December

Blooming in December

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:

Ceiba speciosa

Common Name:

Silk Floss Tree

Plots:

26,49,52

Botanical Name:

Euphorbia punicea

Common Name:

Flame of Jamaica

Plots:

41A, 50

Botanical Name:

Hibiscus schizopetalus

Common Name:

Fringed Hibiscus

Plots:

19B, 33

 

Botanical Name:

Rosa ‘Louis Philippe’

Common Name:

Florida Rose

Plot:

50

Lin Lougheed Spiny Forest of
Madagascar

Botanical Name:

Aloe ‘Rooikappie’

 

Botanical Name:

Euphorbia milii ×

Common Name:

Crown of Thorns

 

Botanical Name:

Pachypodium decaryi

 

Botanical Name:

Solanum pyracanthos

Common Name:

Porcupine Tomato

 

Botanical Name:

Uncarina grandidieri

Common Name:

Mouse Trap Tree

Lisa D. Anness Butterfly Garden

Botanical Name:

Calliandra haematocephala ‘Nana’

Common Name:

Dwarf Red Powder Puff

 

Botanical Name:

Galphimia gracilis

Common Name:

Rain of Gold

 

Botanical Name:

Jatropha pauciflora subsp. haitensis

 

Botanical Name:

Justicia brandegeeana

Common Name:

Mexican Shrimp Plant

 

Botanical Name:

Melochia tomentosa

Common Name:

Pyramid Bush

 

Vine Pergola

Botanical Name:

Allamanda ‘Old Gold’

 

Botanical Name:

Bauhinia bidentata

Common Name:

Pride of Selangor

 

Botanical Name:

Petraeovitex bambusetorum

Common Name:

Nong Nooch Vine

 

Botanical Name:

Solandra grandiflora

Common Name:

Chalice Vine

 

Botanical Name:

Thunbergia grandiflora

Common Name:

Bengal Creeper

 

Tropical Plant Conservatory & Rare Plant
House

Botanical Name:

Costus acreanus

 

Botanical Name:

Dichorisandra penduliflora

Common Name:

Weeping Blue Ginger

 

Botanical Name:

Medinilla magnifica

Common Name:

Showy Medinilla

 

Botanical Name:

Rhododendron ‘Simbu Sunset’

 

Botanical Name:

Rhododendron ‘Veryl Ann’