Seasonal Interest

PHUOPSIS STYLOSA (TRIN.) G.NICHOLSON – CAUCASIAN CROSSWORT, LARGE-STYLED CROSSWORT OR PHUOPSIS

Balchik

Phuopsis stylosa (Trin.) G.Nicholson (syn. Crucianella stylosa Trin.) is a perennial herbaceous species in the Madder Family (Rubiaceae). It is native to the Caucasus region, where it grows wild on hillsides and in deciduous woodland areas. Commonly known as Caucasian crosswort, large-styled crosswort, or simply phuopsis, ... [more]

Season: Spring

PAPAVER ORIENTALE L. – ORIENTAL POPPY

Balchik

Papaver orientale L., commonly known as the oriental poppy, is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the family Papaveraceae. Its native range includes the Caucasus region, Turkey, and Iran, but the species has been introduced and is successfully cultivated in Europe and North America. The oriental poppy (P. orientale ... [more]

Season: Spring

Aethionema grandiflorum Boiss. & Hohen

Varna

Season: Spring

Haberlea rhodopensis Friv.

Sofia

Season: Spring

Vinca minor L. – Lesser periwinkle or creeping myrtle

Balchik

Vinca minor L., commonly known as lesser periwinkle or creeping myrtle, is a cold-hardy, herbaceous perennial species belonging to the dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It is native to Western Europe and has been introduced widely across North America and Asia, within the temperate biome. This species forms dense, carpet-like ... [more]

Season: Spring

Balchik

Aubrieta (Aubrieta × hybrida Hausskn.) is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant from the family Brassicaceae, native to Southern Europe. The species forms a well-branched fibrous root system and exhibits highly branched, sub-epiterranean stems densely covered with small, alternately arranged leaves. They are linear-lanceolate ... [more]

Season: Spring

Sofia

Season: Spring

Varna

Season: Spring

Balchik

Season: Spring

Sofia

Season: Spring

Varna

Season: Spring

Balchik

Season: Spring

Varna

Season: Spring

Balchik

Season: Spring

Varna

Season: Spring

Silene atropurpurea (Griseb.) Greuter & Burdet

Varna

Season: Spring

Balchik

Season: Spring

Globularia punctata Lapeyr.

Varna

Season: Spring

Aubrieta pinardii Boiss.

Varna

Season: Spring

Balchik

Season: Spring

Sofia

Season: Spring

Euonymus japonicus Thunb.

Varna

Season: Spring

Ulmus minor Mill.

Varna

Season: Spring

Sofia

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

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

Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.

Sofia

Season: Spring

Lamium purpureum L.

Varna

Season: Spring

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

Aquilegia chrysantha A.Gray

Sofia

Season: Spring

Rosa hybrida 'Gold Dot'

Sofia

Season: Spring

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

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

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

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

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

Hydrangea quercifolia

Balchik

Season: Spring

Paliurus spina-chrsti Mill.

Varna

Season: Spring

Opuntia Ficus-Indica

Balchik

Season: Spring

Polygala major Jacq.

Varna

Season: Spring

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

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

Cistus incanus L.

Varna

Season: Spring

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