TILLANDSIA CLUSTERS MANY AIRPLANTS IN ONE BUNCH – LARGE CLUSTERS
TEN TO FIFTEEN INDIVIDUAL BROMELIAD PLANTS TOGETHERIN BLOSSOM SPRING AND SUMMER These New World epiphytic plants are great fun. They are one of the many genera of Bromeliads. Native to regions stretching from the Southern US down to South America, these plants attach to tree trunks, branches, posts, fences or anything they can find. Most […]
HELICONIA SCHIEDIANA BANANA-LIKE SUCKERING TROPICAL PLANT
ORANGE OR RED/YELLOW UPRIGHT BLOSSOMS All of our Heliconia are grown from rhizomes from existing and flowering plants in Southern California. This results in large, very strong growing plants as shown here. Heliconia schiediana can take sun or part sun, gets to a height of sever to eight feet, and flowers freely in the summer. It is very cold […]
ALOCASIA SUMO AN EXOTIC ELEPHANT EAR WITH SOME COLD HARDINESS
DARK STEMS – PURPLE VEINS ON THE LEAF’S UNDERSIDE This exciting and super attractive Alocasia hybrid is getting very sought after. It has purple stems and rather large upright leaves that are green with a purple hue and purple veins on the underside. It is a cross between A. portora and A. purple cloak. It is said to grow in zone […]
MUSA SUMATRANA HYBRID A NON-FRUITING BANANA CROSSED WITH A FRUITING BANANA
MAKES A PRETTIER FRUITING PLANTDEFINITE RED COLOR TO LEAVES The plants I’m showing here may be very interesting. It’s a cross between the ornamental Musa sumatrana (zebrina) and a fruiting type of Banana. The hybridizer told me it produces edible bananas but do have some small seeds in the fruit. Mature height should be about 8 feet. […]
CLIVIA MINIATA
FLOWERS IN EARLY SPRING – ORANGE VARIETYFILTERED LIGHT PLANT – EASY TO GROW Previously I’ve discussed this great companion garden plant for filtered light. We have available some very nice 1 gallon plants that already blossomed this year – see photos below. For a one gallon, they are very full, sometimes with several plants in […]
AECHMEA BLANCHETIANA LARGER TYPE OF COLORFUL BROMELIAD
TOLERATES FULL SUN – FAIRLY COLD HARDYDIFFICULT TO LOCATE – LEAF COLOR YELLOW, GREEN, RED OR ORANGE This is a great Bromeliad for Southern California – or for many areas in the country where severe cold is not seen. Native to eastern Brazil, they get heights of three to four feet and tolerate full sun […]
ZAMIA AMBLYPHYLLIDIA DWARF GREEN CYCAD
GOOD LOW PROFILE CYCAD – NO SPINESFOR FILTERED LIGHT OF SOME SUN This dwarf species of Zamiais from Puerto Rico and surrounding Caribbean areas. It is a small cycad with a caudex of six inches. It suckers, forming clumps. Its leaves are about 3 feet long, arching downwards and the leaflets are small. The petioles are […]
CYCAS PANZHIHUAENSIS RARE GREEN CHINESE CYCAD EXCELLENT COLD HARDINESS
MEDIUM SIZE MATURE This is a rare green cycad from China. It is different than the Sago Palm – smaller and, to me, more attractive. Leaf color is green to blue green. It tolerates coastal sun and is cold hardy into the upper teens F. Some feel it’s one of the most cold hardy cycads […]
DIOON EDULE VARIETY TAMAULIPAS GLAUCOUS GREEN THIN LEAF MEXICAN CYCAD
ONE OF VARIOUS VARIETIES OF DIOON EDULE Dioon edule is a very durable species of cycad that is found in Mexico. Enthusiasts have found that in different native localities that the plants of each region are different. This has led to what we call “varieties” of Dioon edule. In the Tamaulipas area of Mexico such a variety is […]
CERATOZAMIA KUESTERIANA SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED CYCAD
COLORFUL EMERGING NEW LEAVESINLAND FILTERED LIGHT OR COASTAL SUN This attractive cycad comes from the Sierra Mountain Range in Mexico near Tamaulipas. There is grows among overhead oak trees. It is a small to medium sized plant, perhaps at most getting a four foot tall caudex. Leaf length is four to five feet. Leaflets are […]
