Huge, vigorous deciduous tree. Compound leaves are medium green with a herringbone pattern. Small white flowers with pink markings bloom in late spring in erect conical clusters of a few dozen flowers each. Flowers are followed by the tree’s distinctive […]
Aesculus glabra ( Ohio Buckeye )
Aesculus glabra is a deciduous tree generally ranging in height from 20 to 40 feet tall, occasionally may reach 80 feet. Dense rounded growth habit, lower branches sweep the ground and then arch upwards. Older tree trunks develop deeply furrowed, […]
Aesculus ( Horse Chestnut )
Huge, vigorous deciduous tree. Compound leaves are medium green with a herringbone pattern. Small white flowers with pink markings bloom in late spring in erect conical clusters of a few dozen flowers each. Flowers are followed by the tree’s distinctive […]
Aeschynanthus radicans ( Lipstick Plant )
A good hanging plant with leathery, fleshy leaves, 1 3/4-inches long and tinged purple at the margins. Bears terminal clusters of 2 or 3 red flowers with purple calyces, in clusters at the tips of the vines. Best grown in […]
Aerangis luteoalba ( Aerangis Orchid )
Evergreen, epiphytic orchid, with 6-inch long leaves. Star-shaped white flowers, with red spurs, appear on racemes in winter. Night-scented. Should be grown on orchid rafts or cork slabs, epiphatically. Requires high humidity, and shade in summer.
Aeonium tabuliforme ( Stonecrop )
Aeonium tabuliforme is a perennial succulent with bright green rosettes up to 20 inches across, forming a ground cover. Flowers are yellow and rarely seen on indoor plants. Cactus food every two weeks, and very minimal water during the winter. […]
Aeonium arboreum ( Schwarzkopf Stonecrop )
A succulent houseplant, reaching 6 feet tall with rosettes of dark green, fleshy leaves at the end of thick stems. Flowers are yellow and rarely seen on indoor plants. Cactus food every two weeks, and very minimal water during the […]
Aeonium ( Aeonium )
Aeonium consists of around 30 species, most of which are perennials, though there are some bienniels. Plants in this genus are shrubby and succulent. Grow where temperature does not drop below 50 degrees in a well drained, cactus-type potting soil […]
Aechmea kirtesziae ( Kirtesziae Bromeliad )
This plant can adapt and grow on a variety of surfaces such as the forest floor between rocks at the dunes at the coast. The slim funnel rosette is formed by the twenty-something flat, green leaves growing up to 3 […]
Aechmea gracilis ( Graceful Bromeliad )
The red bracts hold flowers of blue on a slender stalk surrounded by narrow, green leaves. This is epiphtic and can adapt and grow on a variety of surfaces such as on trees in the rain forest between 3,000 to […]