Plant Encyclopedia
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Agrimonia pilosa: complete guide
Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb.
Discover Agrimonia pilosa, a hardy garden herb with golden flowers and valuable medicinal properties. Perfect for wildlife-friendly gardens and low-maintenance designs.
Garden shadblow: complete guide
Amelanchier spicata
Garden shadblow (Amelanchier spicata), also called serviceberry, is a North American shrub with white flowers, black berries and stunning fall color. Learn about cultivation and landscape use.
Andrachne telephioides: complete guide
Andrachne telephioides L.
Mediterranean andrachne, elegant shrubby plant for dry rocky banks with fine leaves and bird seed. Hardy and low-maintenance for arid gardens.
BerberidaceaeBerberis glaucocarpa: complete guide
Berberis glaucocarpa
Discover great barberry, a Himalayan shrub with fine foliage and red berries. Learn how to grow this beautiful, winter-hardy plant.
PoaceaeBouteloua curtipendula: complete guide
Bouteloua curtipendula
Discover sideoats grama, a native American grass with unique hanging flowers. Learn how to grow this ornamental grass in dry front-yard designs.
Cretan Bryony: complete guide
Bryonia cretica
Discover Bryonia cretica, a vigorous climbing plant from southern Europe. Perfect for pergolas and screens, with delicate white flowers and striking red berries.
Cotoneaster multiflorus: complete guide
Cotoneaster multiflorus
Many-flowered Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster multiflorus) is an Asian shrub bearing white flowers and red berries.
Crataegus nigra: complete guide
Crataegus nigra
Hungarian-thorn is a robust hawthorn species with dark fruit and white flowers. Perfect for wildlife-friendly hedges.
Western Burning Bush (Euonymus occidentalis): complete guide
Euonymus occidentalis
Western Burning Bush grows 4-6 meters tall, offering brilliant red autumn foliage and ornamental orange fruits that attract birds. Ideal for larger borders and woodland edges.
Ilex cornuta: complete guide
Ilex cornuta Lindl. & Paxton
Chinese holly is an evergreen shrub with characteristic horned leaves and red berries. Learn how to grow this Asian holly species for bird attraction in your front yard.
Ball mustard: complete guide
Neslia paniculata
Ball mustard (Neslia paniculata) is a productive wildflower supporting birds and insects. Habitat, characteristics, and ecological benefits.
White Osyris: complete guide
Osyris alba
Discover Osyris alba, a Mediterranean shrub with fine grey-green foliage and red berries. Ideal for dry, sunny gardens and wildlife gardens.
Rivina humilis: complete guide
Rivina humilis
Coralberry (Rivina humilis) is a tropical plant with beautiful red berries. Perfect growth, care and garden tips here.
Rubus cuspidatus: complete guide
Rubus cuspidatus
Discover pointed hazelleaf bramble: a native European shrub with distinctive foliage. Learn about planting, care requirements, and ideal growing conditions.
RosaceaeRubus diversus: complete guide
Rubus diversus
Late mouse-bramble from West Europe, wild rambler and late bloomer. Late summer berries for birds. Perfect for natural edges and wildlife gardens.
Sambucus australis: complete guide
Sambucus australis
Southern elder: a fast-growing shrub with white flowers and dark berries. Learn how to grow this semi-exotic plant in warmer gardens.
Argentine Nightshade: complete guide
Solanum physalifolium
Growing Argentine nightshade as a bird-food plant. Soil needs, watering, hardiness and identification tips for this South American Solanum species.
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria: complete guide
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria
Discover swallow-wort, an elegant climber for shaded gardens. Growing tips, care and bird food benefits for wildlife gardens.