Plants
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Indoor plants
Ctenanthe
Ctenanthe
Native range - the tropics of the Americas. There are 15 species in the wild. Ctenanthe is often confused with Calathea; they are indeed similar and closely related.
Indoor plants
Cuban Bombacopsis
Bombacopsis cubensis
A small deciduous tree with a tapering trunk, palmately compound leaves and thin, smooth, greenish-gray bark.
Deciduous shrubs
Cup-shaped St. John's-wort
Hypericum calycinum
Cup-shaped St. John's-wort (Hypericum calycinum) - a brief description of the species on Your Garden
Indoor plants
Cuphea
Cuphea
Hyssop-leaved cuphea - Cuphea recurvata - a shrub or subshrub about 50 cm tall. Leaves opposite, on short petioles, lanceolate in shape, about 2.5 cm long and 0.5 cm wide, dark green in color.
Indoor plants
Cupressus macrocarpa "Goldcrest Wilma"
Cupressus macrocarpa "Goldcrest Wilma"
a cultivar of Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) of the genus Cupressus. A small tree with a slender conical crown, branches directed obliquely upwards. Foliage bright, lemon-green, scaly; when crushed emits a lemo…
Flowers for the garden
Curaçao milkweed
Asclepias curassavica
In Latin America the Curaçao milkweed (swallowwort) grows as a perennial with a short growing season. In countries with a cooler climate it is often cultivated as an annual.
Flowers for the garden
Curly Ferraria
F. crispa
The flowers of Ferraria have an unpleasant odor to attract the insects that carry out pollination
Flowers for the garden
Curly Hosta
Нosta crispula F. Maekawa
Curly Hosta (Н. crispula) native to Japan. Forms dense thickets. Leaves up to 16 cm long, 6–10 cm wide, cordate-ovate, gradually tapering, with a narrow, slightly twisted tip. Leaf margins wavy. The upper surface of the…
Encyclopedia - Plants for ponds
Curly pondweed
Potamogeton crispus
These plants are entirely submerged in water; only during flowering do the small yellowish flowers, gathered in spikes, rise above the water and are wind-pollinated.
Deciduous shrubs
Currant
Ribes L.
Currant, gooseberry (Ribes L.) - brief species description on Your Garden
Fruit trees
Curé pear or Williams Winter pear
Pýrus Williams
A popular late-winter ripening cultivar. Fruits are above average in size, elongated-pyriform, light yellow, with a characteristic rusty-brown stripe from the calyx to the stem. Flesh white, juicy, sweet-and-sour, with …
Herbs
Cushion sedge
Сarex firma
Family Cyperaceae. In the wild the plant is confined to the subalpine belt of the mountain regions of Europe.
Deciduous shrubs
Cut-leaved elder
f. laciniata
A shrub up to 3 m tall. Leaves lush green, large, deeply dissected, giving the plant an exotic appearance. Flowers white, fragrant, in large, flat, corymb-like inflorescences.
Indoor plants
Cyanotis
Cyanotis
Cyanotis somaliensis - a small herbaceous plant with creeping stems. Leaves sessile, alternately arranged, with a tubular sheath enclosing the stem.
Indoor plants
Cycas
Cycas
This is an ancient plant; in translation from Greek (Kykas) it means "palm", apparently due to the external resemblance of these plants. Cycads are considered related to both palms and ferns.
Indoor plants
Cyclamen
Cyclamen
Very often one hears that the cyclamen is a very finicky plant, that it is prone to terrible diseases and it is better not to get involved with it.
Flowers for the garden
Cylindrical heuchera
H. cilindrica
The cylindrical heuchera is somewhat larger than the others. Its heart-shaped to rounded leaves with blunt teeth are downy and form a dense hemispherical rosette up to 40 cm tall. On flower stalks up to 90 cm tall, rela…
Indoor plants
Cymbidium
Cymbidium
Native range: India, South and Southeast Asia, Japan, islands of the Malay Archipelago. More than 60 species are known in the wild, growing in rainy tropical forests.
Indoor plants
Cymbidium orchid
Cymbidium
A genus of terrestrial orchids in the Orchidaceae family. Leaves linear or sword-shaped, acute or obtuse, leathery, dark green. Inflorescence — a loose, erect, nodding or pendant few- or many-flowered raceme. Flowers wh…
Encyclopedia - Plants for ponds
Cyperus alternifolius
Cyperus alternifolius
Grows in shallow bodies of water. In greenhouses it reaches 2–2.5 m in height. Grows well indoors in pots with trays, where water must be kept constantly.
Indoor plants
Cyperus, or Sedge, Sedge-like plant
Cyperus
This elegant herbaceous plant is generally undemanding. Cyperus does not have a pronounced dormancy period and grows equally well in cool and warm rooms.
Indoor plants
Cypress
Cupressus
Cypress is a coniferous plant and its cultivation and care methods are the same as for Araucaria.
Conifers
Cypress
Cupressus
Cypress (lat. Cupressus) — a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs of the cypress family (Cupressaceae) with pyramidal or spreading crowns. Cypresses grow in the subtropical and tropical climates of the Northern Hemispher…