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Cultivated Flowers, Shrubs, and Trees of Sweden

Exploring Swedish Gardens

As a plant geek and photographer, all plants are exciting, even those in garden beds. In Uppsala, Sweden we toured Linnaeus' professorial home and botanical gardens where he cultivated species imported from around the world. Some garden beds included closely related species side by side, showing how the plants were distinctly different, yet clearly related. I photographed flowers there as well as in home gardens and flowerbeds, wherever flowers were in bloom. Scroll down the page to see some of the cultivated species encountered in Sweden.

Botanizing Sweden
1. Intro and Circumpolar Species | 2. Exported Species | 3. Introduced Species
4. Cultivated Flowers | 5. Native Flowers | 6. Native Shrubs and Trees

Old Man's Beard: Clematis vitalba. Old man's beard is a member of the Buttercup Family.

Coriander: Coriandrum sativum. Coriander is a member of the Parsley Family.

Common Evening Primrose: Oenothera biennis.

Common Evening Primrose: Oenothera biennis. Evening Primrose is a member of the Evening Primrose Family.

Pomegranate: Punica granatum.

Pomegranate: Punica granatum. Pomegranate is a member of the Loosestrife Family native to Iran and northern India. It has been cultivated for thousands of years, and is now widely planted in Mediterranean climates around the world, or in this case, grown as a potted plant in Sweden.

Redflower Currant: Ribes sanguineum.

Redflower Currant: Ribes sanguineum. Currants are members of the Gooseberry Family.

Marsh Mallow: Althaea officinalis. Marshmallow is a member of the Mallow Family.

Crested Anoda: Anoda cristata. Crested Anoda is a member of the Mallow Family.

Black Chokeberry: Aronia melanocarpa. Chokeberry is a member of the Rose Family.

Foraging the Mountain West

Shrubby St. John's Wort: Hypericum androsaemum. Shrubby St. Johnswort is a member of the St. Johnswort Family

Aztec Tobacco: Nicotiana rustica. Tobacco is a member of the Nightshade Family.

Cultivated Tobacco: Nicotiana tabacum.

Cultivated Tobacco: Nicotiana tabacum. Tobacco is a member of the Nightshade Family.

Potato: Solanum tuberosum.

Potato: Solanum tuberosum. The potato is a member of the Nightshade Family.

Comfrey: Symphytum sp.

Comfrey: Symphytum sp. Comfrey is a member of the Borage Family.

Borage: Borago officinalis. Borage is a member of the Borage Family.

Calendula: Calendula officinalis. Calendula is a member of the Aster Family.

Elecampane: Inula helenium.

Elecampane: Inula helenium. Elecampane is a member of the Aster Family.

Purple Coneflower: Echinacea purpurea.

Purple Coneflower: Echinacea purpurea. Purple Coneflower is a member of the Sunflower Tribe of the Aster Subfamily of the Aster Family native to the Great Plains of North America.

Brown-Eyed Susan: Rudbeckia triloba. Brown-Eyed Susan is a member of the Sunflower Tribe of the Aster Subfamily of the Aster Family native to the Great Plains of North America.