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Lady's mantle
Alchemilla mollis
Lady's mantle (Alchemilla mollis) is a hardy perennial from the rose family (Rosaceae), native to Southeast Europe. The plant forms elegant, rounded mounds of softly hairy, fan-shaped leaves with scalloped edges. Thanks to these fine hairs, rain and dew water bead up on the leaves—an effect that alchemists once considered the purest form of water and used in their experiments. In summer, loose clusters of countless tiny, chartreuse flowers appear above the foliage. Lady's mantle is a very low-maintenance groundcover that is excellent for borders, under trees, and along paths, and it naturalizes easily through self-seeding.
Alectryon
Alectryon
Alectryon is a genus of roughly 30 species of evergreen trees and shrubs in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae), ranging from low shrubs to canopy trees over 30 m tall. The genus is native across Australasia, Melanesia, Polynesia and Southeast Asia, with its greatest diversity in eastern Australia; its best-known member, the New Zealand titoki (Alectryon excelsus), reaches 15-20 m with fluted black bark and glossy pinnate leaves. Small crimson flowers are followed by leathery seed capsules that split open to reveal a bright red, fleshy aril wrapped around a single black seed - a display recalling a bird's eye, or the cockscomb that gives the genus its Greek name (alektryon, "rooster").
Lanceleaf Water Plantain
Alisma lanceolatum
Alisma lanceolatum is an aquatic and marginal perennial herb native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa, where it grows rooted in mud along pond margins, ditches, streams and marshes. It forms a rosette of lance-shaped leaves and produces branched spikes of small, three-petaled pink flowers from June to August.
Common Water-plantain
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Alisma plantago-aquatica is a hardy marginal perennial of pond edges, ditches and slow-moving water across Europe and Asia. From a basal rosette of long-stalked, plantain-like leaves it sends up tall, airy, much-branched stems studded with tiny three-petalled flowers in white to pale pink that open in the afternoon. It dies back in winter and regrows from its rootstock each spring.
American water plantain
Alisma subcordatum
Alisma subcordatum, the American water plantain, is a native perennial emergent aquatic plant in the water-plantain family (Alismataceae). It forms a rosette of long-stalked, oval to heart-shaped leaves rising from a bulbous corm, and through summer sends up airy, much-branched panicles of tiny three-petaled flowers that open white to pale pink. Reaching about 1 m tall, it colonizes pond margins, ditches, marshes and muddy shallows across eastern and central North America, where it self-seeds freely.
Chinese lantern
Alkekengi officinarum
Chinese lantern is a spreading, rhizomatous herbaceous perennial in the nightshade family, grown for its papery calyces that inflate into bright orange "lanterns" around an edible berry in late summer and autumn. Native to Asia and southeastern Europe, it naturalizes readily and is a favorite for dried-flower arrangements.
Seashore Palm
Allagoptera arenaria
Allagoptera arenaria, commonly known as the Seashore Palm or Shore Palm, is a small palm species native to the restingas (coastal scrublands) of the Brazilian coast. It typically features an underground or very short stem, with grayish-green pinnate leaves that emerge directly from the sandy soil. It is an extremely resilient plant, adapted to strong winds, high salinity, and intense solar radiation, playing a vital ecological role in dune stabilization.
Purple Allamanda
Allamanda blanchetii
Purple Allamanda (Allamanda blanchetii) is a woody, semi-climbing tropical shrub in the Apocynaceae family, native to Bahia, Brazil. It produces large, trumpet-shaped flowers in shades of reddish-purple to lavender-pink with a contrasting yellow throat, blooming profusely from spring through fall. The velvety, elliptical leaves are arranged in whorls along flexible stems that can be trained on a trellis or pruned into a compact shrub. It is a moderately fast-growing tropical plant that demands full sun and warmth, and is sensitive to frost. The entire plant, especially its milky sap, is toxic and a skin irritant, so gloves should be worn when handling or pruning.
Golden Trumpet
Allamanda cathartica
Allamanda cathartica, commonly known as Golden Trumpet or Yellow Allamanda, is a fast-growing tropical vine native to Brazil, belonging to the Apocynaceae family. It is prized for its stunning golden-yellow, trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom nearly year-round in tropical climates. Widely used to cover pergolas, fences, and walls, it thrives in full sun with regular watering. WARNING: All parts of the plant are highly toxic, containing cardiac glycosides and irritating latex.
Garlic Mustard
Alliaria petiolata
Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is a biennial herbaceous plant in the mustard family (Brassicaceae), widely distributed across Central and Northern Europe as well as parts of Asia. In its first year, it forms a basal rosette of heart-shaped, deeply toothed leaves, while in its second year, it sends up a 60–100 cm tall stem with white, four-petaled flowers. Its distinctive feature is the intense garlic scent released when the leaves are crushed, which is due to the presence of glucosinolates. The plant inhabits open deciduous forests, road and forest edges, and slopes, and is known as an invasive species in North America. It is an important host plant for the Orange-tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) and its caterpillars.
Ornamental Onion
Allium
Allium is a large genus of bulbous flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, comprising approximately 700 species including ornamental garden plants as well as culinary staples such as onion, garlic, and chives. Ornamental alliums produce striking spherical flower heads in shades of purple, pink, white, and yellow, and are prized in gardens and cut flower arrangements alike.
Leek
Allium ampeloprasum
Allium ampeloprasum, commonly known as leek or wild leek, is a biennial bulbous plant in the Amaryllidaceae family, native to southern Europe, southwestern Asia, and northern Africa. It produces broad, flat, blue-green leaves and a tender white shaft prized in cooking. In its second year, it forms a beautiful spherical umbel of lilac flowers that attract pollinators.
Onion
Allium cepa
The onion (Allium cepa) is one of the most widely cultivated and consumed vegetables in the world, originating from Central Asia. Belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family, it has been grown for thousands of years for its culinary and medicinal properties. It produces succulent bulbs rich in sulfur compounds, flavonoids, and antioxidants.
Green onions
Allium fistulosum
Allium fistulosum, popularly known as green onions, is a perennial herbaceous plant essential for any vegetable garden. Its leaves are cylindrical, hollow, and deep green, growing in compact clumps. Unlike the common onion, it does not form developed globose bulbs, being prized for the mild and refreshing flavor of its stalks and white bases.
Field Garlic
Allium oleraceum
Field garlic (Allium oleraceum) is a wild bulbous perennial in the Amaryllidaceae family, native to Europe, where it grows in fields, banks, and roadsides. It produces narrow, semi-cylindrical leaves and, in summer, a loose umbel of bell-shaped flowers ranging from white to greenish, pink, or brownish, often accompanied by small aerial bulbils that enable vegetative propagation. It is a hardy, easy-to-grow species traditionally foraged as an edible aromatic herb similar to cultivated garlic.
Garlic
Allium sativum
Allium sativum, popularly known as garlic, is a bulbous plant in the Amaryllidaceae family. It is widely cultivated worldwide for its culinary and medicinal properties. The plant produces an underground bulb composed of several segments called cloves, encased in a papery skin.
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) are a versatile herbaceous perennial native to Europe and Asia, prized for their mild onion-like flavor and attractive globe-shaped purple flowers. Forming dense grass-like clumps of hollow, cylindrical leaves up to 50 cm tall, they are among the easiest edible herbs to grow. Hardy in zones 4–8, chives die back in winter and regrow vigorously each spring. Both the leaves and flowers are edible, making this plant a favorite in herb gardens and kitchen windowsills worldwide.
Garlic Chives
Allium tuberosum
Garlic chives (Allium tuberosum) is a bulbous perennial herb native to the Himalayan region and China. It produces flat, green strap-like leaves with a mild garlic flavor and aroma, widely prized in Asian cuisine. In summer, it bears fragrant white star-shaped flowers in umbrella-like clusters that attract pollinators. It is easy to grow and extremely versatile in the kitchen.
Ramsons
Allium ursinum
Allium ursinum, commonly known as ramsons or wild garlic, is a bulbous perennial herb native to the temperate woodlands of Europe and Asia. It forms lush carpets of broad, lance-shaped leaves in spring, filling forest floors with a distinctive garlic scent. Star-shaped white flowers appear from March to May, attracting pollinators. All parts of the plant are edible and it has been treasured for centuries both as a food source and medicinal herb.
Victory Onion
Allium victorialis
Allium victorialis is a hardy perennial bulbous plant in the Amaryllidaceae family, native to alpine and subalpine regions of Europe and Asia. Remarkably cold-hardy, it withstands temperatures down to -30°C (USDA hardiness zone 4). The plant forms compact clumps of broad, glossy, dark green foliage resembling leeks. It produces tall, leafless flowering scapes (30-70 cm) with loose hemispheric umbels of 20-35 small white to creamy-green flowers blooming May through August. Small bulbs (10-20 mm diameter) cluster on a short rhizome, naturally self-dividing over time to create expanding colonies.
Wild Garlic
Allium vineale
Allium vineale, commonly known as wild garlic or crow garlic, is a perennial bulb-forming plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. Native to Europe, northwestern Africa, and the Middle East, it has been naturalized in North America where it is considered an invasive weed. It produces slender hollow leaves with a strong garlic scent and bears small white to purple flowers in tight umbels during spring and early summer. All parts of the plant are edible, with a flavor similar to common garlic.
Alder
Alnus
Alder (genus Alnus) is a deciduous tree from the birch family (Betulaceae), growing predominantly near watercourses, lakes, and in moist soils across the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. It is characterized by rapid growth and the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen through symbiosis with Frankia bacteria, which enriches the surrounding soil. In early spring, before the leaves emerge, it blooms with striking pendulous catkins. Alder wood does not rot when submerged in water, which is why it was traditionally used for building piles and bridge structures.
Common Alder
Alnus glutinosa
The common alder (Alnus glutinosa) is a fast-growing deciduous tree native to Europe, western Asia, and North Africa, prized for its ability to thrive in wet, boggy, and riverside soils where few other trees survive. Reaching up to 25 meters, it produces distinctive reddish-brown catkins in late winter before its rounded, glossy leaves emerge, followed by small woody cone-like fruits that persist into winter. Its roots host nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Frankia alni), allowing it to enrich poor soils naturally, making it a valuable pioneer species for riverbank stabilization, wetland restoration, and windbreaks.
Grey Alder
Alnus incana
Grey alder is a fast-growing deciduous tree native to the cooler regions of Europe and parts of North America, prized for its hardiness, adaptability to poor and wet soils, and its role as a pioneer species that fixes nitrogen in the soil. It produces distinctive purplish male catkins and small cone-like female catkins in late winter before the leaves emerge.
Alocasia Polly
Alocasia × mortfontanensis
Alocasia × mortfontanensis, commonly known as the African Mask Plant or Alocasia Amazonica, is a stunning hybrid featuring large, arrow-shaped leaves. The foliage is a deep, dark green, almost black, with dramatic, thick silvery-white veins and wavy, scalloped edges. It is a centerpiece plant that brings a tropical, prehistoric aesthetic to any indoor space.
African Mask Plant
Alocasia amazonica
Alocasia amazonica is a stunning tropical hybrid known for its dramatic arrow-shaped leaves with bold white veining against deep green foliage and rich purple undersides. Despite its name suggesting Amazonian origins, it is actually a hybrid created in a Florida nursery in the 1950s from Southeast Asian parent species. This compact variety, often sold as "Polly," makes an excellent statement houseplant.
Dragon Scale Alocasia
Alocasia baginda
Alocasia baginda, commonly known as Dragon Scale, is a striking tropical houseplant native to the rainforests of Borneo. Its large, silver-green leaves feature a deeply textured, scale-like surface that mimics dragon skin, with dark green veins creating a dramatic contrast. Each leaf is thick and leathery, making it one of the most visually impressive aroids available to collectors.
Cunjevoi
Alocasia brisbanensis
Alocasia brisbanensis, commonly known as Cunjevoi, is a large-leafed tropical perennial native to the rainforest margins of eastern Australia. It features dramatic, glossy, spade-shaped leaves up to 70 cm long on long purplish-green petioles, making it a striking ornamental plant. All parts of the plant contain calcium oxalate crystals and are highly toxic if ingested.
Green Shield Alocasia
Alocasia clypeolata
Alocasia clypeolata, commonly known as the Green Shield Alocasia, is a compact evergreen aroid endemic to the Philippines, first collected on the island of Mindanao. It belongs to the Araceae family and is prized by collectors for its rounded, shield-shaped leaves marked with dark, contrasting veins radiating outward from the center of each leaf. Reaching a modest height and spread of around 30 cm, this rhizomatous perennial forms a dense rosette of around six firm leaves atop a short central stem. In its native tropical rainforest understory, it grows in rocky, well-drained soil at low elevations, sheltered from direct sun. Like most Alocasia species, its tissues contain calcium oxalate crystals, making it toxic if ingested by pets or humans.
Chinese Taro
Alocasia cucullata
Alocasia cucullata, commonly known as Chinese Taro or Buddha's Hand, is a compact tropical plant native to Southeast Asia. It features glossy, heart-shaped to arrow-shaped leaves on long petioles, held upright in a striking architectural form. This evergreen perennial thrives in warm, humid environments and is widely cultivated as an ornamental houseplant. Revered across Thailand and Laos as a sacred plant of good fortune, it is traditionally placed at home entrances and Buddhist temples.
Jewel Alocasia
Alocasia cuprea
Alocasia cuprea, known as the Jewel Alocasia or Mirror Plant, is a rhizomatous evergreen aroid prized for its thick, deeply quilted leaves with a metallic copper-purple sheen on top and a wine-red underside. Native to the lowland and hill rainforests of Borneo, it belongs to the Araceae family and is a favorite among collectors for its lacquered, almost artificial-looking foliage.
Dwarf Upright Elephant Ear
Alocasia gageana
Alocasia gageana, commonly known as the dwarf upright elephant ear, is a perennial aroid native to the tropical rainforests of Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and southern China. Its emerald-green, arrow-shaped leaves have deeply etched veins and gently scalloped edges, growing up to 50 cm across. Despite its common name, it is not truly tiny; it can reach up to 1 m tall with good care.
Purple Sword
Alocasia lauterbachiana
Alocasia lauterbachiana, better known as the Purple Sword, is a striking aroid prized for its long, narrow, sword-shaped leaves. The glossy dark green upper surface contrasts dramatically with a deep purple-maroon underside, and new growth often emerges with a metallic sheen. Native to the humid understories of New Guinea, it grows as a compact rhizomatous perennial that rarely tops 1.2-1.5 m indoors, forming an upright clump of upward-arching foliage rather than sprawling. Like most Alocasia, it prefers to be left slightly on the drier side between thorough waterings and is sensitive to both soggy roots and prolonged drought, making consistency the key to happy growth.
Dragon Scale Alocasia
Alocasia longiloba
Alocasia longiloba is a striking tropical plant native to the humid rainforests of Southeast Asia — Borneo, Malaysia, and Thailand. It is best known for its dramatic arrow- or heart-shaped leaves adorned with silvery-green venation that stands out boldly against a deep green background, giving it the popular name 'Dragon Scale Alocasia.' The texture of the leaf surface can appear almost reptilian, especially in the highly sought-after 'Dragon Scale' and 'Silver' cultivated forms. As a houseplant it typically reaches 60–120 cm tall, making it an elegant focal point in living rooms, offices, and indoor gardens. It belongs to the family Araceae and shares its genus with approximately 90 other fascinating species.
Alocasia lowii
Alocasia lowii
Alocasia lowii is an elephant ear with large, arrowhead-shaped leaves that are dark green on top, often with silvery or whitish veins, and light green or purple underneath. The leaf stalks are brown and mottled. Botanists now treat it as a synonym of Alocasia longiloba, a species of moist forests from southern China to Southeast Asia, but the houseplant trade still uses the name "lowii" for this form. In the wild it reaches 1.5 m; in a pot it usually stays around 60 to 70 cm with a few large leaves. Its flowers are a greenish to white spathe, followed by small orange fruits. It is one of the parents of the hybrid Alocasia × mortfontanensis.
Giant Taro
Alocasia macrorrhizos
Alocasia macrorrhizos is a spectacular tropical perennial from Southeast Asia, prized for its enormous upright arrow-shaped leaves that can reach up to 1.5 meters in length. Known as Giant Elephant's Ear, this fast-growing plant makes a bold architectural statement both indoors and in tropical gardens. It belongs to the Araceae family and features thick, prominently veined, glossy green leaves on sturdy upright stems.
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