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Bamboo
Bambusoideae
A diverse group of giant evergreen grasses from Asia and the Americas, famous for hollow jointed stems, rapid growth, and uses from food to construction.
Below are plants that contain the letter B anywhere in the name. Each of the 22 plants below opens to a full profile.
List of Plants That Contain B
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Barberry
Berberis vulgaris
A spiny deciduous shrub from Asia and Europe with tart red berries and brilliant fall color, widely planted in hedges but invasive in parts of North America.
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Bear Grass
Xerophyllum tenax
A North American mountain plant with grass-like leaves and tall summer plumes of cream-white flowers, important to several Indigenous craft traditions.
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Begonia
Begonia
A vast genus of tropical and subtropical plants grown for their asymmetrical leaves and waxy flowers, from compact bedding plants to spectacular foliage hybrids.
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Boston Fern
Nephrolepis exaltata
A graceful arching fern from tropical Americas, immensely popular as a hanging houseplant since the Victorian era for its lush sword-shaped fronds.
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Bromeliad
Bromeliaceae
A family of tropical American plants with rosettes that often hold rainwater in a central tank, including pineapples, air plants, and many flamboyant ornamentals.
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Bunny Ear Cactus
Opuntia microdasys
A Mexican prickly pear with flat oval pads arranged in pairs that resemble rabbit ears, popular as a small windowsill cactus despite its tufts of irritating bristles.
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Burros Tail
Sedum morganianum
A trailing Mexican succulent whose blue-green leaves overlap densely along long pendant stems, making it a popular hanging-basket houseplant.
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Dieffenbachia
Dieffenbachia seguine
A tropical American houseplant with large white-splashed leaves whose sap can numb the mouth, giving rise to the common name dumb cane.
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Gerbera Plant
Gerbera jamesonii
A South African daisy widely grown as a bedding plant and one of the worlds top five cut flowers, available in nearly every color but blue.
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Kentucky Bluegrass
Poa pratensis
A Eurasian cool-season turf grass, the standard lawn species across temperate North America despite originating in Europe and northern Asia.
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Korean Boxwood
Buxus sinica var. insularis
A small slow-growing Korean evergreen shrub with neat oval green leaves, prized as a hardy hedge and topiary plant in temperate gardens.
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Lambs Ear
Stachys byzantina
A Turkish and Iranian perennial herb with soft silvery felted leaves that feel like a lambs ear, a popular tactile plant for childrens and sensory gardens.
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Lemon Balm
Melissa officinalis
A Mediterranean mint-family herb with lemon-scented leaves used for calming herbal teas, savory cooking, and as a popular garden bee plant.
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Lemon Verbena
Aloysia citrodora
A South American deciduous shrub whose narrow leaves smell intensely of lemon, used for tea, dessert flavoring, and a popular cottage garden herb.
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Night Blooming Jasmine
Cestrum nocturnum
A tropical American shrub whose small green-white flowers release an intense sweet perfume after dusk, intoxicating in warm gardens.
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Rabbits Foot Fern
Davallia fejeensis
A Fijian fern with finely cut bright green fronds rising from hairy creeping rhizomes that look like soft rabbit feet creeping over the pot rim.
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Rubber Plant
Ficus elastica
A South Asian fig tree grown indoors for its large glossy leathery leaves, an icon of mid-century interior design and a classic forgiving houseplant.
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Umbrella Plant
Schefflera actinophylla
An Australian tropical shrub or tree with palmate leaves whose leaflets radiate like umbrella spokes, a long-popular indoor foliage houseplant.
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Verbena
Verbena bonariensis
A large American and European genus of low spreading herbs and shrubs grown for clusters of small bright flowers and a long summer blooming season.
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Yerba Buena
Clinopodium douglasii
A trailing native California aromatic herb in the mint family, the original namesake of the San Francisco area and a traditional source of refreshing tea.
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Zebra Plant
Aphelandra squarrosa
A Brazilian tropical plant with glossy dark green leaves striped white between deep veins, topped by golden bract spikes when in flower.
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