Plants

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Liparis Makino

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Liparis Makino

Liparis makinoana

This small (11 - 23 cm) plant has two large (5 - 12 cm), bright green leaves, blunt, tapering to the base, slightly stem-clasping, and a stem tuber covered with the bases of withered leaves.

Listera nipponica

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Listera nipponica

Listera nipponica

Listera nipponica grows in shaded spruce and fir forests of the Far East. A Japanese species occurring at the edge of its range.

Listera, Twayblade

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Listera, Twayblade

Listera

Listera, Twayblade (Listera) - description, species, photos, care, maintenance, transplanting, pests, propagation - Listera, Twayblade

Lobelia

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Lobelia

Lobelia

Perennial herbaceous plant, grown as an annual. Stems thin, strongly branched from the base, densely leafy. Bushes compact, globular, 10-25 cm high.

Loesel's Liparis

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Loesel's Liparis

Liparis loeselii

A small plant, 8–20 cm tall, with a stem tuber covered by the bases of the previous year's leaves. Usually grows on plains, sometimes rising into the mountains. Avoids strongly acidic soils.

Long-leaved cinquefoil

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Long-leaved cinquefoil

Potentilla longifolia Wilid.

Long-leaved cinquefoil (Potentilla longifolia Wilid.) - description of the species, photographs, care, maintenance, transplanting, pests, propagation - Potentilla

Long-leaved speedwell

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Long-leaved speedwell

Veronica longifoli

A species of the genus Veronica in the Plantain family (Plantaginaceae). A perennial herbaceous plant with opposite leaves. Flowers are borne in dense racemes of blue or blue-violet color. Fruits are capsules.

Loosestrife ephemerum

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Loosestrife ephemerum

Lysimachia ephemerum

Herbaceous perennial up to 90 cm tall. Spreads vigorously. At the end of summer it produces flowers up to 1 cm in diameter, arranged in spike-like inflorescences. The plant is hardy to -18°C. In cultivation since the 19…

Low cinquefoil

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Low cinquefoil

P. 'Arbuscula'

Low cinquefoil (P. 'Arbuscula') - a brief description of the species on Your Garden

Lunaria

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Lunaria

Lunaria

Annual and perennial plants. Stems erect, 40–90 cm high, covered with fine hairs. Leaves arranged oppositely or alternately; upper — sessile, alternate; lower — cordate, petiolate, toothed, opposite. Flowers large, frag…

Lupin

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Lupin

Lupinus

Annual, biennial and perennial rhizomatous herbaceous plants, less often subshrubs. Leaves palmately divided, on long pubescent petioles, gathered in a basal rosette; stem leaves are arranged alternately.

Lychnis chalcedonica, goritsvet

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Lychnis chalcedonica, goritsvet

Lychnis chalcedonica L

An undemanding, hardy plant forming a loose bush up to 100 cm tall. Leaves opposite, green, slightly pubescent, with a toothed margin; basal leaves oblong-oval, stem leaves sessile.

Magnificent elecampane

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Magnificent elecampane

I. magnifica

This is a majestic, powerful, spreading plant up to 2 m tall, with a thick grooved stem. A true perennial.

Magnificent or Luxuriant Geranium

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Magnificent or Luxuriant Geranium

G. x magnificum

Perennial plant. This species has been known for more than 100 years. In sunny sites and on fertile soils this plant forms a large, rapidly spreading clump up to 50 cm tall.

Male fern

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Male fern

Dryopteris filix-mas

Distributed from highlands to the subalpine belt in deciduous and coniferous forests, on mountain pastures and rocky slopes. Grows in shady broad-leaved and mixed coniferous–broadleaf forests on rich, moderately moist s…

Mallow-flowered geranium

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Mallow-flowered geranium

G. malviflorum

A garden form of geranium originating from southern Spain. It reaches a height of 30 cm and has large, finely divided leaves. Its large (about 4–5 cm in diameter) blue-violet flowers with dark veins appear on the plants…

Malopa

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Malopa

Malope

An annual herbaceous plant with an erect branching stem about 100 cm tall. Leaves three-lobed, toothed. The petals of Malopa's unopened bud are covered not only by the sepals but also by small leaves positioned below th…

Manchurian geranium

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Manchurian geranium

G. wlassovianum

The matte dark green leaves take on a wonderful colour in autumn. It does not flower very profusely, but blooms for a long time from late June. It has large velvety blue-violet inflorescences.

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Marsh Helleborine

Е. palustris

The most decorative species of this genus — grows in light swampy forests, boggy forest clearings, moist meadows, often around springs, predominantly on limestone.

Marsh geranium

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Marsh geranium

Geranium palustre

Perennial plant. Blooms in June-July with purple flowers. Marsh geranium is a rhizomatous plant with large basal seven-lobed leaves on long, up to 20 cm, hairy petioles.

Marsh iris or acorus-like iris

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Marsh iris or acorus-like iris

Iris pseudacorus L.

Marsh iris or acorus-like iris (Ir. pseudacorus L.) - description, species, photos, care, cultivation, transplanting, pests, propagation - Iris

Marsh marigold

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Marsh marigold

Сaltha palustris

The genus includes about 40 species occurring in the temperate zone of both hemispheres. Perennial plants with branched stems and rounded smooth leaves with a cordate base. Flowers yellow.

Marsh telipteris

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Marsh telipteris

Thelypteris palustris

Rhizome creeping, cord-like. Leaves spaced or clustered, oblong-lanceolate, large (up to 30–60 cm long), twice pinnate.