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Some libraries contain live specimens and preserved samples of plants, referred to as an herbarium. Libraries may also hold highly specialized collections of certain species. For example, The Orchid Library of Oakes Ames is devoted exclusively to orchids. The collection is composed of more than 5,000 journals and books devoted to the ...
This category lists annual flowering plants, whose normal life-cycle is completed within a single growing season. It may also include perennials which are frequently cultivated as annuals for reasons of climate or aesthetics.
The plants listed may be ornamental, medicinal, and/or edible. Several of them bear edible fruit. Plants are selectively bred for phenotypic traits (such as flower colour) and other hereditary traits. When developing a new variety, a plant breeder might value such characteristics as appearance, disease resistance, and hardiness.
This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names, in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.
List of plants by common name; List of plant family names with etymologies; List of plants known as arugula; List of plants known as breadfruit; List of plants known as bottlebrush; List of plants known as buckthorn; List of plants known as cedar; List of plants known as chickweed; List of plants known as compass plant; List of plants known as ...
The key is knowing whether the plant is an annual vs. perennial. For example, daylilies are perennials, but petunias are annuals. ... Annual plants complete their growing cycle in a year and die ...
A Abelia Abeliophyllum (white forsythia) Abelmoschus (okra) Abies (fir) Abroma Abromeitiella (obsolete) Abronia (sand verbena) Abrus Abutilon Acacia (wattle) Acaena Acalypha Acanthaceae Acanthodium Acantholimon Acanthopale Acanthophoenix Acanthus Acca Acer (maple) Achariaceae Achillea (yarrow) Achimenantha (hybrid genus) Achimenes Acinos (calamint) Aciphylla Acmena Acoelorraphe (saw palm ...
Well, annuals live for one year, so you plant them (big surprise!) annually. Perennials live for many years, if they have the right conditions, so you only need to plant them once. The most ...