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