Colecciones

Grupos de plantas con un propósito

Cada colección reúne plantas que tienen sentido juntas en un lugar concreto: qué hacen, dónde encajan y cómo disponerlas sin partir de un arriate en blanco.
Annabelle hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle') showing large white ball-shaped flower clusters on a rounded deciduous shrub.
Coral bells (Heuchera 'Marmalade') showing a low mound of ruffled coppery-orange foliage characteristic of the Heuchera villosa-derived hybrids.
Colección · 2 plantas
Base para sombra luminosa
Una plantación de media sombra con estructura arbustiva y contraste bajo de follaje.
Hortensia 'Annabelle'
Campánula de coral
A mature oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) in flower - a broad, mounded multi-stemmed shrub studded with upright white panicles above coarse, deeply lobed oak-shaped leaves.
Woodland phlox (Phlox divaricata) showing five-petaled pale lavender-blue flowers on slender erect stems above a low spreading mat of foliage.
Wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) whole plant in rocky-ledge habitat, the airy blue-green compound foliage hung with nodding red-and-yellow spurred flowers.
Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) showing characteristic frothy white spring flower spikes above heart-shaped foliage.
+2
Colección · 6 plantas
Borde de bosque de media sombra
Una plantación de media sombra o sombra luminosa para sol de mañana o luz moteada: nativas de borde boscoso del este de Norteamérica con floración primaveral, follaje de temporada y estructura de helecho y arbusto.
Hortensia de hoja de roble
Flox de bosque
Aguileña silvestre
Flor de espuma
Alumraíz pelosa
Helecho de Navidad
A mature butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) clump in a garden bed, showing its bushy mounded habit with several flat-topped orange umbels above a dense whorl of narrow leaves.
Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) mature clump in flower, showing its stout upright reddish stems, broad opposite leaves, and pink-mauve flower umbels with young green pods.
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) in bloom, showing pinkish-purple ray petals around a brown-domed central cone on an erect stem.
Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) clump in an open meadow, its several upright square stems each topped by a ragged lavender flower head over toothed mint-family foliage.
+5
Colección · 9 plantas
Borde nativo para polinizadores (este de EE. UU.)
Una franja nativa de floración continua para polinizadores del este de Norteamérica. Cubre de primavera a heladas con plantas hospedantes y nectaríferas para monarcas, abejas nativas, colibríes y lepidópteros especialistas. Little bluestem aporta la matriz de gramínea y hospedaje para Hesperiidae.
Hierba mariposa
Algodoncillo común
Equinácea púrpura
Monarda silvestre
Monarda escarlata
Pasto azul pequeño
Eupatorio dulce
Girasol de pantano
Aster azul liso
English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) as a broadly mounded, dense subshrub of fine silvery blue-green aromatic foliage.
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) in bloom, showing pinkish-purple ray petals around a brown-domed central cone on an erect stem.
A full clump of black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm') in a garden bed, showing the dense mounded foliage base topped with golden, dark-centered daisies on branching stems.
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) mature clump in the green growing season, its upright vase-shaped habit topped by the airy, diffuse open panicles diagnostic of the species.
Colección · 4 plantas
Borde soleado para polinizadores
Un borde soleado y duradero con flores de verano, cabezuelas con semillas y textura vertical de invierno.
Lavanda inglesa
Equinácea púrpura
Rudbeckia anaranjada
Pasto de pradera
Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) as a mature tree in open lawn, showing the upright single trunk and irregular, rounded crown.
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) - a mature multi-stemmed understory tree in full summer leaf, showing its broad, rounded, suckering crown of large drooping leaves.
Canadian serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) in full spring bloom, with drooping clusters of five-petaled white flowers along branches before leaf emergence.
A mature highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) shrub in a botanical garden, showing the dense, rounded multi-stem habit hung with ripening blue berries.
+4
Colección · 8 plantas
Bosque comestible en capas
Un policultivo comestible apilado en vertical: dosel de nueces, sotobosque frutal, capa de bayas, herbáceas y cubresuelo para el este templado de Norteamérica.
Nogal de corteza desprendida
Pawpaw
Amelanchier canadiense
Arándano arbustivo
Zarzamora de los Alleghenies
Cebollino
Perejil
Fresa silvestre
A green-season spicebush (Lindera benzoin) in its native woodland understory, showing the loose, open, multi-stemmed branching and alternate obovate leaves.
Wild ginger (Asarum canadense) - a clump rising from a mossy forest floor, paired heart-shaped leaves on fuzzy petioles arching over the maroon jug-shaped flowers nestled at ground level.
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) showing characteristic white multi-petaled flower wrapped in a rounded leaf.
Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) showing pendulous pink-to-blue bell-shaped flower clusters above smooth blue-green foliage.
+3
Colección · 7 plantas
Bosque de sombra y sotobosque
Una comunidad de suelo forestal para sombra profunda bajo dosel cerrado: arbusto de sotobosque, cubresuelos expansivos, efímeras de primavera y un helecho grande, nativas del este de Norteamérica que esperan poca luz y suelo con hojarasca.
Espicebush del norte
Jengibre silvestre
Sanguinaria
Campanillas de Virginia
Manzana de mayo
Helecho avestruz
Flor de espuma
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) 'Lollo Bionda' cultivar showing loose-leaf rosette of light-green ruffled foliage.
Arugula (Eruca vesicaria) growing as a low basal rosette of irregular, pinnately-lobed green leaves with a large terminal lobe and several small lateral lobes.
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) growing as a low basal rosette of broad, dark-green, slightly savoyed leaves.
A clump of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) in garden soil, showing the upright, branching bushy habit and terminal flower spikes of a maturing plant.
+4
Colección · 8 plantas
Cama de ensaladas y hierbas
Una cama compacta de hojas de corte repetido y hierbas culinarias para cosecha cerca de la cocina: hojas de estación fresca, albahaca de temporada cálida y una base de hierbas perennes.
Lechuga de jardín
Rúcula
Espinaca
Albahaca genovesa
Cilantro
Eneldo
Perejil
Cebollino
English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) as a broadly mounded, dense subshrub of fine silvery blue-green aromatic foliage.
Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus) showing dense needle-like aromatic foliage on woody branches.
Garden sage (Salvia officinalis) showing gray-green velvety foliage + spike of lavender summer flowers.
Oregano (Origanum vulgare) showing spreading mat of small aromatic leaves + pink-white flower clusters.
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Colección · 6 plantas
Comestibles mediterráneos tolerantes a la sequía
Una paleta comestible de bajo riego con hierbas culinarias y una vid resistente para sitios cálidos, secos y soleados. Las plantas de origen mediterráneo prosperan con poco cuidado; su principal modo de fracaso es el exceso de agua, no la falta.
Lavanda inglesa
Romero
Salvia común
Orégano
Tomillo común
Uva zorra
Pineapple (Ananas comosus) - whole-plant habit growing in the ground, the dense ground-level rosette of long, stiff, channeled spiny-margined leaves bearing a single fruit on a short central stalk.
Papaya (Carica papaya) - large, deeply palmately-lobed leaves clustered at the top of the stem, single unbranched, soft fibrous trunk (palm-like habit), cluster of green oval fruits borne directly on the upper trunk below the leaf crown.
Cacao (Theobroma cacao) - cauliflorous orange-ripening pods borne directly on the woody stem, large oblong-elliptic leaves with prominent venation, slender understory treelet habit growing in shaded forest/plantation.
Guava (Psidium guajava) - elliptic-oblong leaves with strongly impressed, prominent pinnate venation typical of guava, opposite, decussate leaf arrangement on a slender reddish-tinged young stem, upright woody seedling/sapling habit with new growth flushing at the shoot tip.
+2
Colección · 6 plantas
Dosel comestible tropical y patio
Una paleta comestible sin heladas para jardines subtropicales húmedos y tropicales: dosel frutal, cultivos de sotobosque, raíces comestibles y plantas de patio aptas para contenedor.
Piña
Papaya
Cacao
Guayaba
Yuca (mandioca)
Cúrcuma
A clump of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) in garden soil, showing the upright, branching bushy habit and terminal flower spikes of a maturing plant.
Lacinato kale (Brassica oleracea var. palmifolia) showing the characteristic upright rosette of long, narrow, savoyed blue-green strap leaves.
Coral bells (Heuchera 'Marmalade') showing a low mound of ruffled coppery-orange foliage characteristic of the Heuchera villosa-derived hybrids.
Colección · 3 plantas
Macetas de patio para la cocina
Una colección comestible compacta para contenedores, patios y cosecha cerca de la puerta.
Albahaca genovesa
Col rizada lacinato
Campánula de coral
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) mature clump in the green growing season, its upright vase-shaped habit topped by the airy, diffuse open panicles diagnostic of the species.
Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) clumps in a garden bed, showing the species' upright, fine-textured blue-green vase-shaped growing-season habit.
Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) mature clump in flower, showing its stout upright reddish stems, broad opposite leaves, and pink-mauve flower umbels with young green pods.
A full clump of black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm') in a garden bed, showing the dense mounded foliage base topped with golden, dark-centered daisies on branching stems.
+4
Colección · 8 plantas
Nativas resilientes al calentamiento (este de Norteamérica)
Una paleta de nativas del este de Norteamérica que apoyan polinizadores, con amplios rangos de rusticidad y distribuciones nativas extensas. Pensada para jardineros que quieren una plantación capaz de tolerar zonas más cálidas sin perder valor para la fauna.
Pasto de pradera
Pasto azul pequeño
Algodoncillo común
Rudbeckia anaranjada
Monarda silvestre
Eupatorio dulce
Rudbeckia de hoja cortada
Áster de Nueva Inglaterra
Paper flower (Bougainvillea glabra) - a mature plant trained as a dense rounded shrub, showing the whole-plant habit with its dense, thorny, evergreen green-leaved canopy.
Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) - large funnel-shaped flower, long projecting staminal column, red throat, glossy toothed leaves.
Sweet thorn (Vachellia karroo) - broad, rounded crown of fine bipinnate foliage typical of the sweet thorn, golden puff-ball flowers densely covering the canopy in summer flush, mature single-trunk tree habit set in its native south african veld/grassland.
A Cape honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis) shrub with arching evergreen foliage and clusters of slender orange tubular flowers.
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Colección · 6 plantas
Pantalla floral de clima cálido
Una paleta colorida de pantalla y seto para jardines con heladas ligeras: arbustos floridos, color trepador, néctar para fauna y estructura de estación seca.
Buganvilia
Hibisco chino
Espino dulce
Madreselva del Cabo
Oreja de león (cáñamo silvestre)
Jazmín azul del Cabo
Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) - single woody trunk supporting a tree habit with a broad, spreading crown, fine, feathery alternate-pinnate foliage of many small leaflets, dense green canopy showing the evergreen, leafy crown form.
Baobab (Adansonia digitata) - massive swollen water-storing bottle-trunk with a large hollow at the base, sparse crown of stout tapering branches fanning out like roots in the air (the 'upside-down tree' silhouette), solitary tree in open african savanna habitat among smaller acacias.
Marula (Sclerocarya birrea) - broad, rounded/dome-shaped spreading crown typical of a mature savanna marula, single sturdy grey-barked trunk dividing into heavy ascending main branches, dense canopy of fine compound foliage set in open red-soil grassland savanna.
Guava (Psidium guajava) - elliptic-oblong leaves with strongly impressed, prominent pinnate venation typical of guava, opposite, decussate leaf arrangement on a slender reddish-tinged young stem, upright woody seedling/sapling habit with new growth flushing at the shoot tip.
+2
Colección · 6 plantas
Sombra comestible tropical seca
Una paleta estructural comestible de clima cálido para bosques secos estacionales, sabanas y jardines sin heladas que necesitan sombra, valor alimentario y recuperación tras sequía.
Tamarindo
Baobab
Marula
Guayaba
Yuca (mandioca)
Rosela