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Calibrachoa 'Minifamous Double Plumtastic'

Added on 15 Sep, 2024 | 1 photo

Has large double blooms on a semi-trailing plant. Grows to a height of 20-30 cm with a spread of 30-38 cm.

L...

Double Gerbera

Added on 28 Sep, 2024 | 1 photo

Gerberas are perennials in cool to sub-tropical zones. In cold climates they will go dormant over the winter per...

Desert Rose

Added on 14 Sep, 2024 | 4 photos

Genus: Adenium.
Species: Adenium obesum.

A semi-succulent shrub that can grow to around 3 metres in tropical or semi-tropical regions.

It has thickene...

Yellow Allamanda

Added on 27 Nov, 2024 | 1 photo

Species: Allamanda cathartica.

Allamanda cathartica is an evergreen arching, long branched shrub native to Brazil. It prefers moist, well-drai...

Flamingo Flower

Added on 28 Sep, 2024 | 1 photo

Genus: Anthurium.
Species: Anthurium andreanum.

Anthurium has large, glossy deep green leaves, often heart-shaped but variable.

Its flowers draw attention,...

Angel Wings

Added on 1 Oct, 2024 | 7 photos

Genus: Caladium.
Species: Caladium.

Calibrachoa 'Rainbow Orange'

Added on 28 Nov, 2024 | 1 photo

Species: Calibrachoa x hybrida.

A delightfully mounded groundcover that will create a unique and colourful mound of brightly coloured flowers fo...

Powderpuff

Added on 14 Oct, 2024 | 3 photos

Genus: Calliandra.
Species: Calliandra haematocephala.

The Red Powder-puff, native to Bolivia, is a fast-growing, multiple trunked, low-branching, evergreen shrub that...

Cassia fistula (Golden Shower Tree)

Added on 29 Dec, 2024 | 2 photos

Genus: Cassia.
Species: Cassia fistula.

Common name: Golden Shower Tree
Botanic name: Cassia fistula
Family: Fabaceae / Caesalpiniaceae

Golden show...

Croton

Added on 14 Oct, 2024 | 7 photos

Genus: Codiaeum.
Species: Codiaeum variegatum.

Codiaeum variegatum is a native of Ambon Island in Indonesia. Unlike most plants, they are classified according ...

Thailand Powderpuff or Ball of Fire

Added on 27 Nov, 2024 | 1 photo

Genus: Combretum.
Species: Combretum constrictum.

Combretum constrictum is a large shrub or vine creeper up to 5 to 10 feet tall.

Also known as Thailand Powde...

Orange Spiral Ginger

Added on 22 Oct, 2024 | 2 photos

Genus: Costus.
Species: Costus productus.

Curcuma australasica or Cape York Lily

Added on 22 Jan, 2025 | 1 photo

Genus: Curcuma.
Species: Curcuma australasica.

Rabbits Foot Fern

Added on 6 Dec, 2024 | 1 photo

Species: Davallia fajeensis.

A varied genus group, all have lacy, finely divided, hanging foliage, with distinctive hairy rhizomes which rese...

Dianthus

Added on 8 Jan, 2025 | 1 photo

Genus: Dianthus.
Species: Dianthus.

Dianthus (Dianthus spp.) also known as 'Pinks' is a hardy evergreen perennial. It is part of the Caryoph...

Gold Dust Dracaena

Added on 22 Oct, 2024 | 2 photos

Genus: Dracaena.
Species: Dracaena godseffiana.

Dracaena godseffiana is a shrub-like plant with large, bold, bright green leaves, speckled with yellow spots whi...

Golden Gardinia

Added on 22 Dec, 2024 | 3 photos

Genus: Gardenia.
Species: Gardenia mutabilis 'Soleil d'Or'.

Flowers emerge as an ivory white and then change as they mature. They turn to yellow and then become yellow-ora...

Japanese Lantern Hibiscus or Coral Hibiscus

Added on 6 Dec, 2024 | 1 photo

Genus: Hibiscus.
Species: Hibiscus schizopetalus.

Hibiscus schizopetalus is an evergreen shrub from the tropical East Africa. It has slender stems and an elegant ...

Hymenocallis littoralis or Spider Lily

Added on 22 Jan, 2025 | 2 photos

Genus: Hymenocallis.
Species: Hymenocallis littoralis.

Kalanchoe 'Calandiva Birkin'

Added on 15 Sep, 2024 | 1 photo

Genus: Kalanchoe.
Species: Kalanchoe blossfeldiana hybrid 'Calandiva Birkin'.

A hardy, herbaceous evergreen plant with think, glossy, scalloped-edged green leaves.

Displays a profusion of...

Variegated Lavender Scallops

Added on 13 Sep, 2024 | 1 photo

Genus: Kalanchoe.
Species: Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi variegata.

A small shrubby succulent with thick and fleshy, lavender grey-green leaves with cream variegation along the sca...

Kalanchoe prebella

Added on 6 Dec, 2024 | 1 photo

Genus: Kalanchoe.
Species: Kalanchoe prebella.

Kalanchoe prebella is a very hardy succulent plant that produces a mass of bell shaped red flowers above the fol...

Crocodile Fern / Crocodyllus Fern

Added on 6 Dec, 2024 | 1 photo

Species: Microsorum musifolium.

A highly sought after fern with attractive glossy strappy leaves which resemble that of a crocodile skin.

It...

Swiss Cheese Plant or Fruit Salad Plant

Added on 22 Oct, 2024 | 2 photos

Genus: Monstera.
Species: Monstera deliciosa.

Stunning foliage plant ideal for shaded areas.

The vine has a thick stem growing up to 20 m in height, and l...

Pentas lanceolata

Added on 22 Jan, 2025 | 1 photo

Genus: Pentas.
Species: Pentas lanceolata.

Purple Wreath

Added on 13 Sep, 2024 | 3 photos

Species: Petrea volubilis.

Petrea volubilis is a tropical/sub-tropical climbing vine that has cascading racemes of purple star-like bracts,...

Cocky Apple

Added on 25 Oct, 2024 | 2 photos

Species: Planchonia careya.

A small, deciduous, somewhat crooked woodland tree that is distributed across northern Australia.

It grows t...

Coleus

Added on 9 Oct, 2024 | 5 photos

Genus: Solenostemon.
Species: Solenostemon scutellarioides.

Coleus is a warm climate plant and in tropical or semi-tropical areas it is often mass planted in garden borders...

Persian Shield

Added on 6 Dec, 2024 | 1 photo

Genus: Strobilanthes.
Species: Strobilanthes dyerianus.

This soft-wooded shrub (ht 1.2m) from Malaysia is sometimes known as Persian shield.

It belongs to the broad...

Dwarf Pinwheel

Added on 10 Dec, 2024 | 2 photos

Species: Tabernaemontana corymbosa.

A beautiful glossy leafed, compact shrub bearing small pure white pinwheel flowers. It will grow naturally into...

Sweet Love

Added on 10 Dec, 2024 | 1 photo

Species: Tabernaemontana corymbosa 'Sweet Love'.

Wishbone Flower / Torenia fournieri

Added on 22 Jan, 2025 | 2 photos

Genus: Torenia.
Species: Torenia fournieri.

Wishbone Flower

Added on 13 Sep, 2024 | 3 photos

Genus: Torenia.
Species: Torenia fournieri.

A profusely flowering annual in tropical / sub-tropical regions with dark green leaves, serrated edges and snapd...

White Alder

Added on 15 Sep, 2024 | 1 photo

Species: Turnera subulata.

This is a clumping perennial herb, native to the West Indies, Florida, Brazil and Central America. It grows ver...

Yellow Alder

Added on 28 Sep, 2024 | 1 photo

Species: Turnera ulmifolia.

This is a perennial, dense, compact shrub in tropic zones. It reaches around 60 cm in height.

Flowers have f...