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Fraxinus ornus is frequently grown as an ornamental tree in Europe north of its native range for its decorative flowers—the species is also sometimes called "flowering ash". Some cultivated specimens are grafted on rootstocks of Fraxinus excelsior , with an often very conspicuous change in the bark at the graft line to the fissured bark of ...
Eucalyptus viminalis, commonly known as the manna gum, white gum or ribbon gum, [3] is a species of small to very tall tree that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has smooth bark, sometimes with rough bark near the base, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three or seven, white flowers and cup-shaped or hemispherical fruit.
The spathe is cartilage-waxy, brightly coloured (red, pink) and 8–15 cm long, excluding the inflorescence (the spadix), which is 7–9 cm long, similar to a candle-holder, white or yellow in colour, is erected, and bears many small hermaphroditic flowers. These include a perianth with four segments and stamens with a compressed mesh ...
A giant hogweed plant usually produces a flowering stalk in 3–5 years, [2] [14] but plants may take up to eight years to flower if conditions are unfavourable. In the Czech Republic, a single plant reached twelve years old before flowering. [15] In any case, when the plant finally flowers, it does so between June and July (in the northern ...
Epipremnum aureum, the Pearls and Jade pothos, is a species in the arum family Araceae, native to Mo'orea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. [1] The species is a popular houseplant in temperate regions but has also become naturalised in tropical and sub-tropical forests worldwide, including northern South Africa, [2] Australia, Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent, the Pacific Islands ...
Talinum paniculatum is a succulent subshrub in the family Talinaceae that is native to much of North and South America, and the Caribbean countries. [1] It is commonly known as fameflower, [1] Jewels-of-Opar [1] (a name borrowed from the title of the novel Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs [2]), or pink baby's-breath.
It is known by various common names, including walking flower mantis, orchid-blossom mantis and (pink) orchid mantis. It is one of several species known as flower mantis , a reference to their unique physical form and behaviour, which often involves moving with a “swaying” motion, as if being “blown” in the breeze.
The flowers are white, occasionally pink, 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) – rarely up to 25 mm (0.98 in) – in diameter, with five petals. The wood is tough and hard. Mānuka is often confused with the related species kānuka ( Kunzea ericoides ) – the easiest way to tell the difference between the two species in the field is to feel their ...