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:
Couroupita guianensis
Common Name:
Cannonball Tree
Plots:
45, 137
Botanical Name:
Euphorbia punicea
Common Name:
Flame of Jamaica
Plots:
41, 50
Botanical Name:
Hibiscus schizopetalus
Common Name:
Fringed Hibiscus
Plots:
19B, 33, 55A
Botanical Name:
Plumeria ‘Singapore Dwarf Pink’
Plots:
33
Botanical Name:
Portlandia platantha
Plots:
19A, 24, 50, 146
Lin Lougheed Spiny Forest of Madagascar
Botanical Name:
Aloe ‘Rooikappie’
Plots:
31
Botanical Name:
Bauhinia monandra
Common Name:
Napoleon’s Plume
Plots:
31
Botanical Name:
Euphorbia viguieri var. viguieri
Plots:
31
Botanical Name:
Pachypodium lamerei var. ramosum
Plots:
31
Botanical Name:
Uncarina grandidieri
Common Name:
Mouse Trap Tree
Plots:
31
Lisa D. Anness Butterfly Garden
Botanical Name:
Aristolochia littoralis
Common Name:
Calico Flower
Plots:
19b
Botanical Name:
Jatropha pauciflora subsp. haitensis
Plots:
19b
Botanical Name:
Justicia brandegeeana
Plots:
19b
Botanical Name:
Melochia tomentosa
Common Name:
Teabush
Plots:
19b
Botanical Name:
Senna polyphylla
Common Name:
Desert Cassia
Plots:
19b
Vine Pergola
Botanical Name:
Bauhinia bidentata
Common Name:
Pride of Selangor
Plots:
4
Botanical Name:
Moullava spicata
Common Name:
Candy Corn Plant
Plots:
4
Botanical Name:
Schlegelia parasitica
Plots:
4
Botanical Name:
Thunbergia grandiflora
Common Name:
Bengal Creeper
Plots:
4
Botanical Name:
× Ruttyruspolia ‘Phyllis Van Heerden’
Plots:
4
Tropical Plant Conservatory & Rare Plant House
Botanical Name:
Aristolochia salvadorensis
Common Name:
Darth Vader Flower
Botanical Name:
Calathea burle-marxii ‘Ice Blue’
Botanical Name:
Costus acreanus
Botanical Name:
Costus malortieanus
Common Name:
Step Ladder Ginger
Botanical Name:
Dichorisandra penduliflora
Common Name:
Weeping Blue Ginger
Botanical Name:
Impatiens mirabilis
Botanical Name:
Rhododendron ‘Simbu Sunset’
Botanical Name:
Ruellia chartacea
Common Name:
Red Shrimp Plant
Botanical Name:
Tacca integrifolia
Common Name:
White Bat Flower