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Persian Catmint
Nepeta racemosa
Nepeta racemosa, commonly known as Persian Catmint, is a low-growing aromatic perennial herb native to the Caucasus and southwestern Asia. It produces cascading mounds of gray-green foliage adorned with abundant lavender-blue flowers from late spring through fall, making it a beloved choice for garden borders, rock gardens, and pollinator gardens. Unlike true catnip (Nepeta cataria), it is valued primarily as an ornamental and is highly attractive to bees and butterflies.
Catmint
Nepeta sp
Catmint (Nepeta sp) is a hardy, aromatic perennial herb from the Lamiaceae family, native to Europe and Asia. Known for its lavender-purple flower spikes and silvery-gray foliage, it is beloved in gardens for its long blooming season, drought tolerance, and irresistible attraction to cats. It thrives in full sun and well-drained soils, making it ideal for borders, rock gardens, and pollinator gardens.
Giant Sword Fern
Nephrolepis biserrata
Nephrolepis biserrata, commonly known as Giant Sword Fern or Macho Fern, is a large tropical fern native to pantropical regions across Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Its lush, arching fronds can exceed 2 meters in length, making it one of the most striking ferns in cultivation. It thrives in warm, humid environments and is widely used in tropical gardens, hanging baskets, and as an air-purifying houseplant.
Asian Sword Fern
Nephrolepis brownii
Nephrolepis brownii, commonly known as the Asian Sword Fern, is a perennial fern native to most of Southeast Asia, extending north to China and Japan, west to Sri Lanka and India, east to the Pacific Islands, and south to Australia. Its lush, arching fronds make it a popular ornamental plant for both indoor and outdoor settings.
Narrow Sword Fern
Nephrolepis cordifolia
Nephrolepis cordifolia, commonly known as the Narrow Sword Fern or Tuberous Sword Fern, is a robust pantropical fern distinguished by its upright, narrow fronds and distinctive underground tubers. Native to tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, it has naturalized across many continents due to its exceptional adaptability. The plant forms lush arching clumps of bright green pinnate fronds, making it an elegant choice for both indoor and outdoor settings.
Boston Fern
Nephrolepis exaltata
The Boston Fern is a lush, elegant houseplant known for its gracefully arching fronds and excellent air-purifying qualities. Native to tropical regions of the Americas including Florida, Central America, South America, and the West Indies, this evergreen fern has been a popular indoor plant since Victorian times. Its feathery, bright green fronds can grow up to 90 cm long, creating a dramatic cascading effect perfect for hanging baskets or elevated displays.
Fishtail Fern
Nephrolepis falcata
Nephrolepis falcata, commonly known as the fishtail fern, is an epiphytic fern native to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, belonging to the family Nephrolepidaceae. Its long, arching fronds have forked, tail-like tips that resemble a fish tail, giving the plant its common name. A moderate-growing perennial, it is popular in hanging baskets and shaded gardens for its lush, textured foliage.
Kimberley Queen Fern
Nephrolepis obliterata
Nephrolepis obliterata, commonly known as the Kimberley Queen Fern or Australian Sword Fern, is a robust fern native to northern Australia and the Pacific Islands. Unlike most ferns, it produces stiff, upright fronds that form a compact, elegant clump. It is notably more tolerant of low humidity than the Boston Fern, making it an excellent choice for indoor environments.
Cornish Lily
Nerine bowdenii
Nerine bowdenii, commonly known as the Cornish lily or Bowden lily, is a bulbous perennial in the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae) native to the Drakensberg mountains and Eastern Cape region of South Africa. It sends up bare flower stems topped with umbels of six or more bright pink, frilly-tipped, trumpet-shaped blooms in late summer and autumn, appearing before or alongside the strap-shaped leaves. Naturalised on sheltered coastal walls in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, it is one of the hardiest nerine species and one of the few bulbs that flower reliably outdoors as summer fades into autumn.
Oleander
Nerium oleander
Nerium oleander is a vigorous, evergreen shrub or small tree valued for its abundant and long-lasting floral display. Native to the Mediterranean region, it features leathery, lance-shaped leaves and clusters of funnel-shaped flowers. It is exceptionally hardy, drought-tolerant, and salt-tolerant, though all parts of the plant contain cardiac glycosides and are extremely toxic if ingested.
Bead plant
Nertera granadensis
The bead plant (Nertera granadensis) is a low-growing, carpet-forming perennial from the Rubiaceae family, native to the mountainous, cool-climate regions of South America, New Zealand, and the Pacific. Its tiny, round leaves form a dense, moss-like cushion, producing pale greenish-white flowers in spring, which are replaced by spectacular, coral-colored spherical berries by late summer—giving the plant its name.
Flowering Tobacco
Nicotiana
Nicotiana, commonly known as flowering tobacco, is a genus of herbaceous plants in the Solanaceae family, grown for its trumpet-shaped, sweetly scented flowers that open in the evening. Native to the Americas, it is cultivated worldwide as an annual or short-lived tender perennial in warm climates.
Jasmine Tobacco
Nicotiana alata
Nicotiana alata, commonly known as jasmine tobacco or flowering tobacco, is a herbaceous plant in the Solanaceae family, native to South America (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia). It is grown for its fragrant, star-shaped tubular flowers that open in the evening and release a sweet scent to attract night-flying moth pollinators. Upright stems reach up to 1.5 m tall, with large sticky basal leaves and blooms in white, red, burgundy, yellow, and lime-green. It is grown as a perennial in warm climates (USDA zones 10-11) and as a frost-tender annual elsewhere. The entire plant contains nicotine and is toxic if ingested.
Tree Tobacco
Nicotiana glauca
Nicotiana glauca, commonly known as tree tobacco, is a shrub or small tree in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to Argentina and Bolivia. It grows 3–7 meters tall, with thick bluish-green leaves and striking tubular yellow flowers that attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Extremely drought-tolerant and adaptable to poor soils, it is widely naturalized across the world, though all parts are highly toxic.
Woodland Tobacco
Nicotiana sylvestris
Nicotiana sylvestris, commonly known as Woodland Tobacco or Flowering Tobacco, is a tall ornamental plant native to the Andes of Argentina and Bolivia. It belongs to the Solanaceae family and can grow up to 1.5 m (5 ft) tall, producing long drooping clusters of tubular white flowers with an intense jasmine-like fragrance strongest at night. Grown as an annual or biennial in temperate climates, it is a dramatic addition to borders and moon gardens.
Tobacco
Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum, commonly known as tobacco, is an annual herbaceous plant in the Solanaceae family, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, with origins in Bolivia and the Andean region. It grows 1 to 3 meters tall, with large, sticky, aromatic leaves that can exceed 50 cm in length. It produces branched panicle inflorescences with tubular white, pink, or cream flowers in summer and fall. It is the main species used commercially to produce tobacco leaf.
Blushing Bromeliad
Nidularium fulgens
Nidularium fulgens, known as the Blushing Bromeliad, is a stunning bromeliad native to the understory of Brazil's Atlantic Forest. It forms a flat rosette of green, spotted leaves, and when it blooms, the central cup flushes brilliant red, framing clusters of small violet flowers within.
Bird's-nest Bromeliad
Nidularium innocentii
Nidularium innocentii, commonly known as the Bird's-nest Bromeliad, is a compact rosette bromeliad native to Brazil's Atlantic Forest. It forms a dense, layered nest of dark green leaves from which vibrant red bracts and small white flowers emerge. Suited both as a terrestrial and epiphytic plant, it thrives in shaded, humid environments.
Love-in-a-mist
Nigella damascena
Love-in-a-mist is a beloved cottage-garden annual, its saucer-shaped blue, white, or pink flowers nestled in a haze of thread-fine, feathery foliage. Once pollinated, the blooms give way to striking inflated seed pods prized for dried arrangements. Easy to grow from seed, it self-sows readily and suits informal borders, wildflower patches, and containers.
Montauk Daisy
Nipponanthemum nipponicum
Montauk daisy is a shrubby, clump-forming perennial native to coastal Japan, where its Japanese name, hamagiku, literally means "beach chrysanthemum." It bears thick, glossy, dark green, coarsely toothed leaves on woody stems, giving the plant a slightly succulent, evergreen-shrub appearance even though it is technically deciduous in colder climates. From late summer into fall it produces large, daisy-like flowers with bright white rays around a yellow-green center disk, providing valuable color after most other perennials have finished blooming. It is the sole species in its genus, having been split out from Chrysanthemum due to its distinct woody, salt-tolerant habit.
Ponytail Palm
Nolina recurvata
Nolina recurvata (a widely used synonym of Beaucarnea recurvata), commonly known as the ponytail palm or elephant's foot, is a succulent native to eastern Mexico prized for its swollen, bulb-like trunk that stores water, making it extremely drought tolerant. Long, thin, curling leaves cascade from the top of a woody caudex that resembles an elephant's foot.
clam lichen
Normandina pulchella
Normandina pulchella, commonly known as the clam lichen, is a small, squamulose lichen characterized by its distinctive shell-shaped or ear-shaped lobes. It typically displays a pale sea-green to bluish-gray color and often features soredia (asexual reproductive structures) along the margins. It grows epiphytically on mossy tree trunks or rocks in humid, temperate environments.
Slender False Garlic
Nothoscordum gracile
Nothoscordum gracile, known as slender false garlic, is a perennial bulbous plant appreciated for its delicate, bell-shaped white flowers that emit a soft fragrance. Although native to the Americas and cultivated as an ornamental, its high dispersal capacity through seeds and small lateral bulblets often causes it to be seen as an invasive plant in gardens and lawns. Its leaves are long, narrow, and vibrant green, resembling those of common garlic but without the characteristic strong odor.
Yellow Pond-Lily
Nuphar
Nuphar is a genus of hardy aquatic perennials native to still and slow-moving fresh waters across the temperate Northern Hemisphere -- from ponds and lake margins to ditches, canals, and slow rivers. Thick, spongy rhizomes anchor in the muddy bottom and send up both submerged, translucent leaves and floating or emergent leathery leaves. From late spring through autumn the plant produces small, cup-shaped, yellow (occasionally greenish-yellow) flowers held just above the water surface, each lasting several days and opening in the morning. Compared with the related water lilies (Nymphaea), Nuphar tolerates deeper water, cooler climates, and considerably more shade, making it one of the toughest and lowest-maintenance plants for natural ponds and wildlife water gardens.
Snake Cactus, Junco, Queen of the Night
Nyctocereus serpentinus
Nyctocereus serpentinus is a night-blooming climbing cactus native to southern Mexico (Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca), belonging to the Cactaceae family. The plant features long, sinuous, spiny stems (up to 3 meters) that initially grow upright but sprawl horizontally without support. It is highly prized for its spectacular large white, funnel-shaped flowers measuring up to 15 cm in diameter that open at night with an intense, seductive fragrance. These nocturnal blooms attract pollinators including moths, bats, and bees. The plant produces edible fruits that change from green to bright red, ripening primarily from August to October. Widely cultivated in warm climates for its ornamental value and aromatic night-blooming flowers, this species combines functional beauty with practical food production.
Water Lily
Nymphaea
Water Lily (Nymphaea) is a genus of approximately 65 species of aquatic perennial plants belonging to the family Nymphaeaceae, distributed across every continent except Antarctica. Renowned for their spectacular floating flowers in shades of white, pink, red, yellow, orange, purple, and blue, water lilies are among the most beloved ornamental aquatic plants in the world. Their large, round, waxy leaves repel water and float gracefully on the surface of ponds, lakes, and water gardens. The genus includes both hardy varieties, which can overwinter in cold climates, and tropical varieties that require warm water year-round.
Water lily
Nymphaea × marliacea
Nymphaea × marliacea is a group of hardy water lily hybrids bred by French nurseryman Joseph Bory Latour-Marliac in the late 19th century, crossing European and North American Nymphaea species. It belongs to the family Nymphaeaceae and is an aquatic perennial with floating pads and surface-blooming flowers in white, yellow, or pink depending on the cultivar (e.g. 'Albida', 'Chromatella', 'Rosea').
White Water Lily
Nymphaea candida
Nymphaea candida is a hardy perennial aquatic plant native to the still ponds and quiet freshwater habitats of temperate Eurasia. Its floating leaves and pristine white, yellow-centered flowers open each morning across the water surface from spring through summer, making it a classic addition to garden ponds.
Red Indian Water Lily
Nymphaea rubra
Nymphaea rubra, known as the Red Indian Water Lily, is a stunning aquatic plant native to India and Southeast Asia. This night-blooming lily produces large, fragrant flowers in shades of deep red to pinkish-purple, typically 9–15 cm wide, that open at dusk and close by mid-morning. Its floating leaves create a beautiful display on ponds and water gardens.
Yellow Floating Heart
Nymphoides peltata
The Yellow Floating Heart (Nymphoides peltata) is a perennial aquatic plant in the Menyanthaceae family, native to Europe and temperate Asia. Its round, heart-shaped leaves, resembling a miniature water lily, float on the water's surface and can reach 6 inches in diameter, often featuring a purple-tinted underside. From June to September, it produces a succession of bright yellow, five-petaled flowers with fringed edges. Although each bloom lasts only a single day, they are continuously renewed throughout the summer. Vigorous and hardy down to -4°F (-20°C), it quickly forms a floating carpet and helps purify pond water by absorbing excess nitrogen and phosphorus.
Basil (genus)
Ocimum
Ocimum is a genus of aromatic herbs and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The best-known species include Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil) and Ocimum tenuiflorum (holy basil or tulsi). They are widely grown for their fragrant leaves valued for culinary, medicinal, and ornamental purposes.
Lemon Basil
Ocimum × citriodorum
Lemon basil (Ocimum × citriodorum) is a fragrant annual herb in the mint family (Lamiaceae), prized for its bright lemon scent derived from the compound citral. A natural hybrid between sweet basil and African basil, it grows 20–60 cm tall with narrow, slightly serrated leaves and small white flower spikes. Widely used in Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean cuisines, it is also valued for its aromatic and mild medicinal properties.
Hoary Basil
Ocimum americanum
Hoary basil (Ocimum americanum) is an annual aromatic herb native to tropical Africa and South Asia, now naturalized across the tropics, including Brazil. Its small, slightly hairy leaves release a citrusy, lime-like aroma. It is more disease-resistant than sweet basil, especially against downy mildew.
Sweet Basil
Ocimum basilicum
Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) is a popular annual aromatic herb native to India and Southeast Asia. Widely cultivated worldwide for culinary, medicinal, and aromatic uses, it features bright green oval leaves and small white to pink flowers that bloom in summer.
Greek Basil
Ocimum basilicum var. minimum
Greek basil (Ocimum basilicum var. minimum) is a compact, bushy variety of common basil in the mint family (Lamiaceae). Also known as bush basil or dwarf basil, it forms a dense, rounded mound up to 30 cm tall, covered in small, intensely aromatic oval leaves. It is a tender annual herb (or short-lived perennial in warm climates) prized both in Mediterranean cooking and as an ornamental container plant for patios and windowsills. Small white to pale lavender flowers appear in summer, attracting bees and other pollinators. Thanks to its compact habit and fast growth, it is one of the most popular culinary herbs for small-space and indoor gardening.
African Basil
Ocimum gratissimum
African Basil (Ocimum gratissimum) is a woody, shrubby basil species native to Tropical Africa and Asia, widely cultivated in Brazil and West Africa. Unlike common basil, it grows into a large shrub up to 3 meters tall with strongly aromatic leaves rich in eugenol and thymol — giving it a clove-like scent. It is highly valued both as a culinary herb across West Africa and as a medicinal plant used to treat infections, fever, diabetes, and inflammation.
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