Other names: Christmas Rose Family: Ranunculaceae Helleborus niger is an evergreen plant with dark leathery pedate leaves carried on stems 9–12 in (23–30 cm) tall. The large flat flowers, borne on short stems from midwinter to early spring, are white or occasionally pink. Heleborus niger, by Helga von Cramm, chromolithograh, with a prayer by Y.E.T.,…

Synonyms: Robinia pseudacacia, Robinia acacia, Robinia communis, Pseudoacacia pseudoacacia, Acacia Robini Other names: False Acacia Family: Fabaceae Flower Colour: white, Bloom in: May, June, Type of flowering: other flowers, Robinia pseudoacacia - black Locust Black locust reaches a typical height of 12–30 metres (40–100 feet) with a diameter of…

Family: Fagaceae Synonyms: Quercus velutina var. missouriensis Quercus velutina, the eastern black oak or more commonly known as simply black oak, is a species in the red oak ( Quercus sect. Lobatae) group of oaks. It is widespread in eastern and central North America, found in all the coastal states from Maine to Texas, inland as far as Ontario, Minnesota,…

Blackthorn - Prunus spinosa Other names: Sloe Family: Rosaceae Flower Colour: white, Bloom in: March, April, May, Type of flowering: number of petals 5, Prunus spinosa - blackthorn Prunus spinosa (blackthorn, or sloe) is a species of Prunus native to Europe, western Asia, and locally in northwest Africa. It is also locally naturalised in New Zealand…

Synonyms: Hedera arborea, Hedera arborea, Hedera arborea var. variegata, Hedera aurantiaca, Hedera baccifera, Hedera chrysophylla, Hedera combwoodiana, Hedera communis, Hedera communis var. sterilis, Hedera conglomerata, Hedera cordata, Hedera cordifolia, Hedera digitata, Hedera diversifolia, Hedera donerailensis, Hedera elegantissima, Hedera floribunda,…

Synonyms: Abies larix, Larix carpatica, Larix europea, Larix larix, Pinus larixOther names: Common Larch Family: Pinaceae Flower Colour: yellow, red, Bloom in: April, May, Type of flowering: other flowers, Larix decidua - european Larch Larix decidua is a medium-size to large deciduous coniferous tree reaching 25–45 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m…

Synonyms: Prunus cerasifera subsp. myrobalana, Prunus cerasifera subsp. sogdiana, Prunus cerasifera var. orientalis, Prunus domestica var. cerea, Prunus domestica var. myrobalana, Prunus mirabilis, Prunus orientalis, Prunus sogdiana Other names: Myrobalan Plum Family: Rosaceae Flower Colour: white, pink, Bloom in: April, May, Type of flowering: number…

Synonyms: Protea latifolia Protea eximia, the broad-leaved sugarbush is a shrub that may become a small tree, which occurs in mountain fynbos on mainly acidic sandy soils; the species was very well known under its old name of Protea latifolia. The flowers have awns that are covered in purple-black velvety hairs, and are contained within a series of…

Family: Amaryllidaceae Flower Colour: red, Found in the western part of the Croatian peninsula of Istria, slightly south of the Limski Channel. The inflorescences actually look like black balls in the meadows. We found the species only in the area around Barbariga. According to POW, subsp. waldsteinii is listed as a synonym of Allium rotundum, but the…

Synonyms: Ardisia kotoensis, Ardisia polycephala, Ardisia squamulosa, Bladhia elliptica, Bladhia squamulosa, Tinus squamulosaOther names: Ardisia, Shoebutton Ardisia, Shoebutton Ardisia Ardisia elliptica is an evergreen tree, also known as the shoebutton ardisia, native to the west coast of India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia and New Guinea.…

Other names: Common Privet, European privet Family: Oleaceae Flower Colour: white, Bloom in: June, Type of flowering: number of petals 4, Ligustrum vulgare - wild Privet It is a semi-evergreen or deciduous shrub, growing to 3 m (rarely up to 5 m) tall. The stems are stiff, erect, with grey-brown bark spotted with small brown lenticels. The leaves are…