Did you know the Earth has more than 80,000 plants? How many of them do you know about? If you are someone who wishes to have plants at home or in the office, you need to explore your options. Sure, plants give you a lot of benefits but some serve you more than others. Below we have enlisted some flowers and plants that start with ‘X’.
It is hard to believe how many plants that start with X are there. They are not the easiest names to pronounce either. But they are beautiful and healthy in some cases nonetheless.
Most Popular Plants that Start with ‘X’
X Chitalpa Tashkentensis
X Chitalpa Tashkentensis is a tree that sheds its leaves during the autumn season. It grows up to thirty-five feet tall. It has an oval-shaped crown which tends to spread out. This tree is a cross of two other trees named willow and southern catalpa. It first came into existence around the 1960s in Uzbekistan.
The leaves are six inches long in green colour. It either has pink or white flowers. For pink flowers, it is called ‘Pink Dawn’ and for white flowers, they care called ‘Morning Cloud’. The flowers bloom by the end of summer. It is an easy plant to grow and requires a sheltered location.
X Fatshedera Lizei
This is also a hybrid plant. It is a cross between common ivy and Japanese fatsia. It goes by the common name of bush ivy or tree ivy. X Fatshedera Lizei can be set up in many ways because of its parents consisting of a shrub on one end and a vine on the other. We can either let it grow along the ground like a shrub to cover it or we can tie it like a vine.
In the autumn season, it produces green to white flowers. It can tolerate very harsh conditions including polluted air; and, it is generally resistant to plant diseases and remains green throughout the year.
To grow it, you should plant it in a place of shade and under taller bushes or in containers. For this reason, it makes a very good plant for homes and offices.
X Solidaster Luteus
X Solidaster luteus is a hybrid between Solidago and Aster. It is easy to grow and requires either completely dry or medium soil. The soil should be well-drained and the plant should have full sun exposure. To prevent rust and deal with mildew problems, it is recommended to keep this plant in an area where there is good air circulation.
It has flowers that are yellow and looks mostly like daisy flowers. They bloom in late summer and typically grows to 2.5 feet tall. It is quite a beautiful plant to look at the garden can use it as sunny borders.
Xanthium
A flowering plant that starts with ‘X’ is Xanthium. It belongs to the sunflower tribe and is part of the daisy family. It exists in the Americas and parts of Asia. They can grow up to forty-seven inches tall. They also go by the name cocklebur. The leaves are arranged in spirals with margins in between. For some species, there are also thorns on the base of leaves.
This plant can have two types of flowers. One of these is for pollination while the other produces seed. The seeds are enclosed in oval-shaped structures. The flowers bloom in late summers and autumn. It can be called a short-day plant.
Xylobium
Xylobium is found in many places including Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. It can be medium to large, and grows in warm as well as cold environments. It has long based leaves that bloom in the summers and fall in the autumn season, and belongs to the major group of flowering plants. Xylobium has around thirty-one accepted species names including Xylobium hypocritum.
It is abbreviated as Xyl and is named after its stems which are woody. It is important to prevent the leaves from coming in contact with water as it produces rot.
Flowers that Start with ‘X’
Xanthoceras sorbifolium goes with that common name yellow horn. It is one of the shrubs that are green all year round. It can grow up to six meters in height. The flowers come on it in early spring. They are white and are round. The seeds tend to ripen from September to October. To care for it is easy since it is suitable for various sands including sandy, clay or loamy soil although it should be drained well. The pH value can also be in any range. The important thing is to give it light and keep its soil moist.
Xerophyllum tenax is another one of the flowers that start with ‘X’. They go by the common name of Indian Basket Grass or Beargrasss. It is also a plant that blooms all year round and grows up to 1.2 meters in height. The flowers grow on it from July to August. It has different male and female plants. The soil it requires can be either sandy or loamy and well-drained in both cases. The pH value can be set at any point. For this plant, it grows in either semi-shade or no shade.
Conclusion
There are some interesting plants around the world. We have mentioned some of these plants in our list above. All of them are the plants that start with ‘X’. Gardening has a lot of benefits. Even after we are done with cultivating and growing the plants, they continue serving us by giving us fresh oxygen to breathe or absorbing the noise around us and giving us free space for our creativity to come forward.
If you have never tried your hand at growing plants, it is still not too late. It can be a great way to spend time. Secondly, it proves to be very therapeutic and gives a routine to life. So, what are you waiting for? Go out and buy one for yourself!
