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Some selections and cultivars have variegated or coloured leaves and other distinctive qualities, and are grown as ornamental plants. S. nigra f. porphyrophylla has dark maroon or black leaves, and pale pink flowers. The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit: [21] S. nigra f. laciniata (cut ...
A tree or shrub which grows from 3 to 6 meters high and wide. Glossy bright green leaves to 16 cm. Produces fragrant orange, yellow, or creamy white flowers in the spring. The flowers of this plant produce an essential oil that is used in perfume. Michelia compressa (Maxim.) Sarg., synonym of Magnolia compressa
Male flowers have a funnel shaped corolla that is 5 mm long, with lobes equal to the tube. Female flowers have a short calyx , and a tubular corolla 3 mm long, with lobes shorter than the tube. Female plants produce orange-red ovoid drupes , which are about 8 mm in diameter and 10 mm in length.
Pear Tree. Zones 3 to 9. Requires more than one tree for pollination. Pear varieties run the gamut in sizes and sweetness levels. ‘Bosc’ pear trees provide a late season harvest, while ...
It can grow up to 8 metres (26 ft) in height and up to 5 metres (16 ft) in width. It can be used as a screen, windbreak, informal hedge or specimen shrub. [4] It produces upright racemes of small, pink, five-petaled flowers from late summer to early autumn which cover the new wood of the plant. It is tolerant of many soil types, but prefers a ...
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Plumeria rubra is a deciduous plant species belonging to the genus Plumeria. [4] Originally native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela, it has been widely cultivated in subtropical and tropical climates worldwide and is a popular garden and park plant, as well as being used in temples and cemeteries.
Trees are normally 5–6 m tall with a single well-defined trunk, growing on deep soils, river banks and rocky places. Leaves and flower buds are densely covered in stellate hairs. One of the first species to flower in spring, often with Erythrina lysistemon. Flowers are abundant and sweet-scented, usually white but occasionally pale pink.