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Trifoliate
A leaf comprising of three leaflets,
for example, a clover leaf.

Tuber
A swollen underground stem, crown or root
see also Bulbs, Corms and Tubers.

Bulb
An underground shoot with thickened leaf bases
see also Bulbs, Corms and Tubers.

Rhizome
A usually horizontal stem (sometimes underground)
that grows new roots and shoots along its length.

Bulb
An underground shoot with thickened leaf bases
see also Bulbs, Corms and Tubers.

Genus
In botanical taxonomy, a genus is a group of closely related plant species.
A genus may contain one or more plant species.

Stamen
Part of a flower
that produces pollen.

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Bulbs, Corms and Tubers

Plants that grow from bulbs, corms and tubers. [More...]

Alstroemeria psittacina Featured plant of August 2005	Arisaema Featured plant of April 2010	Autumn Snowflakes Featured plant of June 2006	Belamcanda
Bletilla striata Featured plant of July 2004	Blood Lily	Calla Lily	Daffodil Featured plant of October 2004
Dahlia	Egyptian Onion	English bluebells	Freesia
Gloriosa superba Featured plant of August 2004	Hippeastrum Featured plant of March 2005	Iris	Ivy Leaf Cyclamen
Ixia	Jerusalem Artichoke Featured plant of July 2006	Kafir Lily	Nerine
Ornithogalum	Parmianthe	Polygonatum	Sandersonia Featured plant of October 2007
Snowdrops	Sparaxis	Stenomesson	Sternbergia
Tigridia Featured plant of February 2005	Torch Ginger Featured plant of August 2007	Triteleia	Tuberous Begonia
Veltheimia

Composite Flowers

All plants in the daisy family have composite flowers; where one or more rays of florets are arranged in a circle so as to look like one flower. [More...]

Arcotis	Calendula	Chrysanthemums Featured plant of December 2005	Chrysocoma
Cineraria Featured plant of December 2004	Coreopsis Featured plant of August 2006	Cornflower Featured plant of January 2005	Cosmos Featured plant of November 2006
Dahlia	Gaillardia pulchella Featured plant of December 2007	Jerusalem Artichoke Featured plant of July 2006	Ligularia Featured plant of June 2010
Marigold - Petite Mixed (20cm tall)	Osteospermum Featured plant of July 2005	Purple Coneflower	Rudbeckia
Straw flower Featured plant of April 2005	Sunflower

Orchids

Plants in the orchid (Orchideae) family. [More...]

Bletilla striata Featured plant of July 2004	Coelogyne	Cymbidium	Dendrobium Featured plant of September 2004
Disa Featured plant of November 2007	Dove Orchid	Earina	Epidendrum Featured plant of June 2005
Gomesa crispa	Green Hood Featured plant of September 2007	Masdevallia	Phalaenopsis Featured plant of September 2006
Thunia

Cactus and succulents

Cactus and succulents. [More...]

Agave	Ceropegia woodii Featured plant of December 2006	Disocactus Featured plant of November 2005	Dragon Fruit
Furcraea longaeva Featured plant of July 2010	Hatiora Featured plant of October 2006	Holiday Cactus	Ice Plant
Living Stones Featured plant of May 2004	Livingstone Daisy Featured plant of February 2006	Window Plant	Yucca filamentosa

Species and Hybrid Fuchsias

Species and hybrid fuchsias. [More...]

Fuchsia boliviana	Fuchsia excorticata	Fuchsia fulgens Featured plant of May 2010	Fuchsia hybrids Featured plant of March 2006
Fuchsia magellanica	Fuchsia paniculata	Fuchsia procumbens Featured plant of June 2004	Fuchsia splendens
Fuchsia thymifolia

Food plants

Plants for the veggie/herb garden or orchard. [More...]

Alpine Strawberry	Blackberry	Camellia sinensis	Cape Gooseberry
Cassava	Chillies and Peppers	Coriander	Dragon Fruit
Egyptian Onion	Elephant Garlic	Feijoa	Garland Chrysanthemum Featured plant of December 2005
Jerusalem Artichoke Featured plant of July 2006	Kiwifruit	Melons	Okra Featured plant of April 2006
Passionfruit	Persimon	Pineapple Sage	Raspberry
Self Heal	Stone Fruit	Sunflower	Tomato
Torch Ginger Featured plant of August 2007	Vietnamese Mint

New Zealand Natives

New Zealand native plants. [More...]

Cabbage Tree	Dracophyllum	Earina	Fuchsia excorticata
Fuchsia procumbens Featured plant of June 2004	Green Hood Featured plant of September 2007	Hibiscus diversifolius Featured plant of April 2006	Hibiscus trionum Featured plant of April 2006
Kaka beak	Kowhai	Manuka	Ourisia
Pohutukawa Featured plant of May 2006

Trees and shrubs

Trees and shrubs. [More...]

Brunfelsia	Cabbage Tree	Camellia	Cape Gooseberry
Chrysocoma	Cistus	Coleonema	Dracophyllum
Feijoa	Fuchsia hybrids Featured plant of March 2006	Gordonia	Hibiscus Featured plant of April 2006
Horse chestnut	Kaka beak	Kerria japonica	Kowhai
Manuka	Ornamental Banana	Persimon	Pimelea
Pohutukawa Featured plant of May 2006	Sensitive Plant	Stone Fruit	Swan Plant
Vietnamese Mint

Climbers

Climbers. [More...]

Clematis Featured plant of October 2005	Hoya	Kiwifruit	Monstera
Passionfruit	Potato Vine	Snail Vine	Sweet Peas

Other Ornamentals

Flowering plants. [More...]

Aquilegia Featured plant of September 2005	Balloon flower Featured plant of May 2005	Begonia	Bird of Paradise
California poppy	Campanula	Cape Primrose	Cleome
Crinum	English Wallflower	Forget Me Not	Foxglove Featured plant of January 2006
Geum - yellow	Giant Geranium Featured plant of November 2004	Giant Taro	Lily of the Valley
Linaria	Lipstick Plant	Lobelia	Lupins
Nemesia	Pelargonium	Penstemon	Poached Egg Flower Featured plant of January 2007
Pulmonaria	Red Hot Poker	Salvia (Sage)	Sisyrinchium californicum
Snapdragon	Spathiphyllum	Sweet Williams	Tillandsia cyanea
Venus Fly Trap	Verbascum

Other Interesting Pictures

Unusual and interesting pictures. [More...]

Conjoined Flowers	Floral Art	Germination Inside Tomato	Sensitive Plant
Spontaneous Germination	Venus Fly Trap	Weeds

Featured Plants
This month: Furcraea longaeva This relative of agaves produces a huge... [More...] Last month: Ligularia This plant has large bold leaves and... [More...]
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