These are the various types of garden flowers with names and pictures that begin with the letter L. With an emphasis on common and easy to grow species.
Mammillaria elongata, the gold lace cactus or ladyfinger cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to central Mexico.Lady’s mantle (Alchemilla mollis or Alchemilla vulgaris) is an attractive perennial plant. Its soft gray-green foliage is semi-round with scalloped-shaped leaves. In late spring and early summer, the plant produces nearly inconspicuous chartreuse (yellow-green) blooms.Lance-leaf Coreopsis waves brightly in late spring and early summer on sunny, even hot sites with dry, It grows bright yellow, daisy-like flowers.Larkspur is also an annual while delphinium is a perennial, and though they look nearly the same, delphinium has separated sepals while larkspur has some conjoined ones.Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) is a lemon-scented perennial herb that comes from the same family as mint. The herb is native to Europe, North Africa, and West Asia, but it’s grown around the world.Tough and durable, Thymus × citriodorus (Lemon Thyme) is an aromatic, bushy, evergreen sub-shrub primarily grown as a culinary herb.Ligularia dentata, commonly called leopard plant, is native to China and Japan. It is an imposing, clump-forming perennial that is grown in gardens as much for its foliage as for its flowers.Leucadendron Red Gem is a medium sized shrub with deep bronze red flowers in autumn which open up to yellow with red bracts during winter.Bred for hot, sunny environments, Helichrysum petiolare (Licorice Plant) will blow you away with its amazingly soft, densely-felted foliage which brings interest to the border as well as a slight licorice fragrance! This evergreen shrub boasts trailing stems, densely clad with round, plush, velvety silver leaves.Liquorice or licorice is the common name of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a flowering plant of the bean family Fabaceae, from the root of which a sweet, aromatic flavouring can be extracted. The liquorice plant is a herbaceous perennial legume native to the Western Asia and southern Europe.Oenothera lindheimeri, formerly Gaura lindheimeri, and commonly known as Lindheimer’s beeblossom, white gaura, pink gaura, Lindheimer’s clockweed, and Indian feather, is a species of Oenothera. The perennial plant is native to southern Louisiana and Texas.Mammillaria heyderi is a very short cactus that can be difficult to spot in the winter when it is nearly below ground level and may be partially covered in gravel.Ariocarpus fissuratus is the only US representative of a small genus of spineless cacti that grow close to the ground, with the greater part of the plant below the surface, above a thick taproot. Plants have a rosette arrangement of wrinkled, triangular tubercles, colored brown, gray or green.Lobelia inflata, also known as Indian tobacco or puke weed, is a species of Lobelia native to eastern North America, from southeastern Canada south through the eastern United States to Alabama and west to Kansas.Lysimachia vulgaris, the yellow loosestrife or garden loosestrife, is a species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It is native to wetlands, damp meadows and forests of south-east Europe.Amaranthus caudatus is a species of annual flowering plant. It goes by common names such as love-lies-bleeding, pendant amaranth, tassel flower, velvet flower, foxtail amaranth, and quilete.Pulmonaria longifolia, (Narrow-leaved Lungwort) is a semi-evergreen clump-forming herbaceous perennial plant, native to western Europe, including Britain, France, Spain, Portugal. It grows in semi-shaded habitats, such as woodland and scrub, to 2000 m above sea level.Lantana camara is a small perennial shrub which can grow to around 2 m tall and form dense thickets in a variety of environments. Due to extensive selective breeding throughout the 17th and 18th Centuries for use as an ornamental plant, there are now many different L. camara cultivars.Lupinus, commonly known as lupin or lupine, is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur in North Africa and the Mediterranean.Lunaria, Money Plant is a biennial that is grown for the silvery white, flattened, disc-like seed pods. Plants bloom with clusters of lavender flowers in spring and make pods second summer after seeds are sown. It is these coin-shaped pods that make it attractive in dried arrangements.Love-in-a-Mist is a hardy annual with fine, threadlike leaves and charming 1½ in. flowers at the end of each branch.Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, Egyptian bean or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is often colloquially called a water lily. Lotus plants are adapted to grow in the flood plains of slow-moving rivers and delta areas.Eustoma, commonly known as lisianthus or prairie gentian, is a small genus in the gentian family. They are native to warm regions of the southern United States, Mexico, Caribbean and northern South America. This genus is typically found in grasslands and in areas of disturbed ground.Linaria japonica Miq. is a perennial plant that grows in seashore areas, and is used in folk medicine as a diuretic and a purgative.Lily of the valley, Convallaria majalis, sometimes written lily-of-the-valley, is a woodland flowering plant with sweetly scented, pendent, bell-shaped white flowers borne in sprays in spring. It is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe.Lilium is a genus of bulbous perennials grown for their very showy, often fragrant flowers. Among the 100 species, there are four main flower shapes: trumpet, bowl, recurved, and funnel. Various lilies bloom from spring to fall, giving rise to early season, midseason, and late season designations.Syringa vulgaris is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae, native to the Balkan Peninsula, where it grows on rocky hills. Grown for its scented purple flowers in spring, this large shrub or small tree is widely cultivated and has been naturalized in parts of Europe and North America.Lechenaultia linarioides, commonly named yellow leschenaultia, is a shrub found in Southwest Australia.Often associated with the famous purple fields of Provence, Lavandula angustifolia, also called English Lavender, is not native to England but to the Mediterranean. Ideal for garden borders, cooking and potpourri, this lavender also produces the best oils.Lavatera maritima (Tree mallow) is a pretty, medium-sized, semi-evergreen sub-shrub with large, luminous, pale lavender flowers, 3 in. across (7 cm).This plant has medium severity poison characteristics. Three leaved Lantana is a tropical shrub from south and central America and Mexico that grows 2-5 feet tall. The leaves grow in a whirl of three and the blooms are clusters of lavender flowers that occur during the growing season.Cypripedium arietinum, the ram’s head lady’s slipper, is a rare orchid that grows in lightly shaded areas with calcareous soils. It is characteristic of the alvars around the Great Lakes in North America, as well as in New England.
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Lady Finger Cactus
Mammillaria elongata, the gold lace cactus or ladyfinger cactus, is a species of flowering plant native to central Mexico. In spring, this particular type of cactus produces white or yellow flowers.
Lady’s Mantle
Lady’s Slipper
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Lance-leaved Coreopsis
It produces yellow flower heads in late summer, each head containing both ray florets and disc florets. Honeybees and butterflies are attracted to the flowers.
The name ‘delphinium’ is from the word meaning ‘dolphin’ in Latin, which originally came from the Greek, named due to the plant’s bud and spur that resembles the shape of a dolphin. All members of the genus Delphinium are toxic to humans and livestock.
Lavatera
Lavatera adds a passionate tone to the garden with its flowers that resemble hibiscus or mini hollyhock blossoms. Lavatera showcases an abundance of flowers in jewel-tone hues. This easy-growing plant is great for large pots or the back of a border.
Lavender
Lavender plants seem to thrive best in rocky or sandy soil. Lavender buds can amplify both sweet and savory flavors in dishes and are sometimes used to make marshmallows or scones.
Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), balm, common balm, or balm mint produces small flowers full of nectar during the summer. It is not to be confused with bee balm (genus Monarda), although the white flowers attract bees.
A cool, permeable and well-drained soil is fundamental for the good growth of lilies. These flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large prominent flowers.
