I’m working on getting the names of all the plants in our yard (common and scientific) so I can learn about them, take better care of them, move them if they need more/less shade, etc.
Anyone know what these are?
1. Nondescript bush in the foreground
Still unknown…
2. Spiky dangerous plant, maybe Spanish Bayonet?
Century Plant / Agave (tequilana?)
3. Zebra-striped grass-like plant
Sansevieria trifasciata / Mother-in-law’s Tongue
4. Another spiky plant, not dangerous
Still unknown…
5. I'm most curious about this one right now. I think it's a legume, as it has little bean pods
Vinca rosea / Periwinkle
6. Another purple flower
Kaempferia laotica / Peacock Ginger
The first of the flowers is Vinca Rosea (a form of Periwinkle)—I have them too. I have another one of these and now you have successfully distracted me from my housecleaning duties to look it up.
isn’t the 3rd one called mother-in-law’s tongue?
Glad to hear you guys are back!!! Check out floridata.com for specifics on your plant care once you have figured out what they all are, it’s a great site. # 2 is a century plant and #6 is peacock ginger
The plant you are most currious about is a vinca, I think, and it’s not part of the legume family. The others plants can easily be identified at a local nursery because all are very commen. Love Mom C
The striped one is a snake plant. You mush be where its warm if its growing outside. They don’t like cold. I don’t think the one is legume, the leaves are shaped wrong. they look more like a japanese mock orange or a fagraea berteriana, but both of those have white flowers so I am not sure.
#1 – Looks like a Ligustrum japonicum. Hard to tell, but I think so.
#4 – Dracaena marginata
Good job on identifying the rest 🙂