Specials

BILBERGIA HALLELUHAY SPOTTED SUN TOLERANT BROMELIAD

PINK HANGING BLOSSOMS – SPOTTED LEAVES Bilbergia are an easy to grow type of Bromeliad and many will tolerate coastal sun.  This variety has red leaves with a scattering of white spots.  They grow in as tubular fashion and freely suckering.  Thus, you get quite a good sized clump in a few years.  Mature height of […]

NEORGELIA RED THROAT LIPSTICK RED CENTERS WITH GREEN LEAVES

GROWN IN FULL COASTAL SUN – MASSIVE 15 GALLON CLUMPFOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS AN IMMEDIATE “SHOW” This suckering Neorogelia red throat species has been growing in our full sun.  It has been growing outdoors for years and receives good sun.  It has an estimated twenty heads of leaves (plants) that had a prominent rred color to their […]

AECHMEA SPECIES TEN INCH LONG YELLOW & ORANGE BLOSSOMS

GROWN IN FULL COASTAL SUN – MASSIVE 5 GALLON CLUMPFOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS AN IMMEDIATE “SHOW” This suckering Aechmea species has been growing in our full sun.  It has been growing outdoors for years and receives good sun.  It’s in a 5 gallon pot and is a massive clumpt of at least ten different plants.  The blossoms […]

PANDOREA JASMINOIDES – WHITE CLIMBING VINE, COLD HARDY, EVERGREEN, LARGE FLOWERS

PURE WHITE PETALS This climbing vine is native to Australia and will trellis up a fence or pole or climb up the trunk of a tree.  This variety is hard to find and has large, white, trumpet shaped flowers that have a deep purple-red throat.  There are other color varieties including pure white which we […]

PANDOREA JASMINOIDES “ROSEA”CLIMBING VINE, COLD HARDY, EVERGREEN, LARGE FLOWERS

WHITE PETAL, PURPLE CENTERS This climbing vine is native to Australia and will trellis up a fence or pole or climb up the trunk of a tree.  This variety is hard to find and has large, white, trumpet shaped flowers that have a deep purple-red throat.  There are other color varieties including pure white which […]

FARFUGIUM JAPONICUM AUREOMACULATUM THE SPOTTED LEOPARD PLANT FORMERLY KNOWN AS SPOTTED LIGULARIA

LILY-LIKE, FLAT GREEN LEAVES WITH YELLOW SPOTSTAKES SUN – LIKES WATER This is a more rare type of Ligularia – with the yellow spots on the leaves.  Otherwise it behaves like the more often seen green type.  It forms small clusters of shiny green leaf plants with prominent yellow spots on the leaves.  Leaves don’t get over 18 inches long […]

ENCEPHALARTOS ARENARIUS – BLUE VARIETY RARE SOUTH AFRICAN CYCAD

MEDIUM SIZE MATURE – LIKES COASTAL SUNSTUNNING BLUE LEAVES Encephalartos arenarius is from the coastal dunes and forest close to Alexandria in the Eastern Cape.  This species is small to medium in mature size.  Leaf length can range from one to two meters (i.e. three to six feet approximately) depending on cultivar and exposure to sun.  […]

LEPIDOZAMIA HOPEI LEPIDOZAMIA SPECIES WITH WIDER LEAFLETS

MAKES A TALL TREE OVER A CENTURY’S TIMEFAIRLY RARE AND HARD TO FIND – NO SPINES! This species of cycad gets enormous!  I mean really tall.  There are specimens with heights to almost 60 feet.  Leaves are six to ten feet long.  Leaflets are soft and without spines or armor.For this reason, it is felt […]

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 […]

ENCEPHALARTOS EUGENE-MARAISII EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE BLUE TRANSVAAL CYCAD

NATIVE TO SOUTH AFRICA – EXTREMELY RARE This desirable species of Encephalartos comes from the Transvaal region of the northern Republic of South Africa.  This area is also home to other sought-after species like E. dolomiticus, dolomiticus, and nubimontanus.  \Encephalartos eugene-maraisii is a medium to large species with trunk height up to almost ten feet.  It will sucker from the base.  Leaf color […]