Blog Archive (By Type)

Flower, shrub, succulent, tree, vine, or fern? This page chronicles our plant-life explorations by type. Note that some plants may fall into multiple categories; for example, crimson bottlebrush can be both a shrub and a tree.

If you wish to find information on plants in alphabetical order, use the list here.

If you wish to find information on plants by month, use the list here.

Flowers

Calla Lily | Red Hot Poker | Sweet Alyssum | Pink-sorrel | Common Snapdragon | Columbines (genus) | Seaside Daisy | Fortnight Lily | English Primrose | Lotuses (genus) | Pink Evening Primrose | Santa Barbara Daisy | Lindheimer’s Beeblossom | Peruvian Lilies | California Poppy | Common Agapanthus | Common Foxglove | All-heal | Plantains | Dandelions | Wild Mustard | White Clover | Trefoil | Forget-me-nots (genus) | Chameleon Plant | Peonies (genus) | Fennel | Shasta Daisy | Pacific Bleeding Heart | Lavender (genus) | Coppertips (genus) | Wax Begonia | Roses (genus) | Sunflowers (genus) | Yellow Daylily | Belladonna Lily | Bear’s Breeches | Feverfew | Red Valerian | Milk Thistle | Silver Ragwort | Lamb’s Ear

Shrubs

Orchid Rockrose | Crimson Bottlebrush | Pride of Madeira | Rose-scented Geranium | Hydrangeas (genus) | Baby Sage | Japanese Cheesewood | Himalayan Blackberry | Maple Trees (genus) | Peonies (genus) | Oriental Arborvitae | Lavender (genus) | Roses (genus) | Crapemyrtles (genus) | Japanese Maple Tree | Oleander | Jerusalem Sage | Silver Ragwort

Succulents

Soap Aloe | Snake Plant | Century Plant | Myrtle Spurge

Trees

Crimson Bottlebrush | Pride of Madeira | Southern Magnolia | Hydrangeas (genus) | Gingko Tree | Japanese Cheesewood | Spruce Trees (genus) | Maple Trees (genus) | Loquat Tree | Oriental Arborvitae | Walnut Trees (genus) | Crapemyrtles (genus) | Japanese Maple Tree | Oleander | Canary Island Date Palm | Pacific Madrone | Tree of Heaven | Mexican Fan Palm

Vines

Japanese Honeysuckle | Star Jasmine | Common Asparagus Fern | Trumpet Vine

Ferns

Sword Fern | Maidenhair Ferns (genus)