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Indoor plants
Phalaenopsis
Genus of epiphytic or lithophytic herbaceous plants of the Orchid family. Leaves evergreen, leathery. Inflorescences axillary, long, often branching, in many species with a large number of fairly large flowers. The flow…
Indoor plants
Philodendron
Among the members of this genus there are tall tree-like plants and lianas. Aerial roots form in the leaf axils of all philodendron species. In cultivation, trailing species are the most common.
Deciduous shrubs
Photinia Lindl.
Photinia (Photinia Lindl.) - a brief description of the species on Your Garden
Deciduous shrubs
Phyllostachys Sieb. et Zucc.
Phyllostachys (Phyllostachys Sieb. et Zucc.) - a brief species description for Your Garden
Herbs
Physalis Alkekengi
Family: Solanaceae Common names: bladder cherry, Jewish cherry. Pharmacopoeial name: fruits of physalis - Alkekengi fructus (formerly: Fructus Alkekengi).
Deciduous shrubs
Physocarpos
Ornamental, deciduous shrubs, undemanding in soil requirements, poorly tolerant of excessive moisture and especially waterlogging. Shade-tolerant, drought- and air-pollution tolerant.
Herbs
Physostigma Venenosum Balf
Legume family. Pharmacopoeial name: Calabar beans - Calabar semen (formerly: Semen Calabar).
Indoor plants
PIARANTHUS R.Br.
Creeping small plants composed of numerous ovate jointed stem segments. Stems 4-5-angled, 2.5 to 5 cm tall and 1.25 cm in diameter, smooth, green or greenish-brown, with 4-5 sharp tubercles on each face. Flowers appear …
Deciduous shrubs
Floribunda
Pieris (Floribunda) - a brief description of the species for Your Garden
Deciduous shrubs
Pieris japonica
Evergreen shrub. Hardiness zone according to western catalogs varies by cultivar: 5-7 or 6-9. A neat, slow-growing shrub clothed with glossy oval or lanceolate leaves.
Indoor plants
Pilea
In general Pileas are fairly undemanding, but they exhibit rather untidy growth, so young shoots are pinched to encourage bushiness, and elongated or bare stems are cut back and the plant is rejuvenated by replanting fr…
Deciduous trees
Quercus palustris Muenchh.
A slender tree up to 25 m tall, narrow-pyramidal in youth, later with a broad-pyramidal crown. Young shoots thin, pendulous, reddish-brown.
Conifers
Pinus L.
A genus that includes about 80 species, found in the Northern Hemisphere from the polar region to the tropics, and here only in elevated areas.
Indoor plants
Ananas
Native to Brazil. Some pineapple species are grown as houseplants; they even form fruits, although small and inedible. The main attraction of pineapples is the beautiful rosette of leaves.
Deciduous shrubs
С. roseus Edgew.
A species of spineless evergreen shrubs of the genus Cotoneaster. A small shrub with thin purple shoots. Leaves elliptic, green. Flowers small, pink. Fruits rounded, red.
Conifers
Рinus wallichiana
Family Pinaceae. A beautiful evergreen tree of medium height. Needles long, in bundles of five, bluish-silvery. Cones long, light brown, resinous
Indoor plants
Pisonia
In cultivation, Pisonia umbellifera is common. It is an evergreen tree that reaches 5 m in the wild, with strongly branching shoots.
Fruit trees
Prunus cerasifera Pissardii
A small deciduous tree with a broadly ovate crown. Leaves elliptical, reddish-brown, glabrous. Blooms in April, before leaf emergence. Flowers large, white-pink, turning dark red by the end of flowering.
Encyclopedia - Plants for ponds
Pistia
A representative of the aroid family (Araceae). Pistia is a monotypic genus established by Linnaeus in 1753. The genus name is translated from Ancient Greek as "water."
Deciduous trees
Platanus L.
Plane tree, chinar (Platanus L.) - a brief description of the species on Your Garden
Flowers for the garden
D. plantagineum L.
Perennial plant. Flowering stem tall, up to 80-140 cm. Distinguished from other species by its oval-elliptic basal leaves that narrow into a long petiole and have indistinctly toothed margins.
Flowers for the garden
Нosta plantaginea (Lam.) Aschers.
A plant with ovate-rounded, cordate at the base, thin, bright-green, glossy leaves. The leaf blade has 7–9 pairs of veins. Flowers large, up to 12 cm long, white, fragrant; the scape 40–50 cm tall with one or several sm…
Flowers for the garden
Astilboides tabularis (Hemsl.) Engl.
A low perennial up to 30 cm tall with stiff, springy leaves up to 70 cm in diameter, on long, sturdy petioles.
Indoor plants
Platycerium
This epiphytic fern has an appearance so uncharacteristic for ferns that it stands out sharply against them.
