Plant Encyclopedia
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Mimosa: complete guide
Acacia dealbata
How to grow Acacia dealbata: ideal location, watering, pruning and winter care. Best suited for mild climates and sheltered gardens.
Mosquito fern: complete guide
Azolla caroliniana
Mosquito fern (Azolla caroliniana) is a popular floating aquatic plant. Learn how to grow this fascinating water fern in your pond and aquarium gardens.
Black mustard: complete guide
Brassica nigra
Grow black mustard easily in your garden for nutritious greens and aromatic seeds. Learn planting, harvesting and care tips for this traditional crop.
ScrophulariaceaeButterfly Bush: complete guide
Buddleja davidii
Everything about the Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii): planting, pruning, care and attracting butterflies. Practical tips for a blooming butterfly garden.
Trumpet creeper: complete guide
Campsis radicans
Grow Campsis radicans successfully: full sun, moist well-drained soil, hard prune in late winter. Ideal for pergolas, fences, and walls in USDA zones 4–9.
Old-man's-beard: complete guide
Clematis vitalba
A full guide to Clematis vitalba, also known as Old-man's-beard. A fast-growing vine for hedges, fences and trees. Best for wild, natural gardens.
Siberian Dogwood: complete guide
Cornus alba
Learn how to grow and care for Cornus alba (Siberian Dogwood) in your garden. Ideal conditions, pruning, winter color and companion plants explained.
Digitaria eriantha: complete guide
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
Pangola grass: a fast-growing ornamental grass for borders and natural gardens. Discover care, ideal location, and characteristics.
Water-thyme: complete guide
Elodea canadensis
Learn how to grow Elodea canadensis in ponds and aquariums. Full care guide on light, pH, maintenance, and ideal companion plants.
Nutall waterweed: complete guide
Elodea nuttallii
Complete guide to growing Nutall waterweed: ideal conditions, care tips, pruning, and companion plants for ponds and aquariums.
Blue gum: complete guide
Eucalyptus globulus
Complete care guide for Eucalyptus globulus: growing conditions, pruning, winter care, and planting tips for UK and European gardens. Ideal for designs on gardenworld.app.
Fallopia aubertii: complete guide
Fallopia aubertii
Discover Chinese fleecevine, a vigorous climbing plant with white flowers. Perfect for screens, pergolas, and large wall coverings.
Gliricidia sepium: complete guide
Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud.
Quickstick tree: fast growth and beautiful pink flowers. This tropical legume reaches 4-8m in warm climates, excellent as shade tree with rapid expansion rate.
Gmelina arborea: complete guide
Gmelina arborea Roxb. ex Sm.
Gmelina arborea: yellow flowers with rapid growth reaching 8-15m. Tropical shade tree perfect for warm climates, excellent timber production and sustainability.
Hakea sericea: complete guide
Hakea sericea Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.
Hakea sericea: drought-tolerant Australian needle-leaf shrub, fast-growing with white spring flowers and excellent storm resistance capability.
Heliotropium indicum: complete guide
Heliotropium indicum L.
Heliotropium indicum: fragrant tropical plant with purple-blue flowers, fast-growing ideal for borders. Quick annual produces fragrant flower clusters.
Hura crepitans: complete guide
Hura crepitans
The Sandbox Tree is a spectacular tropical tree with explosive seed pods. Discover cultivation, care, and characteristics of this unique and remarkable plant.
Ipomoea quamoclit: complete guide to cypress vine
Ipomoea quamoclit
Discover everything about cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit). A fast-growing climbing plant with feathery foliage and striking red flowers. Perfect for warm seasons.
Chinese privet: complete guide
Ligustrum lucidum
Everything you need to know about Ligustrum lucidum: light, soil, pruning, and care. Ideal for hedges and screening in USDA zones 8-11.
Common privet: complete guide
Ligustrum vulgare
A practical guide to growing and caring for Common privet (Ligustrum vulgare). Ideal for hedges and garden designs in temperate climates.
Russian mulberry: complete guide
Morus alba
Learn how to grow Morus alba successfully in your garden. Full details on sun, soil, pruning and hardiness – ideal for UK and European climates.
Oxalis articulata: complete guide
Oxalis articulata
Discover Oxalis articulata, pink sorrel. Guide to cultivation, care, and benefits of this South American groundcover plant.
Paulownia tomentosa: complete guide
Paulownia tomentosa
Princess Tree is a magnificent Asian deciduous tree with large heart-shaped leaves and lilac-purple flowers. Learn everything about cultivation, care, and maintenance.
SalicaceaePopulus adenopoda: complete guide
Populus adenopoda
Chinese aspen: a fast-growing tree for large gardens. Cultivation tips, pruning, and use as windbreak or shade tree.