March
Featured Plant
Pyrostegia venusta located in Plot 4
Blooming in March
The following is a partial list of flowering or fruiting plants located in Fairchild. Plants are grouped by area and listed alphabetically by scientific name, and include a common name when available and the location by plot number. You may refer to the plot map at the bottom of this page. Plot maps are also located at the Visitor Center at the entrance to Fairchild.
Arboretum
Botanical Name:
Brunfelsia grandiflora
Plots:
4, 5, 14, 43, 50
Botanical Name:
Cordia lutea
Common Name:
Yellow Geiger
Plots:
22, 52
Botanical Name:
Euphorbia punicea
Common Name:
Flame of Jamaica
Plots:
41, 50
Botanical Name:
Hibiscus grandidieri var. greveanus
Plots:
50
Botanical Name:
Holmskioldia sanguinea
Common Name:
Chinese hat plant
Plots:
3A, 143
Lin Lougheed Spiny Forest of Madagascar
Botanical Name:
Euphorbia milii var. siegfriedii
Plots:
31
Botanical Name:
Euphorbia viguieri var. viguieri
Plots:
31
Botanical Name:
Pachypodium decaryi
Plots:
31
Botanical Name:
Phyllarthron bernierianum
Plots:
31
Botanical Name:
Uncarina grandidieri
Common Name:
Mouse Trap Tree
Plots:
31
Lisa D. Anness Butterfly Garden
Botanical Name:
Aristolochia littoralis
Common Name:
Calico Flower
Plots:
19b
Botanical Name:
Brya ebenus
Common Name:
West Indian Ebony
Plots:
19b
Botanical Name:
Calliandra haematocephala ‘Nana’
Common Name:
Dwarf Red Powder Puff
Plots:
19b
Botanical Name:
Jatropha pauciflora subsp. haitensis
Plots:
19b
Botanical Name:
Melochia sp.
Plots:
19b
Tropical Plant Conservatory & Rare Plant House
Botanical Name:
Begonia chloroneura
Botanical Name:
Calathea burle-marxii ‘Ice Blue’
Botanical Name:
Dichorisandra pendula
Common Name:
Weeping Blue Ginger
Botanical Name:
Etlingera corneri
Common Name:
Siam Rose Ginger
Botanical Name:
Freycinetia cumingiana
Botanical Name:
Medinilla magnifica
Common Name:
Showy Medinilla
Botanical Name:
Musa haekkinenii
Botanical Name:
Rhododendron ‘Simbu Sunset’
Botanical Name:
Ruellia chartacea
Common Name:
Red Shrimp Plant
Vine Pergola
Botanical Name:
Centratherum punctatum
Plots:
4
Botanical Name:
Odontocline hollickii
Botanical Name:
Petrea volubilis
Common Name:
Queen’s Wreath
Botanical Name:
Pyrostegia venusta
Common Name:
Flame Vine
Botanical Name:
Thunbergia grandiflora
Common Name:
Bengal Creeper