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Black cap – Rubus occidentalis; Black-eyed Susan – Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia fulgida; Blackhaw – Viburnum prunifolium; Black-weed – Ambrosia artemisiifolia; Blueberry – Vaccinium (Cyanococcus) spp. Bluebell – Hyacinthoides non-scripta; Blue-of-the-heavens – Allium caeruleum; Bola verde – Anisocapparis speciosa; Bow-wood ...
Philadelphus (/ ˌ f ɪ l ə ˈ d ɛ l f ə s / [2]) (mock-orange) is a genus of about 60 species of shrubs from 3–20 ft (1–6 m) tall, native to North America, Central America, Asia and (locally) in southeast Europe.
western white pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus morrisonicola: Taiwan white pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus mugo: mugo pine; Swiss mountain pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus muricata: Bishop pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus nelsonii: Nelson's pinyon Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus nigra subsp. nigra: European black pine; Austrian pine Pinaceae ...
These scientific names have been catalogued in a variety of works, including Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners. William Stearn (1911–2001) was one of the pre-eminent British botanists of the 20th century: a Librarian of the Royal Horticultural Society , a president of the Linnean Society and the original drafter of the ...
The following terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided) or compound (that is, the leaf blade is divided into two or more leaflets). [1] The edge of the leaf may be regular or irregular, and may be smooth or have hair, bristles, or ...
The flowers are produced in clusters at the ends of long stems, with four white petals up to 4 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long and numerous yellow stamens. At the height of flowering, the plant is covered in a mass of blossoms. The flowers have a heavy, sweet scent similar to orange blossoms with a hint of pineapple. [4]
Viburnum sieboldii has coarse, open structure, flat-topped flowers, reddish-black fruit, and can grow as a small tree. Viburnum tinus is a widely grown garden and landscape shrub. The cultivars 'Pragense' [10] and 'Eskimo', [11] of mixed or uncertain parentage, have won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
The main way to identify Xanthorrhoea is by looking at the cross-section of the leaves. In the case of X. australis the cross-section is a rough diamond shape, and the colour of the leaves is a bluish-green. The species usually develops a rough trunk which may be branched and coloured black, the result of bushfires. [2]