Gleditsia triacanthos and Gleditsia sinensis - Honey Locust and Chinese Honey Locust

Polska wersja        PLANT PROFILE  Gleditsia is a legume tree, very characteristic for its turfs of thorns growing straight from the trunk and branches of the tree, but there are thornless cultivars (Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis) as well. This tree genus can be found as a part of wild flora in many regions...

Pseudowintera colorata - Horopito, New Zealand Pepper Tree

Polska wersja      PLANT PROFILE   Horopito is one of those rare herbs that is hard to find anywhere and if you  manage to find one, it will  probably be among ornamental plants. This bush has very small flowers that are easy to omit but the foliage itself has a lot of n'evergreen charm all year...

Dodonaea viscosa - Hopbush

Polska wersja     PLANT PROFILE   Dodonaea viscosa is a shrub that might become a small tree, that grows in many tropical and worm regions of the world. It is popular in Australasia - which is probably the centre of its origin, Africa, India and Pakistan, Hawaii, Peru and Brasil. Many different unrelated cultures...

Ptelea trifoliata - Hop Tree, Wafer Ash

Polska wersja        PLANT PROFILE    Ptelea trifoliata is a bush or small tree native to eastern part of North America. It have long tradiction of medicinal use and even being esteemed as sacred by Menomini tribe. Although root bark of this plant is praised by some medics as a supreme tonic, comparable to quinine,...

Rhus typhina, Rhus hirta - Staghorn Sumac

Polska wersja      PLANT PROFILE   Staghorn Sumac is a low growing tree or tall bush with a picturesqe shape, fancy, velvety red fruit cones and leaves that are turning beautiful, scarlet red in autumn. It is native to eastern North America but is very popular in Europe, cultivated for its ornamental purposes. Rhus...

Plectranthus amboinicus, Coleus aromaticus - Cuban Oregano

Polska wersja       PLANT PROFILE   The plant that You can see on photos here is a herb that have many names. Its most popular latin name is Plectranthus amboinicus, but this name is also used commonly, mistakenly for closely related species Plectranthus tomentosa, Plectrantus cremnus and their many hybrids....