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Flowers by Color : White Gallery
Common Name: Indian Jasmine, Jasmine Molle
Botanical name: Jasminum auriculatum
Family: Oleaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : India, China
Hindi :Juhi
Location : Erode, Tamilnadu, South India
Tamil : Mullai poo
Flowers : White, strong fragrance, clustered
Common Name: White statice flower
Scientific Name: Limonium sinuatum
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Genus : Limonium
Type: Annual, short-lived perennial
Used for: Cut flowers, dried flower arrangements
Flowers: White, tiny, clustered, funnel-shaped, showy
Light requirement & care: Sunny, well drained, sandy or average soil, low maintenance
Common Name: Camelia
Botanical name: Camellia sasanqua
Family : Theaceae
Order: Ericales
Flowers : White, pink, red
Origin / Native :China, Japan
Category : Evergreen shrub
Height: 10 to 15 feet tall
Leaves : Deep green, alternatively arranged, simple
Common Name: Ornamental kale
Common Name: Popcorn miniature rose
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Height: 2 feet
Flowers : White, small, showy, clustered, fragrant
Foliage: Evergreen, healthy, compact
Good for: Borders, Pots
Camera: Nikon D40X
Name: Nerium oleander white
Family: Apocynaceae
Order: Gentianales
Hazards: All parts are toxic
Category : Evergreen shrub or Small tree
Common Name: Oleander, Tamil-Vellai Arali
Foliage: Evergreen, glossy, 18.9 feet tall, good for fence
Flowers: White, velvety, small, clustered, aromatic
Location: Butterfly Park, Srirangam, Melur, Tiruchirappalli,Tamil Nadu, India
Name: Crossandra white, firecracker flower white
Scientific name: Crossandra infundibuliformis
Tamil Name: vellai kanakambaram
Family: Acanthaceae
Order : Lamiales
Genus : Crossandra
Origin or Native : South India and Sri Lanka
Type & Category : Evergreen subshrub
Height : 3 feet, 36 inches tall
Common Name: Toadflax white
Scientific Name: Moroccan toadflax
Family: Plantaginaceae
Order: Lamiales
Genus : Linaria
Orign / Native: Morocco
Category: Ornamental flowering plant
Type: Annual herb
Height: 1.5 feet tall
Scientific Name: White anthurium
Botanical name : Anthurium andraeanum
Family : Araceae
Order : Alismatales
Origin / Native : America, Columbia
Height: Up to 2 feet tall
Flowers: White with pink tail, showy, colourful, glossy
Foliage: Evergreen, glossy, healthy leaves
Used for: Cut flowers
Common Name: Phlox drummondii twinkle star white
Family: Polemoniaceae
Order: Ericales
Height: 2 feet
Flowers : White, small, showy, clustered, star shaped, toothed petals
Origin / Native: North America
Good for: Borders, Pots, garden beds, containers
Camera: Nikon D40X
Common Name: Bianco patio rose white
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Height: 2.5 feet
Flowers : White, small pointed petals, fragrant, small, showy
Foliage: Evergreen, healthy, compact, easy to care
Good for: Borders, pots, bedding garden, container, patios, cut flowers
Name: White delphinium flower
Common Name: Larkspur white
Family: Ranunculaceae
Order: Ranunculales
Origin / Native : Africa
Flowers: White, showy, classic
Height: 2 feet tall
Good for: Borders, Pots
Light requirement & soil: Sunny, or part shade, moist soils
Name: Alligator lily, Spider Lily
Scientific Name: Hymenocallis caribaea 'variegata'
Synonym: Hymenocallis palmeri, Hymenocallis humilis
Type & Category: Perennial Herb
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Order : Asparagales
Genus:Hymenocallis
Origin : America
Found In: Wetlands, grasslands
Common name: Hollyhock halo white
Botanical name: Alcea rosea
Family: Malvaceae
Order: Malvales
Origin/Native : Asia, Europe
Height : Up to 8 feet
Type : Perennial
Flowers: White, large, showy, 5 petals
Location: Lalbagh botanical gardens, Bangalore, India
Common Name: China aster white
Scientific Name: Callistephus chinensis
Type: Annual
Height: 28 inches tall
Light requirement : Sunny, part shade
Genus: Callistephus
Suitable for: Borders, garden beds, window boxes, pots
Flowers: White, large,attracts bees
Flowering season: Summer
Common Name: Dwarf white dahlia
Scientific Name: Dahlia hortensis
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Height :12 inches
Type : Herbaceous perennial plant
Flowers : Small, white & yellow in the middle, clustered, showy
Best for: Pots, containers, borders
Light requirement: Sunny, open
Name: Lupinus albus
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Common Name : White lupin, sweet lupine, Field lupine
Foliage :Evergreen, 4 feet tall
Flowers : White, pea-shaped clustered spikes, showy
Location: Govt. Botanical Garden, Ooty, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India
Light Requirement: Sunny, open, well drained soil
Common Name: Toy clown mini rose
Flowers : Tiny, showy, white with pink margin petals, bicolor, best for small pots
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Height: 3 feet
Foliage : Evergreen, healthy
Location : Lalbagh botanical garden flower show, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Camera: Nikon D40x
Name: White kale
Scientific Name: White plumeria-Frangipani
Flowers: Medium, showy, clustered, fragrant, white with yellow throat, 5 petals
Family: Apocynaceae
Order: Gentianales
Genus: Plumeria
Flowers: White with yellow, fragrance, small, 5 petals, clustered, showy
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Flowers: Red, orange, white, or pink, clustered, showy
Common Name: African marigold vanilla
Botanical name: Tagetes erecta
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : Mexico, America
Tamil : Cream White Chendumalli
Hindi : Cream White Genda
Type: Annual
Good for: Borders, pots, contianers, garden beds
Name: Catharanthus roseus white
Common Name: Madagascar rosy periwinkle
Origin / Native: Madagascar, Indian Ocean island
Family: Apocynaceae
Order : Gentianales
Synonym: Vinca rosea
Type: Herb, Subshrub
Flowers: White, small, clusterd, fragrance with glossy evergreen foliage
Camera : Nikon D40X
Common Name:Lilium auratum platyphyllum plants in pots
Family: Liliaceae
Order: Liliales
Growing from: Bulbs
Category : Oriental hybrids
Camera: Nikon D40X
Flowers: White, large, showy
Location: Ooty botanical garden, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India
Scientific name: Pachystachys lutea-Golden shrimp plant
Common Name: Lollipop Plant
Family: Acanthaceae
Order: Lamiales
Flowers: Small, white with yellow bracts, soft stemmed
Category: Evergreen shrub
Type/Life Cycle:Seasonal, Annual
Good for: Butterfly garden, borders
Height: 3 feet tall
Name: Faith whittlesey white rose
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Flowers : White, large, showy, fragrant
Foliage :Deepgreen, healthy, 5 feet tall
Uses : Cut flowers, bouquets
Location: Govt. Rose Garden, Ooty, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India
Light Requirement: Sunny, open, well drained soil
Common Name:Inca marigold white display-Ooty flower show 2014
Flowers: Showy, Large, toothed petals, Creamy white, Fragrant
Category : Dwarf
Foliage: Dark Green
Type : Herb
Height: 14 inches tall
Photographs: Guna Selvi
Location: Ooty botanical garden, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India
Scientific name: Clerodendrum heterophyllum
Origin: Mauritius
Family: Lamiaceae
Order: Lamiales
Genus: Clerodendrum
Height : 8 feet tall
Good For:Hedges
Flowers: White with purple stamens, small, showy with deep green foliage
Synonym: Volkameria angustifolia
Common Name: Viola penny white
Family: Violaceae
Order: Malpighiales
Origin / Native: Asia, Europe
Height : 12 inches
Type :Perennial
Good for : Garden beds, borders
Location: Ooty botanical gardens, nilgiris, tamil nadu, india
Flowers: White with yellow, small, showy
Common Name: Angelonia
Scientific Name: Angelonia angustifolia
Family: Plantaginaceae
Origin / Native: South America
Best For : Borders, Butterfly Gardens
Flowers : Small, white, Fragrance, resembles snapdragon flowers
Foliage : Deep green, simple, oppositely arrange leaves, 3 feet tall
Camera : Nikon D40X
Location : Srirangam butterfly park, trichy
Common Name: Star phlox white
Family: Polemoniaceae
Order: Ericales
Flowers: White,small, clustered, showy with hairy bracts
Origin / Native : North America, Siberia
Height :Up to 15 inches
Location: Lalbagh botanical garden glass house, bangalore, karnataka, india
Suitable for: Pots, borders, containers, garden beds
Common Name: Tropical hibiscus charlies angels white with dark magenta
Botanical name: Hibiscus rosa sinensis
Family : Malvaceae
Order: Malvales
Type : Annual, perennial
Height :12 inches tall
Flowers: White with red, 5 Petals, large, bicolour, showy
Foliage: Dark green, glossy, strong, compact
Location: Lalbagh botanical garden glass house, bangalore, karnataka, india
Common Name: Louie meggos dahlia
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Type : Herbaceous perennial plant
Used for:Cut flowers, Bouquets
Flowers : Large, white, 4.5 inches wide, showy
Location: Ooty botanical gardens, nilgiris, tamil nadu, india
Foliage: Dark green, 5 feet tall
Common Name:Lilium asiatic presentation
Genus: Lilium
Family : Liliaceae
Flowers: Large, showy, white, 6 petals
Foliage & Height: Dark green, white
Category: Hybrid
Type: Perennial Bulbs
Flowering Season: Summer to Autumn
Location: Ooty botanical garden, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India
Common Name: Bougainvillea white and pink variegated bangalore flower show 2015
Botanical name:: Bougainvillea spectabilis
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Heigt : 8 feet
Genus :Acalypha
Location: Lalbagh botanical garden glass house, bangalore, karnataka, india
Type : Thorny ornamental vines, bonsai, trees
Common Name: Penstemon ice cream series
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Type or Life cycle:Hardy perennial
Suitable for:Containers, borders, Patio, garden beds
Foliage :Evergreen, strong, upright, narrow, simple, oppositely arranged leaves
Height :Up to 18 inches tall
Flowering season : Summer
Flowers: White,pink, tubular shaped, colourful, showy
Common Name: jasminum Auriculatum Multipetals, Jasmine
Botanical name: Jasminum auriculatum
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Jasminum
Origin / Native : Tropical and Sub tropical regions of the world
Category :Shrub , vine
Tamil : Adukku mullai
Flowers : White, strong fragrance
Location : Kundadam, Erode, India
Common Name: Marguerite daisy
Flowers: Small, white with yellow, showy
Foliage: Deep green
Camera: Nikon D40x
Suitable for : Borders, pots, containers
Good for :Vases
Used for : Ornamental
Location: Ooty botanical gardens, nilgiris, tamil nadu, india
Image Resolution: 600x402, 1000x831
Common Name: White tulips
Good for: Cut flowers, vases
Category: Perennial
Camera: Nikon D40x
Family : Liliaceae
Origin/ Native :North Africa, Eurasia
Propagation : Seeds, bulb offsets
Location: Ooty botanical gardens, nilgiris, tamil nadu, india
Flowers: White, showy
Common Name: Wax flower
Scientific Name: Chamelaucium uncinatum
Family: Myrtaceae
Order: Myrtales
Category : Evergreen woody shrub
Year :May 2015
Festival : Summer
Location: Ooty botanical gardens, nilgiris, tamil nadu, india
Flowers : Tiny, white with marron eye
Common Name: Viola penny primrose
Family: Violaceae
Order: Malpighiales
Origin / Native: Asia, Europe
Height : Up to 15.5 cm
Type :Perennial
Suitable for : Borders
Location: Ooty botanical gardens, nilgiris, tamil nadu, india
Flowers: White, yellow, small, 5 petals
Common Name: Limonium sinuatum statice lalbagh flower show independence day august 2015
Family : Plumbaginaceae
Species : sinuatum
Origin / Native: Mediterranean areas of the world
Genus : Limonium
Good for:Borders, pots
Flowers: White, tiny, clustered
Foliage: Dark green
Category: Mediterranean plant
Common Name: winter jasmine, star jasmine, Downy jasmine
Botanical name: Jasminum Multiflorum
Family: Oleaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : Asia, Africa, Europe
Height :Up to 10 feet tall
Tamil : Maharantham
Flowers: White, strong fragrance
Category : Climbing vine
Location: Kundadam, Tamilnadu, india
Common Name: Spanish jasmine
Botanical name: Jasminum officinale
Family : Oleaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : India, Pakistan, Iran, China, Nepal
Flowering season :Summer, April to June
Tamil : Jathimalli
Flowers: White with pink, small,clustered
Fragrance: Strong
Common Name: Mint leaves leucas, Woolly Leucas, Tufted Leucas
Botanical name: Leucas ciliata, Leucas marrubioides
Family: Lamiaceae
Order : Lamiales
Origin / Native : Africa, Asia, Middle East, Queensland
Flowering Season :July to Sep
Type : Perennial herb
Tamil : Siru thumbai
Common Name: Small Balloon Vine
Botanical name:Cardiospermum corindum
Family: Sapindaceae
Order: Sapindales
Origin / Native : Asia, Africa
Synonym :Cardiospermum canescens
Life Cycle : Perennial
Flowers : Tiny, white with pink, 6 petals
Grows in : Roadside, river-bank, forest border
Foliage : Green, pinnately, compound, 6 ribbed leaflets
Name: White rose
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Light requirement & care :Sunny or part shade, well drained soils
Height : Up to 4 feet tall
Flowers : White, large, showy
Uses : Cut flowers
Location : Ooty rose garden, Nilgiris, Tamil nadu, India
Common Name: Dwarf mussaenda
Botanical name: Pseudomussaenda flava
Family: Rubiaceae
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan
Genus :Pseudomussaenda
Type : Evergreen Perennial shrub
Flowers & plant: White, beige, best for hedges, deep green foliage
Common Name: Cheddar Pink
Botanical name: Dianthus gratianopolitanus
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Russia, China, Mongolia
Type :Annual, Perennial, subshrub
Flowering Season : May to July
Spread: Up to 45.72 cm
Flowers: White with magenta centric, 5 petals, deep green foliage, best for borders
Common Name: White Sweet William Dianthus, Dianthus Barbatus Albus, Dianthus white
Botanical name: Dianthus japonicus
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Asia, Europe, China, Korea
Type :Perennial plant
Flowering Season : Spring, summer
Spread: Up to 43 cm
Flowers: Pure white
Common Name: Dahlia pure white
Botanical name: Dahlia hybrida
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : America, Colombia, Mexico
Type :Annual, herbaceous perennial plant
Height : 30.480 cm to 243.84 cm
Location: Ooty botanical garden
Flowers: Pure white, 7.5 inches wide blooms
Best for: Pots, containers, borders
Common Name: Dianthus Barbatus White, dianthus barbatus white pink black fantasy
Botanical name: Dianthus Barbatus
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Asia, Europe
Type :Perennial plant
Light Requirement : Full Sun
Location: Lalbagh, Bangalore, India
Flowers: White, magenta pink with black tricolor
Common Name: Dianthus barbatus white fantasy
Botanical name: Dianthus Barbatus
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Europe, Asia
Height :2 feet
Type : Perennial plant
Location: Lalbagh, bangalore, India
Flowers: White with magenta centric, 5 petals, deep green foliage
Common Name: white carnation, Dianthus White
Botanical name: Dianthus caryophyllus
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Europe, Asia, Africa, Mediterranea
National flower of :Spain
Type : Perennial plant
Location: Lalbagh, Karnataka, India
Flowers: Pure white
Common Name: Dahlia white double
Botanical name: Dahlia sambucifolia
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : America, Colombia, Mexico
Type :Bushy perennial plant
Height : 2 feet
Location: Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Flowers: White & yellow bicolor, 4.5 inches wide, best for borders
Common Name: Dahlia white
Botanical name: Dahlia sambucifolia
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : Mexico, Colombia, America
Type :Tuberous, perennial
Height : Up to 6 feet tall
Location: Kodaikanal, India
Flowers: White, baby pink with yellow tricolor, 4 inches wide, deep green foliage
Common Name: Cape marigold
Botanical name: Dimorphotheca
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : South Africa
Type :Perennial ornamental plant
Height : Up to 1.5 meters
Location: Ooty, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India
Flowering Month: Sep to Nov
Best for: Pots, containers, borders
Common Name: Moonflower, thorn-apple, sacred datura
Botanical name: Datura inoxia
Family: Solanaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : America
Type:Annual
Height : Up to 3 feet tall
Location: Kundadam, Tamilnadu, India
Flowers: NavajoWhite or beige
Common Name: Chinese lantern tree, sicklebush, Bell mimosa
Botanical name: Dichrostachys cinerea
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native & Introduced to : Africa & Asia, India
Type & height :Small thorny tree & 6 m tall
Hindi : Kunali
Location: Lalbagh, Bangalore, India
Flowers: Pink with white bicolor
Common Name: Dianthus Rendez vous
Botanical name: Dianthus caryophyllus
Family : Caryophyllaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Mediterranean region
Life cycle : Herbaceous perennial
Height : 12 inches to 20 inches tall
Flowers: White with purple edged petals
Location: Ooty botanical garden, Nilgiris
Common Name: Double delight rose
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Height: 3 feet
Best for : Pots, containers, borders, edges
Flowers :White with deeppink & magenta, bicolor
Uses : Cutflowers
Fragrance: Mild
Attracts: Bees & butterflies
Location: Lalbagh, Bangalore, India
Common Name: Daisy
Family: Compositae
Order: Asterales
Location: Lalbagh flowershow, bangalore, India
Origin / Native : Pakistan, Himalayas, Uttarakhand
Flowers :White or slateBlue, clustered
Best for : Borders,pots, containers, garden begds
Foliage: Deep green
Common Name: Everlasting flower
Botanical name: Xeranthemum bracteatum
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Cultivar Name : Xerochrysum White Monarch
Habit :Erect herb
Life Cycle : Perennial
Flowers: Beige, medium
Best for: Pots, borders, containers
Location: Ooty botanical garden, India
Common Name: East Himalayan Neillia
Botanical name: Neillia rubiflora
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Neillia
Found In : Himalaya, Asia, West China, Assam, Nepal
Height :Up to 7 feet tall
Flowering Month : Mar to July
Type & Species: Shrub & rubiflora
Location: Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Common Name: Snowflake bush, Snows of Kilimanjaro, Pascuita
Botanical name: Euphorbia leucocephala
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Order: Euphorbiales
Origin / Native : Mexico, El Salvador, Central America
Category :Shrub
Height : Up to 10 feet tall
Class : Magnoliopsida
Common Name: Milk Purslane, graceful spurge
Botanical name: Euphorbia hypericifolia
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Order: Malpighiales
Origin / Native : Tropical Africa, America, south Ethiopia, Sudan
Life Cycle :Annual, Evergreen perennials
Growth Habit : Forb or herb
Synonym : Euphorbia rivae
Flowers: White with DarkMagenta, tiny
Common Name: Gray lovegrass, candy grass, stinkgrass
Botanical name: Eragrostis cilianensis
Family: Poaceae
Order: Poales
Origin / Native : Africa, Eurasia
Height :Up to 2 feet tall
Type : Annual herb
Flowering Season: July to Sep
Location : Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India
Common Name: White Poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima white
Botanical name: Euphorbia pulcherrima
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Order: Malpighiales
Origin / Native : Mexico, Central America
Type :Perennial shrub
Height : Up to 12 feet tall
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Flowers: White, large, deep green foliage
Common Name: Elina rose
Botanical name: Rosa Elina
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Best for : Pots, containers, borders, edges
Flowers: White, large, mild fragrance
Height : 6 feet
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore,india
Foliage: : Deep green
Camera: : Nikon D 40X
Common Name: Fish geranium, Cranesbills
Botanical name: Geranium
Family: Geraniaceae
Order: Geraniales
Origin / Native : South Africa
Type :Annual, biennial, perennial plants
Synonym : Pelargonium × hortorum
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Best for : Pots, borders, containers
Flowers : White, clustered, 5 petals
Common Name: French marigold white
Botanical name: Tagetes patula
Family: Asteraceae [daisy family]
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : Mexico, America
Life Cycle :Annual
Flowering Month : Jun to Oct
Flowers : Honeydew, white
Best for: Pots, containers, borders, garden beds
Common Name: African Mangosteen tree
Botanical name: Garcinia livingstonei
Family: Clusiaceae
Order: Malpighiales
Origin / Native : Tropical Africa
Genus :Garcinia
Height : Up to 59 feet tall
Growth Rate: Slow
Flowering Season: March to may
Location: Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Common Name: Garden phlox, Perennial phlox
Botanical name: Phlox paniculata
Family: Polemoniaceae
Order: Ericales
Origin / Native : North America, Siberia
Height :Up to 45.720cm
Type : Annual, Perennial plants
Flowers : Blue with white bicolor
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Common Name: Coastal Globe Amaranth, Prostrate Globe Amaranth
Botanical name: Gomphrena serrata
Family: Amaranthaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Brazil, Argentina, America, India
Genus :Gomphrena
Type : Perennial or annual herb
Synonym : Gomphrena celosioides
Grows in: lawns, grasslands, grassy roadside, rice fields
Common Name: Guava flower, Apple Guava
Botanical name: Psidium guajava
Family: Myrtaceae
Order: Myrtales
Origin / Native : America, Mexico
Height :Up to 30 feet tall
Type : Small tree, tropical shrubs
Flowers: White, 2 to 3 blooms clustered
Hindi : Amrood
Tamil : Koyya
Common Name: Guinea henweed, anamu, Mucura
Botanical name: Petiveria alliacea
Family: Phytolaccaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : America, Florida, Texas
Type :Up to 6 feet tall
Height : Up to 100.58 cm tall
Flowers: White, tiny, 4 petals
Location : Bannerghatta National Park, Bangalore, Karnataka
Common Name: Snow flower, false baby's breath, hedge bedstraw
Botanical name: Galium asperifolium
Family: Rubiaceae
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : Europe, India, Pakistan
Synonym :Galium mollugo
Type : Branched perennial herb, annual plant
Foliage: Evergreen
Flowers: White, tiny, clustered
Genus : Galium
Common Name: Guava
Botanical name: Psidium guineense
Family: Myrtle family
Genus: Psidium
Origin / Native : Central America, Mexico
Height :30 feet tall
Subfamily : Myrtoideae
Foliage: Evergreen
Flowers: White
Location : Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India
Common Name: Gerbera White
Botanical name: Gerbera
Uses : Cut flowers, bedding plants
Height: 12 inches tall
Origin / Native : South Africa
Light Requirement :Full sun, partial shade
Type : Perennial
Location: Ooty botanical garden, india
Uses: Cut flowers, Bouquet
Flowers : White, large
Common Name: Gazania white, Gazania gazoo clear vanilla, trailing gazania
Botanical name: Gazania linearis
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : South Africa
Height :Up to 1 feet tall
Type : Half-hardy annual summer plant
Best for: Pots, containers
Flowers: Honey Dew, White with black
Location : Kodaikanal, India
Common Name: Himalayan mussaenda
Botanical name: Mussaenda frondosa
Family: Rubiaceae
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : East Himalayas, India, Tropical Asia, Africa
Height :Up to 5 feet
Uses : Ornamental plant
Location : Lalbagh, Bangalore, India
Camera : Nikon D40X
Common Name: White hibiscus, Hibiscus, Rose mallow
Botanical name: Hibiscus arnottianus
Family: Malvaceae
Order: Malvales
Origin / Native : Asia
Category :Small tree, plant, shrub
Type : Annual and perennial
Flowers : White, 5 petals
Location:Lalbagh, Bangalore, India
Common Name: Hollyhock white
Botanical name: Alcea setosa
Family: Malvaceae
Order: Malvales
Origin / Native : Asia, Europe
Uses :Ornamental plant
Type : Perennial, biennial plant
Height: 6.5 feet tall
Flowers : White with maroon, large, 4 inches wide blooms
Common Name: Bristly Heliotrope, heliotropes
Botanical name: Heliotropium strigosum
Family: Boraginaceae
Height: Up to 13 inches tall
Origin / Native : India, Pakistan
Genus :Heliotropium
Habit : Herb
Foliage: Evergreen
Flowers: White, tiny, clustered
Location : Dharapuram, Tamilnadu, India
Common Name: Hydrangea white
Botanical name: Hydrangea macrophylla
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Order: Cornales
Genus: Hydrangea
Origin / Native : Japan, Korea
Flowering Season :Spring, Fall
Best for : Borders, pots, containers
Location: Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Foliage : Deep green
Common Name: Moon vine, moonflower
Botanical name: Ipomoea alba
Family: Convolvulaceae
Origin / Native: Tropical America, Mexico, North Argentina
Flowering Month : July to Nov
Height :Climbing Up to 4 meters [15 feet]
Category : Climbing vine
Best for : Archs
Synonym : Calonyction aculeatum
Common Name: Wild Petunia, Obscure Morning Glory
Botanical name: Ipomoea obscura
Family: Convolvulaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : Asia, Africa, Pacific zone, Malaysia
Genus :Ipomoea
Type: Annual
Flowers: White with purple throat, large
Best for: Archs
Common Name: Ivy Gourd, baby watermelon, Tindora
Botanical name: Coccinia grandis
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Order: Cucurbitales
Origin / Native : Asia, Asia, China, Thailand, Philippines
Tamil :kovakkai
Type : Tropical herb, Vine
Thai : Tam lueng
Hindi : Kunduru
Common Name: ixora white, Dwarf santan, Rangan, West Indian Jasmine, white Jungle geranium
Botanical name: Ixora chinensis
Family: Rubiaceae
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : Africa, Malaysia, Asia
Genus :Ixora
Synonym : Ixora umbellata
Flowers: White, small, 5 petals, clustered
Height : Up to 15 feet tall
Location: Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Common Name: Thumbai, Common Leucas
Botanical name: Leucas aspera
Family: Lamiaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : India, Philippines
Height :Annual herb
Attracts : Bees, butterflies
Hindi : Chota halkusa
Used in: Traditional Philippines and tamil Medicine
Common Name: Striped Lepidagathis, Lepidagathis
Botanical name: Lepidagathis fasciculata
Family: Acanthaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
Height :Up to 1.5 feet
Category : Bristly prostrate herb
Flowers: White or Old lace, tiny
Foliage: Grayish green, bristly thorny edged leaves
Common Name: Hooker's Bauhinia, Queensland Ebony
Botanical name: Lysiphyllum hookeri
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native: Queensland, Australia
Uses :Ornamental plant
Category : Small tree, Tall Shrub
Synonym : Bauhinia hookeri
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Common Name: Wild sage, Buttonsage
Botanical name: Lantana involucrata
Family: Verbenaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : Tropical America, Mexico, Florida, West Indian islands
Height :Up to 2.4384m [96 inches] tall
Type : Medium shrub
Flowers: White, tiny, clustered
Best for : Butterfly park
Common Name: Lablab bean, Indian bean
Botanical name: Lablab purpureus
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : Africa, Tropical areas of the world
Type / Life cycle :Annual, short lived perennial climbing vine
Tamil : Avarai
Flowers: White, attracts insects
Synonym : Vicia faba
Common Name: White Strawflower, golden everlasting white flower
Botanical name: Xerochrysum bracteatum
Family : Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : Australia
Habit : Herb, Shrub
Type : Annual, perennial
Foliage :Deep green, simple, elliptic
Flowers :White, showy, long lasting, attracts bees
Common Name: True lilies, Lilium
Botanical name: Lilium auratum
Family: Liliaceae
Order: Liliales
Origin / Native : Europe, Asia, Japan
Life Cycle :Perennial
Category : Herb
Uses: Cut flowers
Propagation : Bulbs
Location : Chennai Flowershow, Tamilnadu, South India
Common Name: Lantana
Botanical name: Lantana rugulosa
Family: Verbenaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : Tropical areas of America, Africa
Flowers :Small, Clustered, pink with white blossoms
Type : Perennial
Foliage: Evergreen
Common Name: Alyssum, sweet alyssum, sweet alison
Botanical name: Lobularia maritima
Family: Brassicaceae
Order: Brassicales
Origin / Native : Mediterranean areas of the world
Type :Annual, short lived perennial
Growth Rate : Slow
Flowers: White, small, 4 petals, clustered
Best for : Borders, pots, garden beds
Common Name: Leek, bulb onion
Botanical name: Allium cepa
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Order: Asparagales
Synonym : Allium ascalonicum
Type :Annual, Perennial, biennial
Genus : Allium
Flowers : White with green veined, clustered
Location: Kundadam, Tamilnadu, South India
Tamil: Vengaya poo
Common Name: Calabash, bottle gourd
Botanical name: Lagenaria siceraria
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Flowering Season: July to Sep
Origin / Native : Tropical Africa
Height :Up to 20 feet
Life Cycle & Category : Annual Climbing vine
Flowers: White, mild hairy, 5 petals
Foliage : Deep green
Tamil Name : Suraikkaai poo
Common Name: La perla rose
Botanical name: Rosa 'La perla'
Family:Rosaceae
Order:Rosales
Uses :Cut flowers
Location :Lalbagh, bangalore, karnataka, india
Best for :Pots, containers, glass house borders
Flowers: White, large, mild fragrance, 4.5 inches wide blooms
Common Name: Madagascar jasmine, waxflower, bridal wreath
Botanical name: Stephanotis floribunda
Family: Apocynaceae
Origin / Native: Madagascar
Flower Type: Clusters of tubular white flowers
Category :Evergreen woody climbing vine
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore,india
Foliage : Deep green
Flowers : White, clustered
Common Name: Mountain knotgrass
Botanical name: Aerva lanata
Family : Amaranthaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : India, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Asia, Australia, Africa
Life Cycle :Annual, Perennial herb
Tamil : Sirupoolai, Sirupeelai
Sanskrit : Astmabayda
Hindi : Gorakhbuti
Common Name: Moonstruck dahlia
Botanical name: Dahlia hybrida
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : Mexico, Colombia, Central America
Cultivar Name :Moonstruck
Category : Decorative
Flowers: White, large, 7 inches wide blooms
Location: Ooty botanical garden, Nilgiris, India
Common Name: Mums flower
Botanical name: Chrysanthemum
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : Europe, Asia
Life Cycle :Perennial
Category : Herb, subshrub
Flowers: White, small, mild fragrance
Height : 3 feet
Best for : Pots, borders, containers, garden beds
Common Name: Magnolia grandiflora blooming bud
Botanical name: Magnolia grandiflora
Family: Magnoliaceae
Order: Magnoliales
Origin / Native : Texas, Florida, United States
Type :Evergreen deciduous tree
Genus : Magnolia
Flowers : White, Ivory, corn silk or beige, fragrance, large
Location : Lalbagh, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Common Name: Indian Mulberry
Botanical name: Morinda pubescens
Family: Rubiaceae
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : South Asia, Africa, India
Synonym :Morinda citrifolia, Morinda tinctoria
Genus: Morinda
Location: Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Flower: White, small, 5 petals, clustered
Foliage: Deep green
Common Name: Moonflower
Botanical name: Ipomoea alba
Family: Convolvulaceae
Order: Solanales
Origin / Native : Florida, Argentina, Tropical and subtropical areas
Species :alba [night blooming morning glory]
Genus : Ipomoea
Climbing up to: 15 feet
Flowers bloomg time: 5 to 6.30 am
Common Name: Ashanti Blood
Botanical name: Mussaenda erythrophylla
Family: Rubiaceae
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : Thailand, Asia, Tropical Africa, Zaire
Tamil :Vellaiyilai
Category : Evergreen shrub or small tree
Flowers: Crimson red, showy
Hindi : Bedina
Location : Lalbagh, Bangalore, India
Common Name: White Wing, Dwarf Mussaenda
Botanical name: Mussaenda luteola
Family: Rubiaceae
Flowering Season: March to July
Origin / Native : India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Himalayas, Ethiopia
Type :Perennial shrub
Height : Up to 9 feet 10 inch tall
Flowers: White or Ivory, showy
Tamil : Vellilathali
Common Name: madagascar periwinkle pink white
Botanical name: Catharanthus roseus
Family: Apocynaceae
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : Madagascar
Type :Annual, perennial
Flowers : White, red, purple, lavender, pink mixed
Foliage: Deep green
Best for : Pots, containers, borders, garden beds
Common Name: Madagascar periwinkle white red
Botanical name: Catharanthus roseus
Family: Apocynaceae
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : Madagascar
Type :Annual, perennial
Flowers : Magenta, red, white, pink, violet
Height: 2 feet
Location : Lalbagh flower show, bangalore, India
Common Name: Mrs dudley cross rose
Cultivar & Botanical Name: Rosa 'Mrs dudley cross'
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Uses : Cut flowers
Flowers :White, large, 4.5 inches wild, fragrance
Foliage: Deep green
Location: Lalbagh rose garden, bangalore, karnataka, india
Best for: Pots, containers, glass houses
Common Name: Coral jasmine
Botanical name: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis
Family: Oleaceae
Order:Lamiales
Origin / Native : South Asia
Height :Up to 30 feet tall
Category : Shrub, small tree
Tamil : Pavazha malli
Hindi : Har singar
Location : Srirangam temple, trichy, tamil ndau, india
Common Name: Neillia
Botanical name: Neillia rubiflora
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Origin / Native: India, China, Nepal, Bhutan
Class :Magnoliopsida
Habit : Shrub
Location : Lalbgah, bangalore, karnataka, india
Flowers : White with Fire brick, clustered
Common Name: Neem
Botanical name: Azadirachta indica
Family : Meliaceae
Order: Sapindales
Origin / Native : India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Pakistan
Tamil :Veppa maram, veppam poo
Uses : Traditional tamil medicine, Oil, Cuisine
Flowers : White, clustered, fragrance
Height : 35 feet
Common Name: Surangi, Surapunnaga, Mesua ferrea
Botanical name: Ochrocarpos longifolius
Family: Calophyllaceae
Order: Malpighiales
Origin / Native : India, Tropical Asia
Synonym :Ochrocarpus longifolius
Genus : Ochrocarpos
Flowers : White, small, clustered, attracts bees
Location: Lalbagh botanical garden, bangalore, india
Common Name: Fried egg tree, Snuff-box tree
Botanical name: Oncoba spinosa
Family: Salicaceae
Order: Malpighiales
Origin / Native : South Africa
Category :Small deciduous tree, Spiny shrub
Height: 16 feet to 25 feet tall
Flowers: White, fragrance,attracts bees
Best for: Pupblic garden, avenues
Location: Lalbagh botanical garden, bangalore, India
Common Name: Star of Bethlehem, Wonder Flower, Chincherinchee
Botanical name: Ornithogalum thyrsoides
Family: Asparagaceae
Order: Asparagales
Origin / Native : South Africa
Height :Up to 1 feet 7 inch tall
Type : Perennial herb
Flowers: White, small, clustered spikes
Location : Bangalore, Karnataka, South India
Camera : Nikon D40X
Common Name: Slender Oldenlandia
Botanical name: Oldenlandia herbacea
Family: Rubiaceae
Height: Up to 15 inches
Origin / Native : Africa
Uses :Medicinal
Type :Deciduous legume tree
Flowers: White, 4 petals, tiny, clustered
Foliage: Deep green
Location : Kundadam, Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India
Common Name: orchid white
Botanical name: Phalaenopsis aphrodite
Family: Orchidaceae
Order: Asparagales
Origin / Native : Taiwan, Philippines
Type :Perennial
Genus : Phalaenopsis
Uses: Cut flowers
Location: Lalbagh botanical gardens, bangalore, india
Best for: Pots, hanging baskets
Common Name: Payang payang plant
Botanical name: Phyllodium pulchellum
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native: China, India, Taiwan, Philippines
Genus :Phyllodium
Category : Erect undershrub
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Flowers : White, pea shaped, clustered, hanging downwards
Common Name: Paper Daisy
Botanical name: Helichrysum bracteatum
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : Australia
Type :Perennial
Height : Up to 60 inches
Flowers: White, corn silk, paper like blooms,showy
Best for : Pots, borders, garden beds
Location : Ooty, nilgiri hills, india
Common Name: Carrot grass, Bitterweed, Parthenium weed
Botanical name: Parthenium hysterophorus
Family:Asteraceae
Order : Asterales
Origin / Native : Mexico, Tropical America
Type :Annual, Perennial herb
Hazardous :Poisonous leaves and flower
Genus : Parthenium
Camera : Nikon D40X
Height : Up to 6 feet tall
Common Name: Shaving Brush Tree
Botanical name: Pseudobombax ellipticum
Family:Malvaceae
Order : Malvales
Origin / Native : Mexico
Height :Up to 50 feet
Uses : Ornamental
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore, South India
Good for : Public garden, parks
Flowers: Pink & white, large, brush-shaped
Common Name: Pentas lanceolata white
Botanical name: Pentas lanceolata
Flowering Season:Summer, Spring, Autumn
Origin / Native : Africa
Water & Light : Full Sun, Average Water
Type :Annual, Tropical perennial
Flowers : White, showy, small, clustered
Height : 3 feet tall
Camera : Nikon D40X
Good for : Butterfly garden, borders
Common Name: Pentas white
Botanical name: Pentas angustifolia
Family:Rubiaceae [madder Family]
Good for : Summer Garden
Origin / Native : Africa
Flowers :Small, tubular, Star Shaped, Clustered
Height : Up to 3 feet tall
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Camera : Nikon D40X
Common Name: Petunia
Botanical name: Petunia axillaris
Family:Solanaceae
Order : Solanales
Origin / Native : South America
Flowers :Medium, White with yellow throat
Type : Annual herb
Flowers : White with yellow throat, showy
Good for : Hanging baskets, pots, borders, bedding garden
Common Name: Plumbago Auriculata White
Botanical name: Plumbago auriculata var. alba
Family:Plumbaginaceae
Type : Annual, perennial
Origin / Native : South Africa
Light & Care :Full sun, well drained soils
Category : Evergreen shrub
Location :Abu Hills, Rajasthan
Camera : Nikon D50
Common Name: Turkey tangle, frog fruit
Botanical name: Phyla nodiflora
Family:Verbenaceae
Order : Lamiales
Origin / Native : California, South America, US
Synonym :Lippia nodiflora
Uses : Ornamental, Medicinal, Siddha
Tamil : Poduthalai
Location : Tirupur, Tamilnadu, South India
Common Name: Singapore White, white frangipani
Botanical name: Plumeria obtusa
Family:Apocynaceae
Order : Gentianales
Origin / Native : Columbia, Central America, Guatemala
Flowers :White with yellow, showy, fragrance, 5 petals
Uses : Ornamental
Category : Shrub, Tree
Common Name: Priva Flower
Botanical name: Priva leptostachya
Family:Verbenaceae
Order : Lamiales
Synonym : Priva cordifolia
Flowering Season :Year Around
Type : Herb
Flowers : White, small, hairy green bracts
Location : Erode, Tamilnadu, South India
Height : 3 feet
Common Name: Passion flowers
Botanical name: Passiflora caerulea
Family:Passifloraceae
Order : Malpighiales
Origin / Native : South America
Flowering Season :All Year
Type : Evergreen climbing Vine
Flowers : White with blue purple, showy
Foliage : Deep green
Light requirement : Full sun
Common Name: Plum
Botanical name: Prunus domestica
Family:Rosaceae
Order : Rosales
Origin / Native : Asia, Europe
Category & Type :Deciduous Tree, Evergreen Shrub & Perennial
Flowering Season : Summer, Spring
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Flowers : White, small, 5 petals, deep green foliage
Common Name: Love in a mist, Wild maracuja
Botanical name: Passiflora foetida
Family : Passifloraceae
Order: Malpighiales
Origin / Native : Mexico, Texas, Caribbean islands, Central & South America, US
Habit : Creeping, climbing vine
Flowers : White with purple, showy
Hindi : Jhumka lata flower
Tamil : Siruppunaikkali, Mupparisavalli
Common Name: Moss rose
Botanical name: Portulaca grandiflora white
Family: Portulacaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Brazil, Argentina, South America
Growth Rate :Fast
Good For : Borders, Containers, Pots, Hanging Baskets
Flowers: White, small, showy, velvety
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Common Name: Pascali rose
Botanical name: Rosa 'Pascali'
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Uses : Cut fflowers
Flowers :White, large, showy, fragrance
Height : 2 1/2 feet
Location : Lalbagh botanical garden, bangalore, karnataka, india
Category : Hybrid Perpetuals & hybrid tea roses
Common Name: Robusta coffee, robusta coffee flower
Botanical name: Coffea canephora
Family: Rubiaceae
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : Ethiopia, Africa
Category :Shrub, Robust / hardy tree
Genus: Coffea
Height: 12 feet
Flowers: White, clustered
Foliage : Deep green, glossy
Common Name: Rivina humilis flower
Synonym: Rivina laevis
Family:Phytolaccaceae [Pokeweed family]
Grow In : Roadsides, forests
Origin / Native : America
Uses : Ornamental, House Plant, Medicinal
Genus : Rivina
Location : Lalbagh, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Flowers : White, small spikes of tiny blooms
Common Name: Rose ivory
Family: Rosaceae
Order:Rosales
Uses : Cut flowers, perfumes, commercial, art
Height : 5 feet
Light Requirement :Full Sun, open
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore,india
Flowers : White, large, fragrance, showy
Soil : Well-drained, moisture, retentive loam
Common Name: Rhododendron
Botanical name: Rhododendron arboreum
Family:Ericaceae
Order : Ericales
Found in : India, Sri Lanka, China
Category :Evergreen shrub, small tree
Height : 4 feet to 12 feet
Flowers : White, large, showy, clustered
Good for : Hedges
Location : Ooty botanical gardens, nilgiris, india
Common Name: Rose moccasin
Botanical name: Rosa Elina
Family:Rosaceae
Order : Rosales
Flowers : White, Large, Showy, fragrance
Foliage & Plant :Deep green, strong, comapct shrub
Uses : Cut flowers
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Height : 4 feet tall
Common Name: Rose misty rose, Musk rose
Botanical name: Rosa moschata
Family:Rosaceae
Order : Rosales
Origin/ Native : Western Himalayas
Plant :Compact shrub, healthy, 5 feet, deep green foliage
Flowers : Beige with light pink shade, large, single, fragrance
Location : Lalbagh, Bangalore, Karnataka
Uses : Cut flowers
Common Name: Rose mint cream
Cultivar name: Pope john paul ii rose
Family:Rosaceae
Order : Rosales
Flowers : White, honey dew, ivory,large, showy, fragrance
Foliage :Deep green
Height : 5 feet
Used for : Cut flowers, bouquet
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Common Name: Rose white
Botanical & Cultivar name: Rosa 'Frau karl druschki'
Family:Rosaceae
Order : Rosales
Flowers : White, Medium, Double, Fragrance, Showy
Uses :Cut flowers
Height : 5 feet
Foliage : Deep green
Location : Ooty rose garden, nilgiris, india
Name: Cafe au lait dahlia
Botanical name: Dahlia hybrida
Family : Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Height : 3.5 feet tall, best for borders
Type :Herbaceous perennial plant
Flowers : White, 8 inches wide blooms, showy
Location: Ooty botanical gardens, Nilgiris, Tamil nadu, India
Used for: Cut flowers
Common Name: Rauvolfia serpentina
Botanical name: Indian snakeroot, sarpagandha
Family: Apocynaceae
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : India, Indonesia, East Asia
Best For :Butterfly Garden
Height: 4 feet
Flowers: White with red bracts, small, clustered,
Foliage: Evergreen, glossy
Common Name: White rose
Botanical name: Rosa blanca
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Used for: Cut flowers, bouquet
Flowers :White, large, showy, fragrance
Foliage : Deep green, healthy, compact
Height : 4 feet
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore,india
Best for : Pots, Bedding garden
Common Name: Pour toi miniature rose
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Height: 2 feet
Flowers : White, small, showy, mild fragrant, shory, bushy, compact plant
Flowering: Repeatedly
Good for: Borders, Pots
Light requirement: Sunny, open, part shade, well drained soil
Common Name: Rosa longicuspis
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Flowers: White, 5 petals, small, clustered, fragrance
Height : 3 to 8 feet
Flowering:Recurrent
Folaige : Deep green, healthy, compact
Light requirement & care : Sunny, open, well drained, moisture or loam, sandy soils
Pests : aphids, leafhoppers, caterpillers
Common Name: Rosa cecile brunner
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Flowers: White with pink, bicolour, fragrance, medium, showy
Foliage : Evergreen
Good for :Pots, borders
Height : 3 feet
Location: Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Diseases : Black spot, powdery mildew
Common Name: Meadow sage
Botanical name: Salvia farinacea white
Family: Lamiaceae
Care: Well drained soil, Average Water
Origin / Native : Mexico,Texas
Light requirement :Full sun, part shade
Flowers : White, small, clustered spikes
Type: Annual, Tender perennial
Location: Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Good for: Borders
Common Name:Sapodilla flower
Botanical name: Manilkara zapota
Family: Sapotaceae
Order: Ericales
Origin / Native & Grow In : Souther nMexico, Central America & Malaysia, India
Growth Rate Of Tree :Slow
Category : Evergreen tree
Height: 5 feet to 14 feet
Fruits: Brown, edible, sweet, healthy
Flowers: Beige, with brown bracts, small
Common Name: Small balloon vine
Botanical name: Cardiospermum corindum
Family : Sapindaceae
Order: Sapindales
Origin / Native : Africa and Asia
Flowers :Small, White, 4 petals, clustered, fruits are baloon shaped, blooming all year
Category : Climbing vine, Herb
Location: Lalbagh, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Common Name: Star jasmine
Botanical name: Trachelospermum jasminoides
Family:Apocynaceae
Order : Gentianales
Origin / Native : Southern China, Japan, Korea, Eastern Asia
Uses :Ornamental plant, houseplant
Height : Up to 120 Inches tall
Foliage & plant : Deep green, climbing vine
Flowers : White, clustered, showy
Common Name: Hawaiian wedding flower
Botanical name: Stephanotis floribunda
Family :Apocynaceae
Order : Gentianales
Origin / Native : Madagascar
Flowers :Tubular, Fragrant, White, Clustered
Height : Up to 15 feet tall
Category : Climbing vine
Light requirement : Sunny, open
Common Name: Southern magnolia buds
Botanical name: Magnolia grandiflora
Family: Magnoliaceae
Flowering Season : Summer, March to May
State tree & flower of : Mississippi
Flowers & Seeds :Large, White, Fragrant, 10 inch, Red seeds
Category: Large evergreen ornamental tree
Foliage : Deep green
Location : Lalbagh, Bangalore, India
Common Name: Southern magnolia
Botanical name: Magnolia grandiflora
Family:Magnoliaceae
Order : Magnoliales
Origin / Native : Virginia, Texas, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina
Height :Up to 45 feet tall
Genus : Magnolia
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Flowers : Corn silk, large, showy
Common Name: Showy desmodium
Botanical name: Phyllodium pulchellum
Family: Fabaceae [Pea family]
Flowering Season : March to May
Origin / Native : Up to 6 feet tall
Synonym :Desmodium pulchellum
Flowers : White, pea shaped, hanging downwards
Location : lalbagh, bangalore, india
Foliage : Evergreen
Light requirement : Sunny, open
Common Name: Summer phlox
Botanical & Cultivar name: Phlox paniculata bright eyes
Flowers : White with purple eyed, fragrant, 5 petals, showy, clustered, colourful
Height : Up to 24 inches
Family : Polemoniaceae
Flowering Season :July, Aug, Sep
Life Cycle : Perennial
Suitable for: Borders, garden beds
Common Name: American elderberry, American elder
Botanical name: Sambucus canadensis
Family :Adoxaceae
Order : Dipsacales
Origin / Native : Mexico, Eastern North America, Panama
Height :Up to 12 feet tall
Category : Deciduous shrub, Small tree
Location : Kodaikanal, tamilnadu, india
Common Name: White sails, Peace lily
Botanical name: Spathiphyllum wallisii
Family:Araceae
Order : Alismatales
Origin / Native : Central America
Type & Category:Perennial Herb
Genus : Spathiphyllum
Flowers : White, small, showy
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Common Name: Schneeflocke rose
Botanical name: Rose Schneeflocke
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Category : Climber
Height :Up to 8 feet
Flowers : White, medium, clustered, fragrance, showy
Foliage: Deep green
Location: Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Common Name: Scentimental floribunda rose, Striped red and white rose
Used for:Cut flowers, bouquets
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Height : 4 to 6 feet
Flowers :Crimson red with white striped, bicolour, showy, fragrance, colourful
Foliage : Deep green, compact, healthy
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Common Name: White skyflower
Botanical name: Thunbergia grandiflora
Family : Acanthaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : India, Indochina, China, Nepal, Burma
Category : Evergreen climbing vine
Flowering Season : Summer, Spring, Fall
Flowers: White with yellow throat, large, trumpet-shaped, showy
Good for: Arches
Common Name: Torch tree
Botanical name: Ixora pavetta
Family: Rubiaceae
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : South Asia
Life Cycle :Perennial
Category : Evergreen Tree, shrub
Flowers : White, clustered, showy, 4-petals
Foliage : Evergreen, glossy, 10-15 feet
Location : Lalbagh, Bangalore, india
Common Name: Trichodesma, Indian Borage
Botanical name: Trichodesma indicum
Family: Boraginaceae
Uses: Medicinal
Origin / Native : India, Tropical Africa, Asia
Category :Erect Herb
Height & Type: 2 feet, Annual
Foliage: Evergreen, narrow leaves, simple, hairyy, red stems
Flowers: White or lavender blush, velvety, small
Common Name: Tindora, baby watermelon
Cultivar name: Coccinia grandis
Family : Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Coccinia
Origin / Native : India, Philippines, China, Asia, Africa
Uses :Sidda, Ayurveda, Medicinal, Cuisine
Habit : Tropical climbing vine
Foliage: Evergreen,large, glossy
Flowers : White, small, smooth
Common Name: Tagetes erecta white green mixed
Family :Asteraceae
Flowers: Large, Creamy white, Ball size blooms, Showy, Fragrant including leaf
Good For: Summer garden, Borders, patios
Height : Dwarf to 12 inches
Light Requirement & Care : Well drained soil, Sunny, Average Water
Location : Lalbagh, Bangalore, India
Common Name: Pinwheel flower
Botanical name: Tabernaemontana coronaria
Family:Apocynaceae
Order : Gentianales
Flowers : White with yellow throat, 5 petals, clustered, showy
Height :Up to 10 feet tall
Category : Evergreen plant, Small tree
Foliage : Deep green, glossy
Location : Kodaikanal, Tamilnadu, South India
Common Name: Tagetes erecta white
Cultivar name: Tagetes erecta Sweet Cream
Family:Asteraceae
Life Cycle : Annual
Flowering Season : Summer to Winter
Fragrant : Leaf, Flowers
Height : Dwarf
Location : Lalbagh, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Suitable for : Borders
Common Name: Alba semi plena rose
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Light requirement & care :Sunny or part shade, well drained soils
Flowers : White, small, 6 velvety petals, showy
Uses : Cut flowers
Location : Rose garden, Ooty, Nilgiris, Tamil nadu, India
Name: Pink white clustered rose
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Flowers : Pink & white, meidum, showy, fragrant
Foliage :Deepgreen, healthy, 2 feet tall
Uses : Cut flowers, bouquets
Location: Govt. Rose Garden, Ooty, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India
Light Requirement: Sunny, open, well drained soil
Common Name: Dark eyed turnera, Sulphur alder, White buttercup
Botanical name: Turnera subulata
Family:Passifloraceae[Passion flower family]
Order : Malpighiales
Origin / Native : Brazil, Florida, South & Central America, West Indies
Height :Up to 20 inches tall
Flowers :White, yellow, black tricolour, small, showy, evergreen foliage, found in hills, mountains
Common Name: Coat buttons, Tridax daisy
Botanical name: Tridax procumbens
Family:Asteraceae [daisy family]
Order : Asterales
Origin / Native : India, Tropical America
Hindi :Ghamra plant
Type & Lifecycle : Unerect perennial herb
Flowers : White, light yellow, corn silk, beige, 6 toothed petals, small blooms connected with long hairy stem
Common Name: Milky flower
Botanical name: Tabernaemontana divaricata
Found In:Thailand
Flowers : Creamy waxy white, double blooms, fragrant, clustered, showy
Height : 12 feet
Category :Multi branched evergreen shrub
Uses : Religious ceremony, Ayurveda, Traditional medicine
Foliage : Deep green, glossy, healthy,strong
Common Name: Verbena white
Cultivar name: Verbena babylon white
Family : Verbenaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : America, Europe
Good For :Containers, Mixed borders, Hanging baskets, Window boxes
Flowers : White, clustered, small, toothed 5 petals
Habit & Life Cycle : Spreading Herb & Annual
Common Name: Green viburnum
Botanical name: viburnum
Family: Adoxaceae
Order: Dipsacales
Origin / Native : Japan
Height :Up to 72 inches tall
Category : Broad-leaved Shrub
Best for: Borders
Location: Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, South India
Name: Nostalgia rose red and white bicolour
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Flowers : Pink & white bicolour, large, showy, hybrid tea rose, fragrant, colourful
Foliage :Reddish green, healthy, 5 feet tall
Uses : Cut flowers, bouquets
Location: Govt. Rose Garden, Ooty, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India
Light Requirement: Sunny, open, well drained soil
Common Name: White with pink flowered monkeypod
Botanical name: Acacia propinqua
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : South & Central America, Caribbean islands
Height :Up to 90 feet tall
Synonym : Albizzia saman, Senna petersiana
Light requirement : Sunny, open
Location : Cubbon Park, Bangalore, Karnatakaa, india
Common Name: White gerbera
Botanical name: Gerbera × hybrida
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : South Africa
Used for:Cut flowers, bouquets
Flowers : White with pink, showy
Life Cycle : Tender perennial plant
Height : Up to 12 inches
Common Name: White rose
Used for: Cut flowers, bouquets
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Flowers : White, fragrance, medium blooms, 4 inches wide
Height :Up to 5 feet tall
Foliage : Dark green
Plant : Healthy, strong, compact shrub
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Common Name: White bougainvillea, java white bougainvillea
Botanical name: Bougainvillea alba
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : South America
Category :Shrub, Vine, Tree, Bonsai
Good For: Pots, Walls, Arches, curves, hedges
Foliage: Ever green
Flowers: White, showy, clustered
Common Name: White antirrhinum majus, Snapdragon
Cultivar name: Antirrhinum majus white wonder
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Antirrhinum
Spread : Up to 24 inches wide
Height :12 inches tall
Type : Herbaceous annual, Short lived perennial
Flowers : White, clustered, showy
Suitable for : Borders
Common Name: White clitoria flower, White Clitoria
Botanical name: Clitoria ternatea, Clitoria ternatea alba
Family : Fabaceae
Order: Fabales
Origin / Native : Tropical & subtropical Asia, Africa
Type :Herbaceous perennial plant
Uses : Medicinal, Ayurveda
Category : Evergreen climbing vine
Common Name: White euphorbia milii splendens
Botanical name: Euphorbia milii
Family : Euphorbiaceae
Order : Malpighiales
Origin / Native : Madagascar
Flowers :Creamy white with red eyed, corn silk, small, clustered, 2 petals
Type : Thorny succulent, climbing shrub
Height: 12 inches to 3 feet
Good for : Borders, pots
Common Name: White Coral Vine, Honolulu creeper, Mexican Creeper
Botanical name: Antigonon leptopus 'Alba'
Family: Polygonaceae
Order: Caryophyllales
Origin / Native : Mexico
Height :Up to 9 m
Growth rate : Fast
Category: Climbing vine
Flowers: White, clustered, showy attracts bees
Common Name: White garden geranium, Cransbills, storksbills
Botanical name : Pelargonium hortorum
Family : Geraniaceae
Order: Geraniales
Good For : Pots, Containers, Window boxes, Borders
Type :Perennial
Light requirement & care: Sunny, open, average water
Flowers: White, small, clustered, showy
Common Name: White garden phlox
Botanical & Cultivar name: Phlox paniculata white admiral
Family: Polemoniaceae
Category: Evergreen herbaceous perennial
Attracts : Bees, butterflies & hummingbirds
Good for :Summer Garden, Mixed borders, Pots, Containers
Height : 12 inches
Flowers: White, small, 5 petals, clustered
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Common Name: White lantana, Big sage white
Botanical name: Lantana camara alba
Family : Verbenaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : Tropicals of America, Africa
Good For:Containers, Pots, Borders, Summer garden
Type :Perennial
Foliage: Evergreen, healthy
Flowers : White with yellow, small, clustered
Common Name:White petunia
Cultivar name: Petunia bravo white
Family: Solanaceae
Order: Solanales
Botanical Name : Petunia grandiflora
Special Feature :Heat tolerant
Flowers : White, funnel-shaped, wavy, large, showy
Suitable for: Garden beds, borders, hanging baskets
Common Name: White yellow pink tricolor antirrhinum majus
Cultivar name: Antirrhinum majus royal bride
Family: Scrophulariaceae [dog flower family]
Good For: Borders, Wildlife gardens, Cut flowers
Flowering Season: June to Aug
Type :Short lived perennial, Half hardy Annual
Height : 12 inches
Flowers : White with pink or lavender, yellow
Common Name: Wild basil, Hoary basil, limehairy
Botanical name:Ocimum americanum
Family: Lamiaceae
Order : Lamiales
Origin / Native : India, Asia
Uses :Ayurveda, medicinal
Tamil : Kattu thulasi plant
Flowers : White, tiny, aromatic, hairy
Height : 2 feet
Common Name: White frangipani
Botanical name: Plumeria alba
Family : Apocynaceae[dogbane family]
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : Mexico, Venezuela, America, Caribbean islands
Category :Deciduous shrub, Tree
Flowering Season : Feb to June
Height : 15 feet
Flowers : White with yellow, large, fragrance
Common Name: White garden balsam, Himalayan balsam
Botanical name: Impatiens balsamina
Family : Balsaminaceae
Order : Ericales
Origin / Native : Burma, India, Myanmar, Southeast Asia
Life Cycle :Annual, Perennial, biennial
Height : Up to 3 feet
Flowers : White, velvety, 2 toothed petals
Suitable for : Borders
Common Name: White lantana camara, wild sage
Botanical name: Lantana camara
Family: Verbenaceae
Uses: Lamiales
Origin / Native : Central & South America
Type :Annual
Height: 2 to 7 feet tall
Habit: Dwarf, climbing vine, small shrub
Flowers: White with yellow, good for butterfly garden
Common Name: White salvia splendens, Scarlet sage
Botanical & Cultivar name: Salvia splendens alba
Family :Lamiaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native :Brazil
Category:Herb
Type : Annual, Perennial
Flowers : White, upright, showy, attracts bees
Height : 1.5 feet
Common Name: White water sedge, White kyllinga,Cyperus kyllinga
Cultivar name: Kyllinga nemoralis
Family : Cyperaceae
Order: Poales
Origin / Native : India, Africa, South East Asia, Australia
Type :Perennial
Uses : Medicinal
Foliage: Evergreen
Flowers : White, tiny
Common Name: White star flower
Botanical name: Pentas lanceolata alba
Family : Rubiaceae
Origin: Tropical Africa
Genus : Pentas
Category & Type :Evergreen perennial shrub
Height : Up to 36 inches tall
Uses:Medicinal
Flowers: White, clustered, showy
Common Name: White zinnia
Botanical name : zinnia elegans jacq
Family : Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Attracts : Butterflies
Category :Shrub, sub shrub
Life Cycle:Annual
Flowers: White, medium, showy
Suitable for: Mixed borders, pots
Common Name: White star cluster flower
Botanical name: Pentas lanceolata
Family: Rubiaceae
Order: Gentianales
Origin / Native : Africa, Yemen
Attracts:Bees, Butterflies
Height : 3 feet tall
Flowering Season: Summer, Year round
Suitable for : Borders, garden beds
Common Name: Willow bottlebrush
Botanical name :Callistemon salignus
Family : Myrtaceae
Order: Myrtales
Origin / Native : Australia
Category : Shrub, tree
Flowers : White, clustered, resembles bottle brush
Location : Lalbagh, Bangalore, India
Height : Up to 30 feet tall
Common Name: White rose big
Celebrated name: Rose pope john paul ii
Family:Rosaceae
Order : Rosales
Flowers : Creamy white, fragrant, large, classic
Height :Up to 7 feet tall
Uses : Cut flower
Foliage : Deep green
Location : Lalbagh, Bangalore, South India
Common Name: White cineraria, Florist's Cineraria
Botanical name: Pericallis hybrida
Family : Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Origin / Native : Canary Islands
Type : Annual, perennial
Genus : Pericallis
Location :Lalbagh, bangalore,karnataka, india
Flowers :White, small, 1.5 inches wide, clustered, good for borders
Common Name: White poppy
Botanical name: Papaver rhoeas
Family : Papaveraceae
Height: Up to 46 inches tall
Origin / Native : Europe
Type :Annual, biennials, perennials
Light requirement & care : Full sun, open, sheltered, free-draining soils
Flowers: White with purple, 3 inches wide, showy
Location: Lalbagh, bangalore,india
Common Name: Wild Jasmine
Botanical name: Jasminum angustifolium
Family : Oleaceae
Order: Lamiales
Origin / Native : India, South india, srilanka
Flowering season : June, July, Aug
Category : Climbing flowering shrub
Flowers: White, strong fragrance
Foliage: Evergreen
Common Name: Calla lily
Botanical name: Zantedeschia aethiopica
Family: Araceae
Order: Alismatales
Origin / Native : South Africa
Life cycle/Type :Perennial
Category : Herb
Good For : Borders of the streams, architectural garden, edges & margins of a pond, baskets, containers
Genus : Zantedeschia
Common Name: Zonal geranium white, White Malva
Botanical name: Pelargonium hortorum
Family: Geraniaceae
Type: Annual
Genus : Pelargonium
Flowering Season :Spring, Summer
Good For : Containers, Borders, Garden bed
Flowers: White, small, clustered, 5 petals, showy
Location : Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Common Name: Zinnia white
Botanical name: Zinnia elegans alba
Family: Asteraceae
Flowers: Creamy white, Medium, 14 petals, single
Origin / Native : Mexico, Southeastern United States
Type & propagation:Annual & seeds
Light Requirement : Sunny, open
Attracts: Bees, butterflies
Foliage: Evergreen
Common Name: White rain lily, August rain lily, rain lily
Botanical name: Zephyranthes candida
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Order: Asparagales
Origin / Native : Brazil, Argentina, South America
Height :Up to 12 inches tall
Type : Evergreen bulbous perennial, Annual
Flowers: White with green, showy, 6 petals
Foliage : Deep green, narrow, grass like leaves, good for pots
Common Name: Single stem mums chrysanthemum morifolium white bangalore lalbagh august 2015
Family: Asteraceae
Order : Asterales
Good for: Cut flowers
Height : 2.5 feet
Flowers :White, large, showy with dark green foliage, compact
Location: Lalbagh botanical garden glass house, bangalore, karnataka, india
Best for : Pots, containers, borders
Common Name: Silver anniversary white rose
Order: Rosales
Family : Rosaceae
Category :Hybrid tea rose
Flowers :White, Large, mild fragrance
Flowering :Repeat flowering
Height : 2 feet tall
Location: Lalbagh, bangalore, india
Excellent for: Pots, flower shows
Common Name: White and pink rose bud
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Light requirement & care :Sunny or part shade, well drained soils
Height : 3.5 feet tall
Flowers : White & pink, small, fragrance, showy
Uses : Cut flowers
Location : Ooty rose garden, Nilgiris, Tamil nadu, India
Common Name: White rose bud
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Light requirement & care :Sunny or part shade, well drained soils
Height : 3.5 feet tall
Flowers : White, large, fragrance, showy
Uses : Cut flowers
Location : Ooty rose garden, Nilgiris, Tamil nadu, India
Common Name: Alliance rose bud
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Light requirement & care :Sunny or part shade, well drained soils
Height : 3.5 feet tall
Flowers : White, medium, fragrance, showy
Uses : Cut flowers
Location : Ooty rose garden, Nilgiris, Tamil nadu, India
Common Name: Romantica white rose
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Light requirement & care :Sunny or part shade, well drained soils
Height : 3 feet tall
Flowers : White, large, fragrance, showy
Uses : Cut flowers
Location : Ooty rose garden, Nilgiris, Tamil nadu, India
Common Name: White pink bicolour rose ooty
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Light requirement & care :Sunny or part shade, well drained soils
Height : 3.5 feet tall
Flowers : White & pink, large, fragrance, showy
Uses : Cut flowers
Location : Ooty rose garden, Nilgiris, Tamil nadu, India
Common Name: Rosa garden party
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Light requirement & care :Sunny or part shade, well drained soils
Height : 3.5 feet tall
Flowers : Magenta & cream, large, fragrance, showy
Uses : Cut flowers
Location : Ooty rose garden, Nilgiris, Tamil nadu, India
Common Name: Red white miniature rose ooty
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Light requirement & care :Sunny or part shade, well drained soils
Height : 2. feet tall
Flowers : White & magenta, small, fragrance, showy
Good for : Patios
Location : Ooty rose garden, Nilgiris, Tamil nadu, India
Common Name: Magic carousel miniature rose
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Light requirement & care :Sunny or part shade, well drained soils
Height : 10 inches tall
Flowers : White with pink, small, fragrance, showy
Uses : Cut flowers
Location : Ooty rose garden, Nilgiris, Tamil nadu, India
Common Name: Mount everest rose
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Light requirement & care :Sunny or part shade, well drained soils
Height : 3.5 feet tall
Flowers : Cream white, large, fragrance, showy
Uses : Cut flowers
Location : Ooty rose garden, Nilgiris, Tamil nadu, India
Common Name: Tineke rose ooty
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Light requirement & care :Sunny or part shade, well drained soils
Height : 3.5 feet tall
Flowers : White, large, fragrance, showy
Good for : Cut flowers
Location : Ooty rose garden, Nilgiris, Tamil nadu, India
Common Name: Ecuadorian rose
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales
Light requirement & care :Sunny or part shade, well drained soils
Height : 2.5 feet tall
Flowers : White & red, medium, fragrance, showy
Good for : Cut flowers
Location : Ooty rose garden, Nilgiris, Tamil nadu, India
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