Introduction
Planting seasons
Plant characteristics
Plant naming
Common plant names
Botanic plant names
Weeds and weeding
Plant watering
Seed propagation
Vegetable growing
Garden fertilizers
Feeding lawns
Click the letter of the alphabet below to see common names by that initial.
Or click here to see the plants listed alphabetically by common name.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ALL
| Botanic name | Common name |
| Acacia dealbata | Mimosa | Acacia robusta | Thorn tree |
| Acanthus spinosus | Bear's Breeches | Acer brilliantissimum | Maple |
| Acer griseum | Paper-bark maple | Acer japonicum | Full moon maple |
| Acer negundo | Box elder | Acer palmatum | Japanese maple |
| Acer platanoides | Norway maple | Acer platanoides f. Rubrum | Norway maple, Red maple, Soft maple |
| Acer 'Senkaki' syn. Acer palmatum 'Sango Kaku' | Japanese maple | Acer shirasawanum 'Aureum' syn. A. japonicum 'Aure | Full moon maple, Japanese maple |
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow | Acorus calamus | Flag Iris
(Sweet flag) |
| Acorus calamus | Sweet flag | Acorus calamus | Variegated Flag Iris |
| Acorus gramineus | Ornamental grass | Aesculus indica | Indian horse chestnut |
| Agapanthus africanus | Agapanthus
(African lily) |
Agave americana | Century plant |
| Ageratum | Ageratum
(Floss flower) |
Agrimonia eupatoria | Agrimony |
| Agrostemma githago | Corn cockle | Ajuga reptans | Bugle |
| Akebia quinata | Chocolate vine | Alcea ficifolia | Fig-leaved hollyhock
(Hollyhock) |
| Alcea rosea | Hollyhock | Alchemilla alpina | Alpine lady's mantle
(Lady's mantle) |
| Alchemilla mollis | Lady's mantle | Alisma plantago-aquatica | Water plantain |
| Allium | Onion | Allium cepa | Onion |
| Allium cepa | Spring onion | Allium cepa Aggregatum | Shallot |
| Allium cristophii | Stars of Persia | Allium hollandicum | Onion |
| Allium porrum | Leek | Allium porrum | Leek
(Colonna) |
| Allium sativum | Garlic | Allium sphaerocephalon | Bristol onion
(Round-headed leek) |
| Allium sphaerocephalon | Chives | Aloe | Aloe vera
(Barbados aloe) |
| Alstroemeria Hybrids | Peruvian Lilies | Alyssum maritimum syn. Lobularia maritima | Alyssum
(Sweet Alyssum) |
| Alyssum saxatile compactum syn. Aurinia saxatilis | Alyssum
(Basket of gold) |
Amaranthus | Amaranthus
(Love-lies-bleeding, Tassel flower) |
| Amaryllis | Amaryllis | Amelanchier lamarckii | Snowy Mespilus
(Serviceberry) |
| Anemone blanda | Anemone
(Windflower) |
Anemone multifida | Anemone |
| Anemone nemerosa | Windflower
(Wood anemone, Anemone of Great Britain) |
Anemone x hybrida | Anemone
(Windflower) |
| Anemone x hybrida | Japanese anemone
(Windflower) |
Anthemis | Chamomile
(Dog fennel) |
| Anthriscus sylvestris | Cow parsley | Antirrhinum majus | Snapdragon |
| Apium graveolens var. dulce | Celery | Apium graveolens var. rapaceum | Celeriac
(Turnip-rooted celery) |
| Aquilegia | Columbine
(Aquilegia) |
Aquilegia vulgaris | Columbine
(Granny's bonnet, Aquilegia) |
| Aquilegia vulgaris | Granny's bonnet
(Columbine, Aquilegia) |
Arabis glabra | Tower mustard |
| Arabis scabra | Bristol rock-cress | Araucaria araucana | Monkey puzzle
(Chile pine) |
| Arbutus unedo | Strawberry tree | Arctotis | African daisy |
| Armeria maritima | Sea thrift | Aronia melanocarpa | Chokeberry |
| Artemisia | Wormwood | Artemisia abrotanum | Southernwood
(Sagebrush) |
| Artemisia absinthium | Wormwood | Arum italicum | Lords and Ladies
(Cuckoo pint) |
| Arum maculatum | Lords and Ladies
(Cuckoo pint) |
Asarum europaeum | Wild ginger |
| Asparagus officinalis | Asparagus | Asplenium | Spleenwort |
| Asplenium scolopendrium | Hart's-tongue fern | Asplenium trichomanes | Maidenhair spleenwort |
| Aster | Aster | Aster cordifolius | Aster
(Michaelmas daisy) |
| Aster divaricatus | Wood aster | Aster ericoides | Aster
(Michaelmas daisy) |
| Aster lateriflorus | Aster
(Michaelmas daisy) |
Aster novae-angliae | Aster
(Michaelmas daisy) |
| Aster novi-belgii | Aster
(Michaelmas daisy) |
Aster x frikartii | Aster
(Michaelmas daisy) |
| Astilbe | Astilbe | Astrantia | Hattie's pincushion
(Masterwort) |
| Astrantia major | Hattie's pincushion
(Masterwort) |
Astrantia maxima | Masterwort |
| Athyrium filix-femina | Lady fern | Athyrium nippon var. pictum | Japanese painted fern |
| Atriplex halimus | Grey sage brush | Aubrieta | Aubrieta |
| Aubrietia | Aubrietia | Aubrietia | Rock cress |
| Aucuba japonica | Japanese Spotted Laurel |
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