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.