Seasonal Interest

The garden is open for visitors from Wednesday to Sunday.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Sofia

Season: Summer

Sofia

Season: Spring

Sofia

Season: Winter

Sofia

Season: Winter

Sofia

Season: Summer

Sofia

Season: Summer

Sofia

Season: Winter

Sofia

Season: Winter

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Sofia

Season: Summer

Sofia

Season: Spring

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Erica is a low-growing, spreading subshrub, reaching 10-25 cm in height. Its leaves are evergreen, needle-shaped, 4-8 millimeters long, borne in whorls of four. The flowers are produced in racemes in late winter to early spring, and the plants often begin to bloom while still covered with snow. The individual flower is in the form of a slender bell-shape, 4-6 millimeters long, dark reddish-pink, rarely white.

Season: Spring, Winter

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Cymbidium lowianum is a large lithophytic or epiphytic species of orchid with long, curved stems with 12 to 40 flowers, surrounded by bracts. Blooming from autumn to late winter or spring, it is native to Myanmar, China, Thailand, Cymbidium lowianum prefers cooler conditions for optimal growth. It is found in shady, high mountain forests at an altitude of 1200-2400 m.

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Stanhopea tigrina Bateman ex Lindl.

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Season: Spring

Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms

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The water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms of the Pontederiaceae family is a free-floating perennial water-loving plant that grows as a weed in subtropical areas, but is extremely attractive in aquariums or other water bodies. His homeland is the Amazon Basin. It has a rosette of thick, leathery ovate leaves, and each flowering class usually has 8-15 flowers. One petal of each color has a yellow spot at the base. As an ornamental aquatic garden plant, water hyacinth provides attractive flowers and dense greenery that inhibits the growth of algae and helps keep water clean.

Season: Spring

Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.

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Season: Spring

Cornus mas L.

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Dogwood is a shrub or low tree common in Europe and Asia. The leaves are ovate, pointed and entire and are located opposite. The flowers are yellow and develop before the leaves occour. The fruits are elongated with a red flesh. The species blooms February-March and inhabits forests and shrubs. It has medicinal, nutritional and decorative significance. For medicinal purposes, the fruits are used, which are collected when they are fully ripe. The species is also known by the names Drenovitsa, Drenka and can be seen in the park of UBG Sofia.

Season: Winter

Schaueria calicotricha (Link & Otto) Nees

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Season: Winter

Aspidistra elatior Blume

Sofia

Season: Winter

Berberis vulgaris L.

Sofia

Season: Winter

Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Siebold

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Cucurbita sp. и Lagenaria sp.

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Salvia coccinea 'Cherry blossom'

Sofia

Season: Summer

Rudbeckia fulgida Aiton

Sofia

Season: Summer

Digitalis purpurea L.

Sofia

Season: Spring

Lonicera tatarica L.

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Season: Spring

Helleborus × hybridus 'Double Queens'

Sofia

Season: Winter

Sinningia eumorpha H.E. Moore

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Season: Winter

Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.

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Season: Winter

Dalechampia spathulata (Scheidw.) Baill.

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Season: Winter

Rivina humilis L.

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Psidium cattleianum Afzel. ex Sabine

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Begonia dregei Otto & Dietr.

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Eschscholzia californica Cham.

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Furcraea selloa K.Koch

Sofia

Season: Autumn

Eucharis x grandiflora Planch. & Linden

Sofia

Season: Summer

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Hibiscus moscheutos L.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Canna indica L.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Stanhopea oculata (Lodd.) Lindl.

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Season: Summer

Rudbeckia maxima Nutt.

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Season: Summer

Hydrangea arborescens L.

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Season: Summer

Monarda didyma L.

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Season: Summer

Linum austriacum L.

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Season: Summer

Aquilegia chrysantha A.Gray

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Season: Spring

Rosa hybrida 'Gold Dot'

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Season: Spring

Allium 'Globemaster'

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Season: Spring

Iris germanica 'Royal Storm'

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Season: Spring

Euonymus alatus

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Season: Spring

Tulipa rhodopea (Velen.)Velen.

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Season: Spring

Leucojum aestivum L.

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Season: Spring

Zephyranthes minuta (Kunth) D.Dietr.

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Season: Spring

Pulsatilla vulgaris Mill.

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Season: Spring

Helleborus x hybridus

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Season: Spring

Adenium obesum (Forssk.)Roem. & Schult.

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Season: Winter

Astrophytum myriostigma Lem.

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Season: Winter

Aphelandra aurantiaca (Scheidw.)Lindl.

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Season: Winter

Crassula lactea Aiton

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Season: Autumn

Gardenia jasminoides J.Ellis

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Season: Autumn

Paphiopedilum insigne (Wall.ex Lindl.) Pfitzer

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Season: Autumn

Leonotis nepetifolia (L.) R.Br.

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Season: Autumn

Mammillaria gracilis Pfeiff.

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Season: Autumn

Penstemon campanulatus (Cav.) Willd.

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Season: Summer

Ismene x deflexa Herb.

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Season: Summer

Chysis bractescens Lindl.

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Season: Summer

Cortaderia selloana (Schult. & Schult. f.) Asch. & Graebn.

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Season: Summer

Begonia maculata Raddi

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Season: Summer

Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A.DC.

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Season: Summer

Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench 'Green Twister'

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Season: Summer

Heuchera americana L.

Sofia

Season: Spring

Tetranema roseum (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl. & Steyerm.

Sofia

Season: Spring, Summer

Palisota barteri Hook.f.

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Season: Spring

Sofia

Season: Spring

Dendrochilum glumaceum Lindl.

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Dendrochilum glumaceum is a species from the Orchidaceae family, originated from the Philippines where found at elevations of 500 to 2300 meters. They are small or medium sized orchids growing on trees and rocks. The species form groups of conical to ovoid pseudobulbs, from which elliptic or rounded single leaves come out. Flowering is in the spring when the orchid forms up to (12") 30 cm long inflorescences consisting of small and aromatic flowers arranged in 2 rows. The beautiful orchid is in blossom and can be seen in the tropical greenhouse of UBG - Sofia.

Season: Winter

Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.

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Season: Winter

Justicia brandegeeana Wassh. & L.B.Sm.

Sofia

Season: Winter

Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch

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Season: Winter

Tillandsia ionantha Planch. /сем. Bromeliaceae/

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Season: Winter

Cattleya Blc Husky Boy ‘Michael’

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Season: Winter

CENTRANTHUS RUBER (L.) DC.

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Centranthus ruber (Caprifoliaceae family), commonly called red valerian or Jupiter’s beard, is a well-branched, bushy, clump-forming, woody-based perennial. It is valued for its ability to produce, often in poor soils, a showy bloom of star-shaped crimson, pink or white flowers from spring to frost. Flowers (each to 1/2") are fragrant and appear in dense terminal clusters (cymes) atop upright to relaxed stems rising above the foliage to 1.5-3' tall. The leaves are gray-green, fleshy, sessile, oval to lanceolate (to 4" long). It is native to the Mediterranean region.

Season: Spring, Summer, Autumn

Passiflora amethystina J.C.Mikan

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Passiflora (Passion flower), is a genus of flowering plants originating from North America, South America and Australia. More than 500 species are known, including vines, shrubs, and trees. The Latin name comes from the words "passus" and "flos", respectively "suffering" and "color", ... [more]

Season: Autumn

Nerium oleander L.

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Season: Summer

Dichondra argentea Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. ‘Silver Falls’

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Season: Summer

Gladiolus grandiflorus 'Wind Song' Andrews

Sofia

Season: Summer

Hibiscus syriacus L.

Sofia

Season: Summer

Bougainvillea

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Season: Summer

Dracunculus vulgaris Schott

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Season: Summer

Papaver orientale L.

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Oriental poppy is a perennial herbaceous plant, originating from the Caucasus, northeast Turkey and northern Iran. The root of the plant is central and spindle, and the stem is unbranched and strongly hairy. The leaves are prolonged-lanceolate, deep-cut, covered with dense and sharp hairs. The lower leaves are collected ... [more]

Season: Summer

Paeonia × suffruticosa Andrews

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Season: Spring

Medinilla magnifica Lindl.

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Season: Spring

Kalanchoe zimbabwensis Rendle

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Kalanchoe is a large genus of the Crassulaceae family, composed of about 125 species of flowering succulent plants native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. A beautiful representative of the genus is Kalanchoe zimbabwensis. This is a perennial flowering plant up to 30 cm high but its flowering stem may exceed 50 ... [more]

Season: Spring

Camellia japonica L. var. hortensis

Sofia

Season: Winter

Colmanara Wildcat 'Bobcat'

Sofia

Season: Winter

Cattlianthe (Lc.) 'Rojo' (Guarianthe aurantiaca x Cattleya milleri)

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The Cattlianthe 'Rojo' is an orchid hybrid, a cross between Guarianthe aurantiaca and Cattleya milleri. This hybrid is a medium sized Cattleya orchid which can produce clusters of red-orange flowers. Blooms are small, measuring about 4-5 cm across. However this orchid is a cluster bloomer, this means it can produce ... [more]

Season: Winter

Strelitzia reginae Banks

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Bird-of-paradise flower, or crane flower as it is sometimes known, was first introduced into Britain in 1773 by Sir Joseph Banks who named the plant Strelitzia in honour of Queen Charlotte, wife of George III and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Strelitzia reginae is native to the southern and eastern ... [more]

Season: Winter

Brasiliorchis picta (Hook.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali

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Maxillaria picta is a sympodial epiphyte orchid species, native to Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. It produces rounded pseudobulbs that are 2-3 cm in diameter. On top of each pseudobulb the orchid usually produces 2 leaves that are 15-20 cm in length and about 2-3 cm in width. Blooms are about 3-4 cm across and stay close ... [more]

Season: Winter

Glottiphyllum parvifolium L.Bolus

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Glottiphyllum is a genus of about 57 species of succulent subtropical plants of the Aizoaceae family. The name comes from greek "γλωττίς" (glottis=tongue) and "φύλλον" (phyllos=foliage). The species are native to South Africa, specifically ... [more]

Season: Autumn, Winter

Bulbophyllum ornatissimum (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm.

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Found in Sikkim as a small sized, warm to hot growing epiphyte with ovoid pseudobulbs and a single, apical, linear-oblong, obtuse leaf that carries 3 to 5, apical, fragrant flowers in an umbel on each erect, 6" (15 cm) long inflorescence which arise from the base of the mature psuedobulb occuring in the fall.

Season: Autumn

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Season: Autumn

Eucharis × grandiflora Planch. & Linden

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Eucharis × grandiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to western Colombia and western Ecuador and widely cultivated as an ornamental in other regions. It is a natural hybrid between E. moorei and E. ... [more]

Season: Autumn

Lagerstroemia indica L.

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Lagerstroemia indica (crape myrtle, crepeflower) is a species in the Lythraceae family.It is a multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub or tree with a wide spreading, flat topped habit. The bark is smooth, gray and mottled, shedding each year. Leaves also shed each winter, after spectacular color display, and bare branches re-leaf early in the spring; leaves are small, smooth-edged, circular or oval-shaped, and dark green changing to yellow and orange and red in autumn. Flowers, on different trees, are white, pink, mauve, purple or carmine with crimped petals, in panicles up to 9 cm (3 1⁄2 in).

Season: Summer, Autumn

Achillea millefolium L. ‘Cerise queen’

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Season: Summer

Crinum x amabile Donn ex Ker Gawl.

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Season: Summer

Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. 'Flore pleno'

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Tabernaemontana divaricata , commonly called pinwheelflower or crape jasmine, is a species from the Apocynaceae family. The representatives in this genus are tropical evergreen trees or deciduous shrubs that are naturally growing in South America, Africa, Madagascar, Australia, India and Singapore. The stem exudes ... [more]

Season: Summer

Oncidium ‘Jungle Monarch’

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The Oncidium family is very large and includes many flower varieties. The most common flower variety is often referred to as the "dancing lady". Most of the Oncidium types have thin leaves, pseudobulbs, and branching sprays with flowers colored in yellow and mahogany. Oncidium 'Jungle Monarch' is a cross between Oncidium Debutante and Oncidium Maculatum and is now flowering the University Botanic Gardens in Sofia.

Season: Summer

Alcea rosea L.

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Alcea rosea (common hollyhock) is an ornamental plant in the Malvaceae family. It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before, the 15th century. Alcea rosea is variously described as a biennial (having a two-year life cycle) or as a short-lived perennial. ... [more]

Season: Summer

Yucca gloriosa L.

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Yucca gloriosa is an evergreen species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. There are about 30 species in the Yucca genus, native to Central and South USA. It is caulescent, usually with several stems arising from the base, the base thickening in adult specimens. ... [more]

Season: Summer

Allium schoenoprasoides Regel

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Allium schoenoprasum is an edible species of the Allium genus that is also commonly known as Chives. This is a bulb-forming herbaceous perennial plant, growing up to 30–50 cm (12–20 in) tall, widespread in nature across Europe, Asia and North America. ... [more]

Season: Spring, Summer

Paeonia arborea L.

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Peony has been cultivated for over 4000 years and it is native to Asia, Southern Europe and North America. In China it is also called “The Emperor’s flower” as it has been grown in the royal gardens. Paeonia is the only genus in the family Paeoniaceae consisting of about 40 species ... [more]

Season: Spring

Monanthes polyphylla L.

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Monanthes is a genus of small, succulent, subtropical plants of the Crassulaceae family. The species are mostly endemic to the Canary Islands and the Savage Islands. A representative of this genus, Monanthes polyphylla, is now flowering in the Sofia University botanic garden’s ... [more]

Season: Spring