Collector Plants - Page 4
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Common Name: Pele's Smoke Burgundy Sugarcane
Latin Name: Saccharum officinarum
Family: Poaceae
Zone: 9-11 |
Large plants in
1 gallon pots
$ 10.00
October 1, 2009
Back in stock! |
| Info: An ornamental sugarcane grass with bold deep burgundy foliage. Grow in full sun to partial shade in the ground or in large containers. Mulch well and water regularly. Height is 6 to 8 feet with 2 foot strap like leaves. Children (and adults!) enjoy chewing on the sweet cane centers in fall when plants mature. |
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Common Name: Salvia 'Peru Blue' and 'Tingo Blue'
Latin Name: Salvia macrophylla
Family: Lamiaceae
Zone: 8-10 |
1 gallon pot
$10.00
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Info: Velvety smooth large leaves and clusters of pure medium blue flowers atop 4 to 5 foot tall stems make this a favorite with gardeners. Frost tender but sets plenty of viable seeds and will root easily from cuttings. |
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Common Name: Dancing Flames Salvia
Latin Name: Salvia VanHouttii 'Dancing Flames'
Family: Lamiaceae
Zone: 9 |
4 inch pots
$3.00
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| Info: Blooms late summer/fall, grows to 3 ft tall, full sun. Delightfully gaudy foliage accented with brilliant scarlet red flowers. Good as a bedding plant, for walkway borders, and as a component of mixed containers. |
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Common Name: Guayabilla
Latin Name: Samyda dodecandra
Family: Salicaceae
Zone: 10 |
5 gallon pot
$35
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| Info: Rare multi-trunked tropical tree to 18 feet from Central America, small pink flowers line the stems at leaf joints. |
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Common Name: Mason's 'Congo' Sansevieria
Latin Name: Sansevieria masoniana 'Congo'
Family: Dracaenaceae
Zone: 10 |
Rare
1 gallon pot
$15.00 |
| Native to central Africa, this unusual Sansevieria grows to 5 feet tall with huge leaves 8 to 10 inches wide, and is easily the largest of the cultivated Sansevierias. Hardy to around 30 degrees, can grow in sun or shade. Leaves have a beautiful mottled color. We only have a few of these in stock. |
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Common Name: Pitcher Plants Assorted
Botanical Name: Sarracenia leucophylla
Family: Sarraceniaceae
Origin: U.S. Gulf Coast
Hardiness: USDA Zone 7-10 |
4 1/2 inch pots
$10.00 |
Comments: Sarracenia leucophylla, also known as the White pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Pitcher plants inhabit moist and low-nutrient longleaf pine savannas along the Gulf Coast, growing on the sandy bank edges of shallow water ponds, bogs and creeks.
Pitcher Plants have erect and tubular pitchers that are passivly attractive to many insects. The hoods protect the pitchers from filling with water during rain.
Sarrancenia are easy to keep providing their needs are met. Here is a good link to the Sarraceniacea species and care. http://www.sarracenia.com/faq.html
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Common Name: Blood Lily, Catherine wheel
Latin Name: Scadoxus multiflorus 'katherinae'
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Zone: 9-10 |
1 gallon
Blooming Size $12.00
Quart size
$7.00
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| Eight to ten inch wide clusters of scarlet red flowers interlock into a most striking globe shape on a one to two foot tall stalk. Blooms attract hummingbirds and are a great conversation piece in the garden. Easy to grow, multiplies each year. A relative of the more common Amaryllis. Native to South Africa. Goes dormant in winter. |
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Common Name: Schefflera 'Nova'
Botanical Name: Schefflera actinophylla
Family:
Hardiness: |
1 gallon pot
$29.95 |
| Comments: interesting foliage, very rare variety |
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Common Name: None
Latin Name: Schefflera emarginata
Family: Araliaceae
Zone: 10 |
1 gallon pot
$15.00 |
Info: From Sri Lanka rainforests, this rare and unusual epiphytic Schefflera is a must for your tropical collection. leaflets are elongated heart shaped in sets of 1, 2, or 3 per leaf. Stems are 1 to 3 feet long with light green to gray green leaves on smooth somewhat succulent branches.
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Common Name: Yellow-Eyed Grass
Latin Name: Sisyrinchium californicum 'Yellowstone'
Family: Iridaceae
Zone: 6-10 |
1 Quart Pot
was $5.00
Rare
Currently Sold Out
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Info: Bright yellow star shaped flowers are about the size of a quarter and blooming lasts from llate spring until fall. Useful for rock gardens, along walkways. and in container gardens. This plant will naturalize but is not invasive. Very easy to grow in full sun to part shade and in moist soil. Height 6 to 12 inches. Is native to California and British Columbia.
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Common Name: Variegated Potato Vine
Latin Name: Solanum jasminoides 'Variegated'
Family: Solanaceae
Zone: 8 - 11 |
1 gallon pot
$7.95
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| Info: Gold variegated trailing vine to 20 feet tall with small leaves and fragrant, showy, pure white to light blue flowers grouped in terminal panicles, with prominent yellow stamens. Grow in full sun with regular watering. |
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Common Name: Variegated Ornamental Comfrey
Latin Name: Symphytum grandiflorum 'Hidcote Variegated'
Family: Boraginaceae
Zone: |
1 gallon pot
Was $7.95
September 9 2009
Sold Out |
| Info: Decorative groundcover for shady areas. Enjoys a fairly dry soil and is winter hardy to zone 5. Cream variegation along the edges of mint green leaves. Grows to 1 ft tall and 18 inches wide. |
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Common Name: Firewheel Tree
Latin Name: Stenocarpus sinuatus
Family: Proteaceae
Zone: 10+ |
1 gallon pot
$15.00
5 gallon pot
$35.00
Rare
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| Native to NE Australia rainforests, Firewheel Trees bloom with unusual bright red wheels of fire. Wheel of Fire. Leaves are long, glossy dark green and deeply lobed. Full bushy 5 gallon size plants. Rare in our area. |
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Common Name: Variegated Bridal Wreath, Madagascar Jasmine
Latin Name: Stephanotis floribunda
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Zone: 10 |
1 gallon size
$20.00
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Vineing plant with intensely fragrant long lasting waxy white flowers and brightly colored variegated cream and green leaves. The flower scent is strongly reminiscent of true jasmine.
This vine grows best in bright indirect light with relatively high humidity. It should not be exposed to temperatures lower than 40. |
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Common Name: Sweetleaf
Latin Name: Stevia rebaudiana
Family: Asteraceae
Zone: 9 |
1 gallon pot
$5.00
April 16, 2009
Fresh Plants in stock!
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| Info: Sweet Herb from Central America with edible leaves 30–45 times the sweetness of sucrose (ordinary table sugar). Tight clusters of white flowers. Grow in full sun. |
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Common Name: Hawaiian Sunset Vine, Hawaiian Bells
Latin Name: Stictocardia beraviensis
Family: Convolvulaceae
Zone: 9-11 |
1 gallon pot
$15.00
June 20, 2010
Back in stock
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| Info: Lovely tropical vine from Africa, related to morning glories, with sunset red, orange and yellow colors with red stripes and a cerise and white central floral parts. Grows to about 8 feet and hardy to freezing. Grow in full sun. Rare in collections. One of our favorite plants. |
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Common Name: White Bird of Paradise
Latin Name: Strelitzia nicolai
Family: Strelitziaceae
Zone: 9b-11 |
1 gallon pot
$12 |
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Common Name: Marmalade bush
Botanical Name: Streptosolen jamesonii
Hardiness: |
1 gallon pot
$15.00 |
Comments: Beautiful shrub that blooms midspring to fall with arching branches
that have loose clusters of trumpetlike flowers that start off
yellow and turn red giving an appearence of orange marmalade. |
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Common Name: Stromanthe
Latin Name: Stromanthe sanguinea 'Tri-Color'
Family: Marantaceae
Zone: 9-10 |
New Fresh Plants In Stock!
1 gallon pot
$12
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| Good plant for shady areas, keep soil moist, mulch in winter. Grows 2 to 3 feet tall and is easy to maintain. Intense colorful variegation makes this a showpiece plant for shady gardens. |
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Common Name: Jade vine
Botanical Name: Strongylodon macrobotrys
Family: Leguminosae
Origin: Philippines
Hardiness: |
1 gallon pot
$15 |
| Comments: Unusual blue-green flowers |
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Common Name: Climbing Oleander, Rose Allamanda
Latin Name: Strophanthus gratus
Family: Apocynaceae
Zone: 10 up |
1 gallon pot
$12 |
| Info : Evergreen clambering vine to sturdy rambling shrub, native to Western Tropical Africa. Prefers sun to partial shade and moist soil. Flowers pink with burgundy throats. Protect from freezing. |
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Common Name: Variegated Flore Pleno, Carnation of India, Crepe Jasmine
Latin Name: Tabernaemontana divaricata
Family: Apocynaceae
Zone: 9 up |
2 gallon pot
$12
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| Info: Flora Plena is a bushy shrub from tropical India with dark green glossy leaves with wavy edges and variegated leaves. Likes full sun, moist soil, and regular fertilizing. Blooms with clusters of 4 to 6 waxy fragrant white flowers produced in abundance during the summer blooming season. Flowers are most fragrant on still evenings. Can grow six to 10 feet tall and 4 to 8 feet wide. Can withstand some frost and light freezing. |
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Common Name: Ever blooming Black Tacca, Bat Flower
Latin Name: Tacca chantrierei
Family: Taccaceae
Zone: 10 |
6 inch pot
$29.95
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| Info: Bat flowers are exotic tropical plants with most unusual of flowers. The leaves are shiny green and look similar to the Closet Plants (Spathiphyllum). The notable flowers are made up of several sets of modified bracts that to some people look similar to a bat in flight. Tacca plants need steady moisture (but not soaking wet), warm temperatures, high humidity, and bright indirect light. Fertilize monthly during the growing season. Growth and blooming slows during cooler months. Protect from temperatures below 55 f. |
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Common Name: White Bat Flower
Latin Name: Tacca integrifolia
Family:
Zone: 10 |
Sold Out
8 inch pot
$40.00
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Outstanding Conversation Piece from India
Grow this potted plant in shade, keep the soil moist but not wet and do not let the soil dry out.
Min temp 50 degrees F., flowers in the fall.
Native to the tropics of the Old World, the Pacific Islands, and Australia. |
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Common Name: Silver Leaf Tansy
Latin Name: Tanacetum albipannosum
Family: Asteraceae
Zone: 4 - 9 |
1 gallon pot
$7.95 |
| Info: Silvery foliage makes a mat with big white daisies with yellow centers in June. Native to Turkey. Very tolerant of different soils and conditions. Foliage is pale grayish green, to about 10 to 12" high. |
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Common Name: Cape Honeysuckle (Red Form )
Latin Name: Tecomaria capensis
Family: Bignoniaceae
Zone: 9-10 |
1 gallon pot
was $10.00
Sold out
5 gallon
$24.95 |
| Cape Honeysuckle will brighten your garden. Hardy to the upper 20's will usually come back even if frozen to the ground. It is a small shrub to 6 ft, blooms all summer, takes well to pruning, and is salt and drought tolerant. Hummingbird attractor. |
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Common Name: Pakalana Vine, Tonkin Creeper
Latin Name: Telosma cordata
Family: Apocynaceae
Zone: 10 |
2 gallon pot
$19.95
Rare |
Info: Grown in Hawaii where it is frequently used in flower leis, Pakalana Vine is one of the most wonderfully fragrant fines known. Native to India, China, Indo-China. The plant is an evergreen twining vine growing 10 to 20 feet, with heart shape leaves with long petioles. Cream yellow to orange flowers bloom spring summer and fall. The flowers buds are edible. Must be protected from cold weather during winter months. |
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Common Name: Meadowrue
Latin Name: Thalictrum 'Black Stockings'
Family: Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5 - 9 |
4 ½ inch
pot $3.00 |
| Info: Delicate lacy green foliage similar to Maidenhair Fern, growing 5' - 6' tall and blooming in late summer bloomer with a large flat cluster of lavender, fluffy flowers. Meadowrue needs fertile, moist, well drained soil with bright shade to full sun. Great plant for tall garden borders, and for cut flowers. |
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Common Name: Kings Mantle
Latin Name: Thunbergia erecta and Thunbergia erecta 'alba'
Family: Acanthaceae
Zone: 10 |
1 gallon pot
Blue or White
$10.00
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Thunbergia erecta is a vigorous, woody shrub from Tropical Africa that grows to about 6-feet-tall and wide. This shrub has small, ovate leaves with entire margins borne opposite on thin, brown stems. The purple flowers have a yellow throat and grow to 1 1/4 inches long and may appear singly or in small clusters. These lovely, slightly fragrant blooms occur all year long, especially in the summer.
* We also offer the white flowering form with white flowers and a yellow orange throat. Thunbergia erecta 'alba' |
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Common Name: Orange Clock Vine
Latin Name: Thunbergia gregorii
Family: Acanthaceae
Zone: 9-11 |
1 gallon pot
$15
Hard to find
Back in Stock |
| Info: Great fence vine or groundcover. Hardy evergreen blooming throughout the warm months. Large flowers are bright orange. Drought resistant, grow in full sun. |
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Common Name: Giant Princess Flower
Latin Name: Tibouchina heteromalla
Family: Melastomataceae
Zone: 9b up |
1 gallon pot
$15
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| Info: Often mislabeled as T. grande, this giant leaf Melastom from the jungles of Brazil has large opposite 4 x 6 inch leaves with a soft velvety texture and depressed veins. It prefers full sun to partial shade, keep moist and protect from freezing. Reported to be hardy to around 30 degrees. Flowers appear in late summer in large clusters of 1 1/2 inch purple flowers. This is a very showy tropical shrub, beautiful in or out of bloom. |
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Common Name: Tillandsia 'Creation'
Botanical Name: Tillandsia cyanea x Tillandsia platyrachis
Family: Bromeliaceae
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8 inch pot
$65 |
| Comments: Prolific bromeliad with tall upright multi-branched spikes that are bright pink bearing numerous blue flowers. It will grow in shade or full sun and can withstand some dry conditions. Gorgeous variety! Picture coming soon. |
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Common Name: Variegated Confederate Star Jasmine
Latin Name: Trachelospermum jasminoides
Family: Apocynaceae
Zone: 7b - 10 |
1 gallon pot
$10 |
| Info: Easy to grow twining woody vine with variegated glossy cream color splashed leaves and intensely fragrant, pinwheel shaped, pure white, one-inch blossoms, abundantly produced in April and May, extending well beyond the leaves. Will cover fences or trellises and the variegated cultivar looks great as a hanging basket plant. Perhaps the favorite vine in the South. |
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Common Name: -
Latin Name: Uncarina roeoesliana
Family: Pedaliaceae
Zone: 10-12 |
8 inch pot
$25.00
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| Info: A deciduous caudiciform shrub from Madagascar growing to 7 feet tall. Bright yellow flowers in summer. Grow in full sun with plenty of moisture in well drained soil. |
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Common Name: -
Latin Name: Uncarina peltata
Family: Pedaliaceae
Zone: 10-12 |
8 inch pot
$25.00 |
| Info: A caudex shrub from Madagascar grows to 10 feet tall. Leaves are large soft and velvety. Flower is a golden trumpet with a deep purple throat. |
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Common Name: Vetiveria Grass
Latin Name: Vetiveria zizanoides
Family: Poaceae
Zone: 9-11 |
2 gallon pot
$10.00
Rare |
| Info: Perennial grass to 8 feet tall, usually less. It is an excellent erosion control plant with deeply rooted stems in clumps. Vetiver is mainly cultivated for the fragrant essential oil distilled from its aromatic roots. It is contained in 90% of all western perfumes. Vetiver is closely related to other fragrant grasses such as Lemon Grass (Cymbopogon citratus), citronella (Cymbopogon nardus, C. winterianus), and Palmarosa (Cymbopogon martinii). Vetiver oil has medicinal properties. Though it originates in India, vetiver is widely cultivated in the tropical regions of the world. |
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Common Name: Mexican Daisy
Latin Name: Vigethia mexicana
Family: Asteraceae
Zone: 8-10 |
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2 gallon pot
was $12
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Info: Grows 2 to 3 feet tall and blooms with pale yellow rays around a chartreuse center throughout the growing season. Prefers some shade. Flowers about 2 1/2 inches wide, prolific bloomer, easy to grow perennial.
RARE in collections! |
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Common Name: Cut-Leaf Chastetree
Latin Name: Vitex negundo 'Heterophylla'
Family: Verbenaceae
Zone: 6-9 |
2 gallon pot
$12.00
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A 'Chastetree' with delicately cut lacy foliage. Flowering throughout the summer with 6 to 8 inch spikes of lavender blooms attractive to butterflies and bees, this Vitex species is easy to grow and enjoys plenty of sunlight and good drainage. Grows to around 10 feet tall. |
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Common Name: Snowflake
Latin Name: Wrightia antidysenterica
Family: Apocynaceae
Zone: 10 - 11 |
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1 gallon pot
Was $10
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| Info: Native to Ceylon, Wrightine , a rare alkaloid found in the bark of this East Indian small shrub is sometimes used as a tonic for symptoms of dysentery. The lovely white flowers are suggestive of snowflakes, hence the common name. Forms a compact shrub 3 to 4 feet tall. Protect from cold weather and grow in full sun to light shade in a loamy moist soil. Excellent container plant. |
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Common Name: Water Jasmine
Latin Name: Wrightia religiosa
Family: Apocynaceae
Zone: 10 - 11 |
1 gallon pot
$12
April 22, 2009
Currently Sold Out
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Info: Wrightia religiosa is a delightful plant often used as a bonsai subject. Commonly known as Water Jasmine, it is a small tropical shrub from Southeast Asia that prefers full sun and moist soil, not sopping wet though. It's flowers are double, white, pendulous and pleasantly fragrant. It is basically free of insect problems but cold sensitive and should be protected from temperatures below 55f. |
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Common Name: Lime Zinger
Latin Name: Xanthosoma mafaffa
Family: Araceae
Zone: 8-10 |
1 gallon pot
$12
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Info: For a tropical accent in your summer garden Lime Zinger's a winner! Giant chartreuse arrow-shaped leaves leaves grow to 18-24 inches long and the plants can be 6 to 7 feet high. They prefer partial shade and plenty of water. Lime green is the hot color in gardens this year and this lime green elephant ear could steal the show in your garden this summer! |
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Common Name: Yucca linearifolia
Latin Name: Yucca linearifolia
Family: Agavaceae
Zone: 8-10 |
1 gallon pot
$15
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| Info: Discovered by John Fairey and Carl Schoenfeld in the 1980's south of Monterrey, MX. Resembles Yucca rostrata but the leaves are more succulent, narrower, and a distinctive pale green. |
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Common Name: Cardboard Palm
Latin Name: Zamia furfuracea
Family: Zamiaceae
Zone: 10 |
7 gallon pot
$25
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| Info: A fat trunk cycad from Mexico and Belize, slow growing to about 4 feet tall and 5 feet wide. Leaves are thick leathery gray green in color. Great tropical accent for patio garden, protect from freezing. For best looking sturdy plants, give near full sun as new leaves emerge. After new leaves have hardened off, the plant can be moved to a shady location if desired. |
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