April

Blooming in April

The following is a partial list of flowering or fruiting plants located in Fairchild. Plants are grouped by area and listed alphabetically by scientific name, and include a common name when available and the location by plot number. You may refer to the plot map at the bottom of this page. Plot maps are also located at the Visitor Center at the entrance to Fairchild.

Arboretum

Botanical Name:
Euphorbia punicea
Common Name:
Flame of Jamaica
Plots:
Plot 41, 50

Botanical Name:
Galphimia gracilis
Common Name:
Thryallis
Plots:
Plot 19b, 33

Botanical Name:
Hibiscus storckii
Plots:
Plot 33

Botanical Name:
Plumeria ‘Singapore Dwarf Pink’
Plots:
Plot 33

Botanical Name:
Portlandia platantha
Plots:
Plot 19A, 24, 50, 146

Lin Lougheed Spiny Forest of Madagascar

Botanical Name:
Bauhinia monandra
Common Name:
Napoleon’s Plume
Plots:
Plot 31

Botanical Name:
Euphorbia viguieri var. viguieri
Plots:
Plot 31

Botanical Name:
Pachypodium decaryi
Plots:
Plot 31

Botanical Name:
Pachypodium rosulatum
Plots:
Plot 31

Botanical Name:
Uncarina grandidieri
Common Name:
Mouse Trap Tree
Plots:
Plot 31

Lisa D. Anness Butterfly Garden

Botanical Name:
Anastraphia ilicifolia
Plots:
Plot 19b

Botanical Name:
Calliandra haematocephala ‘Nana’
Common Name:
Dwarf Red Powder Puff
Plots:
Plot 19b

Botanical Name:
Jatropha pauciflora subsp. haitensis
Plots:
Plot 19b

Botanical Name:
Justicia brandegeeana
Common Name:
Mexican shrimp plant
Plots:
Plot 19b

Botanical Name:
Melochia tomentosa
Plots:
Plot 19b

Vine Pergola

Botanical Name:
Allamanda ‘Old Gold’
Plots:
Plot 4

Botanical Name:
Bauhinia bidentata
Common Name:
Pride of Selangor
Plots:
Plot 4

Botanical Name:
Clerodendrum thomsoniae ‘Delectum’
Common Name:
Magenta Bleeding Heart Vine
Plots:
Plot 4

Botanical Name:
Schlegelia parasitica
Plots:
Plot 4

Botanical Name:
Thunbergia grandiflora
Common Name:
Bengal Creeper
Plots:
Plot 4

Tropical Plant Conservatory & Rare Plant House

Botanical Name:
Alpinia rugosa
Common Name:
Evergreen Broadleaf Ginger

Botanical Name:
Aristolochia salvadorensis
Common Name:
Darth Vader Flower

Botanical Name:
Calathea burle-marxii ‘Ice Blue’

Botanical Name:
Calathea warscewiczii
Common Name:
Jungle Velvet Calathea

Botanical Name:
Etlingera hemisphaerica
Common Name:
Black Torch Ginger

Botanical Name:
Freycinetia cumingiana

Botanical Name:
Rhododendron ‘Simbu Sunset’

Botanical Name:
Rhododendron ‘Wild Child’

Botanical Name:
Sonerila sp.