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1135 Medium Plants
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Grandiflora Rose
Rosa x grandiflora
Rosa x grandiflora, commonly known as the Grandiflora Rose, is a modern hybrid class created in the 1950s by crossing Hybrid Tea roses with Floribunda roses. The result is a vigorous, tall-growing shrub that bears large, elegant blooms in clusters on long stems, combining the best traits of both parent classes. Grandiflora roses are celebrated for their repeat blooming, remarkable height, and wide spectrum of colors ranging from pure white to deep red, golden yellow, and vivid bicolors.
Purple Roscoea
Roscoea purpurea
The Purple Roscoea (Roscoea purpurea) is a herbaceous perennial plant from the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), native to the high altitudes of the Himalayas—primarily Nepal and Northern India—where it grows in alpine meadows, rocky outcrops, terraces, and forest edges. In early summer, it sprouts broad, orchid-like leaves and a fleshy pseudostem from a short, vertical rhizome, reaching heights of 12 to 20 inches (30 to 50 cm). From summer to early autumn, large purple to mauve flowers appear with a three-part corolla and a prominent lip, resembling tropical orchids and giving rise to the common name 'Ginger Orchid.' As a geophyte, the plant goes completely dormant in winter, surviving the cold season underground within its rhizome.
Brazilian Oak
Roupala montana
Roupala montana, popularly known as the Brazilian Oak, is a native tree or shrub from the Proteaceae family, found from Mexico to southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina. It is typical of the Cerrado (Brazilian savanna), gallery forests, rocky fields, and restingas, generally growing between 3 and 26 feet tall, though it can reach up to 50-80 feet in favorable conditions. It features a dense, rounded crown, a cylindrical trunk, and simple or compound leaves, with young branches being densely hairy. Its small flowers, ranging from white to cream or pale yellow, gather in elongated inflorescences (racemes) that appear mainly between summer and autumn. The species is considered an 'ochlospecies' due to its high morphological variability between populations. Its noble wood, similar to European oak, is used in cabinetry, civil construction, and charcoal production, while the bark is utilized in traditional medicine.
Blackberry
Rubus fruticosus
Rubus fruticosus, commonly known as blackberry or bramble, is a vigorous deciduous shrub native to Europe and widely naturalised across the world. It produces arching, thorny canes (called floricanes) that bear clusters of white to pale-pink flowers in late spring and early summer, followed by the familiar glossy black, sweet-tart fruit beloved in jams, pies and fresh eating. A true biennial-caned plant, first-year primocanes grow vegetatively while second-year floricanes fruit and then die back, making annual pruning essential. Deeply embedded in European folklore and cottage gardens alike, blackberry is one of nature's most generous edible hedgerow plants.
Grabowski's Bramble
Rubus grabowskii
Grabowski's Bramble is one of the roughly 330+ microspecies that make up the European blackberry group (Rubus fruticosus aggregate), a complex of apomictic (seed-clone-forming) brambles found across hedgerows, woodland edges, and waste ground in central and northern Europe. Like its relatives, it is a vigorous, thorny, arching shrub with biennial canes: first-year canes grow vegetatively, then flower, fruit, and die back in their second year while new canes rise to replace them. Botanists distinguish it from other microspecies by its tapering prickles, leaves with a notably long terminal-leaflet stalk, a broad, often pyramid-shaped flower cluster, and white or pale pink flowers with hairy carpel tips. The blackberries it produces in late summer are edible and, like all brambles in the aggregate, it is valuable to wildlife as forage, nesting cover, and a nectar source for pollinators.
Wineberry
Rubus phoenicolasius
Rubus phoenicolasius, known as the Wineberry, is a vigorous perennial shrub in the rose family. It is native to East Asia and is easily identified by its stems, which are densely covered in reddish-purple glandular hairs. The plant produces small white flowers that develop into bright red, shiny, edible berries. The fruit is encased in a protective hairy calyx until it is fully ripe. It is highly valued for its sweet-tart flavor but is considered an invasive species in many parts of North America due to its rapid growth and ability to form dense thickets.
Curly dock
Rumex crispus
A perennial herbaceous plant from the Polygonaceae family, native to Europe and Western Asia. Features smooth leaves with distinctly wavy or curled margins, measuring 14-24 cm in length. Common in disturbed soils and adapted to various climates, highly tolerant of cold and drought. Forms dense rosettes and produces thousands of viable seeds per plant that can remain viable for 50+ years.
Narrow-leaved rue
Ruta angustifolia
Ruta angustifolia, known as narrow-leaved rue or fringed rue, is an aromatic evergreen subshrub in the Rutaceae family, native to the Mediterranean region and widely naturalized across Southeast Asia. It grows 40-100 cm tall with slender woody stems and finely divided, blue-green leaves that release a strong, pungent scent when bruised. Clusters of small yellow flowers with a fetid odor bloom from spring through summer. The plant has a long history of traditional medicinal use for ailments such as fever, cramps and liver complaints, but all parts are toxic if ingested and the sap can cause severe skin burns when exposed to sunlight.
Sugarcane
Saccharum officinarum
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) is a large, perennial grass native to Southeast Asia and New Guinea, cultivated for millennia for its succulent stalks rich in sucrose. It forms vigorous clumps with erect, jointed, and fibrous stalks that can exceed 13 to 20 feet (4 to 6 meters) in height, covered by long, narrow, and sharp-edged leaves. It is the world's primary source of sugar and one of the most important agricultural crops on the planet, also used in the production of ethanol, rum, molasses, and unrefined cane sugar. It blooms only when days shorten, producing a silvery, feathery inflorescence known as an "arrow."
Sweet Plum
Sageretia theezans
The Chinese Sweet Plum (Sageretia theezans) is an evergreen shrub from the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae), native to southern China. It is one of the most popular indoor bonsai species, combining fine, glossy foliage, attractive scaly, multicolored bark, and reddish new growth at the shoot tips. In late summer, inconspicuous creamy-white flower panicles appear, followed by small, edible blue-black drupes. In its native habitat, it grows 1 to 3 meters tall, but as a bonsai, it remains significantly smaller through regular pruning.
African Violet
Saintpaulia ionantha
The African Violet is a beloved compact houseplant native to the cloud forests of Tanzania and Kenya. Discovered in 1892 by Baron Walter von Saint Paul, it features velvety, dark green leaves and delicate flowers that bloom in shades of purple, blue, pink, white, and red. With proper care, these charming plants can live up to 50 years and bloom nearly year-round.
Glasswort
Salicornia
Glasswort (Salicornia) is a genus of annual, succulent-stemmed plants in the Amaranthaceae family, adapted to saltwater habitats. Its jointed, leafless, succulent shoots are green, often turning red or orange in the fall. It grows in coastal salt marshes, saline soils, and on the shores of salt lakes, where almost no other plants can survive. Its young shoots are also known as "sea asparagus" or "sea beans" and are a sought-after vegetable worldwide for their crunchy, salty flavor.
Willow
Salix
Willow (Salix) is a large genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the family Salicaceae, native across the Northern Hemisphere. Best known for the graceful weeping willow (Salix babylonica) with its long, pendulous branches sweeping toward water, willows have been culturally and medicinally significant for millennia. The bark of Salix alba (white willow) contains salicin, the natural compound that inspired the synthesis of aspirin in 1897. Willows thrive near rivers, lakes, and wetlands, and are among the fastest-growing trees in the world.
White Willow
Salix alba
The white willow (Salix alba) is a fast-growing deciduous tree native to Europe, temperate Asia, and North Africa. It can reach up to 25 meters (82 feet) in height, with characteristic silvery-green lanceolate leaves, especially on the underside. It thrives in moist soils and near watercourses, making it a popular choice for riparian landscaping and erosion control.
Weeping Willow
Salix babylonica
The Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica) is a majestic tree native to northern China, widely cultivated around the world for its graceful, cascading branches that sweep the ground. It thrives near water — rivers, lakes, and ponds — where it can reach its full potential. Its iconic silhouette makes it one of the most recognizable ornamental trees globally.
Pussy Willow
Salix discolor
Salix discolor, commonly known as Pussy Willow, is a fast-growing deciduous shrub or small tree native to North America. Celebrated for its silky, pearl-gray catkins that emerge in late winter before the leaves, it is one of the first plants to signal the arrival of spring. It thrives in moist to wet soils and is ideal for rain gardens, stream banks, and wildlife habitats.
Dappled Willow
Salix integra
Salix integra is a deciduous shrub in the willow family (Salicaceae), grown mainly for its ornamental foliage rather than its inconspicuous yellow catkins. The widely planted cultivar 'Hakuro-nishiki' (dappled willow) produces slender, lance-shaped leaves splashed with pink, cream and green when they emerge, maturing to green by summer and turning gold in fall. It is fast-growing, cold-hardy, and adaptable to a range of soils, including damp or heavier ground where many other ornamentals struggle.
Dappled Willow 'Hakuro Nishiki'
Salix integra 'Hakuro Nishiki'
The Dappled Willow 'Hakuro Nishiki' (Salix integra) is an ornamental deciduous shrub from the Salicaceae family, renowned for its striking variegated foliage in shades of pink, white, and green. These colors are most vibrant on new growth during spring and early summer. In spring, it produces small, inconspicuous yellow-green catkins. It is a fast-growing plant, often pruned into a low shrub or grafted onto a trunk to create a 'standard' or 'lollipop' form. It is popular in gardens as a specimen plant or in mixed borders, particularly near water features, as it thrives in moist conditions.
Black Elder
Sambucus nigra
Sambucus nigra, commonly known as Black Elder or European Elderberry, is a fast-growing deciduous shrub or small tree native to Europe, Western Asia, and Northwest Africa. It produces large, flat-topped clusters of fragrant creamy-white flowers in late spring, followed by drooping bunches of glossy dark purple-black berries in late summer and autumn. The plant is famous for its dual edible and medicinal uses — elderflower cordials and elderberry syrups are beloved across Europe. Important note: all green plant parts (leaves, stems, roots, unripe berries, and raw seeds) are toxic due to cyanogenic glycosides; only fully cooked ripe berries and fresh flowers are safe for consumption.
Shrubby Whitevein
Sanchezia speciosa
Sanchezia speciosa is a striking tropical shrub from the Acanthaceae family, native to tropical South America. Its standout feature is its large, glossy dark-green leaves boldly marked with vivid yellow-gold veins, creating a dramatic ornamental display. Under favorable conditions it produces tubular yellow-orange flowers in summer and fall.
Pale Pitcher Plant
Sarracenia alata
Perennial carnivorous plant native to southeastern North America, characterized by tall, slender, tube-shaped traps (pitchers) in pale yellow to white. Thrives in saturated, nutrient-poor soils in longleaf pine savannas, capturing insects to supplement nutrients.
Purple Pitcher Plant
Sarracenia purpurea
Sarracenia purpurea, the purple pitcher plant, is a carnivorous perennial native to bogs and nutrient-poor wetlands across eastern North America. Its rosette of hollow, water-filled pitcher leaves traps and digests insects to supplement the poor soil it grows in. Pitchers range from green to deep red-purple, and the plant produces a single nodding red-purple flower each spring.
Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
Sassafras albidum is a deciduous tree native to eastern North America, ranging from southern Ontario and New England to Florida and Texas. It is recognized by its characteristic three-lobed leaves, which can have three different shapes on the same branch (entire, mitten-shaped with one lobe, and three-lobed), as well as its highly aromatic bark and roots. In spring, the tree bears small yellow-green flowers, and in autumn, the foliage turns brilliant orange, red, and purple. The species is seriously threatened by the fatal fungal disease "laurel wilt" (caused by Raffaelea lauricola), which is spread by the introduced Asian ambrosia beetle Xyleborus glabratus.
Fireball Lily
Scadoxus
Scadoxus is a small genus of bulbous perennials native to tropical and southern Africa, prized for dramatic globe-shaped flower heads made up of hundreds of tiny red florets with prominent yellow-tipped stamens, resembling a burst of fireworks or a paintbrush dipped in scarlet paint. Strap-shaped leaves emerge in a loose rosette from an underground bulb, and in several species the flowers appear on a bare stalk before the foliage unfurls. The plant dies back to the bulb during a dry dormant season, then re-emerges with fresh leaves and blooms the following year.
Blood Lily
Scadoxus multiflorus
The Blood Lily (Scadoxus multiflorus) is a spectacular bulbous plant native to sub-Saharan Africa, celebrated for its globe-shaped scarlet flower heads that can contain up to 200 individual blooms and reach 20 cm in diameter. It grows from a rhizomatous bulb, producing broad decorative leaves. The plant enters winter dormancy before putting on a striking floral display in spring and summer.
Kanna
Sceletium tortuosum
Kanna (Sceletium tortuosum) is a creeping, succulent plant with fleshy leaves native to the semi-desert, quartz-rich regions of South Africa. Its name (derived from the Greek 'skeletos', meaning skeleton) comes from the skeleton-like, veined patterns formed by dried leaves remaining on the stem. Its small, white, pale yellow, or pink flowers, measuring 20-30 mm in diameter, bloom in spring. Kanna is known in the centuries-old traditions of the Khoisan and San peoples as a mood-enhancing, calming plant, traditionally consumed by chewing or fermenting ('kougoed').
Queensland Umbrella Tree
Schefflera actinophylla
Schefflera actinophylla, commonly known as the Queensland Umbrella Tree or Australian Umbrella Tree, is a fast-growing tropical tree native to the rainforests of northern Queensland, Australia, New Guinea, and Java. Its large, glossy palmate leaves radiate from a central point like an umbrella, making it one of the most popular ornamental plants for both indoor and outdoor tropical landscapes.
False Aralia
Schefflera elegantissima
False aralia (Schefflera elegantissima, syn. Dizygotheca elegantissima and Plerandra elegantissima) is a striking evergreen shrub from the Araliaceae family, native to New Caledonia in the South Pacific. It is prized as a houseplant for its dramatic, deeply serrated, coppery-bronze juvenile leaves that mature to a dark, glossy green with a leathery texture. Young plants have narrow, almost lacy leaflets arranged in a whorled, umbrella-like pattern, while mature specimens develop thicker leaflets and a woody, tree-like trunk that can reach 1.8-2.5 m indoors. False aralia has a reputation for being a bit temperamental compared to other Schefflera relatives, reacting quickly to drafts, sudden temperature swings, and inconsistent watering with leaf drop, so it rewards a stable spot and a steady care routine.
Japanese umbrella pine
Sciadopitys verticillata
The Japanese umbrella pine (Sciadopitys verticillata) is the only living species in the Sciadopityaceae family—a true "living fossil," as its closest relatives are known only from fossil records. Endemic to Japan, it is native to the mountain forests of Shikoku, Kyushu, and the Kii Peninsula, typically growing at altitudes of 700–1400 meters on rocky slopes and in river gorges. Its most distinctive feature is the umbrella-like whorls of flattened, 4–14 cm long needle-like structures (cladodes) at the tips of the shoots, from which its common name is derived. It is an extremely slow-growing evergreen tree: in its homeland, centuries-old specimens can reach 30–40 meters in height, while in garden cultivation, it may only reach a few meters even after several decades.
Sterling Silver Scindapsus
Scindapsus treubii
Scindapsus treubii, commonly known as Sterling Silver Scindapsus or Moonlight Scindapsus, is a stunning tropical aroid native to the rainforests of Southeast Asia. It is celebrated for its thick, waxy leaves adorned with a distinctive silvery-green sheen that shimmers under light. Two main cultivars are popular among collectors: 'Moonlight', which boasts brighter silver variegation, and 'Dark Form', with deeper, darker foliage. As a slow-growing climber, it rewards patient gardeners with breathtaking leaves that become more striking as the plant matures.
Black Salsify
Scorzonera
Scorzonera is a perennial root vegetable in the Asteraceae family, native to southern Europe and Central Asia. It produces long taproots with distinctive black skin and white flesh, prized for their delicate oyster-like flavor. In the second year, plants bear bright yellow dandelion-like flowers that are also edible.
Chayote
Sechium edule
The chayote (Sechium edule) is a vigorous herbaceous climbing vine in the Cucurbitaceae family, native to Central America, whose vines can exceed 32 to 49 feet (10 to 15 meters) in length when well-supported by trellises, fences, or arbors. It produces light green fruits with smooth or prickly skin, heart-shaped leaves, and small greenish-white flowers. It is a fast-growing, highly productive plant that blooms between summer and fall and bears fruit just a few months after planting. All parts of the plant are edible—fruit, shoots, leaves, seeds, and even the tuberous root—making it both a versatile vegetable and an ornamental plant for pergolas and walls.
Spikemoss
Selaginella
Selaginella is a diverse genus of over 700 species of primitive vascular plants in the family Selaginellaceae, commonly known as spikemosses or little club mosses. Though not true mosses, they resemble them with their delicate, scale-like foliage and low, spreading growth habit. Found worldwide — predominantly in humid tropical and subtropical environments — they are prized as ornamental plants for terrariums, shaded gardens, and ground covers. Certain species, notably Selaginella lepidophylla (the resurrection plant), can survive near-complete desiccation and rehydrate fully when watered.
Krauss's Spikemoss
Selaginella kraussiana
Selaginella kraussiana, commonly known as Krauss's Spikemoss or African Clubmoss, is a primitive vascular plant that resembles a delicate moss. Native to Africa, it forms a dense, creeping mat of vibrant green, branching foliage. It is a popular choice for terrariums, indoor gardens, and as a groundcover in shady, damp areas where other plants might struggle to thrive.
Martens' Spikemoss
Selaginella martensii
Selaginella martensii, known as Martens' Spikemoss, is a stunning lycophyte native to Mexico and Central America. Despite its fern-like appearance, it belongs to an ancient lineage of vascular plants — neither a true moss nor a fern, but a fern-ally or lycophyte. Its feathery, overlapping scale-like leaves create a lush, emerald carpet, with some varieties displaying striking white-tipped variegation. It thrives in high-humidity environments, making it a favorite for terrariums, paludariums, and moisture-rich indoor spaces.
Night-Blooming Cereus
Selenicereus grandiflorus
Selenicereus grandiflorus is a climbing, epiphytic cactus native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, prized for its enormous, intensely fragrant white flowers that bloom for only one night each year. Its long, sprawling, ribbed stems climb trees and rocks using aerial roots, and by dusk on a single summer evening the plant unfurls a spectacular blossom up to 30 cm wide before it withers by morning.
What are Medium Plants?
Medium Plants require a bit more attention and basic gardening knowledge. These plants thrive with regular care and some cultivation experience. Ideal for those who already master the basics.
Tips for Growing Medium Plants
medium plants need a balance between attention and freedom. Keep a regular care routine, watch leaves to identify problems early, and adjust watering by season.