At our nursery, we really like all the Crinum Lilies.  The species shown here is a smaller type with a foliage height of about 18 inches.  Leaves are green and soft.  These plants do freely sucker.  They tolerate some sun and perhaps full sun right on the coast.  Blossoms are several inches wide and bright pink.  The […]

This is the first time we’ve offered this colorful companion plant that is native to the West Indies and sub-tropical Americas.  Known as the Peackock Flower, it is the national flower of the Island of Barbados.  It has small oblong leaflets that droop when touched.  Flowers protrude a foot or two above the foliage and […]

See above.  The species shown below are larger or more rare than those above.  But, some are definitely worth the extra price.  Some are for shade, some for sun.  Many make stunning blossoms and others make huge specimen cycads of great color.

This species of hybrid Alocasia is a cross between A. portora and A. purple cloak.  It makes a good sized plant, eventually up to six or eight feet.  Leaves are upright pointing, green in color with dark veins.  Stems are dark red or purple. It is fairly cold hardy to below a freeze and has been reported to live in Zone […]

This dwarf species of Alocasia is known (as the name applies) only gets to a mature height of two to three feet.  It seems to be a good growing hybrid with very wavy green leaves with light yellow veins and dark purple leaf stems.  Also different is that the leaf edges are wavy as well. Because of […]

This rare cycad is from Kenya and Tanzania.  It can develop five to ten feet of trunk and has exceptionally long upright leaves to ten feet.  Leaves are green and leaflets are somewhat wide.  It is not a small mature plant.  It wants full coastal sun or part sun.  In inland areas, morning sun only […]

This rare and almost extinct miniature cycad is from a single cliff in the KwaZulu-Natal district of South Africa.  It is estimated there are about fifty plants remaining in the wild.  It has blue-green leaves covered with a waxy substance that has a unique smell.  The mature size of this cycad is small with caudexes […]

This surprisingly cold hardy Mexican cycad is known for its longer leaves.  Compared to an ordinary Dioon edule, it has much longer leaves.  These leaves have a somewhat yellow petiole and leaf color is green or blue-green.   And, there’s an extra treat: new leaves flush an interesting pink-green color.  This is a slow growing species.  Trunks rarely […]

This very interesting hybrid would combine the rapid growth and sturdiness of the Sago Palm with the exotic branching leaves of the C. debaoensis.  You can already see the bifid leaflets below.  We anticipate a small to medium sized green cycad that perhaps can take sun along the coast.  It’ll be strikingly different than the Sago […]

This tropical appearing green cycad is native to Mexico and has long, arching leaves with wide leaflets.  They prefer filtered light and ample room for the horizontal leaves.  A large old caudex would be 18 inches tall.  Cold hardiness is into the upper teens F.  They also can be grown as a patio plant.  Caudexes […]