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Arnica
Arnica montana
Arnica montana is a perennial herbaceous plant native to the mountainous regions of central and southern Europe, including the Alps, Pyrenees, and Carpathians. Revered for centuries in European folk medicine, it produces bright yellow, daisy-like flowers in summer. It is legally protected in several European countries due to overharvesting. The entire plant is toxic if ingested, but flower extracts are widely used in topical preparations to relieve bruising, muscle soreness, and inflammation.
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) is a deciduous shrub in the rose family (Rosaceae), native to eastern North America. It grows to a height of approximately 1–3 m and a similar width, forming dense, multi-stemmed clumps. In spring, it produces small white to pinkish flowers in corymb-like clusters, followed by glossy dark purple to black fruits in autumn and vibrant red fall foliage. The fruits are edible, though quite astringent when raw, and are known for their high antioxidant (anthocyanin) content.
Mugwort
Artemisia
Artemisia is a large genus of aromatic herbs and subshrubs in the daisy family (Asteraceae), with over 500 species found mainly across the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The genus includes well-known plants such as wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), common mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), and tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus). Foliage is typically silvery-grey to green, finely divided, and strongly aromatic, while flowers are small, inconspicuous, and yellowish or whitish, borne in clusters in late summer and fall. Artemisia species are rugged, low-maintenance plants traditionally valued for medicinal, aromatic, and ornamental uses.
Field Wormwood
Artemisia campestris
Artemisia campestris, commonly known as field wormwood or field sagewort, is a hardy perennial herb in the daisy family (Asteraceae). Native to Europe, Asia, and North America, it forms low mounds of finely divided, silvery-green aromatic foliage topped by tiny yellowish-green flower heads in late summer. Valued for its drought tolerance and resilience in poor, sandy soils, it thrives in open meadows, dunes, and rocky ground.
Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) is a perennial aromatic herb in the Asteraceae family, native to Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Prized in European cuisine — especially French cooking — it is distinguished by its characteristic anise-like flavor. It forms compact clumps of narrow, gray-green leaves and goes dormant in winter, resprouting vigorously each spring.
Beach Wormwood
Artemisia stelleriana
Artemisia stelleriana is a silver-leaved herbaceous perennial native to northeastern Asia, naturally found on coastal dunes and sandy habitats. Its densely white-hairy foliage gives it a distinctive silvery appearance, making it a popular ornamental ground cover for sunny, dry gardens.
Mugwort
Artemisia vulgaris
Artemisia vulgaris is a tall, aromatic perennial herb in the daisy family (Asteraceae), native to Europe and Asia and now naturalized worldwide. It forms clumps of deeply lobed, dark green leaves with silvery, woolly undersides, and produces panicles of small greenish-yellow to reddish-brown flowers from mid-summer into fall. Mugwort spreads aggressively by rhizomes and is considered invasive in many regions, so it is best grown in containers or contained beds.
Rock Lily
Arthropodium cirratum
Arthropodium cirratum, commonly known as rock lily or rengarenga, is an evergreen rhizomatous perennial endemic to New Zealand's coastal cliffs and rocky headlands. It forms clumps of glossy, strap-like leaves topped in early summer by branching stalks of small white, six-petalled flowers with purple-and-yellow stamens. Traditionally an important food and medicine plant for Maori, its fleshy rhizomes were cooked and eaten, and its leaves and roots were used to treat wounds and skin ailments. Today it is a popular, low-maintenance ornamental for coastal and shaded gardens worldwide.
Artificial grass
Artificial plant
Lifelike artificial plants and grasses offer an excellent alternative in spaces where light conditions or environmental factors are unsuitable for live plants. They are made from high-quality polymers and silk, making them remarkably similar to real plants, while having no biological needs.
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.
Jackfruit Tree
Artocarpus heterophyllus
Artocarpus heterophyllus, commonly known as the jackfruit tree, is a tropical fruit tree native to the Western Ghats of India. Belonging to the Moraceae family, it is renowned for bearing the largest tree-borne fruit in the world. It can grow up to 30 meters tall and thrives in tropical and subtropical climates across Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Arum / Cuckoo Pint (genus)
Arum
Arum is a genus of tuberous perennial plants in the family Araceae, native to Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. They produce arrow-shaped leaves and ornamental spathes followed by bright orange berries. All parts are severely toxic due to calcium oxalate raphides.
Danish Arum
Arum cylindraceum
Danish Arum (Arum cylindraceum) is a perennial tuberous plant in the arum family (Araceae), and the only Arum species native to Denmark. It grows 25-40 cm tall with spear-shaped, unspotted leaves and a characteristic inflorescence consisting of a violet spadix surrounded by a pale green spathe, blooming in May-June. The plant is found here and there on the Danish islands and in eastern Jutland, where it grows in nutrient-rich, moist forest floors, thickets, and hedges. In autumn, it produces conspicuous, poisonous red berries. The entire plant – especially the berries and tuber – contains needle-shaped calcium oxalate crystals and is highly toxic if ingested.
Italian Arum
Arum italicum
Italian arum (Arum italicum) is a tuberous perennial in the Araceae family, native to much of Europe, North Africa, and western Asia. It is grown for its arrow-shaped, dark green leaves — often marbled with cream or white veining — that emerge in fall and persist through winter, an unusual growth cycle for a garden perennial. In spring it produces a pale green-yellow spathe surrounding a spadix, followed in summer by a striking spike of orange-red berries. All parts of the plant, especially the berries, contain calcium oxalate crystals and are toxic if ingested. The species tolerates shade well and can naturalize aggressively, being classified as invasive in parts of the US, Australia, and New Zealand.
Lords-and-Ladies
Arum maculatum
A shade-loving woodland perennial in the arum family, native across most of Europe, Eastern Turkey and the Caucasus. Its glossy, arrow-shaped leaves emerge in late winter, often marked with dark purple blotches, followed in late spring by a pale green to purple-flushed spathe wrapped around a deep purple spadix. By midsummer the foliage and flower die back completely, leaving a bare stalk topped with a tight cluster of bright orange-red berries that persist into autumn. Every part of the plant -- leaves, stem, tuber and berries -- is highly toxic, packed with needle-like calcium oxalate crystals and other irritant compounds that cause intense burning of the mouth and throat if chewed or eaten.
Goat's Beard
Aruncus dioicus
Aruncus dioicus, commonly known as Goat's Beard, is a bold and graceful shade-loving perennial native to moist woodlands across the Northern Hemisphere. It produces dramatic, feathery plumes of creamy-white flowers in late spring to early summer, rising above deeply divided, fern-like foliage. A dioecious species, male plants bear showier upright flower plumes while female plants produce more pendulous clusters that develop into attractive seed heads. This long-lived, low-maintenance perennial thrives in partial to full shade and consistently moist, humus-rich soils, making it an outstanding choice for woodland gardens, shaded borders, stream banks, and rain gardens.
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.
Bamboo Orchid
Arundina graminifolia
The Bamboo Orchid (Arundina graminifolia) is a terrestrial orchid native to Southeast Asia, recognized by its slender, bamboo-like stems that can reach up to 2.5 meters tall. It produces gorgeous flowers in shades of white, pink, and lilac year-round, making it one of the most rewarding orchids for tropical and subtropical gardens.
Switch cane
Arundinaria tecta
Arundinaria tecta is a low, slender native bamboo of the grass family (Poaceae), found in the coastal plain and piedmont of the southeastern United States from Virginia to Florida. It typically grows 0.6 to 1.8 meters tall, occasionally reaching up to 3.5 meters, with thin, rigid, round green stems that mature to brown and branch in their upper half. The species spreads vigorously by underground rhizomes and historically formed dense, near-impenetrable stands called canebrakes in wetland forest understories. Large canebrakes are now considered a critically endangered ecosystem due to habitat loss since European colonization.
Giant reed
Arundo donax
The giant reed (Arundo donax) is a large perennial grass belonging to the Poaceae family. It resembles common reed but grows much taller: typically 6–16 feet (2–5 m), and in favorable conditions, even 20–33 feet (6–10 m). From its thick, creeping rhizomes, hollow, hard, almost woody stems 2–3 cm thick emerge, bearing bluish-green, drooping leaves 30–60 cm long and 2–8 cm wide. With adequate moisture, it can grow up to 5 cm per day in summer. In September–October, it produces half-meter long panicle inflorescences that are initially reddish-brown and later turn silvery. It is common mainly along the Mediterranean, on the moist banks of watercourses and lagoons. It is planted for windbreaks, hedges, and soil protection; its stems are used to make reeds for oboes, bassoons, clarinets, and saxophones. It spreads aggressively via rhizomes and is an invasive species in many warm regions.
Creeping Gloxinia
Asarina erubescens
Asarina erubescens, commonly known as creeping gloxinia or climbing snapdragon, is a fast-growing evergreen perennial vine native to the oak forests and canyon walls of the Sierra Madre Oriental range in Mexico, at elevations between 1,000 and 2,200 meters. Rather than using tendrils, it climbs by twining its soft, velvety, triangular leaf-stalks around trellises, fences, and other supports, reaching lengths of up to 2.5 m (8 ft) in a single season. From summer through the first frost it produces a continuous show of tubular, trumpet-shaped flowers up to 7 cm long, rosy-pink with a paler throat (white in some cultivated forms), which attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Grown as a tender perennial in USDA zones 7b-11 and as a fast summer annual elsewhere, it is a popular choice for hanging baskets, trellises, and container gardens.
Milkweed
Asclepias
Asclepias is a genus of more than 200 species in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Americas and Africa. Most are herbaceous perennials whose stems are full of milky latex. The flowers, in rounded clusters, have a complex shape with reflexed petals and a central crown, in orange, pink, purple, white, yellow or red depending on the species. They are followed by pods that split to release seeds with silky hairs carried by the wind. It is the food plant of monarch butterfly caterpillars. All parts are toxic.
Tropical Milkweed
Asclepias curassavica
Tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Apocynaceae family, native to tropical South America. Known for its striking orange and yellow flowers, it is one of the primary host plants for Monarch butterfly caterpillars. It grows quickly in full sun and is drought-tolerant, but ALL parts of the plant contain cardiac glycosides and are toxic if ingested.
Balloon Plant
Asclepias physocarpa
Asclepias physocarpa, commonly known as Balloon Plant or Swan Plant, is a fast-growing perennial shrub native to South Africa. It is celebrated for its distinctive inflated, bristly seed pods that resemble balloons or swan heads, and for its small, fragrant white flowers that bloom in summer. A vital host plant for monarch butterflies, it is beloved by gardeners and conservationists alike.
Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is a native perennial wildflower of Eastern North America, iconic for its role as the primary larval host plant of the monarch butterfly. It produces fragrant, pink-purple domed flower clusters in summer and distinctive large seed pods filled with silky fibers. Its stems and leaves exude a milky white latex sap containing cardiac glycosides, making it toxic if ingested. A cornerstone of native pollinator gardens.
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias tuberosa, commonly known as Butterfly Weed, is a stunning native North American perennial celebrated for its vivid clusters of bright orange flowers that bloom from late spring through summer. A critical host plant for monarch butterflies, it provides food for their caterpillars and nectar for countless pollinators. This drought-tolerant, deep-rooted wildflower thrives in poor, well-drained soils and requires very little maintenance once established.
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.
Ascocentrum orchid
Ascocentrum
Ascocentrum is a small genus of miniature epiphytic orchids from Southeast Asia and the eastern Himalayas, found from India and southern China through Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Java and the Philippines. The plants are monopodial: a short upright stem carries two rows of stiff, strap-shaped or channelled leaves and thick aerial roots, usually staying under 25 cm tall. In bloom they produce dense, upright spikes packed with small, waxy flowers about 2 cm across in vivid orange, yellow, red, pink or magenta. Botanists now usually treat Ascocentrum as part of Vanda (for example Ascocentrum miniatum is Vanda miniata, A. ampullaceum is Vanda ampullacea and A. curvifolium is Vanda curvifolia), but growers and labels still widely use the name Ascocentrum. It is a parent of the Ascocenda hybrids (Ascocentrum x Vanda).
Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
The pawpaw (Asimina triloba) is a deciduous tree in the Annonaceae family, native to the eastern United States and Canada. It is the largest edible fruit tree native to North America. The species naturally grows as an understory tree in forests and produces striking, cup-shaped purple-brown flowers in the spring before the leaves emerge. The large, greenish-yellow fruits have a creamy texture with a flavor reminiscent of a blend of banana, mango, and vanilla.
Asparagus
Asparagus
The Asparagus genus encompasses over 200 species native to Africa, Europe, and Asia, ranging from the edible garden asparagus (A. officinalis) to delicate ornamentals like the asparagus fern (A. setaceus) and Sprengeri fern (A. densiflorus). Known for their feathery, needle-like foliage (cladodes), asparagus plants are prized in floral arrangements, hanging baskets, and as graceful houseplants.
Sprenger's Asparagus
Asparagus aethiopicus
Sprenger's Asparagus (Asparagus aethiopicus) is an evergreen perennial native to South Africa, prized for its feathery, bright-green plumose foliage. Widely used in floral arrangements, hanging baskets, and as a ground cover, this resilient plant thrives in a variety of conditions and is easy to grow both indoors and outdoors.
Asparagus Fern
Asparagus densiflorus
Asparagus densiflorus is a graceful, feathery houseplant native to South Africa. Despite its common name, it is not a true fern but belongs to the asparagus family (Asparagaceae). Known for its arching, needle-like cladodes on wiry stems, it creates a lush, cascading display perfect for hanging baskets and shelves. It produces small white or pink flowers in spring and summer, followed by decorative red berries.
Sicklethorn
Asparagus falcatus
Asparagus falcatus, commonly known as Sicklethorn, is a vigorous climbing perennial native to South Africa, Sri Lanka, and the Himalayas. Its sickle-shaped cladodes and arching thorny stems make it a striking ornamental plant for both indoor and outdoor settings. It can reach up to 8 feet (240 cm) tall when grown indoors with support.
Ming Fern
Asparagus macowanii
Asparagus macowanii, commonly known as Ming Fern or Pony-tail Fern, is a perennial ornamental plant native to South Africa. Its feathery, needle-like bright green foliage creates an airy, elegant appearance suited for both indoor and outdoor settings. It is widely used in floral arrangements and as a decorative houseplant.
Garden Asparagus
Asparagus officinalis
Garden Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) is a perennial herbaceous plant native to the Mediterranean region and Asia Minor, cultivated for over 2,000 years as a prized food crop. It produces edible spears in spring and develops ornamental feathery ferns in summer. WARNING: The mature red berries are toxic to humans, cats, and dogs.
Lace Fern
Asparagus setaceus
Asparagus setaceus is an elegant, feathery climbing plant native to South Africa. Despite its common name, it is not a true fern but a member of the Asparagaceae family. Its delicate, needle-like cladodes create a soft, cloud-like appearance, making it one of the most popular ornamental houseplants worldwide. It is widely used in floral arrangements for its graceful trailing foliage.
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