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Plant of the Week

Sphagnum palustre

Plant of the Week

Sphagnum palustre

Our first moss for Plant of the Week: the blunt-leaved bog moss.

Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra · 28 Jun 2026

Cylindropuntia imbricata

Plant of the Week

Cylindropuntia imbricata

The Tree Cholla Cactus produces beautiful other-worldly gardens

Sarah Covshoff · 21 Jun 2026

Turfgrass

Plant of the Week

Turfgrass

From golf to tennis to football, turfgrass is specially bred for a variety of sports

Sarah Covshoff · 14 Jun 2026

Vellozia sessilis

Plant of the Week

Vellozia sessilis

Once known from only two sites in Brazil’s rocky Cerrado highlands, Vellozia sessilis is now helping show how fieldwork and citizen science can protect microendemic plants.

Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra · 7 Jun 2026

Loudetiopsis chrysothrix

Plant of the Week

Loudetiopsis chrysothrix

The capim-brinco-de-princesa brings together the beauty of the dry-season Cerrado, community seed collection and a new vision for native landscaping.

Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra · 31 May 2026

Cercis canadensis

Plant of the Week

Cercis canadensis

The Eastern Redbud is a rare beauty in temperate climates

Sarah Covshoff · 24 May 2026

Aphyllon franciscanum

Plant of the Week

Aphyllon franciscanum

Yellow Clustered Broomrape with where the yellow is optional.

Alun Salt · 17 May 2026

Taraxacum officinale

Plant of the Week

Taraxacum officinale

Familiarity breeds contempt

Alun Salt · 10 May 2026

A woman with a child in a sling stands next to a Titan Arum. She is half its size.

Plant of the Week

Amorphophallus titanum

The giant that passes by in just a couple of nights.

Alun Salt · 3 May 2026

A low cluster of Parinari capensis at ground level, with four or five olive-green speckled fruits nestled among elliptical leaves.

Plant of the Week

Parinari capensis

Perhaps the biggest tree you'll never notice.

Alun Salt · 26 Apr 2026

The hood of a Snake's Head Fritillary made from its chequerboard petals.

Plant of the Week

Fritillaria meleagris

The plant that gets its own Sunday.

Alun Salt · 19 Apr 2026

A hand holding a fallen Bombax ceiba flower, showing five thick red petals and a cluster of dark stamens with a yellow-orange centre.

Plant of the Week

Bombax ceiba

The Red Silk-Cotton Tree of Southeast Asia.

Alun Salt · 12 Apr 2026

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