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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.
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.
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.
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.
Rugose Alocasia
Alocasia melo
Alocasia melo, commonly called the rugose alocasia, is a compact jewel Alocasia endemic to the ultramafic slopes of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. It forms a low rosette of thick, nearly circular leaves with a deeply bumpy, wrinkled surface that resembles the rind of a cantaloupe melon, giving the species its name. The upper leaf surface is a deep bluish-green while the underside is pale and smooth. Unlike many thin-leaved aroids, its stiff, rugged foliage resists tearing and physical damage, but the short, fleshy corm beneath the soil is highly sensitive to overwatering and cold, soggy conditions. Grown as a houseplant for its sculptural texture, it demands bright indirect light, high humidity, and a chunky, fast-draining aroid mix to thrive.
Green Velvet Alocasia
Alocasia micholitziana
Alocasia micholitziana, commonly known as the Green Velvet Alocasia or Frydek, is a striking tropical houseplant native to the Philippines. It is prized for its velvety dark green leaves with dramatically contrasting white veins and a deeply ribbed texture. A member of the Araceae family, it thrives as an indoor plant in warm, humid environments and can be a stunning focal point in any home.
Alocasia Nebula
Alocasia nebula
Alocasia nebula is a highly coveted jewel aroid prized for its velvety, deeply corrugated leaves marked with silvery, cloud-like ('nebula') veining against a dark green backdrop. Part of the Alocasia longiloba complex from the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia, it forms a compact clumping rosette from an underground corm, rarely exceeding 90 cm in cultivation. Its dramatic foliage and collector status make it a centerpiece for humidity-controlled terrariums and greenhouse cabinets.
Night-Scented Lily
Alocasia odora
Alocasia odora, commonly known as the Night-Scented Lily or Asian Taro, is a striking tropical plant from the Araceae family, native to East and Southeast Asia. Its large arrow-shaped leaves can reach up to 60 cm in length, and the plant can grow to 2.4 meters tall. It produces fragrant cream-to-pale-peach flowers on a spadix during spring and summer, notably scented at night. WARNING: Toxic to humans, cats, and dogs when ingested raw due to calcium oxalate crystals.
Black Metallic Taro
Alocasia plumbea
Alocasia plumbea, commonly known as the Black Metallic Taro, is a robust rhizomatous aroid native to tropical Southeast Asia. It is prized for its large, heart-shaped leaves with a striking metallic sheen ranging from olive-green to near-black purple, accented by contrasting veins and dark petioles. In cultivation it can reach up to 1.5 m (5 ft) tall. Its inflorescence -- a typical aroid spathe and spadix -- is inconspicuous and rarely appears indoors.
Black Velvet Alocasia
Alocasia reginula
Alocasia reginula, commonly known as Black Velvet Alocasia, is a striking compact tropical plant native to the rainforests of Borneo. It is prized for its deep, near-black velvety leaves adorned with contrasting silvery-white veins. Unlike larger Alocasia species, this jewel alocasia stays small and manageable, making it an ideal statement houseplant. Its thick, succulent-like rhizomes store water, giving it some drought tolerance but also making it highly susceptible to root rot if overwatered.
Kris Plant
Alocasia sanderiana
Alocasia sanderiana, commonly known as the Kris Plant or Sander's Alocasia, is a stunning tropical foliage plant native to the Philippines. It features dramatic arrow-shaped dark green leaves with silvery-white veins and wavy, serrated edges that resemble the blade of a Kris dagger — hence its popular name. Critically endangered in its natural rainforest habitat, it is prized as a collector's houseplant worldwide.
Alocasia Jacklyn
Alocasia tandurusa
Alocasia Jacklyn (Alocasia tandurusa) is a rare and spectacular tropical plant native to the humid rainforests of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its enormous arrow-shaped leaves with prominent venation and deep green coloration make it one of the most sought-after alocasias among plant collectors worldwide. When grown indoors, it can reach up to 4 feet in height, becoming a stunning focal point in any space.
New Guinea Shield
Alocasia wentii
Alocasia wentii, commonly called the New Guinea Shield or Hardy Elephant Ear, is a robust aroid prized for its large, glossy, arrow-shaped leaves with a bronze-green sheen and dark purple undersides. Native to the highlands of New Guinea, most plants sold under this name in the houseplant trade are believed to be vigorous hybrids rather than the true wild species. It forms a dense clump of upright leaves on sturdy petioles and tolerates a wider range of indoor conditions than many other Alocasia varieties.
Zebra Plant
Alocasia zebrina
Alocasia zebrina is a striking tropical plant native to the Philippines, famous for its distinctive zebra-striped petioles (stems) that give it its common name. The plant features large, arrow-shaped green leaves held aloft on tall, dramatically patterned stems with dark green and cream-colored stripes. Unlike many Alocasias grown for their leaf patterns, A. zebrina is prized primarily for its unique stem markings. In its native habitat, it grows as an understory plant in tropical rainforests.
Aloe
Aloe
Aloe is a genus of over 500 species of succulent flowering plants native primarily to Africa, Madagascar, and the Indian Ocean islands. These robust plants form rosettes of thick, fleshy, water-storing leaves often with serrated margins. They are widely cultivated worldwide as ornamental and medicinal plants.
Krantz Aloe
Aloe arborescens
Aloe arborescens, commonly known as Krantz Aloe or Candelabra Aloe, is a large succulent shrub native to South Africa. It forms dense clumps of blue-green leaves arranged in rosettes, with edges serrated by small teeth. In winter, it produces spectacular flower spikes with tubular orange or red flowers that are extremely rich in nectar, attracting various pollinators such as hummingbirds.
Short-Leaved Aloe
Aloe brevifolia
Aloe brevifolia is a compact, clump-forming succulent native to the Western Cape of South Africa. It forms dense rosettes of short, broadly triangular, blue-green fleshy leaves edged with soft white teeth. In late spring, mature clumps send up tall spikes topped with tubular orange-red flowers that attract pollinators. Slow-growing and drought tolerant, it is a popular choice for rock gardens, succulent borders, and container displays.
Bitter Aloe
Aloe ferox
Aloe ferox, commonly known as bitter aloe or Cape aloe, is a tree-like succulent native to South Africa, forming a single rosette of spiny, grey-green leaves atop an unbranched stem that can reach up to 3 meters tall. It is renowned for its tall flower spikes bearing tubular orange-red blooms in winter, which attract sunbirds and bees.
Haworthia-leaved Aloe
Aloe haworthioides
Aloe haworthioides is a miniature succulent endemic to the central highlands of Madagascar, where it grows nestled in quartz rock crevices. It forms compact and prolific rosettes 3 to 5 cm in diameter that cluster into dense mats, featuring dark green lanceolate leaves covered in soft white spines and pustules that give it an appearance similar to the Haworthia genus (hence its name). In late summer and fall, it produces striking, fragrant, tubular flowers ranging from orange to pale pink on tall, slender stalks up to 30 cm. It is a slow-growing species, reaching barely 10 cm in height in cultivation, and is listed in CITES Appendix I due to its conservation status.
Spider Aloe
Aloe humilis
Aloe humilis, the spider aloe, is a small clumping succulent from South Africa forming tight rosettes of blue-green, upcurved leaves edged with soft white teeth. In late winter and spring it sends up tall stalks of tubular orange to coral-red flowers loved by pollinators.
Tiger Tooth Aloe
Aloe juvenna
Aloe juvenna, popularly known as Tiger Tooth Aloe, is a charming succulent native to Kenya. It grows in compact, stacked rosettes with short, triangular, vibrant green leaves speckled with white spots. Its margins are adorned with small, harmless white teeth that resemble a tiger's jaw. When exposed to intense sunlight, the plant can develop a very attractive bronze or reddish hue.
Soap Aloe
Aloe maculata
Aloe maculata, commonly known as Soap Aloe or Zebra Aloe, is a drought-tolerant succulent native to South Africa. It forms rosettes of fleshy, green leaves marked with distinctive white spots in irregular transverse rows. In late winter and spring, it produces striking coral-orange tubular flowers on branched stalks, attracting birds and pollinators. It is virtually disease-free and thrives in hot, dry conditions.
Massawa Aloe
Aloe massawana
Aloe massawana, commonly known as the Massawa Aloe, is a stemless to short-stemmed succulent native to coastal East Africa — southern Kenya, northern Tanzania, Mozambique, and Eritrea. It suckers freely to form dense clumps that can spread up to 3 meters (10 ft) across in the wild. Its thick, gray-green rosette leaves, edged with small teeth, store water to endure long dry seasons, and it sends up flower spikes with tubular red-orange blooms, typically in fall.
Mitre Aloe
Aloe mitriformis
Mitre Aloe is a succulent plant from the Asphodelaceae family, native to the mountainous regions of the Western and Northern Cape in South Africa, where it grows among sandstone rocks at altitudes of 1200 – 1500 m. It forms creeping stems up to 2 m long, at the ends of which are dense rosettes of fleshy, grayish-green leaves with sharp teeth along the edges. In summer, branched flower stalks with dense clusters of dark red to bright red flowers emerge from the plant. It is a low-maintenance, fast-growing, and resilient plant that can survive long periods without watering and even mild frosts.
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