Acacia podalyriifolia (5 gallon pots) A fast growing evergreen small tree or large shrub that grows to 20′ tall and 15′ wide with silvery-gray round phyllodes (leaves) and small clusters of bright yellow flowers in winter to early spring. Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil and avoid over watering in summer months unless soil drains very well. Cold hardy to 25 F or a few degrees less if for short duration.
Agave celsii var. albicans x attenuata (3 gallon pots) a medium sized agave with rosettes up to 2′ tall with fleshy 2′ long, glaucous-gray leaves that curve gracefully upwards. The leaves have a soft terminal spine and minute, backward curving, brown spines on the edge of the leaves. Plant in full sun or light shade. Hardiness ?
Agave victoriae-reginae ‘Porcupine‘ (3 gallon pots) (Queen Victoria Agave) – A slow-growing small clump-forming agave to 1′ tall by 1 1/2’ wide with tight-fitting, tapered deep green leaves that are edged in white along the margins and end in a small terminal spine; the leaf margins are smooth and spineless. When the plant flowers, which only happens with considerable age, the unbranched spike can reach to 15 feet and bares densely packed reddish-purple flowers. After flowering this species usually does not offset and will have to be replaced. Plant in full sun or light shade. Drought tolerant. Hardy to at least 10 F°.
Agave victoriae-reginae ‘Porcupine’
Aloe marlothii x sinkatana (3 gallon pots) A lovely hybrid of the Aloe marlothii (Mountain Aloe) Leaves are large grey green color with reddish brown spins along the margins.
Plant in the sun, but away from the hottest afternoon sun in inland situations and water occasionally during summer months. Hardy from freezing to about 100 F
Banksia victoriae (5 gallon pots) Wooly Orange Banksia – Upright medium shrub 8-12′ with terminal orange flower heads. Needs well-drained sandy soils with partial or full sun position. Suited to hot dry climates. Excellent cut flower or specimen shrub. Hardy to about 25 F
Beucarnea recurvata (15 gallon pots) Ponytail Palm – Not a true palm – more closely related to Nolina. Provide protection when temperatures are expected to drop into the high 20’s F. Grows to 10′ + outdoors, usually 4’+ indoors in a pot in very bright light.
Euphorbia mauritanica (6″pots) Pencil Milkbush – a spineless, much-branched succulent shrub, 3’+ high, with branches that are yellowish green, pencil-thin, cylindrical and smooth, with alternate leaf scars. This plant produces yellow cyathia (the term used for the inflorescence of euphorbias) that are in a compact group at the end of each young branch. The flowering period is in spring, between August and October. When the plant is injured, it produces milky sap at the cut which one should avoid getting on skin or eyes. Plant in full to part sun in well-draining soil. Requires little water and drought tolerant once established. Deer resistant. Hardy to about 20 – 25 F.
Euphorbia mauritanica
Euphorbia resinifera (6″ pots) (Moroccan Mound) – A mounding succulent to 1 – 2′ tall by 4 – 6′ wide with upright pale blue-green leafless 4-sided column-like stems that have brown spines on the margins and near the rounded tip that also bear small yellow flowers late winter to early spring. The stems are crowded together tightly to form a solid mass. Plant in a draining soil – even clay if on a slope in full sun or with afternoon shade in desert gardens. Irrigate occasionally to little in coastal gardens, a bit more inland spring through summer. Hardy to 20°F
Euphorbia resiniferaEuphorbia resinifera
Furcraea macdougallii (3 gallon pots) (MacDougall’s Century Plant) – A large rosette forming succulent that has 6 foot long dark-green stiffly-upright leaves with regularly-spaced hooked teeth growing at the top of an unbranched trunk that can be 8 feet tall or more – in habitat it can get up over 20 feet and is considered the tallest of the Agave relatives. We have seen this plant typically flower in cultivation when the trunk is 5 to 15 feet tall. When this plant blooms it produces a spike that can rise an additional 20 feet, bearing greenish-white flowers and then producing bulbils (plantlets) at the flower base – these bulbils perpetuate this plant’s life as it is monocarpic and the main plant dies at flowering. This is one of the most spectacular and dramatic plants in the Agave family. It has a limited distribution from 2,600 to 3,300 feet in dry thorn forests in calcareous soils near Puebla in Oaxaca, Mexico. Plant in full sun and irrigate little or not at all – a very dry growing plant. Hardy to light frost with short duration temperatures down to 28° F having not damaged it.
Hakea coriacea (5 gallon pots) Pink Spike Hakea – Tall shrub or small tree with cream-pink to red-pink flowers appearing in winter. Very ornamental. Requires well-drained soils in hot sunny position. Hardy to moderately heavy frosts. Prune when young for bushy growth habit. Attracts hummingbirds and can be used as a cut flower. Useful hedge or screen or hardy landscape shrub. Now classified as H. francisiana syn Hakea coriaceae.
Hakea francisiana
Hakea laurina (5 gallon pots) (Pin-cushion Hakea) A large upright bushy shrub or round headed small tree that can reach 12 – 20′ tall by nearly as wide but can be trained up and pruned to suit. It has with smooth gray bark that hold the attractive 5 – 7″ long blue-green lanceolate leaves that have prominent veins and a sharp point at the tip. In late spring into early summer the pale flower buds begin to form in tight clusters but do not begin to open until late fall and are at their peak in early to mid-winter. The lightly scented flower heads look like round pin-cushions with a soft pink colored globular center with the long white to pale pink styles projecting out like the pins. The pink coloration darkens to a deep carmine as the flowers age. Best in full sun but tolerant of some shade. Irrigate regularly, occasionally to very little once established – it is a drought tolerant plant that also tolerates more regular watering but if grown with ample water it may become top heavy and fall over. It is tolerant of a wide range of soil types, but does not like to be water-logged, so best where soil can drain soil. It is cold hardy to around 20 F
Leucadendron ‘Ebony’ (3 gallon pots) This bushy compact shrub typically grows to 6 – 8′ tall by 6′ wide. It has lustrous blackish-purple foliage and burgundy red bracts surrounding the yellow female flowers from early to midwinter on to summer. Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil and irrigate occasionally to infrequently once established. This new cultivar is a sport of the popular and durable ‘Safari Sunset’, a hybrid between Leucadendron laureolum and L. salignum, and should be able to handle similar conditions. As such it should tolerate some frost, taking temperatures down to the mid 20s at least, and be able to handle some alkalinity and clay soils. Though a bit slow growing, with its dark foliage it has proven to be a dramatic looking specimen plant in the garden or in a large container, and also be good for cut flowers.
Leucadendron EbonyLeucadendron Ebony
Leucadendron ‘Red Eye’ (5 gallon pots) New! an evergreen shrub to 15 – 20′ tall and 8 – 12′ wide with red cones with creamy petals from winter into spring. Plant in well-draining soil in full sun. Hardy to about 25 F.
Leucadendron Red Eye
Leucospermum c. ‘Goldie’ (5 gallon pots) Shrub to 4 – 6′ with golden yellow flowers in late winter to early spring. Best grown in full sun. Hardy to about 25 F. Low water needs once established. Mulch to retain moisture and keep root zone cool. Avoid fertilizers containing phosphorus. Origin: Australia
Leucospermum ‘Goldie’
Leucospermum ‘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 ‘Flame Giant’Leucospermum c. ‘Flame Giant’
Leucospermum ‘Tango’ (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.
Leucospermum ‘Tango’Leucospermum ‘Tango’
Monstera deliciosa (6″ pots) Mexican Breadfruit – Large tropical, climbing plants with large, green leaves that are similar to a split-leaved Philodendron leaves but Monstera differ in that their leaves have holes. These plants make a great house plant best in a bright spot of indirect light.
Monstera deliciosa
Rhapis excelsa (5 gallon pots) ady Palm – Palm to 10 – 12′ tall. Grow in light shade to part sun and give regular watering outside or bright light indoors as houseplant. Hardy to 20 F.
Rhapis excelsaRhapis excelsa
Yucca linearifolia (3 gallon pots) A slow growing Yucca with many narrow, blue-green leaves to 24 – 36″ long forming a head atop a thick trunk that will very slowly reach to about 4′ tall. Plant in well draining soil in full sun. Little watering will be needed after the plants are established. Very hardy to at least 20 F.
Begonia ‘Angel Glow‘ (6″ pots) A rhizomatous begonia with foliage that is coppery red, ruffled and spiraled. Let dry between waterings. Hardiness unknown, but I would assume it would need protection from cold and wet in winter.
Begonia Angel Glow
Begonia ‘Lil’ Dilly’ (one gallon pots) a sport of ‘Angel Glow’ with light chartreuse to pale golden yellow leaves, up to 4″ across and long. The leaves are often marked with dark color along and across the veins, and around the margin, from the deep burgundy red markings on the reverse. Small light pink flowers are held on stalks above the foliage in early spring. An outstanding indoor or porch/patio variety. Needs protection from cold/wet conditions in winter.
Begonia ‘Little Darling’ (Quart pots) A miniature begonia with 1″ leaves marked with brown and chartreuse green. Houseplant and also ideal for even the smallest terrariums, it has a mounding habit and matures to about 6″ tall. Grow in shade to bright light and protect from frost.
Begonia luxurians (5 gallon pots) grows 6-8′ or more from mature rhizomes, and grows best in warm, partly shaded conditions with rich, moist soil and regular watering. Tropical foliage, with deeply cut palmate leaves that can reach over 16″ across on mature specimens Clusters of yellow and white flowers in summer. Hardy to about 25 F.
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Begonia maculata ‘Wightii’ (2 gallon pots) Polka Dot Begonia – grows to 3’+ with silver spotted leaves and red undersides. Makes a great houseplant if you provide bright indirect light, a soil with great drainage, evenly moist soil and high humidity.
Begonia maculata ‘Wightii’
Begonia ‘Tiger Paws’ (Quart pots) compact rhizomatous begonia with striking chartreuse spiraled leaves accented on the edges by a chocolate brown banding. White flowers appear in winter on tall sprays that rise above the foliage. Protect from cold/wet winter.
Cordyline australis ‘Charlie Boy’ (2 gallon pots) a perennial with burgundy and pink variegated foliage to 2–3′ high and 2–3′ wide. Grow in full to part sun. Hardy to 10 – 15 F.
Delospermum dyeri ‘Red Mountain’ (4″ pots) Hardy Ice plant groundcover to 1″ tall and 12 – 18″ wide with orange-red flowers. Fire resistant.
Echeveria ‘Sunburst’ (4″ pots) small-scale rosettes of narrow, very chalk-blue leaves topped by an eye-popping display of intense orange flowers with striking gold tips on relatively tall, unbranched spikes. Hardiness ?
Calliandra californica (one gallon pots) Clusters of bright red flower filaments, resembling little dusters, adorn this Baja California native for much of the year. The dainty, fern-like leaves are generally evergreen. This mid-sized shrub reaches up to about 5 ft tall over time and spreads to 5 ft wide, forming a loose, rounded mound. Hummingbirds and butterflies favor the flowers. Hardy to around 25 degrees. Plant in full sun to light shade and provide occasional to no irrigation once established. Said to be tolerant of clay soils, but will not like flooding.
Hakonechloa macra ‘All Gold” (one gallon pots) Japanese Hakone Grass – a slowly spreading deciduous grass to about 14″ tall and 2′ wide with golden color and a cascading habit. Plant in part sun. Hardy to < 15 F.
Hakonechloa m. All Gold
Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureloa’ (one gallon pots) Japanese Hakone Grass – a slowly spreading deciduous grass to about 18″ tall and 2′ wide with variegated foliage of green and golden to chartreuse with a cascading habit. Plant in part sun. Hardy to < 15 F.
Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureloa’
Myriopteris lanosa (One gallon pots) Hairy Lip Fern – syn Cheilanthes – a dry land fern that prefers a loose, gritty rock garden setting and partial or full sun. It’s short creeping rhizome produces stipes covered in hairs that help regulate heat and collects moister. On the fronds that are fertile the sori are protected by false indusia formed at the edge of the leaf curling over on the underside. The common name, “hairy lip fern”, comes from the location of the sporangia at the edge or lip of the leaf, “hairy” refers to the presence of hairs. Grows to 6 – 12″ and hardy to < 15 F.
Myriopteris lanosa
Livistona decipiens (7 gallon pots) Ribbon Fan Palm – Easy to grow, surprisingly fast to about 30′. Beautiful palm with wispy terminal leaflets that hang downward and give the name “ribbon palm”. It is gorgeous when it gets larger and is one of the pretties of the Livistonas. Grow in full sun. Hardy to about 20 F.
Sedum ‘Lime Zinger’ (one gallon pots) a succulent groundcover with apple green leaves edged in cherry red to 4″ tall and 2′ wide. Plant in full sun and hardy to < 15 F.
Aeonium Sunburst (3 gallon pots) Copper Pinwheel – a succulent with large rosettes of variegated green and white leaves edged in bright, coppery red on stalks to 18 inches tall. Requires full sun (coastal) to bright shade and occasional watering for best color. Not frost hardy below 28 degrees F.
Aeonium Sunburst
Agave celsii albicans x attenuata (3 gallon pots) A succulent forming rosettes about 2′ tall and 3′ wide with silvery, smooth broad leaves. Plant in well draining soil in full sun. Hardy to 20 – 25 F.
Agave celsii albicans x attenuata
Aloe arborescens x ferox Tangerine (3 gallon pots) A hybrid Aloe (Aloe arborescens x A. ferox) to 6 – 8′ tall with orange flowers in winter. Hardy to about 20 – 25 F.
Aloe Safari Orange (4″ pot) Flowers bright orange, 2-3′, hardy to 23 F, and low water needs.
Aloe ‘Safari Orange’
Chamaedorea radicalis Tree Form (5 gallon pots) Palm with feather shaped leaves, growing to about 8 – 10′. Hardy to about 20 F. Tolerant of full sun but best in filtered light.
Chamaedorea radicalis Tree Form
Chondropetalum tectorum El Campo (3 gallon pots) El Campo Cape Rush – plant forms dense tufted clumps with 2 – 3′ tall dark green unbranched stems. It is hardy to about 20 – 25 F. It can be successfully planted in seaside gardens, used in relatively dry landscapes or used as a plant in the shallows of a water garden.
Cleistocactus colademononis (8″ pots) Cactus forming stems that are at first upright, then pendent and is up to 2.5 meters long with very long white and soft, hairlike spines. The common name “monkey’s tail” refers to the appearance of the hairy stems. It is free flowering with bright red blooms. Needs protection from winter rain and cold. Hardy to about 28 F, if dry.
Cleistocactus colademononis
Dudleya brittonia (3 gallon pots) Giant Chalk Dudleya – Succulent forming rosettes of chalky-white leaves to 12 – 18″. Plant in full sun on coast or part shade inland. Avoid overhead irrigation. Hardy to about 15 F.
Fatsia japonica Variegata (6″ pots) Variegated Japanese Aralia – Forming a shrub to 6 – 10′ tall and 4 – 6′ wide with large palmate white and green leaves. Plant in full shade or part sun .Hardy tp 20 – 25 F. Perfect plant to brighten up your shade garden.
Leucadendron Ebony (3 gallon pots) (Ebony Conebush) – This bushy compact shrub typically grows to 6 to 8′ tall by 6′ wide. It has lustrous blackish-purple foliage and burgundy red bracts surrounding the yellow female flowers from early to midwinter on to summer. Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil and irrigate occasionally to infrequently once established. This new cultivar is a sport of the popular and durable ‘Safari Sunset’, a hybrid between Leucadendron laureolum and L. salignum, and should be able to handle similar conditions. As such it should tolerate some frost, taking temperatures down to the mid 20s at least, and be able to handle some alkalinity and clay soils. Though a bit slow growing, with its dark foliage it has proven to be a dramatic looking specimen plant in the garden or in a large container, and also be good for cut flowers.
Leucadendron Ebony
Leucospermum Blanche Ito (5 gallon pots) Sky-rocket pincushion – An evergreen shrub to about 4 – 5’+ tall and wide. Red orange flowers from winter till spring. Plant in full sun in well drained soil and mulch the soil around plant. Low water needs once established and hardy to about 25 F.
Leucospermum Blanche Ito
Leucospermum c. Goldie (5 gallon pots) Shrub to 4 – 6′ with golden yellow flowers in late winter to early spring. Best grown in full sun. Hardy to about 25 F. Low water needs once established. Mulch to retain moisture and keep root zone cool. Avoid fertilizers containing phosphorus. Origin: Australia
Leucospermum ‘Goldie’
Leucospermum Helena (5 gallon pots) Syn Leucospermum Goldfinger – An evergreen shrub that will grow to 5 feet tall and as wide. This is an early flowering pincushion with the bloom starting in early March and going on until June with the large compound gold flowers with pink tips with purple to red lower floral parts and bracts that darken with age. Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil with only occasional irrigation once established and mulched to keep the soil cool and retain moisture. It should prove drought tolerant once established and cold hardy to about 25 degrees F.
Leucospermum High Gold (5 gallon pots) Nodding Pincushion – an evergreen shrub to 5′ tall and 6′ wide with gray-green leaves and large yellow flowers. Best planted in well draining soil in full sun. Hardy to about 25 – 30 F.
Leucospermum Sunburst (5 gallon pots) an evergreen shrub to 4′ tall and 6′ wide with gray-green leaves and large orange flowers. Best planted in well draining soil in full sun. Hardy to about 25 – 30 F.
Leucospermum Sunrise (5 gallon pots) Shrub to 5 to 6 feet with a profusion of medium-sized (about 4 inch) rich dark salmon-colored flowers early in the season from late winter to early spring, nearly a month earlier than typical Leucospermum cordifolium cultivars. This plant has shorter stem length than many of the cut flower pincushions but it makes up for this by its profusion of bloom early in the season and its durability and vigor in the garden. Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil. Hardy to 25-27F. Responds well to pruning.
Mangave Lavender Lady (6″ pots) A slow growing evergreen succulent plant forms a solitary mounded compact rosette that to 12″ tall by 20″ wide and holds as many as 60 flattened fleshy 7″ long by 2″ wide leaves that have purple-lavender spots when emerging and age first to a smoky purple color and finally to a gray-green. The leaves are pliable with a soft terminal brown spine and the margins have tiny flexible creamy-colored teeth. At maturity this plant produces a thick spike that arches over and bears hundreds of yellow flowers. Plant in full to half day sun in a well-drained soil and give occasional to regular irrigation. This is the least hardy of the Mangave hybrids and should be protected from a hard frost – likely it will prove about as hardy as its one tender parent and only be reliable in gardens that have short duration freezes not colder than around 25°F. It has been noted as resistant to deer and rabbit predation.
Mangave ‘Lavender Lady’
Musa acuminata Zebrina (3 gallon pots) Striped-leaved Banana- grows 5-8 feet and is wind and cold resistant. This banana is well adapted to container growing and can be kept at 3-5 feet tall. ‘Zebrina’ has green and red mottling on the top of its leaves and solid maroon coloring on the bottom. The pseudostem is solid red. Plant in full sun in well draining, moist soil. Protect from frost. Great container plant.
Musa acuminata Zebrina
Platycerium veitchii Silver (mounted 12″) Staghorn fern – an epiphytic plant with finger-like, silvery-green leaves mounted on a wood slab.
Platycerium veitchii Silver
Sansevieria Futura Superba (6″pots) Grows to about 2′ tall with green leaves with a yellow border. Grow indoors in indirect light in a well draining soil. Water only when almost completely dry from spring to fall and then water very little in winter.
Sansevieria Futura Superba
Sansevieria Moonshine (6″ pots) A snake plant with silver-green leaves to 1 – 2′ tall and 3 – 4″ wide. Grow in bright light and protect from winter cold and wet. Hardy to about 32 F. Great houseplant!
Sansevieria t. ‘Moonshine’
Strelitzia nicolai (3 gallon pots) White Bird Of Paradise – Clump forming tropical foliage plant to 20’+ for full sun to part shade. Nice container plant indoors. White flowers. Hardy to about 25 F.