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3 unusual facts about Ornamental plant


Camelops

Workers digging a hole for an ornamental citrus tree found the bones of two (juvenile and infant) animals that may have lived about 10,000 years ago.

Megacyllene robiniae

As more and more people use the black locust tree as an ornamental, the range of M. robiniae grows.

Ornamental

Ornamental plant, a plant that is grown for its ornamental qualities


Black-throated Mango

It appears to be somewhat picky regarding favorite foodplants and often does not visit ornamental plants popular with many other hummingbirds, such as Erythrina speciosa

Cultivar

Cultivars generally occur as ornamentals and food crops: Malus 'Granny Smith' and Malus 'Red Delicious' are cultivars of apples propagated by cuttings or grafting, Lactuca 'Red Sails' and Lactuca 'Great Lakes' are lettuce cultivars propagated by seeds.

Dicentra peregrina

There are several hybrid cultivars, cultivated as ornamental plants, involving Dicentra eximia, Dicentra formosa, and Dicentra nevadensis.

Gratiola officinalis

Gratiola officinalis (common hedgehyssop or "Herb of Grace") is an ornamental plant in the Plantaginaceae family.

Hazel

A number of cultivars of the common hazel and filbert are grown as ornamental plants in gardens, including forms with contorted stems (C. avellana 'Contorta', popularly known as "Harry Lauder's walking stick" from its gnarled appearance); with weeping branches (C. avellana 'Pendula'); and with purple leaves (C. maxima 'Purpurea').

Justicia umbrosa

Justicia umbrosa (Brazilian plume, Yellow Jacobinia; syn. Adhatoda umbrosa Ness, and Justicia aurea Schltdl.) is an ornamental shrub native of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil.

Nicotiana alata

Unlike the latter species, which is of some commercial importance in the production of Iranian Tobacco Company cigarettes, N. alata is mainly grown as an ornamental plant; numerous cultivars and hybrids are derived from it.


see also

A. gigantea

Aristolochia gigantea, the Brazilian Dutchman's pipe or giant pelican flower, an ornamental plant species

A. nigrum

Allium nigrum, the black garlic, broadleaf garlic, an ornamental plant species

Bachelor's buttons

Centaurea montana, native to Europe, excluding the British Isles, and cultivated as a perennial ornamental plant

F. rubra

Filipendula rubra, the queen-of-the-prairie, a medicinal and ornamental plant species native to the United States

Flowering almond

Prunus tenella, Dwarf Russian Almond, grown as an ornamental plant

G. elegans

Gypsophila elegans, the annual baby's-breath or showy baby's-breath, an ornamental plant species native to Asia and Europe

G. vulgaris

Globularia vulgaris, a synonym for Globularia trichosantha, an ornamental plant species

Indian pink

Spigelia marilandicaperennial ornamental plant in the Loganiaceae family

Lizard's tail

Saururus cernuus, also known as Water-dragon or Swamp Root, a medicinal and ornamental plant native to eastern North America

Malanga

Xanthosoma, also known as Malanga, a tropical and sub-tropical edible or ornamental plant

Papaver croceum

This plant is cultivated as an ornamental plant and erroneously sold under the name of Papaver nudicaule, that is instead a different species (Papaver nudicaule L. – common names Iceland poppy, Icelandic poppy).

T. dubia

Thladiantha dubia, the goldencreeper, Manchu tuber-gourd, wild potato, thladianthe douteuse, a fieldweed and a rarely used ornamental plant species