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NAME
Scientific Name
Local Name
PROPERTIES USE/S

Bellis perennis
daisy
It is an herbaceous perennial plant with
short creeping rhizomes and rosettes of
small rounded or spoon-shaped leaves
that are from 3/4 to 2 inches (approx. 2
5 cm) long and grow flat to the ground.
This daisy may be used
as a potherb. Young
leaves can be eaten raw
in salads
[12]
or cooked,
noting that the leaves
become increasingly
astringent with
age.
[6]
Flower buds and
petals can be eaten raw in
sandwiches, soups and
salads.
[7]
It is also used as
a tea and as a vitamin
supplement.
Has astringent
properties that used in
herbal medicine.

Rosmarinus officinalis
rosemary
is a woody, perennial herbwith
fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves
and white, pink, purple, or blue
flowers,native to the Mediterranean
region. It is a member of the mint
family Lamiaceae, which includes many
other herbs. The name "rosemary" derives
from the Latin for "dew" (ros) and "sea"
(marinus), or "dew of the sea"
Rosemary is used as a
decorative plant in
gardens and has many
culinary and medical
uses. The plant is said to
improve the memory. The
leaves are used to flavor
various foods, such as
stuffings and roast meats.

Zinnia
Zinnia angustifolia is an annual or
perennial
[2]
growing up to 50 cm tall. The
stems have many branches and the
herbage is rough with short hairs.
[3]
The
27 cm 48 mm leaf blades are linear to
narrowly elliptic. The heads of flowers
have involucres that are mostly
hemispheric (shaped like a globe that is
cut in half), usually much less than 1 cm
high or wide.
[4]
The flowers have bright
orange or sometimes yellow ray
corollas,
[2]
but in cultivated plants, the
flowers may be white or a variety of other
colors.
[5]

garden flowers

Alstroemeria
Peruvian lily/lily of the
Incas
Plants of this genus grow from a cluster
of tubers. They send up fertile and sterile
stems, the fertile stems of some species
reaching 1.5 meters in height. The leaves
are alternately arranged and resupinate,
twisted on the petioles so that the
undersides face up. The leaves are
variable in shape and the blades have
smooth edges. The flowers are solitary or
borne in umbels. The flower has
six tepals each up to 5 centimeters long.
They come in many shades of red,
orange, purple, green, and white, and they
often have spots. There are six
curving stamens. The stigmahas three
lobes. The fruit is a capsule with three
valves.Perennial
Ornamental plant


Boquet and flower
arrangements

Tagetes
marigold
is a genus of 56
species
[3]
of annual and perennial,
mostly herbaceous plants in the sunflower
family (Asteraceae or Compositae). The
genus is native toNorth and South
America, but some species have become
naturalized around the worldBlooms
naturally occur in golden, orange, yellow,
and white colors, often with maroon
highlights. Floral heads are typically (1-) to
46 cm diameter, generally with both ray
florets and disc florets. In horticulture, they
tend to be planted as annuals, although
the perennial species are gaining
popularity.
Ornamental plant
Essential oil extract
for perfume
Animal resistant
Instect repellant

Lavandula
Lavander
The genus includes annual or short-
lived herbaceous perennial plants,
and suffrutescent perennials, subshrubs or
smallshrubs.Leaf shape is diverse across
the genus. They are simple in some
commonly cultivated species; in others
they are pinnately toothed, or pinnate,
sometimes multiple pinnate and dissected.
In most species the leaves are covered in
fine hairs orindumentum, which normally
contain the essential oils.Flowers are
borne in whorls, held on spikes rising
Lavender Oil
Culinary use
Salads and dfessings
above the foliage, the spikes being
branched in some species. Some species
produce coloured bracts at the apices.
The flowers may be blue, violet or lilac in
the wild species, occasionally blackish
purple or yellowish. The calyx is tubular.
The corolla is also tubular, usually with
five lobes (the upper lip often cleft, and the
lower lip has two clefts).

Phalaenopsis
Moth Orchid
They are native throughout
southeast Asia from
the Himalayan mountains to the islands
of Polillo, Palawan and Zamboanga del
Norte in the island of Mindanao in
thePhilippines and
northern Australia.Phalaenopsis shows
a monopodialgrowth habit: a single
growing stem produces one or two
alternate, thick, fleshy, elliptical leaves a
year from the top while the older, basal
leaves drop off at the same rate. If very
healthy, a Phalaenopsis plant can have up
to ten or more leaves. Theinflorescence,
either a raceme or panicle, appears from
the stem between the leaves. They bloom
in their full glory for several weeks. If kept
in the home, the flowers may last two to
three months
Ornamental plant
















Strongylodon
macrobotrys
J ade vine/ Emerald vine
is a species
of leguminous perennial woody vine, a
native of the tropical forests of
the Philippines, with stems that can reach
up to 18 m in length.
[3]
Its local name is
"tayabak".
[citation needed]
A member of
the Fabaceae (the pea and bean family), it
is closely related to beans such as kidney
bean and runner bean.
[3]
Strongylodon
macrobotrys is pollinated by bats.The pale
green foliage consists of three
leaflets.
[3]
The claw-shaped flowers are
carried in pendent trusses or
pseudoracemes of 75 or more flowers and
can reach as much as 3 m
Ornamental plant


long.
[3]
The turquoise flower color is similar
to some forms of the
minerals turquoise and jade, varying from
blue-green to mint green.
[citation needed]
The
short, oblong, fleshy seedpods are up to
15 cm long and contain up to 12 seeds.
[3]


Phalaenopsis
lueddemanniana
Plant flowers in the spring to summer three
to five flowers. Flowers are up to 6 cm wide
and fragrant.
This species was introduced in to cultivation
by Low in England.
Plants is found growing in the Philippines at
elevations below 100 meters.
Grows cool to warm. Pot in medium fir bark
and keep in partial shade. Water about
once a week. Keep plant fairly moist but not
wet.
Ornamental plant

Pachystachys lutea
Lollipop Plant
Golden shrimp Plant
Shrub to 90 cm or taller, leaves are
opposite,
narrow-ovate to 12 cm long, with entire
margins.
Flowers are in large terminal spike, to 10 cm
long,
with large, golden yellow cordiante bracts,
to 2.5
cm long; corolla is white. Fruit is a capsule.

Native to Peru. Common in gardens in
Metropolitan Manila and in Bgauio City.
Propagated by cutting or by seeds.
Ornamentals

Hydrangea macrophylla

Mil Flores

Low shrub, to 1.5 m tall Leaves are
opposite,
petionled oblong-ovate, acuminate, light
green,
with serrate margins Flowers are in large,
terminal
cymes; cluster is to 12 cm scross blue, pink,
or
white with broadly oval sepals.

Native to eastern Asia. Cultivated in some
gardens
in the Philippines. Thrives well in Baguio
City and
other high-altitude areas.
Ornamental plant

Ligustrum vicaryi
Golden privet
Golden bush
A multi-stemmed, perennial shrub that is
commonly used in hedge and privacy screen
plantings and as an accent plant in home
landscapes. The glossy, ovate leaves of the
golden privet are the plant's most
prominent
feature. Rather than green, the leaves have
a
yellow or golden cast to them. The flowers
produce a dark, colorful, berry-like fruit.
This
perennial, deciduous shrub is an evergreen
in
warmer climates. The shrub grows
moderately
fast, putting on around a foot of growth per
year.
Hedge, plant

Cuphea hyssopifolia
False heather
Singapore bush
Much branched shrub to 1.5 m tall. Stems
are
semi-woody, slender and crooked. Leaves
are
green, opposite, acute and numerous on
the
branches, narrow lanceolate, to 1.5 cm
long.
Flowers are small, purplish violet to light
purple
with green calyx.

Native to Mexico. Recently introduced to
the
Philippines. Popularly grown as hedge plant.
Propagated by stem cuttings.
Hedge plant

Asparagus aethiopicus is a plant native to South Africa. Often used
as an ornamental plant, it is considered an
invasive weed in many locations. Asparagus
aethiopicus is a branching perennial herb
with tough green aerial stems which are
sparsely covered with spines. The leaves are
actually leaf-like cladodes, which are 0.8-2
cm long and 0.1-0.2 cm wide, and arise in
groups of four or more from the stem.
Occurring in spring, the small white or
pinkish-white flowers are 0.3-0.5 cm long
and arise in clusters off the stem. Flowers
are followed in summer by small round
berries 0.5 cm in diameter, which bear a
black 3 mm diameter seed. Initially green,
the berries mature and turn red in the
winter. The root system is a mat of fibrous
roots with bulbous tubers, from which
plants may resprout.[5]
Ornamental plant

Heliconia humilis
common lobster claw




Large, perennial plant to 4m tall. Leaves are
longstalked
oblong,pointed, and shiny green. Bracts
are bot-shaped salmon-red. Changing to
green
toward the tip. Inflorescence is erect, with
yellowish white flowers.
Native to Brazil and Trinidad. Cultivated in
towns
and cities in the Philippines but not
widespread.
Prefers rich, loamy soil and abundant water.
Propagated by seeds or by division of
rhizomes.
Ornamental plant,
Hedge plant

Paspalum conjugatum
Caabao Grass
Spreading stoloniferous grass. Leaves are
narrowlanceolate,
flat, thin, glabrous to 20 cm long and to
1.5 cm wide. There are 2 spikes at the
terminal
part of the stem; the spikes are to 12 cm
long and
with slender peduncle. The spikelets are
imbricate,
to 1.4 mm long, pale green.
Native to tropical America and now
widespread
throughout the tropics. Growing in open,
waste
places throughout the Philippines.
Considered a
weed but sometimes planted as coarse lawn
grass. Propagated by division of sod blocks.
Lawn grass
Properties of Plants
Reference: Baguio City Orchidarium
Bureau of Plant Industry


I. Flowering Plants
II.

Cynodon dactyl
Bermuda grass
The blades are a grey-green colour and
are short, usually 215 cm (0.795.91 in)
long with rough edges.
[3]
The erect stems
can grow 130 cm (0.3911.81 in) tall.
The stems are slightly flattened, often
tinged purple in colour. The seed heads
are produced in a cluster of two to six
spikes together at the top of the stem,
each spike 25 cm (0.791.97 in) long.
[3]
It
has a deep root system; in drought
situations with penetrable soil, the root
system can grow to over 2 m deep, though
most of the root mass is less than 60 cm
under the surface. The grass creeps along
the ground and roots wherever a node
touches the ground, forming a dense mat.
lawn

Bambusa multiplex
Hedge bamboo

Bambusa multiplex is an evergreen Bamboo
growing to 4.5 m (14ft) by 5 m (16ft) at a fast rate.
The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male
and female organs) and are pollinated by Wind.
Hedge plant
food