PlantFiles: The Dave's Garden plants database

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Top Ten Plants

Plant Thumbnail Rating Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower Ipomoea alba   1 Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle Lagerstroemia indica   2 Queen of the Night, Dutchman's Pipe Cactus, Night blooming Cereus Epiphyllum oxypetalum   3 Rose of Sharon, Althea Hibiscus syriacus   4 Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis   5 Lantana Lantana camara   6 Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Purple Heart' Tradescantia pallida   7 Four O'Clock, Marvel of Peru Mirabilis jalapa   8 Pineapple Sage Salvia elegans   9 Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea   10

Top Ten Thugs

Plant Thumbnail Rating Tree of Heaven, Chinese Sumac, Stink Tree Ailanthus altissima   1 Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia   2 Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans   3 Chameleon Plant 'Chameleon' Houttuynia cordata   4 Japanese Knotweed, False Bamboo, Mexican Bamboo Fallopia japonica   5 Creeping Charlie, Gill-over-Ground, Ground Ivy, Hedgemaids, Alehoof Glechoma hederacea   6 Chinese Privet Ligustrum sinense   7 Garlic Mustard, Hedge Garlic, Jack by the Hedge Alliaria petiolata   8 English Ivy, Common Ivy Hedera helix   9 Broomtops, Common Broom, European Broom, Irish Broom, Scotch Broom Cytisus scoparius   10

Ten Most Frequently-Grown Plants

Plant Thumbnail Reports Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle Lagerstroemia indica   324 Rose of Sharon, Althea Hibiscus syriacus   288 Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower Ipomoea alba   277 Lantana Lantana camara   273 Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris Albizia julibrissin   273 Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis   263 Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans   257 Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea   242 Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Purple Heart' Tradescantia pallida   241 Daylily 'Stella De Oro' Hemerocallis Hybridized by Jablonski, 1975 Additional info: (aka Stella d'Oro)   228

Ten Most Photographed Plants

Plant Thumbnail Photos Queen of the Night, Dutchman's Pipe Cactus, Night blooming Cereus Epiphyllum oxypetalum   107 Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy Gerbera jamesonii   103 Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower Ipomoea alba   95 Lantana Lantana camara   92 Japanese Sago Palm, King Sago Palm, Sago Cycas, Sago Palm Cycas revoluta   91 Pony Tail Palm, Bottle Palm, Monja, Palma culona Beaucarnea recurvata   90 Queen Palm, Cocos Plumosa, Jeriva Syagrus romanzoffiana   86 Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis   82 Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea   82 Bismarck Palm, Bismark Palm Bismarckia nobilis   80