This is a genus of single-stemmed palms native to Fiji, the Philipines and New Caledonia. Fronds face upward along a c-shaped midrib. Flowers are bowl-shaped and showy and produce red or orange fruit.
Vanda tricolor ( CommonName Not Available )
An epiphytic orchid. Linear leaves, to 18 inches long, are curved. The 3 inch across flowers appear on long racemes, in winter. Use epiphytic orchid potting mix in slatted baskets. Requires full light, with shade from hot sun. Water less […]
Vanda caerulea ( Blue Orchid )
An epiphytic orchid. Linear leaves, to 10 inches long, are curved. The unusual, blue flowers appear on long racemes, in winter. Use epiphytic orchid potting mix in slatted baskets. Requires full light, with shade from hot sun. Water less in […]
Vanda ( Miss Joaquin Orchid )
An epiphytic orchid. Linear leaves, to 8 inches long, are curved. The 2 inch across flowers appear on upright racemes, in summer. Use epiphytic orchid potting mix in slatted baskets. Requires full light, with shade from hot sun. Water less […]
Valeriana officinalis ( Garden Heliotrope )
Upright, clump-forming growth habit, with rhizomes producing fleshy, branching stems. Bright green aromatic leaves are pinnate to 8 inches long, and lance-shaped, with toothed leaflets. Pink, white or lavender flowers are fragrant and borne in rounded clusters atop straight stems. […]
Vaccinum parvifolium ( Red Whortleberry )
This deciduous shrub has an upright growth habit and delicate appearance. It also likes acid soil Blue-green leaves are oblong, to 1 1/4 inches long, turning a showy red in the fall. Small ,white, sometimes pink tinged flowers are urn […]
Vaccinium oxycoccus ( Bog Cranberry )
V. oxycoccus is a ground covering evergreen plant with slender stems and numerous alternate, widely spaced leaves which are small pointed and leathery, dark green above and waxy gray beneath, with rolled under edges. Small pink nodding flowers are borne […]
Vaccinium glaucoalbum ( CommonName Not Available )
V. glaucoalbum is a deciduous, spreading shrub with lance-shaped, glossy dark-green leaves, bright bluish beneath to 2 1/2 inches long. Cylindrical, pink tinged white flowers are borne in axillary and terminal racemes in May and June. Followed by delicious, edible, […]
Vaccinium delavayi ( CommonName Not Available )
V. delavayi is a deciduous, spreading shrub with oval-shaped, glossy dark-green leaves, red tinged when young. Very small creamy white, pink-flushed urn-shaped flowers are borne in axillary and terminal racemes. Followed by delicious, edible, deep red fruit. Usually grown for […]
Vaccinium crassifolium ( Creeping Blueberry )
C. crassifolium, a creeping blueberry is a deciduous, mat-forming shrub with oval-elliptic thick leathery, glossy dark-green leaves, to 1/2 inches long. Pendent urn-shaped white to pink or rose-red flowers are borne in axillary and terminal racemes. Followed by delicious, edible, […]