General plants

General plants

Plants in general and their related subjects and terms.

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General plants

Genus of 90 species of low-growing, slender-stemmed annuals, perennials, and subshrubs from woodland margins in tropical Asia. A climbing plant. Red Ivy has coloured leaves - silvery in the shade, ...

hibiscus

Plants; General plants

Genus of more than 200 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs, trees, annuals, and herbaceous perennials, widely distributed in warm-temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions, in a variety of ...

hippeastrum

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 80 species of bulbous perennials from Central and South America. Hippeastrum is often confused with Amarillis. Both plants produce clusters of trumpet-like flowers on thick stalks. ...

hoffmannia

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 100 species of mostly shrubs and herbs from Guatemala and Mexico. The name honors the 18th/19th century Swedish professor of Botany, Georg Franz Hoffman. The leaves are dark velvety ...

howea

Plants; General plants

Genus 2 species of single-stemmed palms found usually on basalt soils, on Lord Howe Island, Australia. The Howea (Kentia) Palms are the traditional Palm Court plants which grow up to 8 ft tall. Two ...

hoya

Plants; General plants

Genus of over 200 species of evergreen, climbing and shrubby perennials, some epiphytic, from coastal bluffs, stram margins, escarpments, and rainforest in the warmer regions.

hydrangea

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 80 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs, trees and climbers from woodland in E. Asia and North and South America. Hydrangea has large, showy flowerheads, and attractive foliage. ...