Seasonal Interest

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Balchik

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Balchik

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Balchik

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Balchik

Season: Winter

Varna

Season: Winter

Sofia

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Balchik

Season: Winter

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Balchik

Season: Autumn

Sofia

Hylotelephium maximum subsp. ruprechtii (Jalas)

Varna

Season: Summer

Kewa bowkeriana (Sond.) Christenh.

Balchik

Season: Summer

Sofia

Season: Summer

Sofia

Balchik

Season: Summer

Dianthus alpinus L.

Varna

Season: Summer

Balchik

Season: Summer

Silene atropurpurea (Griseb.) Greuter & Burdet

Varna

Season: Spring

Balchik

Season: Spring

Aubrieta pinardii Boiss.

Varna

Season: Spring

Balchik

Season: Spring

Sofia

Season: Spring

Erica is a low-growing, spreading subshrub, reaching 10-25 cm in height. Its leaves are evergreen, needle-shaped, 4-8 millimeters long, borne in whorls of four. The flowers are produced in racemes in late winter to early spring, and the plants often begin to bloom while still covered with snow. The individual flower is in the form of a slender bell-shape, 4-6 millimeters long, dark reddish-pink, rarely white.

Season: Spring, Winter

Sofia

Cymbidium lowianum is a large lithophytic or epiphytic species of orchid with long, curved stems with 12 to 40 flowers, surrounded by bracts. Blooming from autumn to late winter or spring, it is native to Myanmar, China, Thailand, Cymbidium lowianum prefers cooler conditions for optimal growth. It is found in shady, high mountain forests at an altitude of 1200-2400 m.

Viburnum tinus L.

Varna

Season: Winter

Echeveria setosa Rose & Purpus

Balchik

Season: Winter

Malus × zumi 'Golden Hornet'

Varna

Season: Autumn

Sofia

Arbutus unedo L.

Balchik

Season: Autumn

Campanula cochleariifolia Lam.

Varna

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Varna

Season: Autumn

Ceropegia ampliata E.Mey.

Balchik

Season: Autumn

Thalia dealbata Fraser

Balchik

Season: Summer

Antirrhinum majus L.

Varna

Season: Summer

Catalpa duclouxii Dode

Balchik

Season: Summer

Stanhopea tigrina Bateman ex Lindl.

Sofia

Season: Spring

Varna

Season: Spring

Varna

Season: Spring

Cercis Siliquastrum

Varna

Season: Spring

Tulipa saxatilis 'Lilac Wonder'

Balchik

Season: Spring

Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms

Sofia

The water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms of the Pontederiaceae family is a free-floating perennial water-loving plant that grows as a weed in subtropical areas, but is extremely attractive in aquariums or other water bodies. His homeland is the Amazon Basin. It has a rosette of thick, leathery ovate leaves, and each flowering class usually has 8-15 flowers. One petal of each color has a yellow spot at the base. As an ornamental aquatic garden plant, water hyacinth provides attractive flowers and dense greenery that inhibits the growth of algae and helps keep water clean.

Season: Spring

Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.

Sofia

Season: Spring

Lamium purpureum L.

Varna

Season: Spring

Cornus mas L.

Sofia

Dogwood is a shrub or low tree common in Europe and Asia. The leaves are ovate, pointed and entire and are located opposite. The flowers are yellow and develop before the leaves occour. The fruits are elongated with a red flesh. The species blooms February-March and inhabits forests and shrubs. It has medicinal, nutritional and decorative significance. For medicinal purposes, the fruits are used, which are collected when they are fully ripe. The species is also known by the names Drenovitsa, Drenka and can be seen in the park of UBG Sofia.

Season: Winter

Echeveria 'Lola'

Balchik

Season: Winter

Schaueria calicotricha (Link & Otto) Nees

Sofia

Season: Winter

Cedrus deodara

Varna

Season: Winter

Aspidistra elatior Blume

Sofia

Season: Winter

Chimonanthus praecox (L.) Link.

Balchik

Season: Winter

Berberis vulgaris L.

Sofia

Season: Winter

Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.

Balchik

Japanese medlar is an evergreen large shrub or tree belonging to the Rosaceae family. It originates from the hilly regions of China, but has long been transported and acclimatized throughout the Mediterranean area. Exotic fruit tree is often used in the exterior of buildings, parks and gardens. It can grow up to 5-8 m. ... [more]

Season: Autumn

Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Siebold

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Diospyros lotus L.

Balchik

Season: Autumn

Gymnocladus dioica

Varna

Season: Autumn

Cucurbita sp. и Lagenaria sp.

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Salvia coccinea 'Cherry blossom'

Sofia

Season: Summer

SATUREJA MONTANA L.

Balchik

Season: Summer

Rudbeckia fulgida Aiton

Sofia

Season: Summer

Cycas revolute Thunb.

Balchik

Season: Summer

Castanea sativa

Varna

Season: Summer

Digitalis purpurea L.

Sofia

Season: Spring

Paeonia “Canary Brilliants”

Balchik

Season: Spring

Orchis purpurea Huds

Varna

Season: Spring

Lonicera tatarica L.

Sofia

Season: Spring

Gossypium arboreum

Balchik

Season: Spring

Exochorda racemosa (Lindl.) Rehder

Varna

Season: Spring

Helleborus × hybridus 'Double Queens'

Sofia

Season: Winter

Sinningia eumorpha H.E. Moore

Sofia

Season: Winter

Aloe castanea Schönland

Balchik

Aloe castanea (Cat's Tail Aloe). This aloe can grow into a small tree (8 to 12 feet tall) with a single main trunk at ground level with several spreading branches higher up or can be pruned to enhance lower branching to form a dense shrub-like mass 6 to 10 feet tall. The leaves are up to 5 feet long with the older leaves ... [more]

Season: Winter

Magnolia kobus DC.

Varna

Season: Winter

Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.

Sofia

Season: Winter

Aloe africana Mill.

Balchik

Aloe africana is a solitary plant, bearing an erect stem up to 2 m high (exceptionally up to 4 m), with a skirt of dry leaves. Its leaves, crowded in a dense, apical rosette, are gracefully spreading to recurved, firm linear-lanceolate, up to 0.65 m long, with a grey-green surface, and its margins armed with small, ... [more]

Season: Winter

Dalechampia spathulata (Scheidw.) Baill.

Sofia

Season: Winter

Zanthoxylum armatum DC

Balchik

Zanthoxylum armatum DC is an evergreen bush or small tree from Rutaceae family. Rutaceae includes decorative, herbal and essential oil plants. It is distributed from India, through Southeast Asia to Japan. The leaves and seeds can be used as herbs and аs condiment. There are many ways to be implemented. The seeds can ... [more]

Season: Winter

Rivina humilis L.

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Psidium cattleianum Afzel. ex Sabine

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Symphoricarpos albus

Varna

Season: Autumn

Begonia dregei Otto & Dietr.

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Eschscholzia californica Cham.

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Furcraea selloa K.Koch

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Eucharis x grandiflora Planch. & Linden

Sofia

Season: Summer

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Hibiscus moscheutos L.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Canna indica L.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Cleome houtteana Schltdl.

Varna

Season: Summer

Stanhopea oculata (Lodd.) Lindl.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Rudbeckia maxima Nutt.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Hydrangea arborescens L.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Echinocereus leucanthus N.P.Taylor

Balchik

Season: Summer

Monarda didyma L.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Hemerocallis × hybrida Bergmans ‘Strutter’s Ball’

Varna

Season: Summer

Linum austriacum L.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Eulophia petersii

Balchik

Season: Summer

Aquilegia chrysantha A.Gray

Sofia

Season: Spring

Rosa hybrida 'Gold Dot'

Sofia

Season: Spring

Opuntia azurea Rose

Balchik

Opuntia azurea Rose is native to Mexico and Texas the range there is from deserts to mountain grasslands from 600 to 1900 meters above sea level. Common names are Coyotillo and Blue Prickly Pear, the specific epithet is after the Latin adjective, azureus, "pure deep blue," in reference to the stem ... [more]

Season: Summer

Allium 'Globemaster'

Sofia

Season: Spring

Iris germanica 'Royal Storm'

Sofia

Season: Spring

Euonymus alatus

Sofia

Season: Spring

Tulipa rhodopea (Velen.)Velen.

Sofia

Season: Spring

Prunus laurocerasus L.

Varna

Season: Spring

Leucojum aestivum L.

Sofia

Season: Spring

Zephyranthes minuta (Kunth) D.Dietr.

Sofia

Season: Spring

Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm.

Balchik

Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm.is wide-ranging species distributed in the northern Mexico, and Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Habitat and Ecology: The species grows at altitude range 400 to 1,900 metres above sea level in xerophyllous scrub, limestone hills and grasslands, is common in the ... [more]

Season: Spring

Muscari armeniacum Leichtlin ex Baker

Varna

Season: Spring

Pulsatilla vulgaris Mill.

Sofia

Season: Spring

Helleborus x hybridus

Sofia

Season: Spring

Adenium obesum (Forssk.)Roem. & Schult.

Sofia

Season: Winter

Ornithogalum sibthorpii Greuter

Varna

Season: Winter

Astrophytum myriostigma Lem.

Sofia

Season: Winter

Galanthus elwesii Hook. F.

Varna

Season: Winter

Aphelandra aurantiaca (Scheidw.)Lindl.

Sofia

Season: Winter

Solanum pseudocapsicum

Varna

Season: Winter

Aloe jacksonii Reynolds

Balchik

Aloe jacksonii is a very attractive, dwarfgrowing species. It has short, erect or procumbent stems up to 20cm long which branch freely from the base forming clumps that can be up to 50cm or more across. Its leaves are spotted, narrowly tapering with a rough spotted surface and short teeth on the margins. Its species was ... [more]

Season: Winter

Cuphea hyssopifolia Kunth.

Varna

Season: Winter

Crassula lactea Aiton

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Ferocactus peninsulae (A.A.Weber) Britton & Rose

Balchik

Origin and Habitat: Ferocactus peninsulae is the common barrel cactus through the states of Baja California and North West Mexico. Altitude: From sea level to 450 metres above sea level. Habitat and Ecology: The species occurs in rocky places, in sandy areas and hillsides together with Mammillaria dioica, Cochemiea setispina, ... [more]

Season: Spring, Summer, Autumn

Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach

Varna

Season: Autumn

Zanthoxylum simulans Hance.

Varna

Season: Autumn

Gardenia jasminoides J.Ellis

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Brugmansia arborea (L.) Steud.

Balchik

Brugmansia arborea commonly known as angel’s trumpet, is a species in the genus Brugmansia which contains approximately 11 to 16 species and belongs to the family of the Solanaceae (Nightshade Family). The trees have a rounded to broadly spreading canopy and reach heights of 2 to 4 metres. Brugmansia ... [more]

Season: Autumn

Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W. T. Aiton

Varna

Season: Autumn

Paphiopedilum insigne (Wall.ex Lindl.) Pfitzer

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Phytolacca аmericana L. –

Varna

Season: Autumn

Sorbus domestica L.

Varna

Season: Autumn

Leonotis nepetifolia (L.) R.Br.

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Aloe pruinosa Reynolds

Balchik

Aloe pruinosa Reynolds is a South African endemic from KwaZulu-Natal province. Short Aloe is no more than 15 cm high. It blooms in the end of the summer with dusty pink tubular flowers. Its leaves are short, spotted and toothed. This is a vulnerable species because of the rapidly expanded urban area, with only ten known locations. Aloe pruinosa can be seen in the exhibition greenhouse in the University botanic garden of Balchik.

Season: Autumn

Mammillaria gracilis Pfeiff.

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Rhus typhina L.

Varna

Season: Autumn

Penstemon campanulatus (Cav.) Willd.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Haemanthus albiflos Jacq.

Balchik

Haemanthus albiflos Jacq. or Paint Brush in English, is an evergreen bulbous perennial geophyte with small white flowers in dense umbels in family of the Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis Family). The whole plant grows to 20–30 cm tall when in flower by 15 cm wide. Fruits: If pollinated, it produces clusters of ... [more]

Season: Summer

Ismene x deflexa Herb.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Sideritis montana L.

Varna

Season: Summer

Cereus jamacaru DC.

Balchik

Cereus jamacaru reach heights of 3 to 9 metres and it is native to Brazil. It is a protected species according to the Washington Convention (CITES). The trees prefer a sunny situation on dry soil. They tolerate temperatures down to -7°C Cereus jamacaru produces solitary white funnel-shaped flowers. The cactus produce edible berries. The juice of the plant is used for treating scurvy, lung and skin disease, also it is applied topically to treat ulcers. In University botanic garden – Balchik Cereus jamacaru can be observed in collection inside our permanent greenhouse.

Season: Summer

Chysis bractescens Lindl.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Solidago canadensis L.

Balchik

Solidago canadensis is a species in the family of the Asteraceae. The perennials reach heights of 30 to 150 centimetres. Solidago canadensis produces panicles of yellow many-stellate flowers from August to October. Solidago canadensis is native to eastern Canada, the Rocky Mountains, the northern Prairie ... [more]

Season: Summer

Paeonia daurica Andrews

Varna

Season: Summer

Cortaderia selloana (Schult. & Schult. f.) Asch. & Graebn.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Chasmanthium latifolium (Michaux) H.O.Yates

Balchik

Season: Summer

Begonia maculata Raddi

Sofia

Season: Summer

Arum maculatum L.

Varna

Season: Summer

Hemerocallis hybrida

Varna

Season: Summer

Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A.DC.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Pachypodium geayi Costantin & Bois

Balchik

Season: Summer

Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench 'Green Twister'

Sofia

Season: Summer

Digitalis lanata Ehrh.

Varna

Season: Summer

Hypericum calycinum L.

Varna

Season: Spring

Muscari comosum L. (Miller.)

Varna

Season: Spring

Crambe maritima L.

Balchik

Season: Spring

Heuchera americana L.

Sofia

Season: Spring

Geranium sanguineum L.

Varna

Season: Spring

Albuca spiralis L.f.

Balchik

Season: Spring

Anemone pavonina Lam.

Varna

Season: Spring

Tetranema roseum (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl. & Steyerm.

Sofia

Season: Spring, Summer

Corydalis solida (L.) Schwarz.

Varna

Season: Spring

Leucaena leucocephala - (Lam.) De Wit.

Balchik

Season: Spring

Palisota barteri Hook.f.

Sofia

Season: Spring

Crocus vernus (L.) Hill.

Varna

Season: Spring

Trichodiadema densum Schwantes

Balchik

Season: Spring

Sofia

Season: Spring

Varna

Season: Winter

Clematis vitalba L.

Varna

Season: Winter

Bryophyllum delagoense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Druce

Balchik

Bryophyllum delagoensis is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. In common with some other members of its genus, B. delagoensis is notable for vegetatively growing small plantlets on the distal ends of its phylloclades. The perennials reach heights of 50 to 200 centimetres. The simple leaves are ... [more]

Season: Spring, Winter

Dendrochilum glumaceum Lindl.

Sofia

Dendrochilum glumaceum is a species from the Orchidaceae family, originated from the Philippines where found at elevations of 500 to 2300 meters. They are small or medium sized orchids growing on trees and rocks. The species form groups of conical to ovoid pseudobulbs, from which elliptic or rounded single leaves come out. Flowering is in the spring when the orchid forms up to (12") 30 cm long inflorescences consisting of small and aromatic flowers arranged in 2 rows. The beautiful orchid is in blossom and can be seen in the tropical greenhouse of UBG - Sofia.

Season: Winter

Primula vulgaris Huds.

Varna

Season: Winter

Roldana petasitis (Sims) H.Rob. & Brettell

Balchik

Season: Winter

Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.

Sofia

Season: Winter

Cyclamen coum Mill

Varna

Season: Winter

Justicia brandegeeana Wassh. & L.B.Sm.

Sofia

Season: Winter

Lonicera ligustrina var. pileata (Oliv.) Franch.

Varna

Season: Winter

Kalanchoe marnieriana

Balchik

Season: Winter

Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch

Sofia

Season: Winter

Tillandsia ionantha Planch. /сем. Bromeliaceae/

Sofia

Season: Winter

Berberis thunbergii DC.

Varna

Season: Autumn

Aloe bainesii Т.-Dyer

Balchik

Season: Winter

Cattleya Blc Husky Boy ‘Michael’

Sofia

Season: Winter

Mespilus germanica L.

Varna

Season: Autumn

Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W.C.Cheng

Balchik

Season: Autumn

CENTRANTHUS RUBER (L.) DC.

Sofia

Centranthus ruber (Caprifoliaceae family), commonly called red valerian or Jupiter’s beard, is a well-branched, bushy, clump-forming, woody-based perennial. It is valued for its ability to produce, often in poor soils, a showy bloom of star-shaped crimson, pink or white flowers from spring to frost. Flowers (each to 1/2") are fragrant and appear in dense terminal clusters (cymes) atop upright to relaxed stems rising above the foliage to 1.5-3' tall. The leaves are gray-green, fleshy, sessile, oval to lanceolate (to 4" long). It is native to the Mediterranean region.

Season: Spring, Summer, Autumn

Buglossoides purpurocaeurulea (L.) Johnst.

Varna

Season: Autumn

Passiflora amethystina J.C.Mikan

Sofia

Passiflora (Passion flower), is a genus of flowering plants originating from North America, South America and Australia. More than 500 species are known, including vines, shrubs, and trees. The Latin name comes from the words "passus" and "flos", respectively "suffering" and "color", ... [more]

Season: Autumn

Asparagus officinalis L.

Varna

Season: Autumn

Lithops schwantesii var. triebneri Dint.

Balchik

Season: Autumn

Celtis australis ssp. caucasica (Willd.) C.C.Towns

Varna

Season: Summer

Coryphantha pectinata (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Balchik

Season: Summer

Nerium oleander L.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Hippophae rhamnoides L.

Varna

Season: Summer

Dichondra argentea Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. ‘Silver Falls’

Sofia

Season: Summer

Origanum vulgare L.

Varna

Season: Summer

Gladiolus grandiflorus 'Wind Song' Andrews

Sofia

Season: Summer

Punica granatum L.

Varna

Season: Summer

Limonium platyphyllum Lincz.

Balchik

Season: Summer

Hibiscus syriacus L.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Calystegia sepium (L.)R. Br.

Varna

Season: Summer

Bougainvillea

Sofia

Season: Summer

Hydrangea quercifolia

Balchik

Season: Spring

Paliurus spina-chrsti Mill.

Varna

Season: Spring

Dracunculus vulgaris Schott

Sofia

Season: Summer

Opuntia Ficus-Indica

Balchik

Season: Spring

Polygala major Jacq.

Varna

Season: Spring

Papaver orientale L.

Sofia

Oriental poppy is a perennial herbaceous plant, originating from the Caucasus, northeast Turkey and northern Iran. The root of the plant is central and spindle, and the stem is unbranched and strongly hairy. The leaves are prolonged-lanceolate, deep-cut, covered with dense and sharp hairs. The lower leaves are collected ... [more]

Season: Summer

POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA

Balchik

Season: Spring

Poncirus trifoliata Raf.

Varna

Season: Spring

Paeonia × suffruticosa Andrews

Sofia

Season: Spring

Orchis simian Lam.

Varna

Season: Spring

Anemone coronaria

Balchik

Season: Spring

Medinilla magnifica Lindl.

Sofia

Season: Spring

Magnolia kobus DC

Varna

Season: Spring

Scilla forbesii 'Blue Giant' (Baker) Speta

Balchik

Season: Spring

Viola odorata L.

Varna

Season: Winter

Kalanchoe zimbabwensis Rendle

Sofia

Kalanchoe is a large genus of the Crassulaceae family, composed of about 125 species of flowering succulent plants native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. A beautiful representative of the genus is Kalanchoe zimbabwensis. This is a perennial flowering plant up to 30 cm high but its flowering stem may exceed 50 ... [more]

Season: Spring

Crocus chrysanthus (Herb.) Herb. 'Gipsy Girl'

Balchik

Season: Spring, Winter

Jasminum nudiflorum Lindl .

Varna

Season: Winter

Euphorbia milii

Balchik

Season: Winter

Camellia japonica L. var. hortensis

Sofia

Season: Winter

Cyclamen coum Mill.

Varna

Season: Winter

Albuca namaquensis Baker

Balchik

Season: Winter

Galanthus elwesii Hook. F.

Varna

Season: Winter

Colmanara Wildcat 'Bobcat'

Sofia

Season: Winter

Hippeastrum sp. 'Double Record'

Balchik

Season: Winter

Pinus heldreichii Christ.

Varna

Season: Winter

Cattlianthe (Lc.) 'Rojo' (Guarianthe aurantiaca x Cattleya milleri)

Sofia

The Cattlianthe 'Rojo' is an orchid hybrid, a cross between Guarianthe aurantiaca and Cattleya milleri. This hybrid is a medium sized Cattleya orchid which can produce clusters of red-orange flowers. Blooms are small, measuring about 4-5 cm across. However this orchid is a cluster bloomer, this means it can produce ... [more]

Season: Winter

Balchik

Season: Winter

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Parl.

Varna

Season: Winter

Strelitzia reginae Banks

Sofia

Bird-of-paradise flower, or crane flower as it is sometimes known, was first introduced into Britain in 1773 by Sir Joseph Banks who named the plant Strelitzia in honour of Queen Charlotte, wife of George III and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Strelitzia reginae is native to the southern and eastern ... [more]

Season: Winter

Synadenium grantii, Hook.f.

Balchik

Season: Winter

Ruscus aculeatus L.

Varna

Season: Autumn

Brasiliorchis picta (Hook.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali

Sofia

Maxillaria picta is a sympodial epiphyte orchid species, native to Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. It produces rounded pseudobulbs that are 2-3 cm in diameter. On top of each pseudobulb the orchid usually produces 2 leaves that are 15-20 cm in length and about 2-3 cm in width. Blooms are about 3-4 cm across and stay close ... [more]

Season: Winter

Callicarpa bodinieri

Varna

Season: Autumn

Maclura tricuspidata Carriere

Balchik

Season: Autumn

Glottiphyllum parvifolium L.Bolus

Sofia

Glottiphyllum is a genus of about 57 species of succulent subtropical plants of the Aizoaceae family. The name comes from greek "γλωττίς" (glottis=tongue) and "φύλλον" (phyllos=foliage). The species are native to South Africa, specifically ... [more]

Season: Autumn, Winter

Taxus baccata L.

Varna

Season: Autumn

Celtis caucasica Willd.

Balchik

Season: Autumn

Bulbophyllum ornatissimum (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm.

Sofia

Found in Sikkim as a small sized, warm to hot growing epiphyte with ovoid pseudobulbs and a single, apical, linear-oblong, obtuse leaf that carries 3 to 5, apical, fragrant flowers in an umbel on each erect, 6" (15 cm) long inflorescence which arise from the base of the mature psuedobulb occuring in the fall.

Season: Autumn

Poncirus trifoliata Raf.

Varna

Season: Autumn

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Symphoricarpos albus (L.) S. F. Blake

Balchik

Season: Autumn

Coix lacryma-jobi L.

Varna

Season: Autumn

Eucharis × grandiflora Planch. & Linden

Sofia

Eucharis × grandiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to western Colombia and western Ecuador and widely cultivated as an ornamental in other regions. It is a natural hybrid between E. moorei and E. ... [more]

Season: Autumn

Agave sisalana Perrine

Balchik

Season: Autumn

Bauhinia grandiflora Juss.

Balchik

Season: Autumn

Hedera helix L

Varna

Season: Summer

Centaurea nigrescens Willd.

Balchik

Season: Summer

Lagerstroemia indica L.

Sofia

Lagerstroemia indica (crape myrtle, crepeflower) is a species in the Lythraceae family.It is a multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub or tree with a wide spreading, flat topped habit. The bark is smooth, gray and mottled, shedding each year. Leaves also shed each winter, after spectacular color display, and bare branches re-leaf early in the spring; leaves are small, smooth-edged, circular or oval-shaped, and dark green changing to yellow and orange and red in autumn. Flowers, on different trees, are white, pink, mauve, purple or carmine with crimped petals, in panicles up to 9 cm (3 1⁄2 in).

Season: Summer, Autumn

Liriope muscari (Decne.) L.H.Bailey

Varna

Season: Summer

Aeollanthus repens Oliv.

Balchik

Season: Summer

Achillea millefolium L. ‘Cerise queen’

Sofia

Season: Summer

Leymus arenarius (L.) Hochst.

Varna

Season: Summer

Crinum x amabile Donn ex Ker Gawl.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Caryopteris x clandonensis

Varna

Season: Summer

Opuntia tomentosa Salm-Dyck

Balchik

Season: Summer

Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. 'Flore pleno'

Sofia

Tabernaemontana divaricata , commonly called pinwheelflower or crape jasmine, is a species from the Apocynaceae family. The representatives in this genus are tropical evergreen trees or deciduous shrubs that are naturally growing in South America, Africa, Madagascar, Australia, India and Singapore. The stem exudes ... [more]

Season: Summer

Hydrangea hortensis Sm.

Varna

Season: Summer

Clematis tangutica (Maxim.) Korsh.

Balchik

Season: Summer

Oncidium ‘Jungle Monarch’

Sofia

The Oncidium family is very large and includes many flower varieties. The most common flower variety is often referred to as the "dancing lady". Most of the Oncidium types have thin leaves, pseudobulbs, and branching sprays with flowers colored in yellow and mahogany. Oncidium 'Jungle Monarch' is a cross between Oncidium Debutante and Oncidium Maculatum and is now flowering the University Botanic Gardens in Sofia.

Season: Summer

Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

Varna

Season: Summer

Hypericum calycinum L.

Balchik

Season: Summer

Dianthus barbatus “Neon Rose”

Varna

Season: Summer

Alcea rosea L.

Sofia

Alcea rosea (common hollyhock) is an ornamental plant in the Malvaceae family. It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before, the 15th century. Alcea rosea is variously described as a biennial (having a two-year life cycle) or as a short-lived perennial. ... [more]

Season: Summer

Tigridia pavonia (L.f.) DC.

Balchik

Season: Summer

Cistus incanus L.

Varna

Season: Spring

Yucca gloriosa L.

Sofia

Yucca gloriosa is an evergreen species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. There are about 30 species in the Yucca genus, native to Central and South USA. It is caulescent, usually with several stems arising from the base, the base thickening in adult specimens. ... [more]

Season: Summer

Deutzia scabra Thunb.

Balchik

Season: Summer

Orchis tridentatа Scop. – Тризъбест салеп

Varna

Season: Spring

Liriodendron tulipifera L.

Balchik

Season: Spring

Rosa damascena Mill.

Varna

Season: Spring

Phlomis lanata Willd.

Balchik

Season: Spring

Allium schoenoprasoides Regel

Sofia

Allium schoenoprasum is an edible species of the Allium genus that is also commonly known as Chives. This is a bulb-forming herbaceous perennial plant, growing up to 30–50 cm (12–20 in) tall, widespread in nature across Europe, Asia and North America. ... [more]

Season: Spring, Summer

Wisteria sinensis (Sims.)Sweet. - Глициния

Varna

Season: Spring

Haberlea rhodopensis Friv.

Balchik

Season: Spring

Paeonia peregrina Mill. – Червен божур

Varna

Season: Spring

Paeonia arborea L.

Sofia

Peony has been cultivated for over 4000 years and it is native to Asia, Southern Europe and North America. In China it is also called “The Emperor’s flower” as it has been grown in the royal gardens. Paeonia is the only genus in the family Paeoniaceae consisting of about 40 species ... [more]

Season: Spring

Monanthes polyphylla L.

Sofia

Monanthes is a genus of small, succulent, subtropical plants of the Crassulaceae family. The species are mostly endemic to the Canary Islands and the Savage Islands. A representative of this genus, Monanthes polyphylla, is now flowering in the Sofia University botanic garden’s ... [more]

Season: Spring

Sofia

Season: Spring

Sofia

Varna

Balchik

Season: Summer

Season: Spring

Clematis recta L.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Season: Summer

Sofia