August

Blooming in August

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:
Couroupita guianensis
Common Name:
Cannonball Tree
Plots:
Plot 45, 137

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

Botanical Name:
Galphimia gracilis
Common Name:
Spray-of-Gold
Plots:
Plot 19B, 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 – 31

Botanical Name:
Bauhinia monandra
Common Name:
Pink Bauhinia

Botanical Name:
Euphorbia viguieri var. viguieri

Botanical Name:
Pachypodium lamerei

Botanical Name:
Uncarina grandidieri
Common Name:
Mouse Trap Tree

Botanical Name:
Uncarina stellulifera

Lisa D. Anness Butterfly Garden

Botanical Name:
Hibiscus schizopetalus
Common Name:
Fringed Hibiscus

Botanical Name:
Jatropha pauciflora subsp. haitensis

Botanical Name:
Justicia brandegeeana

Botanical Name:
Melochia tomentosa
Common Name:
Teabush

Botanical Name:
Senna alata
Common Name:
Candlestick Bush

Vine Pergola

Botanical Name:
Bauhinia bidentata
Common Name:
Pride of Selangor

Botanical Name:
Combretum indicum
Common Name:
Rangoon Creeper

Botanical Name:
Thunbergia erecta ‘Blue Moon’
Common Name:
Blue Moon King’s Mantle

Botanical Name:
Thunbergia grandiflora
Common Name:
Bengal Creeper

Botanical Name:
× Ruttyruspolia ‘Phyllis Van Heerden’

Tropical Plant Conservatory & Rare Plant House

Botanical Name:
Calathea burle-marxii ‘Ice Blue’

Botanical Name:
Costus acreanus

Botanical Name:
Dichorisandra penduliflora
Common Name:
Weeping Blue Ginger

Botanical Name:
Etlingera hemisphaerica
Common Name:
Black Torch Ginger

Botanical Name:
Impatiens mirabilis

Botanical Name:
Medinilla magnifica
Common Name:
Showy Medinilla

Botanical Name:
Ouratea theophrasta

Botanical Name:
Rhododendron ‘Simbu Sunset’

Botanical Name:
Tacca integrifolia
Common Name:
White Bat Flower