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Lesser Periwinkle
Vinca minor
Lesser periwinkle (Vinca minor) is a low-growing, evergreen perennial ground cover native to central and southern Europe. It produces charming star-shaped flowers in shades of violet-blue, lavender, or white atop a dense mat of glossy dark-green leaves. Thriving in shaded spots where few other plants succeed, it is a staple of woodland gardens, slopes, and areas under trees. The plant contains vinca alkaloids (including vincamine) that are toxic if ingested by humans, cats, or dogs, though it is generally safe to handle.
Variegated Lesser Periwinkle
Vinca minor 'Variegata'
Variegated lesser periwinkle is a low, trailing evergreen subshrub in the Apocynaceae family, native to central and southern Europe, prized for its grey-green oval leaves edged in creamy white. Its wiry stems root at the nodes wherever they touch soil, quickly forming a dense mat, and it produces solitary violet-blue, five-lobed flowers mainly in spring. It is exceptionally tough, tolerating anything from full sun to deep shade.
Black Swallow-wort
Vincetoxicum nigrum
Black Swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum nigrum) is a perennial herbaceous twining vine native to Mediterranean Europe. It produces small star-shaped flowers in deep black to dark purple hues during late spring and summer. Highly invasive in North America, it forms dense colonies that crowd out native vegetation. All plant parts are severely toxic.
Sweet Violet
Viola
Sweet Violet (Viola) is a low, spreading perennial prized for its heart-shaped leaves and small, deeply fragrant purple, blue, or white flowers that open in early spring. Native to Europe and temperate Asia, it forms neat rosettes that creep gently by runners, making it a classic choice for shaded borders, woodland gardens, and containers. Both flowers and leaves are edible and have been used since antiquity for perfume, confectionery, and folk medicine.
Field Pansy
Viola arvensis
Viola arvensis, the field pansy, is a low-growing annual to biennial wildflower native to Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa. It forms a basal rosette of spoon-shaped leaves with bluntly toothed edges and produces small, five-petaled flowers usually creamy white to pale yellow with a purple-flecked lower petal, though color can vary. Widely naturalized, it thrives in disturbed soils, meadows, and cultivated fields, flowering from early spring through fall.
Sweet Violet
Viola odorata
Sweet violet is a low-growing, hardy herbaceous perennial native to Europe and western Asia, prized for its sweetly fragrant purple or white flowers and heart-shaped leaves. It spreads via stolons to form a dense flowering mat, making it a popular ground cover for shaded borders and woodland gardens.
Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
Viola sororia, commonly known as the Common Blue Violet or Wood Violet, is a native North American herbaceous perennial celebrated for its charming blue-purple spring flowers. It thrives in moist, shaded woodland edges, meadows, and naturalistic gardens. Hardy from zones 3a to 7b, it self-seeds freely and spreads via rhizomes, making it an excellent low-maintenance ground cover for shaded areas.
Wild Pansy
Viola tricolor
Wild Pansy (Viola tricolor) is a small herbaceous plant native to Europe and Western Asia, considered the wild ancestor of modern cultivated pansies. It produces charming tricolor flowers in shades of purple, yellow, and white, blooming from winter through summer.
Pansy
Viola x wittrockiana
Viola x wittrockiana, commonly known as Pansy, is a hybrid flowering plant developed from European wild violets. One of the most beloved cool-season bedding plants, pansies produce cheerful, velvety blooms with distinctive "face-like" markings in a wide range of colors. They thrive in cool temperatures and are commonly planted in spring and fall gardens.
Mistletoes
Viscum
Viscum is the mistletoe genus, with about 112 species of hemiparasitic shrubs in the sandalwood family (Santalaceae), native to Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia. They grow attached to the branches of trees and shrubs, taking water and minerals from them, but have green leaves and photosynthesize. They form rounded clumps of forking stems, with tiny yellow-green flowers and white, yellow, orange or red berries with very sticky pulp. Birds eat the berries and wipe the seeds onto branches, where they germinate. The best known is European mistletoe (V. album), the Christmas decoration.
European Mistletoe
Viscum album
European mistletoe (Viscum album) is an evergreen hemiparasitic shrub in the family Santalaceae that grows attached to the branches of host trees such as apple, lime and poplar, drawing water and minerals through a haustorium. It has leathery, yellow-green leaves and small dioecious flowers followed by sticky white or yellow berries traditionally gathered at Christmas.
Chaste tree
Vitex
Vitex is a genus of aromatic, sun-loving shrubs and small trees, best known from the cultivated chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus). These deciduous plants grow to about 3-6 m and produce showy summer spikes of fragrant purple, blue, pink or white flowers above palmate, grey-green foliage.
Chaste Tree
Vitex agnus-castus
Vitex agnus-castus, commonly known as chaste tree or monk's pepper, is a deciduous Mediterranean shrub in the Lamiaceae family. It produces fragrant spikes of lavender-blue flowers throughout summer and fall, attracting butterflies and pollinators. Highly drought-tolerant and adaptable, it has centuries of history as a medicinal herb.
Puriri
Vitex lucens
Puriri (Vitex lucens) is a majestic evergreen tree endemic to northern New Zealand. It can reach up to 20 metres tall with a massive spreading canopy, glossy palmate leaves, and tubular pink-to-red flowers that bloom year-round. It is one of New Zealand's most iconic native trees, providing critical food and habitat for native birds such as the kererΕ« (native pigeon).
Grapevine
Vitis
Vitis, commonly known as the grapevine, is a woody climbing plant of great historical and economic importance. Its stems, called canes, attach to supports using tendrils. It is famous for producing grapes, which grow in clusters and are the foundation of the wine industry, in addition to being consumed fresh or dried. Its leaves are large, lobed, and deciduous, providing dense foliage ideal for pergolas.
Fox Grape
Vitis labrusca
Vitis labrusca, commonly known as the Fox Grape or Northern Fox Grape, is a vigorous deciduous climbing vine native to eastern North America. It is the parent species of many beloved American grape cultivars, most notably the Concord grape, widely used in juices, jellies, and wines. This fast-growing vine climbs by tendrils and can reach 15β20 feet in length, producing clusters of dark blue-black grapes with a characteristic "foxy" musky aroma. Its large, three-lobed leaves turn attractive shades in autumn, and fragrant greenish-yellow flowers bloom in spring to early summer. A hardy, adaptable plant suited to USDA zones 5β8, it thrives in full sun and well-drained loamy soil.
Riverbank Grape
Vitis riparia
Vitis riparia, commonly known as Riverbank Grape or Frost Grape, is a vigorous deciduous climbing vine native to North America, ranging from Canada through the central United States. It thrives along riverbanks, forest edges, and rocky slopes, climbing trees and structures to heights exceeding 20 metres. In autumn, its heart-shaped lobed leaves turn golden-yellow, while its clusters of small, dark-blue berries β sweetened after the first frost β provide vital food for wildlife and are used by foragers for juices, jellies, and wine.
Muscadine Grape
Vitis rotundifolia
Muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia, also classified as Muscadinia rotundifolia) is a deciduous woody vine native to the southeastern United States. It climbs with simple, unbranched tendrils and has glossy, nearly round leaves with coarse teeth that turn golden yellow in fall. Small greenish-white flowers open in short clusters in late spring, followed by large, thick-skinned bronze or dark purple berries that ripen from late summer into fall. Many vines are female and need a perfect-flowered variety nearby to set fruit; cultivars such as 'Carlos', 'Noble' and 'Triumph' are self-fertile. It resists Pierce's disease and phylloxera, so it thrives in hot, humid climates where European grapes struggle.
Common Grapevine
Vitis vinifera
The Common Grapevine (Vitis vinifera) is one of the oldest cultivated plants in human history, originating from the Mediterranean basin and western Asia. A vigorous deciduous climber, it produces the famous grape clusters used for wine, fresh consumption, and raisins. Its lobed leaves are ornamental and provide pleasant shade on pergolas and trellises.
Tubular Knapweed
Volutaria tubuliflora
Tubular Knapweed (Volutaria tubuliflora) is an annual herb in the Asteraceae family, native to North Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. Recognized by its pink-purple tubular flowers and deeply lobed hairy leaves, it thrives in sandy, arid to semi-arid environments. It is considered an invasive species in California, USA, where it poses a threat to native desert ecosystems, producing up to 2,500 seeds per plant.
Vriesea
Vriesea
Vriesea is a genus of approximately 250 epiphytic bromeliads native to the Americas, particularly Central and South America. They form tank-shaped rosettes with long, often ornamentally banded or spotted leaves. The dramatic, flat flower spikes display vibrant bracts in shades of red, yellow, orange, and pink that last for weeks.
Lobster Claws Bromeliad
Vriesea carinata
Vriesea carinata, commonly known as Lobster Claws Bromeliad or Painted Feather, is an epiphytic bromeliad native to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. It is prized for its stunning red and yellow flower bracts that resemble lobster claws. A compact, low-maintenance plant ideal for indoor tropical settings.
Giant Vriesea
Vriesea gigantea
The Giant Vriesea (Vriesea gigantea) is a large epiphytic bromeliad native to Brazil's Atlantic Forest. It is prized for its broad, strap-shaped leaves marked with an intricate netted (tessellated) pattern in pale green and yellowish tones reminiscent of snakeskin. The plant forms a substantial rosette that can exceed 70 cm across, eventually sending up a tall flower spike from its center at maturity. In the wild it grows attached to tree trunks and branches, drawing water and nutrients mainly through the central "cup" or "tank" formed by its overlapping leaf bases.
King of Bromeliads
Vriesea hieroglyphica
Tank bromeliad with distinctive banded green leaves featuring dark cross-banding and recurved tips, resembling hieroglyphic markings. Produces branching yellow, cream, or white flowers on tall inflorescences. Endemic to southeastern Brazil, thriving in humid conditions beneath tree shade.
Flaming Sword
Vriesea splendens
Vriesea splendens, commonly known as the Flaming Sword, is a stunning tropical bromeliad native to Trinidad and Venezuela. It produces a dramatic, sword-like red inflorescence spike that can last for months, making it one of the most striking indoor plants available. Its dark green leaves are banded with horizontal purple-brown stripes, creating a beautiful architectural form even without flowers.
Cambria orchid
Vuylstekeara
Vuylstekeara is an artificially created orchid nothogenus (a cross between Cochlioda Γ Miltonia Γ Odontoglossum), most commonly known in the trade as "Cambria," primarily through the popular cultivar Vuylstekeara Cambria 'Plush'. This hybrid combines the best traits of its parent species: it offers long-lasting, colorful inflorescences and is relatively easy to maintain, making it a frequent recommendation for beginner orchid enthusiasts. Ribbon-like leaves grow from its fleshy pseudobulbs, and its flowers appear with contrastingly patterned petals in a wide range of colors from yellow to burgundy.
Barren Strawberry
Waldsteinia ternata
Barren strawberry (Waldsteinia ternata) is a low-growing, semi-evergreen perennial groundcover belonging to the Rosaceae family. It is native to a region spanning from Central Europe to Siberia and Japan. Its trifoliate, dark green leaves form a dense mat that effectively covers the ground throughout the growing season. The foliage remains green under the snow and recovers quickly in the spring. In May, the plant bursts into yellow blooms that resemble strawberry flowers. Barren strawberry is very low-maintenance and is an excellent choice for a groundcover in semi-shaded gardens.
Pink quill
Wallisia cyanea
Wallisia cyanea (formerly Tillandsia cyanea), known as the pink quill, is an epiphytic bromeliad native to the tropical forests of Ecuador. It forms a dense rosette of narrow, grass-like leaves from which a flattened, vibrant pink spike resembling a quill emerges. From this spike, short-lived violet-blue flowers appear sequentially over several months. It is a slow-growing plant that does not require soil, primarily cultivated for its spectacular, long-lasting colorful inflorescence.
Chaconia
Warszewiczia
Warszewiczia is a genus of evergreen tropical trees and shrubs in the Rubiaceae (coffee) family, native to Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. Its best-known and most widely cultivated species, W. coccinea -- the chaconia or wild poinsettia -- is the national flower of Trinidad and Tobago. The plant is prized for its striking flower clusters: long, upright spikes bearing dozens of small, inconspicuous yellow flowers, each subtended by one flame-red, enlarged sepal (bract) that gives the inflorescence its brilliant color. It grows as a large shrub or small tree, typically 4-8 m tall in cultivation (up to 12 m in the wild), with big, glossy, leathery leaves.
California Fan Palm
Washingtonia filifera
Washingtonia filifera, the California fan palm (also called desert fan palm), is a massive, single-trunked palm native to desert oases of the southwestern United States. It is the only palm species native to the western United States and forms dense groves around natural springs in the Colorado and Mojave deserts. Mature palms develop a thick, fibrous gray-brown trunk topped with a crown of large, fan-shaped (palmate) leaves that can reach 1.5-2 m across, each armed with curling filaments along the leaf margins that give the species its epithet "filifera" (thread-bearing). Older, uncultivated specimens often retain a skirt of dead fronds hanging down the trunk, earning it the nickname "petticoat palm."
Mexican Fan Palm
Washingtonia robusta
Washingtonia robusta, commonly known as the Mexican Fan Palm or Skyduster, is a fast-growing palm native to Baja California and Sonora, Mexico. Prized for its slender towering trunk and large fan-shaped fronds, it can reach up to 30 meters tall and is widely planted along boulevards, in parks, and in warm-climate gardens worldwide.
Old Fashioned Weigela
Weigela florida
Weigela florida, commonly known as Old Fashioned Weigela, is a deciduous flowering shrub native to northern China and Korea. It is celebrated for its profuse, trumpet-shaped blooms in shades of pink, red, and white that emerge in late spring and early summer, making it a beloved choice for garden borders and foundation plantings. Its arching branches create an elegant silhouette, and modern cultivars offer a wide range of foliage colors from deep burgundy to variegated cream.
Coastal Rosemary
Westringia fruticosa
Westringia fruticosa, commonly known as Coastal Rosemary, is a hardy evergreen shrub native to coastal areas of southeastern Australia. Despite its common name and rosemary-like foliage, it is not related to true rosemary but belongs to the mint family (Lamiaceae). It produces an abundance of small white to lavender flowers almost year-round, making it a popular ornamental shrub in Australian and Mediterranean-style gardens.
Caracas Wigandia
Wigandia urens
Wigandia urens is a fast-growing large shrub or small tree native to Mexico and Central/South America, prized for its enormous textured leaves that can reach 30 cm long. The entire plant is covered in bristly stinging hairs that produce severe contact dermatitis, making it one of the most hazardous ornamentals to handle. In summer, it produces striking clusters of deep purple flowers with a white throat, attracting pollinators. It thrives in full sun outdoors and is highly drought tolerant once established.
Japanese Wisteria
Wisteria floribunda
Japanese Wisteria is a vigorous, woody deciduous climber native to Japan, prized for its long, fragrant, drooping flower clusters that cascade over trellises and pergolas in spring. Its stems twine clockwise around supports, thickening into gnarled trunks over the years.
Chinese Wisteria
Wisteria sinensis
Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) is a vigorous, woody deciduous climber native to China, belonging to the Fabaceae family. Widely grown on pergolas, arbors, and walls for its spectacular cascading racemes of fragrant flowers β up to 30 cm long, in shades of purple, violet, and lavender β that appear in spring before the leaves emerge. Fast-growing and twining, it can reach many meters if left unchecked, so training it on sturdy structures is essential. Every part of the plant, especially the seeds and pods, is toxic to humans, dogs, and cats, potentially causing nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain if ingested.
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