"Ornamental plants, cultivated chiefly for their handsome flowers. The Abelias are small or medium-sized…
Abutilon is a showy, free-growing shrub. There are many hybrids that are cultivated. They grow best…
The acacia armata shrub is eight to ten feet wide and seven to eleven feet tall. The fruit is ripe is…
The common name of acacia calamifolia is broom wattle. It is a tall shrub with slender, erect branches.…
The acacia salicina variation wayae shrub is eight feet tall. The shrub blooms sparingly at various…
Acacia tenuifolia is an everblooming shrub with a stick substance on the young flower buds. The shrub…
The common name of acacia verticillata is whorl-leaved acacia. It is a spreading shrub or small tree…
Acalypha wilkesiana variation macafeana has red leaves marked with crimson and bronze. It is said to…
The acanthopanax pentaphyllum shrub is five to ten feet tall. The branches are arching and slender,…
A genus of plants or shrubs, mostly tropical, two species of which arecharacterized by large white flowers…
Actinide argot is a high climbing shrub. There are three or more white flowers. The fruit is greenish…
Also known as Butcher's broom. A shrub with flat shoots that give the appearance of stiff, spine-tipped…
Aeglopsis chevalier is a large shrub or small, spiny tree. The spines are long, slender, and straight.…
Aesculus georgiana is a shrub that grows six feet tall. The flowers are red and yellow. The shrub flowers…
Aesculus parviflora shrubs grow between three and ten feet tall. There are five to seven oblong leaflets.…
Also known as Salix alaxensis. The branch of an Alaska Willow tree, a species of willow.
"A drug of great antiquity, for we find Dioscorides make mention of aloe as a substance obtained from…
"A genus of plants of the natural order Amaranthaceae. This order contains nearly 300 known species,…
Amelanchier alnifolia is a ten foot tall shrub with stout, upright branches. The flowers are rather…
The Amelanchier bartramiana shrub grows up to eight feet tall. The fruit is purplish black and bloomy.
Also known as Castanea dentata. The branch of an American Chestnut tree, native to eastern North America.
The common name of Amorpha fruticose is bastard indigo. The shrub grows between five and twenty feet…
An evergreen shrub with bright red flowers. It usually reaches between 20 and 25 feet, and is commonly…
The Arctostaphylos manzanita shrub grows thirty feet tall. The fruit is between one quarter and one…
Ardisia crenulata has oblong, wavy margined leaves. The fruit droops is clusters. The flowers are sweet…
The Aristolochia shrub is commonly known as Birthwort. The sipho variety has yellowish-brown flowers.…
Also known as Salix lasiolepis. The branch of an Arroyo Willow tree, native to western and southwestern…
Artabotrys uncinatus is a climbing shrub with branches at a wide angle. The leaves are oblong and taper…
The common name of Artemisia pontica is Roman wormwood. The plant is shrubby and erect, growing between…
The common names of Artemisia stelleriana are old woman, dusty miller, and beach wormwood. The plant…
The common name of Artemisia vulgaris is mugwort. The leaves are white and cottony beneath but green…
The three outer petals of asimina triloba are a pale purplish color. The three inner petals are smaller,…
The flowers on the astragalus monspessulans shrub are usually purplish. This species grows in south…
The flowers of the atragene alpina shrub are blue, sometimes white. There are ten to twelve petals per…
Atriplex breweri is a stout woody shrub that grows four to six feet tall. The leaves are silvery gray,…
Aucuba japonica is a stout shrub that grows four to fifteen feet tall. The berries are scarlet, rarely…
Azara is a showy, evergreen shrub with fragrant flowers. The azara microphylla has greenish flowers…
"An erect, branching perennial, herbaceous plant of the natural order Labiatae, a native of the south…
The common name of bambusa is bamboo cane. Bambusa arundinacea, the reed like variety, grows between…
Bambusa aurea, golden bamboo cane, grows between six and ten feet tall. Bambusa aurea has a yellowish…
Bambusa nana is the dwarf variety of bamboo cane. Bambusa nana grows between six and eight feet tall.
Banksia ericifolia is a shrub or small tree, growing twelve to fourteen feet tall. The leaves grow hardly…
Berberis (Bér-be-ris, barberry, pepperidge bush) a genus of about 450-500 species of deciduous…
"Berberis vulgaris. 1. stamen; 2. perpendicular section of a pistil with one stamen and one petal adhering;…
Begonia davisii has bright red flowers. Six flowers spread together from a common center. The leaves…
The stem of the begonia manicata shrub is fleshy, twisted, and short. The leaves are smooth with fleshy,…
The begonia rex is stemless. The leafstalk is round, red, and is bristly. The leavs are large, blistered…
The common names of Benzoin aestivale are spice bush, Benjamin bush, wild allspice, and fever bush.…
Berberidopsis corallina is a hardy, evergreen shrub. The flowers are crimson with a leafy base. This…