Other names: Bastard Ipecacuana, Bloodflower Milkweed, Cotton Bush, False Ipecac, Madagascar Cotton Bush, Milkweed, Milky Cotton Bush, Red Cotton, Red Head, Red Head Cotton Bush, Red-headed Cottonbush, Scarlet Milkweed, Silkweed, Wallflower Cotton Bush, West Indian Ipecacuana, Wild Ipecac, Wild Ipecacuana, Wild Oleander Family: Apocynaceae Asclepias…

Synonyms: Primula veris subsp. veris, Primula officinalis, Other names: common cowslip, cowslip primrose Family: Primulaceae Flower Colour: yellow, Bloom in: April, May, Type of flowering: number of petals 5, Primula veris is a variable evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial plant growing to 25 cm (10 in) tall and broad, with a rosette of leaves 5–15…

Synonyms: Avena elatiusOther names: Bulbous Oatgrass, False Oats, False Oatgrass, Onion Couch, Onion Twitch, Onion-rooted Twitch, Tall Oat-grass, Tall Oatgrass Family: Poaceae Arrhenatherum elatius, with the common names false oat-grass, tall oat-grass, tall meadow oat, onion couch and tuber oat-grass, is a perennial species of grass, common in the…

Synonyms: Digitalis purpurea var. gloxiniiflora Other names: Common Foxglove Family: Plantaginaceae Flower Colour: red, pink, white, Bloom in: June, July, Type of flowering: other flowers, Digitalis purpurea - foxglove Digitalis purpurea is an herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant. The leaves are spirally arranged, simple, 10–35 cm (3.9–13.8…

Synonyms: Arundo donax var. versicolor, Arundo versicolorFamily: Poaceae Arundo donax, giant cane, is a tall perennial cane growing in damp soils, either fresh or moderately saline. It is one of the several species of the so-called reed. Other common names include Carrizo, Arundo, Spanish cane, Colorado river reed, wild cane, and giant reed. Arundo…

Other names: True Oxlip Family: Primulaceae Flower Colour: yellow, Bloom in: March, April, May, Type of flowering: number of petals 5, The oxlip is a herbaceous or semi-evergreen[2] perennial plant growing to 30 cm (12 in) tall by 25 cm (10 in) broad, with a rosette of leaves 5–15 cm long and 2–6 cm broad. It produces light yellow flowers in spring,…

Other names: Common Snowdrop Family: Amaryllidaceae Flower Colour: white, Bloom in: February, March, April, Type of flowering: number of petals 6, Galanthus nivalis - snowdrop Galanthus nivalis grows to around 7–15 cm tall, flowering between January and April in the northern temperate zone (January–May in the wild). They are perennial, herbaceous…

Synonyms: Galanthus vernus, Nivaria verna, Erinosma verna Family: Amaryllidaceae Flower Colour: white, Bloom in: February, March, April, Type of flowering: number of petals 6, Leucojum vernum - spring Snowflake Leucojum vernum is a perennial bulbous plant, 12–35 cm tall in flower. Its leaves, which appear at the same time as the flowers and continue…

Other names: Sugarcane Family: Poaceae Sugarcane, or sugar cane, are several species of tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia and Melanesia, and used for sugar production. It has stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in the sugar sucrose, which accumulates…

Synonyms: Echium argenteum, Echium granatense, Echium hispanicumOther names: Blue Echium, Blue Thistle, Blueweed, Common Echium, Common Viper's Bugloss, Common Viper's-bugloss, Paterson's Curse, Viper's Bugloss Family: Boraginaceae Flower Colour: blue, Bloom in: June, July, August, September, Type of flowering: number of petals 5, Echium vulgare - viper's…