Get to know 18 plants selected from Samar. Discover their scientific names, identifying features and growing needs.
Caladium bicolor
Caladium bicolor is a tuberous perennial grown for its striking, heart-shaped leaves that display a vibrant mix of green, white, pink, red, and burgundy. The foliage is papery thin with prominent veins, arising directly from the underground
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Epipremnum aureum
An evergreen self-clinging climber to 4m or more, with glossy bright green ovate leaves spotted and streaked with cream or yellow; green flowering spathes appear only rarely in cultivation
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Dieffenbachia seguine
Dieffenbachia seguine is a popular houseplant known for its large, ovate leaves that are dark green with cream or white variegation. It has a thick, cane-like stem that supports the foliage, and under ideal conditions it may produce a small
Learn more →Codiaeum variegatum
Codiaeum variegatum, commonly known as croton, is a striking evergreen shrub grown primarily for its bold, leathery leaves. The leaves come in a dazzling array of colors including green, yellow, orange, red, and purple, often with variegate
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Alocasia macrorrhizos
A tropical rhizomatous perennial grown for its huge, glossy mid-green leaves. The leaf blades have pale green veins and can reach 1.2m long; they are carried on erect leaf stalks to 1.2m tall. It may produce a pale green flower in summer. G
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Asplenium nidus
An evergreen fern forming a striking rosette of strap-shaped, undivided, bright green, fronds to 1.2m in length
Learn more →Alocasia sanderiana
Alocasia sanderiana, commonly known as Kris Plant, is a striking evergreen perennial with large, arrow-shaped leaves that are dark green with prominent silvery-white veins and wavy margins. The leaves are borne on upright, fleshy stems, for
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Tradescantia zebrina
A trailing evergreen perennial to 15cm, with lance-shaped, deep bronze-green leaves with two longitudinal silvery bands above, purple beneath; rosy-purple flowers in small terminal clusters appear sporadically throughout the year
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Jatropha podagrica
J. podagrica is a shrubby perennial with a short stout caudex and branched fleshy, spiny stems bearing leathery 3 or 5-lobed leaves, whitish beneath, clustered at the tips, and small bright scarlet flowers in branched terminal clusters in s
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Ocimum basilicum
An aromatic tender annual or short-lived perennial, 30-60cm tall and 30cm wide, with bright green, elliptic leaves approximately 5cm long and 2-3cm wide. Many different cultivars available, varying in size and colour. Small, tubular white o
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Lagerstroemia indica
L. indica is an upright, deciduous tree or large shrub with peeling brown and grey bark and, 8cm long, dark green leaves which are bronze when young. The crinkly, white, pink or purple flowers are produced from summer to autumn in showy, co
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Scadoxus multiflorus
A bulbous perennial, to 1m tall, with broad lance-shaped to oval leaves, up to 45cm long, forming a "stem" of sheathed leaf stalks. In summer produces spherical flowerheads, 10-25cm across, of up to 200 narrow-petalled, red flowers with lon
Learn more →Alocasia micholitziana
Alocasia micholitziana is a striking tropical perennial grown for its handsome foliage. Its softly velvety, dark green leaves are broadly arrow-shaped and marked with prominent, silvery white lateral veins. The plant forms a clump of long-s
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima
An upright evergreen thorny shrub or small tree with feathery foliage to 4m high and wide, bearing very showy red and yellow flowers through the most of the year, but peaking in the spring and autumn
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Clitoria ternatea
Clitoria ternatea, commonly known as Butterfly Pea, is a twining perennial vine with attractive pinnate leaves and large, vibrant blue flowers resembling butterflies. The flowers are about 4–5 cm across, often with a white or yellow center.
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Lactuca sativa
This is the species from which all our lettuce varieties have been bred. It forms a loose rosette of green or red-purple leaves which then elongates to a tall flowerhead of small, pale yellow flowers - as seen in all our food lettuces if th
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Celosia argentea
An upright, branching perennial to 60cm, usually grown as an annual. Dense conical spikes of silvery-white flowers are produced in summer
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Tradescantia spathacea
An evergreen perennial to 30cm, forming a clump of rosettes of narrowly lance-shaped, dark green leaves, deep purple beneath, to 30cm in length; axillary clusters of small white flowers with leaf-like purple bracts
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