Plants starting with u are truly unique and beautiful, as they fill your yard with colorful flowers and sometimes give you edible fruits. If you’d love to grow these plants, you should consider their care requirements.
No worries, they are very easy to grow – for example, the urn plant and umbrella sedge of the Cyperaceae family. To know the best u plants that you can grow and how to grow them with ease, read this article.
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Beautiful Plants Starting With U
1. Urn Plant
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Here’s a very beautiful plant that you’d grow with pride indoors. Imagine a pineapple plant with broader and longer leaves, growing taller instead of spreading. That’s how the urn looks.
This beauty will reward you with its very rich pink flower so long as you grow it right. Note that this plant can take three to five years before blooming depending on the temperature and other growing conditions.
The first thing to consider before you choose to grow this plant is its preferred zone. The cooler the temperature, the slower it will grow, and thus you’d have to wait more years to see its bloom. Note that it only blooms once. However, its bloom is worth the wait, especially when you consider how beautiful the flower is.
2. Uva Ursi
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Here’s a fruit-bearing plant for you. The bearberry or Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is a low-growing plant grown for its herbs. Though it produces edible fruits, people do not eat the fruits because of their bitter taste.
However, both fruits and herbs are used for medicinal purposes and tea. This plant needs partial shade. However, it grows well in full sun just though it can easily get sunburnt or stressed.
It can grow in a wide range of soil, though it prefers one that is nutrient-rich and well-drained. It does not mind growing in a garden with other plants even though they are covering some parts of it from getting sunlight.
3. Umbrella Sedge
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Here’s a very beautiful plant that would interest you. In West Africa where the sedge plant originates from, it is seen as a weed and no one wants it around their yard. However, this beauty has grown into the hearts of people, as it makes a very hardy and beautiful plant for years and even pots indoors.
While you can grow the plant alone, it makes a beautiful companion for the African daisy so long as you can carefully arrange your garden. As a native to the tropics, make sure that you grow this sedge in USDA zones 8 and above, as it is not cold-hardy.
The soil does not need to be very moist or nutritious for your plants. Just remember to prune them regularly, as they spread quickly.
4. Umbrella Magnolia
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Looking for trees beginning with u? Here’s a great example for you. This beautiful tree comes with white flowers above its leaves and what’s extra special about the leaves is that they grow clustered near the tip of a branch and look so much like an umbrella. It is the growing arrangement of the leaves that inspired the name “umbrella tree.”
This is a super easy tree to grow and propagate. So long as you can get the temperature (USDA hardiness zone), water, and nutrient needs right, you are good to go. It needs humus-rich soil. To propagate it, make use of its seeds or cuttings. Check out 12 of the most popular Magnolia trees for Zone 5.
5. Ugli Fruit
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How’d you love to eat the fruits of an ugly tree? The Jamaican tangelo tree is popularly called “ugly” though it is sometimes misspelled as “ugly.” This tree is known for its sweet fruits, as they have a similar taste to tangerines and other types of oranges.
The ugly fruit flower is yellow and will fill your yard with pollen when the tree is in bloom, so if you are allergic to pollen, this tree should stay far from your home.
Uglies do not need much from you. So long as the soil does not go dry quickly yet is not waterlogged, the trees will grow just fine. Just make sure that they get full sun and occasional fertilizing, especially when they’re in bloom and about to fruit.
6. Ulex
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Are you looking for flower names that start with U? Here’s the Ulex for you. Asides from producing beautiful yellow flowers, this special plant has other uses. As a leguminous plant, you can make use of the Ulex to add nitrogen to the soil for other plants. It also has spines and helps to repel a wide range of pests from your garden. Awesome, right?
The Ulex may be very useful, but it’s very easy to care for. Make use of organic products such as bone meal, coffee grounds, etc. to feed it, as it already has its supply of nitrogen. These products will also make the soil suitable for the bacteria in the roots of your Ulex plants. Remember to water the plants before the soil gets dry.
7. Uinta Basin Hookless Cactus
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If you are looking for a rare and beautiful succulent, here’s the perfect plant for you. This beauty does not grow over 7 inches tall and while you may think that it will not be noticeable in your succulent garden, wait until you see the very beautiful bloom. It produces beautiful hot pink flowers just above its white spines.
This is a succulent plant and grows very close to the ground, so you need to get the potting mix or soil right. The substrate must be free from excess water and not too nutritious. To feed your cactus, make use of a liquid succulent mix every month or two.
Conclusion
Beautiful plants, right?
Here’s a recap of this article:
- Some u plants that you can grow are the umbrella plants such as sedges and magnolias.
- You can also grow urns, uglies, and ulexes for a beautiful yard.
- You should be patient when growing urns. In a few years, they will reward you with a very beautiful flower.
- When your plants are in bloom, make sure that they get full sun and a lot of nutrients.
- Temperature is very important for plants, so only grow your plants in their preferred hardiness zones.
These plants are lovely and you should start planting right away. Remember to make use of the tips in this article. Check out the most popular plants that start with “O”.
