New plants include (this shipment was delayed due to the local fires and will be rescheduled very soon. Looks like I will have these plants this Saturday – Nov. 9th):
- Acacia pravissima (one and five gallon pots) Ovens Wattle – Small evergreen tree to 12 – 15′ with small blue-green leaves and yellow flowers in spring. Plant in full sun in well draining soil. Drought tolerant and deer resistant. Hardy to 20 F.
- Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) ‘La Paz’ (In terra cotta pots) Bulb producing spidery flowers that are dark coral with greenish white edges to 5 across.
- Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) ‘Picotee’ (In terra cotta pots) – Bulb producing white flowers with a thin red edge.
- Ceroxylon quindiuense (one gallon pots) Andean Wax Palm – A tall feather palm with white, wax covered trunk to 70’+. Very slow growing until it forms a trunk and then growth will speed up. Plant in well draining soil with filtered light when young and full sun when older. Hardy to about 23 F.
- Fatsia japonica ‘Spider Web’ (5 gallon plants, one gallons and 4″ available) Speckled Japanese Aralia – Shade loving shrub to about 5′ tall with large palmate green leaves with heavy white speckling. Hardy to 15 F.
- Grevillea ‘Little Honey’ (5 gallon pots) Shrub to 6 – 8′ tall and wide with orange and yellow flowers mostly from late winter to spring. Birds love it. Plant in full sun in well draining soil. Hardy to about 20 F.
- Haworthia limifolia (4″ pots) File leafed Haworthia – Succulent rosettes to about 4″ with raised white turbercles that resemble a course file. Grow in bright shade. Hardy to about 25 F if kept dry, but best to protect from frost.
- Leucospermum cordifolium ‘Flame Giant’ (5 gallon pots) Giant Orange Nodding Pincushion – A shrub to 3 – 4′ tall and 4 – 6′ wide with large 4 – 6″ flowers orange flowers in spring. Plant in full sun in well drain soil. Hardy to about 25 F.
- Leucospermum ‘Spider’ (5 gallon pots) – A hybrid between L. tottum and l. formosum growing to about 6 – 8′ tall and 8 – 10′ wide with salmon and golden-yellow flowers in late winter to early spring. Plant in full sun in well draining soil. Hardy to about 25 F.
- Leucospermum ‘Tango‘ – Pincushion (5 gallon pots) – A shrub to 6 – 8′ tall and 4 – 6’ wide with orange red flowers in spring to early summer. Plant in full sun in well draining soil. Hardy to about 24 F.
- Protea laurifolia ‘Rose Mink’ – (5 gallon pots) A shrub to 8 – 10′ tall and 6 – 8′ wide with large silvery-pink flowers tipped with black and white hairs. Plant in full sun and most any soil. Hardy to 20 – 25 F. Drought tolerant once established.
- Strelitzia Nicolai – Giant Bird of Paradise – Tropical foliage plant to 20 – 30′ tall with huge white flowers. Hardy to about 25 F outside or grow as a house plant in bright light. Plant in full sun to part shade.
- Trachycarpus wagnerianus – Dwarf Chusan Palm – One of my favorite fan palms growing to about 12 – 20 tall and only 4 – 5′ wide. Plant in full sun to part sun. Hardy to < 15 F.
- Yucca linearifolia – Linear-Leaf Yucca – A slow growing Yucca with 2 – 3′ blue-green leaves on top of a thick trunk that will very slowly reach up to 4′ tall. So nice to have a few larger specimens in stock. Plant in full sun in well draining soil. Low water needs once established. Hardy to about 20 – 25 F.