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Spanish Moss - Tillandsia Usneoides

Spanish Moss - Tillandsia usneoides

Common Name: Spanish Moss

Scientific Name: Tillandsia usneoides

Height: up to 20 ft (up to 6 m)

Span: up to 3.3 ft (up to 1 m)

Growth Rate: Fast

Sun Tolerance: Full Sun

ABP Index: 2.5 (Aesthetics 4.0, Solidarity 1.0)

Spanish moss scientific name is Tillandsia usneoides. It is native to USA. It is an ornamental plant that grows upon larger trees. It is thin and long plant that grows upon larger trees. The plant is long and alternate thin, curved or curly, heavily scaled leaves 2–6 cm (0.79–2.36 in) long and 1 mm (0.039 in) broad, that grow vegetative in chain-like fashion to form hanging structures up to 6 m (20 ft) in length. It absorbs nutrients and water from the air and rain. So it is also known as Air Plant. It grows so fast and sometimes it kills the trees. It has been used for various purposes, including building insulation, mulch, packing material, mattress stuffing, and fiber. In the early 1900s it was used commercially in the padding of car seats. So it is also planted commercially. It is also uses to cooling the homes and offices much less expensively than using air conditioners in desert or hot area.

Spanish Moss in home garden

Spanish Moss ornamental

Spanish Moss

Spanish Moss Rear Flower

Spanish Moss in wild

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Rain Tree - Samanea Saman

Rain Tree - Samanea saman

Common Name: Rain Tree

Scientific Name: Samanea saman

Height: up to 82 ft (up to 25m)

Span: up to 132 ft (40 m)

Growth Rate: Fast

Sun Tolerance: Full Sun

ABP Index: 3.0 (Aesthetics 3.0, Solidarity 3.0)

Albizia saman common name is Rain Tree. It is native to south America but was introduced to South and Southeast Asia, as well as the Pacific Islands, including Hawaii. It is a fast growing evergreen tree. It grows up to 25 m (82 ft) in height and a spread of 40 m (130 ft). The evergreen leaves are alternate, bipinnate, 25–40 cm long, with 2–6 pairs of pinnate, each of which bears 6–16 paired stalks-less leaflets, with a glandular dot between each pair. It blooms pink or yellow flower in summer. It is very fast growing large tree. So people like to plant it for fast harvest wood. The wood is soft, lightweight and takes a beautiful finish but is often cross-grained and difficult to work. It is used for furniture, general construction, and interior trim, for boxes and crates, paneling, plywood, and veneer. In Central American oxcart wheels are made from cross sections of trunks.

Rain Tree

Rain Tree Leaves

Rain Tree flowers yellow

Rain Tree Flower pink

Rain Tree fruits (pod)

Rain Tree seeds

Rain Tree Bark

Rain Tree Huge

Rain Tree Furniture

Rain Tree Ornamental

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Rose-Painted Calathea - Calathea Dottie

Rose-painted Calathea - Calathea dottie

Common Name: Rose-painted Calathea

Scientific Name: Calathea dottie

Height: 6 - 36 Inc (15- 36 cm)

Span: 12 - 24 Inc (30 – 60 cm)

Growth Rate: Fast

Sun Tolerance: Shade

ABP Index: 2.0 (Aesthetics 2.0, Solidarity 2.0)

The Calathea Dottie is native to Tropical America - mainly in Brazil, Guyana, Colombia and Nicaragua. The elliptical, almost rubbery leaves can achieve diameters of 20 to 25 cm and are fat and oval. The leaves are black in colour which is rare for most plants and what make this plant unique. The plants height may range 6-36 in (15-90 cm). The leaves of some varieties of Calathea may be patterned with interesting colorful lines, blotches or spots. Some leaves varies in colour from rose, yellow, olive or white. Although Calathea develops flowers, they are typically very small and insignificant. It blooms white flowers in late summer. It is grows well in shade.

Calathea dottie black Leaves

Calathea dottie black Flower

Calathea dottie black Ornamental plant

Calathea dottie black

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Crepe Ginger - Variegated Cheilocostus Speciosus

Crepe Ginger - Variegated Cheilocostus speciosus

Common Name: Crepe Ginger

Scientific Name: Variegated Cheilocostus speciosus

Height: 6.5-10 ft (2-3 m)

Span: 3.3-6.5 ft (1-2 m)

Growth Rate: Fast

Sun Tolerance: Shade

ABP Index: 2.5 (Aesthetics 4.0, Solidarity 1.0)

Cheilocostus speciosus 'Variegatus' common name is Variegated Crepe Ginger. It is native to Tropical Asia. It is one of the spiral gingers and this species grows some of the best spirals in the group. It is an evergreen fast growing plant. The plant can grow in full sun or shade but well grow in the shady places. It grows 2-3 m (6.5-10 ft) in height. Most striking are the long pointed, glossy green leaves that grow spirally around the trunk. Some stalks grow upright; others turn into a spiral, which makes the appearance of this plant really interesting. The buds open into a large, tissue-paper-like flower over 3 inches in diameter. Flowers open singly or a few at a time through the summer. They are white and look as they were made of thin crepe paper. The flower is the reason this is sometimes called the Crepe Ginger.

Crepe Ginger

Crepe Ginger Leaves

Crepe Ginger Flower

Crepe Ginger cutting planing

Crepe Ginger

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Cobra Spruce - Picea Abies 'Cobra'

Cobra - Picea abies

Common Name: Cobra Spruce

Scientific Name: Picea abies

Height: up to ft (up to 7 m)

Span: up to 10 ft (up to 2.8 m)

Growth Rate: Slow

Sun Tolerance: Full Sun

ABP Index: 3.0 (Aesthetics 3.0, Solidarity 3.0)

Picea abies 'Cobra' commonly known as Cobra spruce. A full growth tree looks like a Cobra snak heade and low branches rise up off the ground like cobras. It grows 25 ft (7m) in height some time more. It is a evergreen tree. Demonstrating both weeping habit as well as extreme shoot elongation, Cobra spruce is one of the more bizarre appearing conifers, but it is easy to become a fan of this new cultivar. Odd appearing in youth, Cobra grows into its own after a few years. The lowest branches often will form a skirt right on the ground. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant. The smooth gray bark is not particularly outstanding. The fruit are cones. It is a slow growing plant. This tree does best in full sun to partial shade. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.

Cobra Spruce - Picea abies 'cobra' Young Plants

Cobra Spruce - Picea abies 'cobra' Leaves

Cobra Spruce - Picea abies 'cobra' Cone

Cobra Spruce - Picea abies 'cobra' Seeds

Cobra - Picea abies in garden

Cobra Spruce - Picea abies 'cobra' in wild

Cobra Spruce - Picea abies 'cobra' as ornamental

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Oyster Plant - Tradescantia Spathacea Variegata

Common Name: Oyster Plant

Scientific Name: Tradescantia Spathacea Variegata

Height: 8-13 in (20-35 cm)

Span: 1-2 in (3-5 cm)

Growth Rate: Fast

Sun Tolerance: Shade

ABP Index: 2.5 (Aesthetics 4.0, Solidarity 1.0)

Tradescantia spathacea commonly known as Oyster Plant and also known as Rhoeo. It is native to southern Mexico and Central America. Dark-green, lance-shaped leaves with purplish-red undersides make this a beautiful house plant year-round. Flowers are numerous, small, white and clustered. It blooms any time of year. It has been introduced as an ornamental and houseplant in many tropical regions.