BRAZILIAN RED CLOAK MEGASKEPASMA ERYTHROCHLAMYS
MEDIUM SIZED BUSH / TREE WITH PROMINENT RED BLOSSOMSNEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND FOR SALEONLY A HANDFUL AVAILABLE The Brazilian Red Cloak is super rare and hard to find. This is probably because most propagation is by cuttings only. And, you have to have a mother plant to do this. We obtained two mother plants about […]
ASIAN GUAVA FRUIT TREE GIVING LARGE FRUITS
MEDIUM SIZED MATURE TREE The Asian Guava Tree – Psideium guajava – is a medium sized tree with green leaves and green edible fruit with pink centers. The fruit produced is quite large – known to weigh up to 2 pounds per fruit. So, one must prune the tree years so fruit is produced on stronger, more […]
FARFUGIUM JAPONICUM “SHISHI BOTAN” THE RUFFLED LIGULARIA
RUFFLED, FRILLY LEAVES Most of you are familiar with the regular Ligularia that we offer at this Blog. This rare variety on special today has ruffled, frilly leaves and is quite attractive. It gets to a height of 18 inches, takes sun or shade and has yellow daisy-like flowers in the late Fall. They are also an […]
ALOCASIA SUMO HYBRID ALOCASIA – EXOTIC WITH SOME COLD HARDINESS
MEDIUM SIZED, LUSH TROPICAL COMPANION PLANT Alocasia sumo is a hybrid species – a cross between A. portora and “purple cloak”. The cold hardiness comes from the portora parentage. This is a medium sized hybrid with 3 to 4 foot long leaves that are diamond shaped with a purple hue to the underside of the leaves. Leaves are a lesser purple-green […]
PHLEBODIUM SPECIES FURRY RHIZOMES THAT CRAWL
NORMALLY AN EPIPHYTIC PLANT IN THE WILDTOLERATE COASTAL SUN OR FILTERED LIGHT Phlebodium is a small genus of epiphytic ferns that are native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. They, in the wild, live in trees. But, they can be grown in the ground or in containers. Most tolerate near total full sun along the coast and […]
ZAMIA FURFURACEA
THE CARDBOARD CYCADCOMPACT GREEN DWARF CYCAD WITH NO SPINES This popular dwarf cycad is from Mexico and rarely gets over four feet tall. Mature, thihs species typically reaches a height of three to four feet. Plants do cluster and form low profile clumps. Stems can get typically to about 12 inches although taller stems are […]
ENCEPHALARTOS LEHMANNII BLUE SOUTH AFRICAN CYCAD FOR SUN
GOOD OFFERING OF 15 GALLON PLANTSCAUDEXES 3.5 TO 6 INCHES This is a popular blue cycad from the Eastern Cape area of South Africa. I say “popular” because some people don’t like spines and prickles. The leaflets of this species are narrow with only a point at the end. They are nothing as gnarly as E. […]
CYCAS THOUARSII
MEDIUM SIZED – SOFT GREEN LEAVESFAST GROWING, EXOTIC APPEARING The first six photos here show a plant I’m putting on special. It is an old cycad we’ve been growing for well over a decade. This is a very nice 15gallon plant with a caudex that is approximately 5 x 18 inches and probably an age of […]
ENCEPHALARTOS MUNCHII A RARE CENTRAL AFRICAN CYCAD
BLUE – GREEN SPINY LEAFLETSSUPER DIFFICULT TO FIND Native to Mozambique, this small to medium sized cycad grows in scrub forest among rocks and boulders. It is distinguished by its blue to blue-green color and by having leaflets that are prominently spiny. In my experience, leaf color is sometimes very blue, other times blue-green. You’ll […]
DIOON MEROLAE SLOW GROWING SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED CYCAD
GRAY-GREEN LEAFLETS This is a slow growing New World cycad species that comes from Mexico. It is very attractive. One of the things that is particularly nice about this species is that the crown size is compact and not that large. For this reason, it fits into a small sunny location in the garden where […]
