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Elephant Tusk
Dracaena stuckyi
Dracaena stuckyi, formerly classified as Sansevieria stuckyi, is a tree-like succulent native to the dry woodlands of East and Southern Africa (Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and South Africa). Unlike the fan-shaped rosettes of common snake plants, it grows tall, cylindrical, gray-green leaves that rise like spears or tusks directly from a thick rhizome, eventually reaching up to 2 meters in height. Reclassified into the genus Dracaena in 2017 following molecular studies, it is prized as a dramatic, low-maintenance architectural houseplant.
Gold Dust Dracaena
Dracaena surculosa
Dracaena surculosa, commonly known as Gold Dust Dracaena, is a slow-growing evergreen shrub native to the tropical rainforests of West Africa. Its glossy dark green leaves are elegantly speckled with creamy-yellow spots, resembling a dusting of gold — giving the plant its popular name. This compact, shade-tolerant houseplant is prized for its striking foliage and adaptability to low-light indoor environments.
Florida Beauty
Dracaena surculosa 'Florida Beauty'
Dracaena surculosa 'Florida Beauty' is a compact cultivar of the West African Gold Dust Dracaena, prized for its dark green leaves generously speckled with cream and golden-yellow spots. A slow-growing, low-maintenance houseplant that thrives in bright indirect light.
Snake Plant
Dracaena trifasciata
Dracaena trifasciata, commonly known as the Snake Plant or Mother-in-Law's Tongue, is an evergreen succulent perennial native to tropical West Africa, from Nigeria eastward to the Congo. Formerly classified as Sansevieria trifasciata and reclassified to the genus Dracaena in 2017 following molecular analysis, it is celebrated worldwide for its architectural upright leaves with distinctive gray-green cross-banding and bright yellow margins in variegated cultivars like 'Laurentii'. One of the most resilient houseplants in existence, it thrives under neglect and makes an ideal choice for beginners, offices, and low-light spaces.
Moonshine Snake Plant
Dracaena trifasciata 'Moonshine'
A perennial succulent in the Asparagaceae family with broad, upright leaves displaying pale silver to mint-green coloration with minimal banding. Distinguished by its luminous, silvery tone and fine darker edge line, making it more striking than standard Dracaena trifasciata varieties. Previously classified as Sansevieria trifasciata 'Moonshine' before genus reclassification.
Ceylon Bowstring Hemp
Dracaena zeylanica
Dracaena zeylanica, commonly known as Ceylon Bowstring Hemp, is a succulent native to Sri Lanka and India. Previously classified as Sansevieria zeylanica, it features long, upright, slightly arching leaves with a distinctive wavy banding pattern of light and dark green. Often confused with the common snake plant (Sansevieria trifasciata), it differs by its narrower, more undulated leaves. Historically, its fibrous leaves were used to make bowstrings and rope. It is toxic to cats and dogs due to saponins.
Moldavian dragonhead
Dracocephalum moldavica
Moldavian dragonhead (Dracocephalum moldavica) is an annual, lemon-scented spice and medicinal herb belonging to the mint family (Lamiaceae). It typically grows 30-60 cm tall, producing bluish-purple flowers in summer (July to August) that are attractive to insects. It is native to temperate regions of Asia and has naturalized in many parts of Eurasia. Its leaves and flowers are strongly fragrant, and their essential oil is rich in citral, often leading to confusion with lemon balm.
Dragon Lily
Dracunculus vulgaris
Dracunculus vulgaris, commonly known as Dragon Lily or Voodoo Lily, is a spectacular bulbous plant native to the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean. Its purple-spotted stems support a dramatic dark maroon spathe up to 50 cm long surrounding a near-black spadix. The plant emits a powerful rotting-flesh odor during bloom to attract fly and beetle pollinators. All parts contain calcium oxalate crystals and are toxic to humans, cats, and dogs.
Sea Squill
Drimia maritima
Sea Squill (Drimia maritima) is a large Mediterranean bulb that survives hot, dry summers dormant underground. In autumn it sends up a dramatic spike, up to 2 m tall, packed with small white star-shaped flowers, before a rosette of broad green leaves appears through winter and spring. The huge bulb can weigh around a kilogram. All parts are highly poisonous - the source of the rodenticide scilliroside.
Little White Soldiers
Drimiopsis maculata
Drimiopsis maculata is a small bulbous plant native to eastern South Africa, admired for its oval leaves adorned with dark spots. It is one of the most resilient and adaptable houseplants, tolerating low light and short dry spells with ease.
Winter's Bark
Drimys winteri
Drimys winteri, known as Winter's bark, canelo or foye, is an evergreen tree in the Winteraceae, an ancient family related to the magnolias. It is native to Chile, from the Limarí River to Cape Horn, and to Andean Patagonia in Argentina down to Tierra del Fuego, growing from sea level to about 1,700 m, often beside streams, lakes and wetlands. In gardens it usually forms a tree or multi-stemmed shrub around 7-8 m tall, while wild trees reach 15-20 m. The leathery, glossy green leaves are 6-20 cm long and whitish underneath, and smell peppery when crushed. The aromatic bark is reddish brown. Clusters of fragrant, jasmine-scented, creamy-white flowers with red sepals open mainly in late spring and early summer, followed by small bluish to purple-black berries.
Rosea Iceplant
Drosanthemum floribundum
Drosanthemum floribundum is a fast-growing South African succulent groundcover covered in shimmering, daisy-like pink-purple flowers in spring and summer. Its low, trailing stems form a dense mat ideal for slopes, borders, and erosion control in dry landscapes.
Sundew (genus)
Drosera
Drosera, commonly known as sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with over 190 species found on every continent except Antarctica. They trap insects using sticky, glistening tentacles tipped with mucilaginous glands that resemble dewdrops in sunlight.
Fork-leaved Sundew
Drosera binata
Drosera binata, known as the fork-leaved or forked sundew, is a carnivorous perennial in the family Droseraceae, native to boggy heathlands and wetlands of southeastern Australia and New Zealand. Its narrow leaves repeatedly split into Y- or fork-shaped segments, each covered in red glandular hairs that secrete glistening, sticky mucilage to trap and digest small insects. In spring and summer it sends up tall flower stalks topped with clusters of small white blooms, held well above the sticky foliage so pollinators are not caught.
Cape Sundew
Drosera capensis
Drosera capensis, or Cape Sundew, is a carnivorous perennial native to the fynbos wetlands of the Western Cape, South Africa. Its narrow, strap-shaped leaves are covered in reddish tentacles tipped with sparkling, sticky mucilage that lure, trap, and digest small insects, supplying the plant with nitrogen and phosphorus that its nutrient-poor native soil lacks. Prized by beginners for its resilience and rapid growth, it produces small pink, self-pollinating flowers on tall stalks and readily self-seeds, often popping up as a friendly weed in other carnivorous plant pots.
Spoon-leaved sundew
Drosera spatulata
Drosera spatulata, commonly known as the spoon-leaved sundew, is a small carnivorous plant native to Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, and Southeast Asia. It forms a compact rosette of spoon-shaped leaves covered in red, dew-tipped tentacles that glisten to attract, trap, and digest small insects such as fruit flies and fungus gnats. It is widely regarded as one of the easiest sundews to grow, making it a favorite starter plant for carnivorous plant beginners.
Green Fleshy Tree Orchid
Drymoanthus adversus
Drymoanthus adversus, commonly known as the Green Fleshy Tree Orchid, is a miniature epiphytic orchid endemic to New Zealand. It grows attached to tree trunks and branches in coastal to montane forests, forming compact tufts of dark green, fleshy leaves sometimes spotted with purple. In spring and early summer it produces small racemes of greenish-white flowers flecked with red.
Wood Fern
Dryopteris
Dryopteris is a genus of robust and elegant ferns, commonly known as wood ferns. They are characterized by their bipinnate fronds that grow in a crown-like formation, providing a lush and architectural look. Native to temperate and tropical regions, they are perfect for shade gardens or as indoor plants in high-humidity environments.
Male Fern
Dryopteris filix-mas
The male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) is a hardy, deciduous fern native to temperate regions of Europe and North America. It forms an upright, shuttlecock-shaped clump of long, lance-shaped, bipinnate fronds in medium green. It is one of the easiest garden ferns to grow, tolerating dense shade and poor soils, and holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Liveforever
Dudleya
Dudleya is a genus of rosette-forming succulents native to the coastal bluffs, cliffs, and rocky outcrops of California, Arizona, Baja California, and Guadalupe Island. Often called liveforevers for their remarkable longevity, the roughly 70 species and countless cultivars share a striking feature: a powdery white coating called farina that covers the leaves like natural sunscreen, protecting the plant from intense coastal sun and reducing water loss. Species such as D. brittonii and D. pulverulenta form dramatic silver-white rosettes up to 30-50 cm across, sometimes held on short woody stems. Unlike many other succulents, Dudleya cannot be propagated from a single leaf; plants grow from offsets, division, or seed. Their most distinctive habit is summer dormancy: in their native Mediterranean climate, Dudleya grow actively through the cool, wet winter and spring, then rest through the hot, dry summer, when they should receive little to no water. Handling the leaves removes the farina permanently, leaving unsightly marks and exposing tissue to sunburn, so these plants are best admired without touching.
Fingertips
Dudleya edulis
Dudleya edulis, commonly called fingertips or mission lettuce, is a compact succulent native to the coastal sage scrub, sandstone sea cliffs, and rocky canyons of Southern California and northern Baja California. Its pale green, finger-shaped leaves grow upright in tight clumping rosettes, often dusted with a chalky white coating called farina that reflects intense coastal sun and reduces water loss. In late spring and summer, tall branching stalks rise well above the foliage, bearing clusters of small white to cream flowers. True to its species name -- edulis, meaning edible -- its tender young leaves and flower stalks were traditionally harvested and eaten raw by the Kumeyaay people. A tough, low-maintenance succulent, it thrives in full coastal sun to light inland shade and needs very little water once established, entering a semi-dormant rest through the hottest, driest part of summer.
Greene's Liveforever
Dudleya greenei
Dudleya greenei, commonly known as Greene's Liveforever or Greene's Dudleya, is a rare succulent endemic to the Channel Islands of California. It forms striking silvery-white powdery rosettes that grow close to the ground, giving it the nickname "chalk lettuce." This slow-growing evergreen is threatened in the wild due to habitat loss and illegal collection, making it a protected species. Its fleshy, glaucous leaves are coated in a natural white powder (farina) that reflects harsh sunlight and helps retain moisture.
Chalk Dudleya
Dudleya pulverulenta
Chalk Dudleya (Dudleya pulverulenta) is a striking rosette succulent native to Southern California and Baja California. Its broad silvery-white leaves are coated in a chalky wax (farina) that reflects intense sun, and in spring tall arching red stalks carry tubular red-to-yellow flowers loved by hummingbirds. Rosettes can reach 30 cm or more across.
Golden Dewdrop
Duranta erecta
Golden Dewdrop (Duranta erecta) is a fast-growing tropical shrub from the Verbenaceae family, native to the tropical Americas. Celebrated for its cascading clusters of blue, lavender, or white flowers and ornamental golden berries, it is widely used in tropical gardens, hedges, and landscaping. It can reach up to 6 meters in height and thrives in warm, sunny climates.
Golden Dewdrop
Duranta erecta aurea
Duranta erecta aurea is a stunning tropical shrub with golden-yellow foliage native to the tropical Americas. It produces small lilac or white flowers in pendant clusters, followed by ornamental orange-yellow berries. Its golden-yellow foliage brightens tropical and subtropical gardens year-round, making it popular as a hedge, border plant, or container specimen.
Durian
Durio zibethinus
Durio zibethinus, the durian, is a massive evergreen tree native to the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, now cultivated across Southeast Asia. Nicknamed the "King of Fruits," it produces a large, thorn-covered fruit with a famously pungent aroma and rich, custard-like flesh. The tree can reach 25-40 m in height and needs a decade or more before its first harvest. Durian is notoriously vulnerable to Phytophthora palmivora, which causes patch canker, root rot and fruit rot, making orchard drainage and sanitation critical. Folklore warns against eating durian with alcohol; laboratory studies have since shown durian extract inhibits aldehyde dehydrogenase, lending some credibility to the old belief.
Dyckia
Dyckia
Dyckia is a genus of roughly 160 terrestrial bromeliad species native to rocky, sun-baked outcrops in South America. Unlike their tree-dwelling epiphyte cousins, Dyckias grow in the ground or among rocks, forming tight, spiny succulent-like rosettes of stiff, leathery leaves. They are prized by xeriscape and succulent gardeners for their striking architectural form and extreme drought tolerance.
Sawblade Dyckia
Dyckia brevifolia
Dyckia brevifolia, commonly called sawblade dyckia or pineapple dyckia, is a compact succulent bromeliad native to the rocky riverbanks of the Itajaí-Açu River in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. It forms dense, low rosettes of stiff, grayish-green to bronze leaves edged with sharp, saw-like teeth, an adaptation that gives the species its common name. As a rheophyte, it grows directly on rocks along fast-flowing rivers subject to periodic flooding, making it exceptionally drought- and sun-tolerant. In late spring to early summer it sends up flower spikes bearing small yellow-orange blooms. Due to habitat pressure along its native river system, wild populations are considered threatened.
Dypsis Palm
Dypsis
Dypsis is a large genus of feather palms native almost entirely to Madagascar, comprising more than 150 species that range from small understory clustering palms to towering forest giants. The best-known member, Dypsis lutescens (the areca palm), is one of the world's most popular houseplants thanks to its graceful, arching, multi-caned fronds and easygoing nature indoors. As a genus, Dypsis palms share a preference for warm, humid, well-lit conditions reminiscent of their tropical Madagascan origins.
Triangle Palm
Dypsis decaryi
Dypsis decaryi, the Triangle Palm, is a striking palm endemic to southern Madagascar. Its leaves emerge from three distinct sides of the trunk, creating a perfect triangular silhouette that makes it one of the most architecturally distinctive palms in the world.
Areca Palm
Dypsis lutescens
Dypsis lutescens, commonly known as Areca Palm or Butterfly Palm, is a palm species native to Madagascar. It features multiple golden-yellow stems resembling bamboo and elegant bright green fronds with feather-like leaflets. It is one of the most popular indoor plants due to its tropical beauty and proven air-purifying capabilities, listed in the NASA Clean Air Study as effective in removing formaldehyde, xylene, and toluene from indoor air.
Epazote
Dysphania ambrosioides
Epazote (Dysphania ambrosioides) is an aromatic annual or short-lived perennial herb native to Mexico and Central America, cultivated for millennia for its culinary and medicinal properties. Its yellow-green toothed leaves contain glands that release a strong, musky, distinctive scent. It is a staple of Mexican cuisine and widely used in traditional medicine throughout Latin America.
Squirting cucumber
Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium is a Mediterranean herbaceous plant in the Cucurbitaceae family, known for its oval, bluish-green, bristly fruits. Upon maturity, these fruits detach and forcefully eject their seeds along with a liquid under high internal pressure. It grows in a prostrate or bushy habit, featuring rough triangular leaves and small yellow flowers. It is considered invasive, and all parts of the plant are toxic.
Echeveria
Echeveria
Echeveria is a large genus of succulent plants in the family Crassulaceae, native to Mexico and Central America, encompassing approximately 150 species. Known for their stunning rosette-shaped, fleshy leaves that store water, Echeverias are among the most popular succulents worldwide, prized for their ornamental beauty, diverse colors, and ease of care.
Echeveria Dionysos
Echeveria 'Dionysos'
Echeveria 'Dionysos' is a compact rosette-forming succulent cultivar in the Crassulaceae family, valued for its silvery-green, warty-textured leaves edged in reddish-pink and its dense, sculptural form. Believed to be an Echeveria purpusorum hybrid, it forms tight rosettes only a few centimeters across, making it a favorite for succulent collectors and dish gardens. In late spring to early summer it sends up slender stalks bearing red-and-yellow bell-shaped flowers.
Miranda Echeveria
Echeveria 'Miranda'
Echeveria 'Miranda' is a compact succulent in the Echeveria genus, prized for its tight rosettes of gray-green leaves edged in pink to red that intensify under strong light. A hybrid cultivar derived from Echeveria agavoides, it is a popular, low-maintenance choice for succulent gardens and container displays.
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