Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Aglaonema is a genus of flowering plants in the arum family, Araceae. They are native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and New Guinea. [1] [2] They are known commonly as Chinese evergreens. [3]
Ulmus parvifolia, commonly known as the Chinese elm [2] or lacebark elm, is a species native to eastern Asia, including China, India, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. [3] It has been described as "one of the most splendid elms, having the poise of a graceful Nothofagus ".
Loropetalum chinense grows best in fertile, slightly acidic soil in full sun for deepest foliage colour and is hardy down to -15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit). It is a popular ornamental plant, grown for its prolific clusters of flowers and (in the case of the pink flowering variety) deeply coloured foliage that may contain various green, copper, purple and red tones.
Called zhi-zi in traditional Chinese medicine, it was a folk remedy for jaundice, oedema and fevers. [3] English statesman Sir John Barrow saw gardenias in nurseries in Guangzhou, China, in 1794. [18] G. jasminoides came to Europe via the Cape Colony in southern Africa, which had been founded in 1652 as a way-station between the Netherlands and ...
Leaf of Koelreuteria paniculata var. paniculata. Koelreuteria paniculata is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae, native to China. Naturalized in Korea and Japan since at least the 1200s, [3] it was introduced in Europe in 1747, and to America in 1763, and has become a popular landscape tree worldwide.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Styphnolobium japonicum is native to China.Despite its Latin name, the species was introduced in Japan and not originally found there. It is a popular ornamental tree in Europe, North America and South Africa, grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering.
Jasminum polyanthum (Chinese: 多花素馨; pinyin: Duōhuāsùxīn), [1] the many-flowered jasmine, [2] pink jasmine, [3] or white jasmine, [4] is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae, native to China and Myanmar. [5] A strong evergreen twining climber, it is especially noted for its abundant, highly fragrant pink to white ...