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Flowering Maple
Abutilon hybridum
Abutilon hybridum, commonly known as flowering maple, is an ornamental shrub from the Malvaceae family, native to South America. Its pendulous bell-shaped flowers in shades of red, yellow, orange, and pink resemble small lanterns, making it a highly decorative plant for both indoor and outdoor settings.
Bear's Breeches
Acanthus mollis
Acanthus mollis, commonly known as Bear's Breeches, is a bold architectural perennial native to the Mediterranean. It is prized for its dramatic, deeply lobed glossy green leaves and tall spikes of white and purple flowers that bloom in late spring to midsummer. Its striking foliage inspired the iconic leaf motif on Corinthian columns.
Pineapple Guava
Acca sellowiana
Acca sellowiana, commonly known as pineapple guava or feijoa, is an evergreen shrub native to southern Brazil and Uruguay. Belonging to the Myrtaceae family, it produces aromatic fruits with a flavor reminiscent of pineapple, strawberry, and guava. Its ornamental flowers feature white petals with striking red stamens — and are entirely edible.
Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum
The Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) is an ornamental tree native to Japan, China, and Korea, celebrated for the spectacular beauty of its foliage, which transforms through the seasons — from deep green in spring to vivid shades of red, orange, and yellow in autumn. With an elegant habit and deeply lobed palmate leaves, it is one of the most beloved ornamental trees in Asian-style gardens, contemplation gardens, and as a bonsai subject.
Norway Maple
Acer platanoides
The Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) is a large deciduous tree native to Europe and western Asia, widely planted as a shade and street tree. It features broad, palmate leaves, small yellow-green spring flowers, and vibrant yellow to orange autumn foliage. Extremely hardy and adaptable, it tolerates a wide range of soils, pollution, and urban conditions.
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Acer rubrum, commonly known as the Red Maple, is one of the most abundant and widespread deciduous trees in eastern North America. Celebrated for its spectacular crimson, orange, and yellow autumn foliage, it is a fast-growing landscape tree valued for shade, wildlife habitat, and ornamental beauty.
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
The Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum) is a fast-growing deciduous tree native to eastern and central North America. Named for the silvery underside of its leaves, it is widely planted as a shade and ornamental tree. It thrives along rivers and wetlands but adapts well to drier conditions.
Mountain Maple
Acer spicatum
Mountain Maple (Acer spicatum) is a small deciduous shrub or understory tree native to eastern North America. It thrives on rocky slopes and stream banks in cool, shaded forests, producing brilliant yellow, orange, and red foliage in autumn. Its erect racemes of small greenish-yellow flowers appear in early summer.
Golden Leather Fern
Acrostichum aureum
Acrostichum aureum, commonly known as the Golden Leather Fern or Mangrove Fern, is one of the largest tropical ferns in the world. Native to pantropical mangrove swamps and coastal wetlands, this robust species develops long, leathery fronds reaching up to 3 metres in length. It tolerates both saline and freshwater environments, making it one of the most adaptable ferns on Earth.
Giant Leather Fern
Acrostichum danaeifolium
The Giant Leather Fern (Acrostichum danaeifolium) is one of the largest ferns in the Americas, native to mangrove swamps and coastal wetlands of tropical America. It can reach up to 12 feet tall and thrives in consistently wet, even flooded, soils with high humidity.
Tail Bromeliad
Aechmea caudata
Aechmea caudata is a bromeliad native to Brazil's Atlantic Forest, occurring from Espírito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul across epiphytic, rupicolous, and terrestrial habitats. It forms a funnel-shaped rosette of long arching leaves up to 128 cm, with serrated margins and a sharp tip. The erect spike inflorescence rises above the rosette, bearing yellowish flowers with orange-red sepals — a striking tropical display. Like all monocarpic bromeliads, it flowers once in its lifetime (typically in summer), then slowly declines while producing offsets.
Coral Berry Bromeliad
Aechmea fulgens
Aechmea fulgens, commonly known as the Coral Berry Bromeliad, is an epiphytic bromeliad native to northeastern Brazil, particularly the states of Bahia and Pernambuco. It forms an elegant rosette of bright green, waxy leaves with marginal spines. Its striking inflorescence features red bracts and numerous purple flowers, followed by long-lasting red globose berries that persist for many months after blooming. This makes it one of the most decorative bromeliads for both indoor cultivation and tropical gardens.
Lipstick Plant
Aeschynanthus radicans
The Lipstick Plant (Aeschynanthus radicans) is a stunning tropical epiphyte native to the humid rainforests of Southeast Asia. Known for its cascading vines adorned with glossy, waxy leaves and striking tubular red flowers that emerge from dark burgundy calyxes resembling a lipstick tube, this plant is a favorite among indoor gardeners. It thrives in hanging baskets where its trailing stems can gracefully drape, creating a lush, eye-catching display.
Imperial Bromeliad
Alcantarea imperialis
Alcantarea imperialis, commonly known as the Imperial Bromeliad, is one of the largest bromeliads in the world and a truly spectacular ornamental plant endemic to Brazil. Native to the rocky slopes of the Serra dos Órgãos mountain range in Rio de Janeiro state, this magnificent species forms enormous rosettes of leathery leaves that can reach 1.5 m in diameter, with a central tank capable of holding up to 30 liters of rainwater. When it eventually blooms — an event that occurs after 10 to 40 years — it produces a towering flower spike up to 3.5 m tall bearing white-yellowish flowers with reddish bracts that attract hummingbirds and other pollinators.
Shell Ginger
Alpinia zerumbet
Alpinia zerumbet, commonly known as Shell Ginger, is a magnificent tropical perennial native to East Asia (Japan and China). Belonging to the Zingiberaceae family, it produces large, lush, lance-shaped evergreen leaves and spectacular arching clusters of waxy, shell-shaped flowers in white and pink with yellow accents. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in tropical and subtropical gardens worldwide and can also be grown indoors in bright conditions.
Spiderweb Anacampseros
Anacampseros arachnoides
Anacampseros arachnoides is a small, charming succulent native to South Africa, prized for its compact rosettes adorned with fine white thread-like trichomes that resemble a spider's web. It belongs to the family Anacampserotaceae and thrives in bright, direct sunlight with minimal watering.
Cashew
Anacardium occidentale
The cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale) is a tropical fruit tree native to northeastern Brazil, now cultivated worldwide in over 30 countries. It produces the cashew apple (a fleshy pseudofruit) and the cashew nut — one of the world's most popular snacks. Trees can grow up to 20 meters tall with a dense, spreading canopy. Small pink-white flowers bloom in the dry season, attracting bees and birds. The raw shell contains urushiol (a skin irritant related to poison ivy), but roasted cashew nuts are completely safe to eat.
Pineapple
Ananas comosus
Ananas comosus, popularly known as the pineapple, is a perennial tropical plant in the bromeliad family. It is characterized by a rosette of stiff, spiny, sword-shaped leaves, from which a central stalk emerges to produce the inflorescence and, subsequently, the composite fruit. It is a CAM plant, meaning it releases oxygen at night, making it excellent for indoor environments.
Snapdragon
Antirrhinum majus
The Snapdragon is a classic herbaceous garden plant, famous for its vertical flower spikes that open like a jaw when pressed on the sides. Native to the Mediterranean region, it is prized for its wide range of colors and for attracting pollinators such as bees and bumblebees. Although technically a short-lived perennial, it is frequently grown as an annual in cooler or temperate climates.
Coral Aphelandra
Aphelandra sinclairiana
Aphelandra sinclairiana, commonly known as Coral Aphelandra or Panama Queen, is a tropical evergreen shrub native to Central America, particularly Panama and Costa Rica. It can grow up to 3 meters tall and is celebrated for its spectacular coral-orange flower spikes with brilliantly colored bracts that remain decorative for weeks. The large, opposite, deep-green leaves with prominent white veins make it a striking ornamental plant for both indoor spaces and tropical gardens.
Cook Pine
Araucaria columnaris
The Cook Pine (Araucaria columnaris) is a majestic conifer native to New Caledonia, renowned for its distinctive columnar silhouette and a fascinating biological quirk: its trunk tilts toward the equator, regardless of which hemisphere it grows in. A slow-growing tree that can reach 60 meters in the wild, it typically stays 15-20 meters in cultivation. Widely used as an ornamental tree in coastal and subtropical gardens.
Burdock
Arctium lappa
Arctium lappa, commonly known as Burdock or Gobo, is a robust biennial herbaceous plant native to Europe and Asia. It grows up to 2 meters tall, producing large heart-shaped leaves and distinctive purple flower heads surrounded by hooked bracts that cling to clothing and animal fur — inspiring the invention of Velcro. Both the root and leaves have been valued for centuries in traditional medicine and Asian cuisine.
Breadfruit
Artocarpus
Artocarpus is a genus of approximately 60 species of tropical trees in the family Moraceae, native to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. The most famous species are jackfruit (A. heterophyllus), which bears the largest fruit of any tree in the world, and breadfruit (A. altilis), a staple food across the Pacific. All species produce milky latex sap and feature large, ornamental leaves.
Bamboo Orchid (genus)
Arundina
Arundina is a genus of terrestrial orchids in the family Orchidaceae, native to tropical and subtropical Asia. The dominant species, A. graminifolia, features slender bamboo-like stems and delicate flowers in white, pink, and purple hues. These orchids are among the most robust and beginner-friendly in the family.
Ascocenda Orchid
Ascocenda
Ascocenda is an orchid nothogenus, a hybrid between Ascocentrum and Vanda within the family Orchidaceae. It combines the compact growth habit of Ascocentrum with the vibrant, large blooms of Vanda, producing jewel-like flowers in shades of purple, pink, orange, and yellow on upright spikes.
Balearic Spleenwort
Asplenium balearicum
Asplenium balearicum, commonly known as the Balearic Spleenwort, is a small and elegant fern endemic to the Balearic Islands and the Western Mediterranean. It grows naturally in limestone rock crevices and shaded slopes, forming dense clumps of dark green fronds. Well-suited to indoor environments with good humidity, it is an adaptable plant that brings a Mediterranean touch to any space.
Bird's Nest Fern
Asplenium nidus
The Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus) is an elegant tropical epiphytic fern known for its rosette of bright green, lance-shaped fronds that unfurl from a central nest-like crown. Native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, this slow-growing beauty thrives in humid environments and makes an excellent houseplant for bathrooms and shaded spaces.
Green Spleenwort
Asplenium viride
Green Spleenwort (Asplenium viride) is a small rock-crevice fern native to calcareous mountain rocks across northern temperate Eurasia and North America. It is distinguished from the similar Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes) by its green stipes and rachises. A slow-growing, cold-hardy evergreen fern, it is well suited for rock gardens, troughs, and cool, humid indoor settings.
Old Man of the Andes
Austrocylindropuntia vestita
Austrocylindropuntia vestita, commonly known as the Old Man of the Andes or Cotton Coral Cactus, is a slender columnar cactus native to the high-altitude rocky grasslands of northwest Argentina and Bolivia. Its stems are densely covered in long white hairs that give it a distinctive woolly appearance, providing insulation against the cold Andean climate. It produces striking deep red to violet flowers at the stem tips during spring and summer.
Beilschmiedia
Beilschmiedia
Beilschmiedia is a genus of approximately 268 species of evergreen tropical and subtropical trees in the family Lauraceae. Distributed across the rainforests of Africa, Asia, Oceania, Central America, and South America, these trees are notable for their impressive canopy stature, dark leathery foliage, and significant ecological roles as dominant forest species. Notable members include B. tawa and B. tarairi from New Zealand and B. pendula (Pau de remo) from Brazil.
Harrison's Bifrenaria
Bifrenaria harrisoniae
Bifrenaria harrisoniae, commonly known as Harrison's Bifrenaria, is a striking epiphytic orchid endemic to Brazil. Found in the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes at elevations between 200 and 1,200 meters, it produces large, waxy, fragrant flowers — predominantly white with a pink-to-burgundy labellum and dark veining — up to 8 cm across. The robust pseudobulbs store water and nutrients, enabling the plant to withstand seasonal dry periods.
Membranous Hard Fern
Blechnum membranaceum
Blechnum membranaceum, commonly known as the Membranous Hard Fern, is a small Neotropical fern in the family Blechnaceae. Native to Central and South America, it produces delicate, thin fronds with a distinctive membranous texture, thriving in humid, shaded forest understories. Now reclassified as Austroblechnum membranaceum, it retains its historic trade name in horticulture.
Soft Water Fern
Blechnum minus
Blechnum minus, commonly known as the Soft Water Fern, is a beautiful shade-loving terrestrial fern native to Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania. It thrives in moist, riparian environments along creek banks and sheltered forest floors, forming dense, bushy clumps of glossy green fronds that reach 40–70 cm in length. As a member of the Blechnaceae family (synonyms: Lomaria minus, Parablechnum minus), it is a slow-growing evergreen fern prized for its graceful, arching fronds and adaptability to shaded garden positions.
Pine-pink Orchid
Bletia purpurea
Bletia purpurea, commonly known as Pine-pink Orchid, is a terrestrial orchid native to the Caribbean, Florida, Mexico, and Central and South America. It produces oval pseudobulbs and elegant linear leaves, with impressive flower spikes carrying up to 80 pink-purple blooms on stems reaching 180 cm tall. The plant is deciduous, going dormant in winter before blooming in spring and summer.
Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea glabra
Bougainvillea glabra, commonly known as Paperflower or Bougainvillea, is a vigorous woody climber native to Brazil. It is famous for its vibrant colors, which are actually bracts (modified leaves) surrounding its small, inconspicuous white flowers. It is an extremely resilient plant that thrives in full sun and is ideal for covering walls, fences, and pergolas, bringing a lush, tropical look to the garden.
Wild Cabbage
Brassica oleracea
Brassica oleracea is the wild ancestor of many of the world's most important vegetables, including cabbage, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, and collard greens. Native to the coastal cliffs of the Mediterranean and Atlantic Europe, this biennial or perennial herb has been cultivated for over 2,000 years and selectively bred into an extraordinary array of cultivar groups. In its wild form it produces wavy blue-green leaves, a sturdy erect stem, and clusters of small yellow flowers. As the parent species of all these major cultivar groups, Brassica oleracea represents one of humanity's greatest achievements in plant domestication — transforming a coastal weed into the world's most important leafy edible crop.
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