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Abelia, Linnaea syn. Abelia
These shrubs or trees come in either deciduous or evergreen varieties with plain shiny or variegated leaves. Often with arching branches and producing pale pink slightly scented flower clusters.
Abeliophyllum distichum, White Forsythia
Abeliophyllum distichum are hardy, deciduous shrubs. They will grow in most soils in full sun or partial shade. White Forsythia has white flowers with gold stamens in Spring.
Abeliophyllum distichum (Roseum Group), White Forsythia 'Roseum Group'
Abeliophyllum distichum are hardy, deciduous shrubs. They will grow in most soils in full sun or partial shade. White Forsythia has white flowers with gold stamens in Spring. 'Roseum Group' produces slightly pinkier flowers but are still highly fragrant.
Abelmoschus esculentus, Okra
A tall growing plant, if grown in the right conditions, reaching up to 2 meters. The foliage is a bright green and shaped like hearts. It bears large, yellow flowers, similar to the hibiscus. The seed pods are harvested while immature, if grown for the vegetable, as the flowers fade and while the pods are still tender. The pods can be eaten raw or cooked, and the leaves can also be cooked.
Abelmoschus esculentus 'Annie Oakley II', Okra 'Annie Oakley II'
A tall growing plant, if grown in the right conditions, reaching up to 2 meters. The foliage is a bright green and shaped like hearts. It bears large, yellow flowers, similar to the hibiscus. The seed pods are harvested while immature, if grown for the vegetable, as the flowers fade and while the pods are still tender. The pods can be eaten raw or cooked, and the leaves can also be cooked. 'Annie Oakley II' bears good yields of spineless, long and slender, slightly ribbed pods on a compact plant
Abelmoschus esculentus 'Baby Bubba', Okra 'Baby Bubba'
A tall growing plant, if grown in the right conditions, reaching up to 2 meters. The foliage is a bright green and shaped like hearts. It bears large, yellow flowers, similar to the hibiscus. The seed pods are harvested while immature, if grown for the vegetable, as the flowers fade and while the pods are still tender. The pods can be eaten raw or cooked, and the leaves can also be cooked. 'Baby Bubba' is a select variety of Okra which is smaller than others and produces smaller fruits.
Abelmoschus esculentus 'Clemson Spineless', Okra 'Clemson Spineless'
A tall growing plant, if grown in the right conditions, reaching up to 2 meters. The foliage is a bright green and shaped like hearts. It bears large, yellow flowers, similar to the hibiscus. The seed pods are harvested while immature, if grown for the vegetable, as the flowers fade and while the pods are still tender. The pods can be eaten raw or cooke, and the leaves can also be cooked. 'Clemson Spineless' is, as the name suggest, a spineless variety that produces high yields of green, ribbed pods that should be harvested when about 3" long.
Abelmoschus esculentus 'Emerald', Okra 'Emerald'
A tall growing plant, if grown in the right conditions, reaching up to 2 meters. The foliage is a bright green and shaped like hearts. It bears large, yellow flowers, similar to the hibiscus. The seed pods are harvested while immature, if grown for the vegetable, as the flowers fade and while the pods are still tender. The pods can be eaten raw or cooked, and the leaves can also be cooked. 'Emerald' bears early, round,smooth, deep-green pods.
Abelmoschus manihot syn. Hibiscus manihot, Sunset Hibiscus
A tall growing plant, if grown in the right conditions, reaching up to 2 meters. The foliage is a bright green and shaped like hearts. It bears large, yellow flowers with dark eyes, similar to the hibiscus.
Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosus, Creeping Pink Swamp Mallow
Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosus is a perennial which is native to northern Australia. It has rough hairy lobed leaves on soft hairy stems, and produces hibiscus like flowers of watermelon pink colour with a dark centre. It grows from an underground tuber and dies back in the summer dry season in which it goes dormant, until the rains return in the wet season.
Abies, Fir Tree
Fir trees are evergreen coniferous trees. They can be confused with other types of conifer. The way to tell a fir tree is by the way the needles grow, and by the cones. The soft needles are attached to the branch by what looks like a suction cup, and detach from the branch without leaving a peg behind. The fir tree cones grow upwards, like candles, rather than hanging down. They are softer than other coniferous trees, and they open up at the end of the season to spread their seeds. The trees can grow very large - up to 80 m. - and tend to be somewhat conical in shape
Abies balsamea, Balsam Fir
Fir trees are evergreen coniferous trees. They can be confused with other types of conifer. The way to tell a fir tree is by the way the needles grow, and by the cones. The soft needles are attached to the branch by what looks like a suction cup, and detach from the branch without leaving a peg behind. The fir tree cones grow upwards, like candles, rather than hanging down. They are softer than other coniferous trees, and they open up at the end of the season to spread their seeds. The trees can grow very large - up to 80 m. - and tend to be somewhat conical in shape. 'Balsam Fir' is a North American fir tree, widely used as Christmas tress. It grows in tall, dark green spires, and has strongly scented resin that is used in the manufacture of varnish
Abies balsamea 'Piccolo', Dwarf Balsam Fir Tree 'Piccolo'
Fir trees are evergreen coniferous trees. They can be confused with other types of conifer. The way to tell a fir tree is by the way the needles grow, and by the cones. The soft needles are attached to the branch by what looks like a suction cup, and detach from the branch without leaving a peg behind. The fir tree cones grow upwards, like candles, rather than hanging down. They are softer than other coniferous trees, and they open up at the end of the season to spread their seeds. The trees can grow very large - up to 80 m - and tend to be somewhat conical in shape'Piccolo' is a miniature Balsam fir cultivar with dark green needles. Its branches tend to grow with a bit of a twist. It produces brown buds for seasonal interest. This dwarf globe is ideal for rock gardens, containers and small landscapes. In ten years, a mature specimen will stand 30cm tall and 40cm wide.
Abies concolor 'Blue Cloak', White Fir 'Blue Cloak'
Fir trees are evergreen coniferous trees. They can be confused with other types of conifer. The way to tell a fir tree is by the way the needles grow, and by the cones. The soft needles are attached to the branch by what looks like a suction cup, and detach from the branch without leaving a peg behind. The fir tree cones grow upwards, like candles, rather than hanging down. They are softer than other coniferous trees, and they open up at the end of the season to spread their seeds. The trees can grow very large - up to 80 m. - and tend to be somewhat conical in shape. 'Blue Cloak' is a dense, semi-pendulous White fir with thin, soft-blue needles. It forms a strong, upward leader and pendant branches
Abies concolour 'Archer's Dwarf', White Fir Tree 'Archer's Dwarf'
Fir trees are evergreen coniferous trees. They can be confused with other types of conifer. The way to tell a fir tree is by the way the needles grow, and by the cones. The soft needles are attached to the branch by what looks like a suction cup, and detach from the branch without leaving a peg behind. The fir tree cones grow upwards, like candles, rather than hanging down. They are softer than other coniferous trees, and they open up at the end of the season to spread their seeds. The trees can grow very large - up to 80 m. - and tend to be somewhat conical in shape. 'Archer's Dwarf' is a dwarf evergreen conifer with an irregular spreading habit. It has silver to blue/grey fern like needles and will bear cones after approximately 40 years. It has a growth rate of around 6"/15cm. per year, to a mature size of around 0.90 after 10 years
Abies koreana, Korean Fir Tree
Fir trees are evergreen coniferous trees. They can be confused with other types of conifer. The way to tell a fir tree is by the way the needles grow, and by the cones. The soft needles are attached to the branch by what looks like a suction cup, and detach from the branch without leaving a peg behind. The fir tree cones grow upwards, like candles, rather than hanging down. They are softer than other coniferous trees, and they open up at the end of the season to spread their seeds. The trees can grow very large - up to 80 m. - and tend to be somewhat conical in shape. 'Korean Fir' is a small to medium-sized evergreen coniferous tree which can grow to 10–18 m tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 0.7 m, smaller and sometimes shrubby at tree line. The bark is smooth with resin blisters and grey-brown in colour. They have a dead-straight, upright trunk and branches that stick out firmly, all at exactly the same angle, clothed in dark needles that are silvery underneath..
Abies koreana 'Kohouts Icebreaker', Korean Fir 'Kohouts Icebreaker'
Fir trees are evergreen coniferous trees. They can be confused with other types of conifer. The way to tell a fir tree is by the way the needles grow, and by the cones. The soft needles are attached to the branch by what looks like a suction cup, and detach from the branch without leaving a peg behind. The fir tree cones grow upwards, like candles, rather than hanging down. They are softer than other coniferous trees, and they open up at the end of the season to spread their seeds. The trees can grow very large - up to 80 m. - and tend to be somewhat conical in shape. 'Korean Fir' is a small to medium-sized evergreen coniferous tree which can grow to 10–18 m tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 0.7 m, smaller and sometimes shrubby at tree line. The bark is smooth with resin blisters and grey-brown in colour. They have a dead-straight, upright trunk and branches that stick out firmly, all at exactly the same angle, clothed in dark needles that are silvery underneath. 'Kohouts Icebreaker' is a dwarf Korean fir. Like it’s parent plant, ‘Horstmann’s Silberlocke,’ ‘Kohouts Icebreaker’ has the same strongly-curled needles with silvery undersides that make the species distinctive. It grows to being a small, squat tree.Branches are short, stubby and radial. Young plants will be globose, later developing a leader, eventually becoming a small squat tree, typically 60 cms tall after 10 years
Abies lasiocarpa, Rocky Mountain Fir
Fir trees are evergreen coniferous trees. They can be confused with other types of conifer. The way to tell a fir tree is by the way the needles grow, and by the cones. The soft needles are attached to the branch by what looks like a suction cup, and detach from the branch without leaving a peg behind. The fir tree cones grow upwards, like candles, rather than hanging down. They are softer than other coniferous trees, and they open up at the end of the season to spread their seeds. The trees can grow very large - up to 80 m. - and tend to be somewhat conical in shape. 'Rocky Mountain Fir' is a small evergreen tree, and is the most widespread of the Abies genus. It is tall -usually grows to 65 to 115 feet - and slender, and is cold-resistant, It is a good tree for containers. and is also good for bonsai.
Abies magnifica, Californian Red Fir Tree
Fir trees are evergreen coniferous trees. They can be confused with other types of conifer. The way to tell a fir tree is by the way the needles grow, and by the cones. The soft needles are attached to the branch by what looks like a suction cup, and detach from the branch without leaving a peg behind. The fir tree cones grow upwards, like candles, rather than hanging down. They are softer than other coniferous trees, and they open up at the end of the season to spread their seeds. The trees can grow very large - up to 80 m. - and tend to be somewhat conical in shape. 'Abies Magnifica' typically grows at 1,400–2,700 metres elevation. Abies magnifica is a large tree which can grow to 40–60 metres tall and with a trunk diameter up to 2 metres. The bark on young trees is smooth and grey, which becomes red and fissured with age. The leaves are needle-like, blue-green' and are arranged spirally on the shoot. The tree has a slim conical shape
Abies nordmanniana, Nordmann Fir
Fir trees are evergreen coniferous trees. They can be confused with other types of conifer. The way to tell a fir tree is by the way the needles grow, and by the cones. The soft needles are attached to the branch by what looks like a suction cup, and detach from the branch without leaving a peg behind. The fir tree cones grow upwards, like candles, rather than hanging down. They are softer than other coniferous trees, and they open up at the end of the season to spread their seeds. The trees can grow very large - up to 80 mtrs - and tend to be somewhat conical in shape
Abies pinsapo, Spanish Fir Tree
Fir trees are evergreen coniferous trees. They can be confused with other types of conifer. The way to tell a fir tree is by the way the needles grow, and by the cones. The soft needles are attached to the branch by what looks like a suction cup, and detach from the branch without leaving a peg behind. The fir tree cones grow upwards, like candles, rather than hanging down. They are softer than other coniferous trees, and they open up at the end of the season to spread their seeds. The trees can grow very large - up to 80 m. - and tend to be somewhat conical in shape. 'Spanish Fir' is endemic Abies of some mountainous ranges of south Spain, particularly Málaga and Cádiz. It is a narrow, evergreen conifer that matures to a broad pyramidal shape. Trees are slow growing, but eventually rise to 25m tall. Seed cones emerge greenish pink to purple, maturing to brown.
Abies pinsapo 'Aurea', Golden Spanish Fir
Fir trees are evergreen coniferous trees. They can be confused with other types of conifer. The way to tell a fir tree is by the way the needles grow, and by the cones. The soft needles are attached to the branch by what looks like a suction cup, and detach from the branch without leaving a peg behind. The fir tree cones grow upwards, like candles, rather than hanging down. They are softer than other coniferous trees, and they open up at the end of the season to spread their seeds. The trees can grow very large - up to 80 m. - and tend to be somewhat conical in shape. 'Spanish Fir' is endemic Abies of some mountainous ranges of south Spain, particularly Málaga and Cádiz. It is a narrow, evergreen conifer that matures to a broad pyramidal shape. Trees are slow growing, but eventually rise to 25m tall. Seed cones emerge greenish pink to purple, maturing to brown. 'Aurea' - Golden Spanish Fir - has young foliage that is golden coloured, maturing to blue-grey.
Abies pinsapo Glauca, Glaucous Spanish Fir
Fir trees are evergreen coniferous trees. They can be confused with other types of conifer. The way to tell a fir tree is by the way the needles grow, and by the cones. The soft needles are attached to the branch by what looks like a suction cup, and detach from the branch without leaving a peg behind. The fir tree cones grow upwards, like candles, rather than hanging down. They are softer than other coniferous trees, and they open up at the end of the season to spread their seeds. The trees can grow very large - up to 80 m. - and tend to be somewhat conical in shape. 'Spanish Fir' is endemic Abies of some mountainous ranges of south Spain, particularly Málaga and Cádiz. It is a narrow, evergreen conifer that matures to a broad pyramidal shape. Trees are slow growing, but eventually rise to 25m tall. Seed cones emerge greenish pink to purple, maturing to brown. 'Glauca' has blue needles, and purple cones
Abiu Tree, Pouteria Caimito
The Abiu is a tropical fruit tree originated in the Amazonian region of South America. It's fruit is round to oval in shape, when ripe the skin is smooth and bright yellow with a translucent whiteish flesh, somewhat jelly-like in texture, and with a taste that has been likened to a sweet caramel custard.
Abutilon, Flowering Maple
The Flowering Maple can be grown outdoors in warmer regions, but in temperate zones it is most often grown as a house plant. The common name is derived from their maple-shaped leaves. The blooming season for most Abutilons is from late spring to early summer but they will often flower periodically through the winter as well. The flowers are similar to a cross between a Hibiscus and a Hollyhock. The foliage is usually a pale green, but there are also variegated forms with white or yellow mottling.
Abutilon 'Aphrodite', Flowering Maple 'Aphrodite'
The Flowering Maple can be grown outdoors in warmer regions, but in temperate zones it is most often grown as a house plant. The common name is derived from their maple-shaped leaves. The blooming season for most Abutilons is from late spring to early summer but they will often flower periodically through the winter as well. The flowers are similar to a cross between a Hibiscus and a Hollyhock. The foliage is usually a pale green, but there are also variegated forms with white or yellow mottling. 'Aphrodite' bears deep pink flowers
Abutilon 'Bella Red', Flowering Maple 'Bella Red'
The Flowering Maple can be grown outdoors in warmer regions, but in temperate zones it is most often grown as a house plant. The common name is derived from their maple-shaped leaves. The blooming season for most Abutilons is from late spring to early summer but they will often flower periodically through the winter as well. The flowers are similar to a cross between a Hibiscus and a Hollyhock. The foliage is usually a pale green, but there are also variegated forms with white or yellow mottling. 'Bella MIx' is a colourful mix of dwarf abutilon
Abutilon 'Buttermilk Delight', Flowering Maple 'Buttermilk Delight'
The Flowering Maple can be grown outdoors in warmer regions, but in temperate zones it is most often grown as a house plant. The common name is derived from their maple-shaped leaves. The blooming season for most Abutilons is from late spring to early summer but they will often flower periodically through the winter as well. The flowers are similar to a cross between a Hibiscus and a Hollyhock. The foliage is usually a pale green, but there are also variegated forms with white or yellow mottling. 'Buttermilk Delight' bears cream coloured flowers
Abutilon 'Canary Bird', Flowering Maple 'Canary Bird'
Grows in sheltered spot. 'Canary Bird' is an old Victorian hybrid Abutilon with soft palmate foliage and large extremely attractive yellow flowers. The cup-shaped flowers nod downwards like bells, are strongly veined and are a delicate buttery pastel shade. The Flowering Maple can be grown outdoors in warmer regions, but in temperate zones it is most often grown as a house plant. The common name is derived from their maple-shaped leaves. The blooming season for most Abutilons is from late spring to early summer but they will often flower periodically through the winter as well. The flowers are similar to a cross between a Hibiscus and a Hollyhock. The foliage is usually a pale green, but there are also variegated forms with white or yellow mottling.
Abutilon 'Eric Lilac', Flowering Maple 'Eric Lilac'
Abutilon 'Eric Lilac' is a hybrid seemingly with A. vitifolium, its parentage evident in its foliage and branching habit. Abutilons are fast-growing, soft-wooded plants native to sub-tropical regions. As they're on the tender side, many people choose to keep them in conservatories or light rooms as fabulous ornamental plants. They will also do fine against sunny sheltered walls outdoors.
Abutilon 'Golden Ballerina', Flowering Maple 'Golden Ballerina'
The Flowering Maple can be grown outdoors in warmer regions, but in temperate zones it is most often grown as a house plant. The common name is derived from their maple-shaped leaves. The blooming season for most Abutilons is from late spring to early summer but they will often flower periodically through the winter as well. The flowers are similar to a cross between a Hibiscus and a Hollyhock. The foliage is usually a pale green, but there are also variegated forms with white or yellow mottling. 'Golden Ballerina' has bright golden flowers and dark green leaves.
Abutilon 'Green-Eyed Lady', Flowering Maple 'Green-Eyed Lady'
The Flowering Maple can be grown outdoors in warmer regions, but in temperate zones it is most often grown as a house plant. The common name is derived from their maple-shaped leaves. The blooming season for most Abutilons is from late spring to early summer but they will often flower periodically through the winter as well. The flowers are similar to a cross between a Hibiscus and a Hollyhock. The foliage is usually a pale green, but there are also variegated forms with white or yellow mottling. 'Green-Eyed Lady' has bright red flowers with a green centre, with dark green foliage.
Abutilon 'Kentish Belle', Flowering Maple 'Kentish Belle'
A semi evergreen shrub which remains quite compact and has a lovely summer bloom of large bell-like hanging flowers. Easy to care for and fairly hardy.
Abutilon megapotamicum syn. Abutilon vexillarium, Trailing Abutilon
A. megapotamicum is a partially evergreen, shrub which grows to 2m. It has narrow ovate leaves, and hanging bell-shaped flowers with yellow petals and a large red calyx. It blooms in summer and autumn.