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Aspidistra elatior, the "cast-iron plant", is a popular houseplant, surviving shade, cool conditions and neglect. It is one of several species of Aspidistra that can be grown successfully outdoors in shade in temperate climates, where they will generally cope with temperatures down to −5 °C (23 °F), being killed by frosts of −5 to −10 ...
Actinidia kolomikta, the kolomikta, [2] miyamatatabi, [3] super-hardy kiwi, [4] or variegated-leaf hardy kiwi, [5] is a species of flowering plant in the Chinese Gooseberry family (Actinidiaceae), native to temperate mixed forests of the Russian Far East, Korea, Japan and China (Eastern Asiatic Region).
Sempervivum (/ s ɛ m p ə ˈ v aɪ v əm / [1] [2]) is a genus of about 40 species of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, commonly known as houseleeks.Other common names include liveforever (the source of the taxonomical designation Sempervivum, literally "always/forever alive") and hen and chicks, a name shared with plants of other genera as well.
Aspidistra elatior, the cast-iron-plant [3] or bar-room plant, also known in Japanese as haran or baran (葉蘭) [4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Japan and Taiwan. Tolerant of neglect, it is widely cultivated as a houseplant, but can also be grown outside in shade where temperatures remain above −5 °C ...
The fruit is globose with many striations. In more typical conditions, it reaches 4 to 8 ft (1.2 to 2.4 m) feet tall in the green house, and 3 to 4 ft (0.91 to 1.22 m) feet tall, as a house plant. [9] It was originally called Alpinia speciosa, which was also the scientific name of torch ginger.
Tradescantia spathacea, also called the oyster plant, [2] boatlily [3] or 'Moses-in-the-cradle', is an herb in the Commelinaceae family which was first described in 1788. It is native to Belize, Guatemala, and southern México (Chiapas, Tabasco, and the Yucatán Peninsula) and is widely cultivated as an ornamental houseplant; it has become naturalized in parts of coastal Southern California ...
Low light plants (15 P) O. Orchid cultivation (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "House plants" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 229 total.
Asclepias variegata, commonly called the redring milkweed [1] or white milkweed, [2] is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to eastern North America, where it is found in Canada and the United States. [3] It is most common in the Southeastern United States, and becomes rare in the northern edge of its range.