Plant Encyclopedia
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Ajuga iva: complete guide
Ajuga iva
Discover Ajuga iva, a hardy Mediterranean plant with elegant purple flowers. Perfect groundcover for dry gardens and rock walls. Full care guide included.
Ajuga orientalis: complete guide
Ajuga orientalis L.
Discover eastern bugle, a hardy Mediterranean groundcover with purple flowers from Sicily to Iran. Nitrogen-fixing, low-maintenance beauty.
Clerodendrum chinense: complete guide
Clerodendrum chinense
Discover the Chinese Glory-bower with its enchanting pink-white flowers and powerful fragrance. A tropical wonder shrub for warm gardens.
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.
LamiaceaeNorthern dead-nettle: complete guide
Lamium confertum
Northern dead-nettle (Lamium confertum) is a versatile groundcover for shaded gardens. Discover planting tips, care advice, and companion planting strategies.
LamiaceaePurple dead-nettle: complete guide
Lamium purpureum
Discover purple dead-nettle, a versatile groundcover for moist shaded areas. Learn how to cultivate, maintain, and enjoy this low herbaceous plant year-round.
Leonurus cardiaca: complete guide
Leonurus cardiaca
Discover Leonurus cardiaca (Motherwort), a robust perennial from the Lamiaceae family. Learn cultivation tips, care requirements, and ideal growing conditions.
Leonurus sibiricus: complete guide
Leonurus sibiricus
Leonurus sibiricus is a valuable medicinal herb from East Asia with pink flowers and traditional healing properties. Learn how to cultivate this herb easily.
Horehound (Marrubium vulgare): complete guide
Marrubium vulgare
Cultivate horehound with expert guidance on propagation, medicinal harvesting, winter hardiness and culinary uses of this Mediterranean healing herb.
Bastard Balm: complete guide
Melittis melissophyllum
Discover everything about Bastard Balm (Melittis melissophyllum). Complete care guide with planting, location, maintenance and pollinator value tips.
Monarda fistulosa: complete guide
Monarda fistulosa
Discover Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot), a beautiful perennial with fragrant purple flowers in dense clusters. Ideal for pollinator gardens and natural landscapes.
Shrubby blue sage: complete guide
Salvia ballotiflora
Learn everything about shrubby blue sage: cultivation, care, bloom, and perfect growing conditions for this Texas shrub in your garden.
Salvia canariensis: complete guide
Salvia canariensis L.
Discover the Canary Sage: exotic scarlet-red flowers, cultivation, care and applications in warm, dry front garden designs.
Salvia carduacea: complete guide
Salvia carduacea
Discover thistle sage (Salvia carduacea), a unique annual sage with stunning purple-blue flowers. Growing tips, care advice, and plant pairings for dry, sunny gardens.
False blue sage: complete guide
Salvia chamelaeagnea
Discover the false blue sage from South Africa: cultivation, care, bloom, and perfect growing conditions for this Mediterranean ornamental shrub.
Salvia divinorum: complete guide
Salvia divinorum
Discover diviner's sage, rare Mexican sage with impressive foliage. For advanced growers.
Salvia jurisicii: complete guide
Salvia jurisicii Kosanin
Discover the Serbian Sage: Macedonian mountain plant, blue flowers, cultivation in alpine front garden designs and rock gardens.
Salvia lanigera: complete guide
Salvia lanigera
Discover verbena sage, Mediterranean sage with woolly foliage and red flowers. For dry.
Moroccan Sage: complete guide
Salvia taraxacifolia
Discover Moroccan Sage - an exotic herb plant with finely toothed leaves and purple flowers. A captivating addition to Mediterranean gardens and herb gardens.
Bog Sage: complete guide
Salvia uliginosa
Bog Sage (Salvia uliginosa) is a South American perennial with sky-blue flowers and fine aromatic leaves. Grows well in partial shade, flowers from summer to autumn. Ideal for bee and butterfly lovers.
Somerset Skullcap (Scutellaria altissima): complete guide
Scutellaria altissima
Somerset skullcap is a striking perennial with vibrant blue flowers. Learn about cultivation, care, location, and integration in your garden.
Scutellaria baicalensis: complete guide
Scutellaria baicalensis
Discover the Chinese skullcap, an elegant herb with blue flowers perfect for sunny gardens. Learn cultivation, medicinal uses, and complete care instructions.
Chinese-artichoke: complete guide
Stachys affinis
Discover Chinese-artichoke (Stachys affinis), also called Crosne. A food crop with distinctive knobby roots and purple flowers, perfect for edible gardens and unique vegetable cultivation.
Field stachys: complete guide
Stachys arvensis
Stachys arvensis, commonly known as field stachys or field woundwort, is a frost-hardy annual plant from the Lamiaceae family. This modest garden plant blooms from March to October and grows throughout Europe.