant that blooms with large fragrant pale-pink flowers shaped like orchids, which bloom for only one day