GLASSHOUSE WORKS COLLECTIONS 2008

Below is a list of the basic collections of plants available from the Glasshouse Works, including many items which would cost considerably more if ordered individually. You will find groups of plants reflecting plant families (such as fat lilies & Gesneriads) or individual genera (such as ivies, Coleus, or Begonias) as well as theme collections of plants all compatible for a particular environment or use (such as terrarium or outdoor urns, or topiaries). The list finishes some giant inclusive collections aimed at getting you started in your greenhouse, on your windowboxes or club plant sale. Enjoy reading through them.We have added new ones for 2008!

For those curious about trying a new family or genus of plants, or for a compatible assortment of companion plants--as well as those interested in a bargain--these plant collections are the answer. Many customers also have found that these collections contitute a perfect birthday or holiday gift. Several new collections are offered as new fads and fashions emerge. In addition to our Base Cost of$8.50 for Ground and $9.50 for Air Service, please add the following charges: For Air Service add $4.50 in addition for the base charges of $9.50 per order for each 5 plant collection ordered; and for collections of 10 or 20 plants add $7.50in addition for the base charges of $9.50, for each collection ordered. For Ground Service add the base of charge of $8.50 per order plus 2.50for the smaller order and 4.50 for the larger collection.

Be sure to notice the particular target collections that are aimed at the spring or summertime bedding season. We offer various collections which work well in urns, pots and tubs on the patio, in the garden border, and in window boxes. Please note: Special shipping rates apply to the two large Greenhouse Hobbyist Collections as their price includes some of the shipping costs. Remember the base charge only needs to be added once for your entire order.
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SUCCULENT AND DESERT PLANT COLLECTIONS
TROPICAL FLOWER & FOLIAGE COLLECTIONS
WINTER HARDY FLOWER & FOLIAGE COLLECTION
GENERAL THEME COLLECTIONS OF PLANTS
THE TROPICAL LOOK/COLOR IN THE GARDEN

SUCCULENT AND DESERT PLANT COLLECTIONS:

90230 SUCCULENT WREATH COLLECTION/ LEAFY SUCCULENTS COLLECTION: This introductory group will include easily grown members of such genera as Cyanotis, Adromischus, Rhipsalis "Mistletoe Cactus," Sedum, Kalanchoe "Mother of Thousands," Hoya "Wax Leaf Plant," Crassula, Sansevieria (especially the hahnii and "Hedgehog" types), and Senecio{especially such as jacobsonii and implexus}--all proven house & greenhouse plants; all good for incorporating into creating a living wreath, or into a dish garden, unusual hanging pot, etc. Typically we will also include some unique selections such as Plectranthus prostratus, Abrometiellia, Graptopetalum, Huernia, Sedeveria, and miniature Cryptanthus. This includes at least 5 plants, each labeled, @ $12.00

90231 THE DESERT INDOORS COLLECTION: Interesting dramatic members of such genera as Agave "Century Plants," Euphorbia, Monadenium, Stapelia "Starfish Plant," Senecio "Succulent Daisy," Pachypodium, Aloe, Haworthia, Gasteria "Bowtie Plants," Epiphyllum "Orchid Cactus" or Selenicerus (and other Cacti), and caudiform species. Let us know if these are headed to a dishgarden group, a basket, a terrarium with lizards, a greenhouse bench, or a litegarden so we can send you the most likely to thrive in your intended environment. 5 plants @ $20.00 To see the book Succulents: The Illustrated Dictionary, click this link.

99027 CAUDIFORM AND TROPICAL BONSAI COLLECTION: Diverse group of fat bottomed plants from a considerable range of plant families to give you a taste of the astounding range of these easily grown succulents--Adenium, Crassula, Euphorbia francoisii, decryii, capsaintmariensis, cylindrifolia, neobosseri, pedilanthoides, knuthii, persistens, etc.; Jatropa, Trichodiadema, Gonolobus, Zamia, Chorisia, Kalanchoe arborescens, Alluaudia, Cephalopentandra, Adansonia, Ceraria, Operculiaria, Senecio fulgens & tuberosa types, Pachypodium, Pachycormus, Bursera, Bombax, Monolena, Pachira, Cissus tuberosa, Commiphora, Anthuricum, Beaucarnea, Callibanus, Plectranthus ernestii, Begonia partita, Dorstenia, Ficus petiolaris, Fockea edulis, Hydnophytum, Myrmecodia, Taccazia, and so on and on. However, if you are more intrigued with presenting a group of succulent plants (such as Portulacaria, Ficus, Pedilanthus nanus, Coleus 'Red Sabre.' Begonia cubensis, Crassula portulacea cvs, Peperomia (such as 'Bamboo Stalks'}, & Euphorbia milii (such as 'Trollfits'}which are not technically caudiform, yet are very successful as TROPICAL SUCCULENT BONSAI, we can make sure that this category be included with the purely caudiform species in the group of plants we send you. State your interests. 10 plants @ $48.00 To see the book, Pachyforms: A Guide to Growing Pauchycaul and Caudiciform plants, click this link . To see Caudiciform & Pachycaul Succulents, click here.

99196 ALOE COLLECTION: Interesting leaf designs, flower colors, and a diverse range of growth habits included to give you an idea of the diversity in this popular, easily grown group of succulents. 5 plants @ $12.00 To view the full list of Aloe, click the following link.

99676 EPIPHYLLUM COLLECTION: A good introduction to the "Orchid Cactus" including mossed URCuttings of both dramatic hybrids and dependable species. 5 plants @ $12.00

99697 EUPHORBIA: the CROWN OF THORNS COLLECTION: This collection can include some of the dwarf species in this group of plants, like Euphorbia francoisii to add to the diversity of this collection. This group is for the collector of oddities and visual diversities. If you want particular hybrids or species, be sure to order them individually with their stock numbers; because we gather this selection separately from the best plants available on the week mailed and thus the plants are completely our selections. A strongly performing, easily bloomed starter selection. 5 plants @ $17.50

99024EUPHORBIA TROPICALS COLLECTION "Why not Spurge?" We select from a wide range of color tones & habits; hybrids, and species to give a good introduction to the diversity of this easily grown genus, possibly including a cousin Monadenium or Synadenium. 10 plants @ $38.00 To view the full list of succulent Euphorbias, click the following link.

99025 GASTERIA & HAWORTHIA INTRODUCTORY COLLECTION: Strong growing selections from our considerable stock of these fat lilies to emphasize the range of habits & charming designs from translucent rosettes to bowties to rigid sculptural columns. 5 plants @ $14.50

99146 GASTERIA & HAWORTHIA RARIETIES COLLECTION: This selection would include scarce, rare & variegated clones @ $25.00

99080 HOYA COLLECTION: A solid introductory selection of high performance "Wax Flowers"--including flashy H. carnosa cultivars seldom (if ever) offered in the catalogue listings. This bargain price reflects strong cuttings sent in moss (and they will root in your conditions best in moss) as well as a good probability that some will be already potted--several customers a year ask that we root all five before shipping: this we are happy to do if given sufficient lead time. If you want a specific species or cultivar, order it individually as the collections must remain entire our selection as they change weekly. Certainly one of the most ordered plant collections we offer. 5 different @ $20.00 To view the full list of Hoyas, click the following link. To see The Hoya Handbook, click this link.

99684 KALANCHOE COLLECTION: PROLIFERATORS A Jump start group emphasizing types forming plantlets on the leaf edges or upon the flowering heads--thus known as "Mother of Thousands" and "Life Plants" appealing strongly to all children, even those in their fifties. These Madagascar natives are the most easily grown Kalanchoes--and are offered here at a bargin basement price. 5 plants @ $10.00

99199 KALANCHOE COLLECTION: A good starter kit for several of those eternally popular "Mother of Thousands" kit & kin; for the kid in all of us, as well as an introduction to the range of bold and colorful, or furry, or dusted, or waxed, and even variegated foliaged species and hybrids, with at least one famous for a showy display of winter blossoms. We have sent so many of these collections to customers in California and Texas over the years that we suspect that certain counties there might now seem to be a piece of Madagascar. 10 plants @ $25.00 To see a full listing of our Kalanchoes, click the following link.

99702 RHIPSALIS COLLECTION: Mossed cuttings of these easily grown tropical "Mistletoe" Cacti. 5 plants @ $14.00 To see a full listing of our Rhipsalis, click the following link.
99075 SANSEVIERIA COLLECTION: a good initial introduction to these "Hemp Plants" reflecting their diversity of leaf design & habits from the "Mother in Law Tongues" to the "Hedgehogs" on to the "Birdsnests." 5 plants @ $14.00 To see a full listing of our Sansevierias, click the following link.To the book The Splendid Sansevieria, click this link.

99076 SANSEVIERIA: ADVANCED COLLECTION: No common "Mother-in-Law Tongues" here--we will include bizarre foliage types, rare and uncommon species, and variegates among the 5 plants @ $27.50

TROPICAL FLOWER & FOLIAGE COLLECTIONS:

99752 ACALYPHA COLLECTION (5 PLANTS) Let us know if you will be growing these in a greenhouse, house, or as outdoor container subject for your patio or deck. $20.00 To see a full listing of our Acalyphas, click the following link.

99405 ACANTHUS FAMILY COLLECTION (1O PLANTS) Let us know if you will be growing these in a greenhouse, tall or squat terrarium, a windowsill houseplant, or as outdoor summer container subjects so that we can select appropriately from our stocks of Acanthus, Aphelandra, Asystasia, Barleria, Baphicacanthus, Chamaeranthemum, Crossandra, Dicliptera, Eranthemum, Hypoestes, Graptophyllum, Fittonia, Hemigraphis, Justicia, Mackaya, Odontonema, Pachystachys, Peristrophe, Porphyrocoma, Pseuderanthemum, Ruellia, Ruttya, Sanchezia, Sciaphyllum, Scutellaria, Stenandrium, Strobilanthus, Thunbergia, Whitfieldia, and Xantheranthemum. Sort of a who's who of stunning foliage and showy flowers. $35.00 .

99077 ACHIMENES "NUT ORCHID" COLLECTION [5 PLANTS] Depending on the season, we will send five scaly rhizomes or five potted plants for your baskets or urns. Be warned: if we do send rhizomes, please do not call us and say that we have sent you a set of maggots in moss--these would be the odd little dormant rhizomes. When these fabulously blooming plants drop all their foliage in the fall, please do not claim that they have died: they have merely gone dormant. If you want blooming plants which keep year round foliage, please do NOT order "Nut Orchids" as these will enter a winter dormancy no matter how you grow them. $18.00 .

99037 AFRICAN VIOLET COLLECTION: Constantly changing selection of these Saintpaulias. this collection will always include at least one trailing hybrid and typically a similar Gesneriad relative of strong stature Please do not ask us to send this collection during chill weather conditions . 5 plants @ $18.00

99551 AGLAONEMA COLLECTION: From our collection of species & hybrids, not reflected in the actual offerings, as many are propagated in quite small numbers. 5 of these "Chinese Evergreens" @ $28.00

99153 ALOCASIA COLLECTION (FIVE PLANTS) Let us know if you will be growing these indoors under lights, in a greenhouse, or outdoors in a bog or in a container so that we can send ones that will thrive in your growing conditions. Because of the low cost of this collection not all plants will be mature; sizes will vary, but you will get a fine grouping. Again: Please let us know if you want these to be bog growers or standard pot types--if you specify bog or aquatic use, we will include a distinctive Colocasia cousin which prefers we feet. $44.00 for five labeled plants. To see a full listing of our Alocasias, click the following link.

99042 AROIDS: A TROPICAL COLLECTION (10 PLANTS) A good introductory selection of the Arum Family members picked from Amorphophallus, Acorus, Alocasia, Anchomanes, Anthurium, Anubias, Arum, Caladium, Colocasia, Culcasia, Dieffenbachia, Epipremnopsis, Epipremnum, Gonatopus, Pistia, Raphidophora, Scindapsis, Syngonium, Xanthosoma, Zamioculcas, Aglaonema, Homalomena, Spathicarpa, Monstera, Philodendron, Spathiphyllum, Stenospermation, Sauromatum/ Typhonium, Studenaria, Zathedeschia, etc. Be sure to let us know whether we can send the blooming types for your conservatory or will need to select foliage types for your house or plant room environment. We could even send a spectacular tropical aquatic selection for your greenhouse tub or poolside. $42.00 .

99687 ALTERNANTHERA COLLECTION: Whether "Parrot Leaf" or "Calico Plant"--all great flashy fun. Remember, these emphatically resent any chill. 5 @ $15.00 To see a full listing of our Alternantheras, click the following link.

99689 BANANA MADNESS COLLECTION: We'll send five of the best Musas of the week for the bargain price of $65.00

99004 BEGONIA COLLECTION: An introduction to the range of habits--such as rhizomatous, shrub, rex, and cascades. Five established reliable species & hybrids for a true bargin of only $15.00 To see a full listing of our Begonias, click the following link.

99686 BEGONIA CANE TYPES COLLECTION:A group including "Angelwing" hybrids. 5 plants @ $17.50

99078 BROMELIAD COLLECTION: An introduction to the variety of genera & habits of these indestructible showy "Pineapple Family" characters. 5 plants @ 22.50--likely including various genera not listed in this catalogue--but drawn from Abrometiella, Acanthostachys, Aechmea, Anamea, Ananas, Billbergia, Cryptbergia, Cryptanthus, Deuterocohnia, Dyckia, Fosterella, Guzmania, Hohenbergia, Neoregelia, Nidularium, Hectia, Orthothanthus, Puya, Tillandsia, and Vriesea. To see the book, Bromeliads for the Contemporary Garden, click this link.

99472 CALADIUM MIXTURE COLLECTION (5 PLANTS) We will aim for unusual foliage for your shaded urn. Sometimes rare species will be included in this group. These will be sent out as potted plants if you prefer; however, as they travel best as dormant late winter bulbs, please consider earlier shipping. $22.00.

99108 COLEUS CRAZE COLLECTION I: Tell us if bedding, basket, standards, or topiary fills your Victorian urge to order a passel of these glitzy guys. 5 plants @ merely $12.00 To see a full listing of our Coleus, click the following link.

99483 COLEUS CRAZE COLLECTION II: We also can concentrate of ochre/yellow tones, reddish beacons to pinkish tones, or demonic purples when gathering your 10 plants @ $20.00--If you order more than one #99108 or #99483 you will most likely receive a few duplicates of the same cultivar, as the selection on these changes each week. To see a full listing of our Coleus, click the following link.

99704 COLLECTION: EPISCEA (THE FLAME VIOLETS) ARAC HP TG $ 22.50 If you want to start a collection of these wonderfully patterns African Violet relatives, order this collection for 5 strong growers. Remember these are shipped during warm weather only. To see a full listing of our Episcias, click the following link.

99454 FERN COLLECTION 5 labeled plants for only 20.00 Please tell us if these are for house, for greenhouse, or terrarium. For tropical ferns, we will select from Dicksonia, Blechnum, Adiantum, Aglaomorpha, Asplenium, Azola, Bolbitis, Campyoneuron, Colysis, Cyrtomium, Davallia, Drynaria, {Equsetum), Hemionitis, Humata, Lepisorus, Marsilea, Microgramma, Miscrosrium, Nephrolepis, Pellaea, Phlebodium, Phymnatodes, Platycerium, Polypodium (Psilotum), Pyrrosia, Quercifelix, Salvinia, (Selaginella), and Tectaria. For Zone 6 hardy ferns, we select from Athyrium, Arachniodes, Athyrium, Asplenium, Cheilathes, Dryopteris, Matteuccia, Onoclea, Osmunda, Polystichum and Pteridium--although availability of some of these hardy types is extremely irregular. If you want particuar fern species or cultivars, please order that particular one separately as the extremely low price of this collection is possible only because we choose the items each week of those in plentiful supply and well established. To see a full listing of our ferns, click the following link. To see books on ferns, click the following links: A Natural History of Ferns The Fern Grower's Manual Ferns: A Field Guide to Ferns

99461 FIG FAMILY COLLECTION: One of the essential backbone genera for indoor plant groupings with a very wide range of habits and environmental tolerances with numerous outstanding variegated selections. You may suggest that you would prefer species and hybrids appropriate for terrariums, standards, topiary, indoor gardening, bonsai, and so on--we've a wide range to select from. 5 plants @ $28.00 To see a full listing of our Ficus, click the following link.

99011 GESNERIAD COLLECTION: Extremely popular offering as will bring you a strong growing selection from a range of "Miracle Houseplants" genera--genera such as Achimenes, Aeschynanthus, Alsobia, Chirita, Codonanthe, Columnea, Corytoplectus, Codonanthanthus, Drymonia, Episcia, Gloxinia, Kohleria, Nautilocalyx, Nemathanthus, Rhynchoglossum, Saintpaulia, Sinningia, Streptocarpella and Streptocarpus. We will select according to your intended use or situation for 5 plants suited to baskets, terrariums, light gardening, or for tropical bedding, etc.(please let us know where they are headed as different genera prefer vastly different enviornments) for only $22.00

99010 GINGER COLLECTION: From Alpinia, Brachychilum, Burbidgea, Costus, Curcuma, Elettaria, Hedychium, Kaempferia, Monocostus, Renealmia, & Zingiber. 5 plants @ $20.00

99437 GERANIUM--SCENTED TYPES COLLECTION: A selection of types best suited to the winter windowsill and summer urn with fragrance for jellies, potpourri, etc. 5 plants @ $14.00

99041 GERANIUM--PELARGONIUM COLLECTION: A selection of types best suited to the winter windowsill and summer urn chosen from types with fragrance, with variegated foliage, trailing habit, stellar types for constant performance, and even species. 5 plants @ $14.00 To see a full listing of our Pelargoniums, click the following link.

99001 HIBISCUS COLLECTION: From various species & hybrids (usually double, single, & pagoda types), in their various colors & flowering seasons. Perhaps you'd like this to include a representative from kissin' cousins Abutilon {"Flowering Maple"}, Pavonia {"Fairy Hibiscus"}, or Malvaviscus {"Turk's Cap"}? If so, let us know. 5 plants @ $25.00 To see a full listing of our Hibiscus, click the following link. To see books on Hibiscus, click the following link.

99107 IMPATIENS COLLECTION: Include are various species, variegations, & blossom types. 5 plants @ $12.00; if ordering multiple collections, some duplicates will be included. To see a full listing of our Impatiens, click the following link.

99047 IPOMEA: TRENDY TATERS COLLECTION (FIVE TYPES) A strong selection of Ipomea for baskets, urns, or windowboxes--will not include the fussy 'Ivory Jewel' or any Morning Glory types. Over the last few years this group of plants has become famous for showing off the whole season long! $15.00 plus $4.50shipping. To see a full listing of our Impomea, click the following link.

99002 IVY COLLECTION: Strong growers perhaps including variegates, ruffles, columns, dwarfs, even odd species. Please let us know if these are to be planted outdoors (with your zone number so chill hardiness will be noted), as basket cascaders, as dish garden and/or windowsill subjects, for terrarium, for topiary work, ete and so forth--many different habits and growth types can distinguish your very own 5 Hedera @ $15.00 To see a full listing of our Ivies, click the following link.

99104 JASMINE: TRUE SPECIES COLLECTION: We send a selection of 5 actual Jasminum species for $22.00; these will demand very bright, evenly cool fall and winter conditions, and reliable humidity levels in order to set flower buds. If you are unable to provide these very strict fall conditions, best try the following collection instead in order to achieve the fragrant blossoms. If you intend to grow a group of Jasmines as houseplants and are unable to give them the bright chill fall conditions absolutely necessary for most species to form flower buds, please order the following offering of plants (including true Jasminum not requiring the special conditions) so that you will be able to bloom these in your plant room. To see a full listing of our Jasmines, click the following link.

99105 JASMINE: PLANTS CALLED JASMINES: Should you lack the cool, humid, very bright conditions demanded by the bulk of the true species but still want the intense fragrances, we can select a group collectively known (because of their type of fragrance) by the common name "Jasmine" such as specific species of Cestrum, Solanum, Murraya, Pandorea, Stephanotis, certain Mandevilla, specific Gardenia, & Trachleospermum, as well as those true ones (such as the Sambac crew) reliably performing well indoors as these will be able to set flower buds without the bright chill required by most true species. 5 plants @ $18.00

90233 NIGHTSHADE COLLECTION: Far more than peppers, 'taters, and tobac for the indoor and outdoor gardener--let us know whether these are headed to hanging baskets, bedding, urns, or greenhouse bloom so we can pick appropriately from Brugsmansia, Brunsfeldia, Capsicum, Cestrum, Datura, Lycopersicon,Nicotiana, Nicandra, Physalis, Solandra, Solanum, Streptosolen, Vestia and so on. 5 plants @ $15.00 To see the book, Brugmansia and Datura: Angel's Trumpets and Thorn Apples, click here.

99663 OXALIS COLLECTION A collection of the tried and true plants that everyone can remember from their childhood. Some of these might have dorman cycles, others grow year round. 5 plants @ $18.00 To see a full listing of our Oxalis, click the following link.

99325 PASSIONFLOWER COLLECTION: A good beginners introduction to the range from gorgeous foliage to astounding blossoms included by "Passiflora"--the farmous Passionflower of many stories. 5 plants for $25.00 To see a full listing of our Passiflora, click the following link. To see books on Passiflora, click here.

99007 PEPEROMIA COLLECTION: These plants used to have a whole society devoted to their culture and identity. Some are remarkable for spectacular leaf formations, waxy and variegated surfaces, pelted and felted surfaces; for stout decorative stems strikingly clustering, vigorously clambering, or elegantly cascading. At your suggestion, we will send you a selection of types best suited for terrariums, pseudo-tropical bonsai, dish gardens, or baskets and urns; or we will send an introductory cross section selection of 5 plants @ $12.00 To see a full listing of our Peperomias, click the following link.

99433 PHILODENDRON COLLECTION: A beginner's robust selection of strong colors & various habits; might even include a Raphidophora, Monstera, or Epipremnum cousin. 5 plants @ $18.00 To see a full listing of our Philodendrons, click the following link.

99478 PHILODENDRON COLLECTION: RARE & UNUSUAL This group will include rarely offered species, dramatic hybrids and cultivars, and distinctive variegated clones. We have various quite choice cultivars that have golden or purple leaves. 5 plants @ $45.00

99554 PLECTRANTHUS COLLECTION: A selection of highly colored and of often wildly fragrant "Tropical Mints" to punch up any plant display. 5 @ $15.00 To see a full listing of our Plectranthus, click the following link.

99149 PSEUDERANTHEMUM COLLECTION: A representative selection of the range of fabulous types of this excellent "Wax Acanthus" group--perhaps even including such kin as Graptophyllum, Odontonema, & Strobilantes genera--a highly ornamental extrvagantly flashy group moving out of just conservatory & house plant categories into urns & beds in the "Tropical Look" garden. 5 plants @ $15.00

90232 SPLENDID SPIDERWORT COLLECTION: Tell us how you intend to use your tropical Commelinaceae and we will send appropriate showy plants from such genera as Ballya, Callisia, Campelia, Cochliostema (a giant), Cyanotis, Dichorisandra, Geogenanthus, Gibasis, Palisota, Rhoeo, Setcreasea, Tradescantia, Tripogandra, & Zebrina--while several of these are too large to include in a very inexpensive introductory collection, this listing may lead you to some unexpectedly extravagant genera you've not head of yet. 5 plants @ $12.00

91953 SYNGONIUM COLLECTION: A beautiful cross-section of various habits and colors will be included in this tropical "Arrowhead" vine collection with the probable inclusion of a species form as well. 5 plants @ $15.00 To see a full listing of our Syngoniums, click the following link.

WINTER HARDY FLOWER & FOLIAGE COLLECTIONS:

99402 CONIFER COLLECTION: Can include an emphasis on compact growth, on tapestry hedge, on rockeries, container specimen, etc. Start your arboretum with 10 plants @ $35.00

99679 HOSTAS FOR SHADE GARDENS COLLECTION (5 PLANTS) A selection including both variegated and non-variegated (bluish?) types--without any prima donnas. We really only have the most dramatic varieties so if you are interested in getting a group of plants for a new shade garden area which will give you color and form then this constitutes a select collection for the shade. $32.00 .

99110 PERENNIALS COLLECTION: Very popular as a gift assortment sent from one gardening friend to another (we suspect this is a circumspect way to suggest that gardens are not daylilies alone); this constitutes easily grown, yet uncommon perennials from our nursery & from this catalogue listing. Please note whether we should select plants for shade, or for sun. 10 labeled substantial plants @ $25.00--We promise on a stack of "HORTICA"s to send no daylilies (or "Roadlilies"as they are known in this corner of Ohio) in this group. To see Armitage's book on perennials, click here. For Hinkley's book, The Explorer's garden, click here. Or, for a book about perennial care, click here.

99147 BUXUS COLLECTION (5 PLANTS) We can send types best for an outdoor border or bed, or types easily trained into bonsai. If you are in New England and intend these to be planted outside, we will send windburn tolerant hybrids, not tender species or dwarf types. Remember that all give off a faint eau de Cat scent when the conditions are quite warm. $20.00 . For a full list of boxwoods, click the following link.

99184 SHRUB (DECIDUOUS) COLLECTION (5 PLANTS) Can include both types known best for flowers & those grown primarily for foliage (deciduous). This collection of winter hardy material can vary from time to time and from season to season. Please indicate if these are headed to shady or sunny area. $18.00 .

99460 THE AUTUMNAL GARDEN COLLECTION [10 PLANTS] A selection of mainly perennial show offs, but with a few "Victorian Tropicals" which reach their climax late summer on into fall. This collection has been gaining considerable momentum for those of you who intend to spend summer vacation elsewhere, yet wish to return to a garden of flower beds ready to burst into fall color--and thus we will not include any plants demanding undue constant fussing and monitoring, pruning or pampering. If you do not get back from summer leave until late August, this is your target group. $38.00 .

99113 PLANTS FROM JAPAN: We need to know if you want native Japanese genera & cultivars for temperate zones or flashy Japanese selections of tropicals & subtropicals but not necessarilly native to the islands of Japan. Natives might be selected from Anemone, Callicarpa, Buxus microphylla cultivars, Sanguisorba, Lychnis miquelaria, Geranium thumbergii, Aquilegia flabellata, Rohdea, Polygonum, Crinum asiaticum, Acer palmatum, Rosa porterifolia, Cryptotaenia, Cryptomeria, Chamaecyparis pisifer and obtusa cultivars, Patrinia, Carex, Tricyrtis, Iris ensata, Davalia, Asplenium nitus, Trachleospermum, Clerodendron trichotomum, Acorus gramieus cultivars and dozens of others. 5 labeled plants from 5 different genera for $22.00 To see the book, Garden Plants of Japan, click here.

OTHER HARDY COLLECTIONS BELOW UNDER: Temperate Zone Aquatics, Miniature Railroad, Trough Miniatures, Grasses, Bonsai

GENERAL THEME COLLECTIONS:

All perfect gifts for other gardeners as well as for oneself.

99109 TROPICAL BULB COLLECTION (including CORMS & TUBERS): Introductory group from such genera as Achimenes, Agapanthus, Albuca, Allium, Alocasia, Amorphophalus, Arrenantherum, Babinia, Bowiea, Bulbine, Caladium, Canna, Amaryllis, Ceropegia, Chlorophytum, Colocasia, Cooperanthes, Crinum, Draconium, Dietes, Dioscorea, Disporom, Drimiopsis, Drimia, Eleocharis, Eucharis, Eucomis, Eucrosia, Eurycles, Ferraria, Fockea, Geissorhiza, Gladiolus, Gloxinia, Gonatopus, Globba, Habranthus, Haemanthus, Hedychium, Hippeastrum, Hymnenocallis, Hypoxis, Ipomea, Iris, Kaempferia, Kohleria, Lachenalia, Ledebouria, Moraea, Nerine, Ornithogalum, Oxalis, Phaedranassa, Polianthes, Potasparagus, Ranunculus, Scadoxus, Scilla, Senecio, Sinningia, Smithiantha, Stenomesson, Steudnera, Thalbaghia, Typhonium, Vallota, Veltheimia, Xanthosoma, Zamioculcas, Zantedeschia, Zephyranthes, Zingiber, and so on--please tell us if these are for indoor gardens, or for hobby greenhouse. We definitely would like to "get you hooked" on this very basic group of plants because these survive and give great positive feedback to plant lovers, and thus we continue to offer a true dollar bargin of 10 bulbs, each from different genera representing a range of families, for only $25.00 To see a full listing of our Tropical Bulbs, click the following link.

99034 TROPICAL HERBS COLLECTION: For those of you wishing to grow your herbs indoors or in your winter greenhouses throughout the year. We can draw upon the appropriate species from among these tropical & subtropical genera--Hedychium, Peperomia, Fouquieria, Elatostemma, Curcuma, Ugni, Phlomis, Lippa, Olea, Vanilla, Ornithogalum, Laurus, Myrtus, Myrsine, Baphicacanthus, Murraya, Pelargonium, Peperomia (clusiifolia), Helichrysum, Excoecaria, Rosmarinus, Dorstenia contrajerva, Spilanthes, Lavendula cultivars, Viola, Laurus, Cydista, Elettaria, Pipers, Plectranthus amboinicus and others, Coleus caninus, Vitex, Begonias (such as luxurians, Sanguinea), Procris, Catha, Typhonium, Ricinus, Aeonium lindleyii, Aloe vera, Bursera ("Mexican Frankinsence"} , Banisteriopsis, Ceratonia, Cymbopogon, Dodonaea, Polianthes, Polygonum odoratum, Crinthmum, Punica, Aloysia, Ficus (salicifolia), Debregeasia, Pogostemon, Tulbaghia, Eleocharis, Asparagus, Euphoria, Iboza, Justicia, Drymonia (serrulata), Ocimum, Nashia, Kaempferia, Aeolanthus, & Manihot. 10 plants, or choice @ $28.00.

99167 FRAGRANT PLANT COLLECTION: If you have a hobby greenhouse, a very bright plantroom or vast windowsill location, or if you garden under artifical lights (Click here for a quick trip to our selection of some very handsome LIGHTSTAND FURNITURE), you will be most successful with such groups as Cestrum, Gardenia, Jasminum, Murraya, Nicotiana, Passiflora, Solanum, Stephanotis, Trachelospermum, Pelargonium (with scented leaves), Anredera, Carissa, Cestrum, Citrofortunella, Crinum, Pittosporum, Viola, Datura, Brugsmansia, Epiphyllum, Eucharis, Hedychium, Ligustrum, Lonicera, Myrtus, Osmanthus, Neomarica, Rosa, Sansevieria, Vanilla, Tulbaghia, Dombeya, Pereskia and so forth. Some plants are better known for being "scented," rather than fragrant: Amorphophallus, Sauromatum, Stapelia, and Huernia start this list! We will include several plants best known for scented foliage from Centrathermum, Crithmum, Curcuma, Mentha, Myrtus, Pelargonium, Piper, Plectranthus, Pogostemon patchouli, Thorncroftia, Aeolanthus, Olea, and so forth. 8 plants, or choice @ $ 35.00. To see a full listing of our fragrant plants, click the following link.

99017 TROPICAL VINES COLLECTION (FIVE PLANTS) The range of possibilities is daunting; so please indicate whether you need types willing to curtain your indoor windows, spill over a basket, climb to the top of your greenhouse with showy blossoms, or quickly cover your patio trellis. We can focus on gathering your plants from vines valuable for their blooms: such as Tecomaria, Drymnonia, Abutilon megapotamincum types, Clerodendron, Mucuna, Strongylodon, Pandorea, Passiflora, Solandra, Solanum, Thunbergia, Aeschynanthus, Heterocentron, Manettia, Hoya, Kalanchoe beauverdii types, Mandevillea, Pueraria, and so on. Or we can focus on those vines valuable for their decorative foliage: such as Gynura, Monstera, Philodendron, Plectranthus, Pilea, Senecio, Cissus, Hedera, Callisia, Tradescantia, Dioscorea, Raphidophora, Ipomea, Muehlenbeckia complexa, Rhoicissus, Syngonium, Vanilla, and so forth. Please advise us of your preference--expecially if you have a hobby greenhouse which would allow you to flower some of the more spectacular genera. $18.00.

99035 HANGING BASKET PLANTS COLLECTION [10 PLANTS] Considerably different selections will be made if you want indoor, tropical greenhouse, or outdoor baskets. Let us know. Remember that putting a couple types of plants in one hanging basket can be a beautiful summer time display--so feel free to suggest we include some upright and "filler" varieties along with cascading varieties if you plan to design with this in mind. As a hint of what we can select from if you wish flowering types would include Acalypha repens, Aptenia, Vinca, Rosa 'Red Cascade,' Impatiens, Nematanthus, Oxalis, Pelargonium peltatum types, Abutilon trailers, Cuphea, Dischidia & Hoya, Columnea, Aeschynanthus, Ruellia macrantha, Russelia, Begonia, Zygocactus, Achimenes, Heterocentron, Lycopersicon, Sinningia, Viola hederaceae, Clerodendron thomsoniae, and so on. Excellent cascaders grown mainly for dramatic foliage would include Cissus anartica, tropical grasses (Oplismenus, Stenotaphrum, Agrostis, etc), Murdannia, Muehlenbeckia, Nephrolepis and Davallia tribes, Peperomia, Coleus rehneltianus cultivars, Asparagus, Alternantera (such as 'Red Threads'}, Nepenthes, Crassula, Sedum, Carissa 'Green Carpet,' Epipremnum, Syngonium, Scindapsus, Philodendron, Senecio, Ficus repens & montana, Ipomea, most Chlorophytums, Plectranthus, the "Spiderwort" Tradescantia, Setcreasea, Zebrina, & Callisia, Neoregellia, and so on. Another suggestion: we often send this collection of 10 plants out to customers wishing to fill a windowbox with dramatic and unique plants--for this we need to know if your windowbox will be in a sunny or in a shady location. $30.00 .

99458 URN GARDEN COLLECTION: We always aim to include at least one each of a spiller, a thriller, and a filler. A palette of colorful plants tolerant of high exposures to wind & sun on your deck or in the dappled light of your secret garden--you tell us in what climate & container conditions your yearnings to do some urning will be consummated and we will send 5 plants @ $18.00 To see the book, Window Boxes, click here.

99459 URN GARDEN DOUBLE COLLECTION (II): For duplicate pairs for planting matching pots, some pairs cascade, others spike out, some do lateral fill. (Yes: once again the spiller, thriller, and filler routine.) We do need to thank Martha Stewart, Country Living Gardner, and House and Garden as well as the Home & Garden network for making this one our most reordered packages. 10 plants @ $35.00 To see the book, Window Boxes, click here.

99100 GRASSES COLLECTION: We can emphasize winter hardy genera such as Erianthus, Alopecurus, Arrthenatherum, Arundo, Briza, Calamagrostis, Carex, Chasmanthemum, Deschampsia, Erianthus, Festuca, Helictotrichon, Imperata, Juncus, Leymus, Miscanthus, Pennisetum, Phalaris, Phragmites, Phyllostachys, Pleioblastus, Sasa, Sasaella, Spartimia, and so on; or we can emphasize the flashy tropical genera such as Eleocharis, Scirpus, Saccharum, Cyperus, Setaria, Pennisetum, Pogonatherum, Stenotaphrum, Muhlenbergia, Agrostis, Rhynchelytrum, Cortaderia, Eragrostis, Zea, and so on. OR (and you are out there) if you would like to stipulate a few or an entire group of grass-like mimics from a range of plant families, including Acorus, Agapanthus, Calibanus & Ornithogallum, Chlorophytum, Cyperus, Dietes, Murdannia, Phormium, Allium, Crocosmia, Equisetum & Psilotum, Liriope & Ophiopogon, Reineckia, Rohdea, Sisyrinchium, Tupistra & Typha--just so direct. Your call: 5 different for $22.00, our choice within the category you need. To see The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses, click here. To see the book, Gardening with Grasses, click here.

99020 AQUATICS IN A TUB: For those of us simply too tired to dig a hole outdoors and wait for rain. A selection of essentially tropical aquatics (floaters & submerged pot types) making perfect dramatic companions for your patio tub or undrained ceramic container. Let us know the size of your container so we can select from Pistia, Fagopyrum, Scirpus cernuus, Eichornia, Zantedeschia, Cana, Echinodorus, Wedelia, Marsilea, Pilea, Cyperus, Anubias, Baumia, Alternanthera polygonioides, Colocasia, Xanthosoma, Dracaena cultivars, Equisetum diffusum, Crinum, Ruellia brittoniana cultivars, Tulbaghia, Hemigraphis, Hymenocallis, Pachira aquatica, and so on. We will ship 5 plants @ $18.00 For a winter hardy selection, please order #99069 for the TEMPERATE ZONE AQUATICS. To see a full listing of our aquatic plants, click the following link. To see The Ultimate Water Garden Book, click here.

99069 TEMPERATE ZONE AQUATICS (5 PLANTS) Plants surviving a pond in at least a Zone 6 climate--remember that few aquatic plants or critters will survive any container above ground level which freezes completely. We will select hardy marginals such as Eupatorium, Hibiscus, Lobelia, Lysimachia, Ranunculus, Helenium, Salix, Bacopa, Equisetum, Rumex, Saracenia, Phalaris, and so forth, as well as submerged types like Acorus, Houtynia, Hydrocotyle, Iris ensata and laevigata, Oenanthe, Peltandra, Typha, Scirpus, Thalia, Juncus, Saurunus, Nuphaea, and even Myriophyllum. PLEASE NOTE: We also offer a group of tropicals in the "Aquatics in a Tub" collection offered above. $20.00 . To see a full listing of our aquatic plants, click the following link. To see The Ultimate Water Garden Book, click here.

99021 BONSAI STARTER COLLECTION--10 INDOOR TROPICALS: Our most ordered collection as well as most reordered (did someone forget to water?); we send strong starter plants chosen from various genera (Such as Ficus, Citrus a. myrtifolius and Chinotto, Hedera conglomerata, 'Duckfoot, ,Willie' etc, Carissa, Carmomum, Punica, Nashia, Plectranthus ernestii, Pedilanthus t. nanus, Crassula tetragona, Bombax, Brachychiton, Bambusa, Bougainvillea, Breynia dwarf, Vitex, Calistemon, Clusea guttifera, Cissus tuberosa, Coccoluba, Capsicum, Grevillea, Podocarpus, Dodonea, Rivinia, Serissa, dwarf Codiaeum, Corokia, Camellia, Duranta, Osmanthus, Olea, Gardenia radicans cvs & cortuna, dwarf Hibiscus, Ixora, shrubby Jasminum, Lantana, Malphigia, Murraya, Myrtus, Punica, Zamia, Cycas, Iboza, Syzigium, Pogonatherum, Thunbergia erecta cvs, Trachleospermun , Dendranthemum cascade types, Zamioculcas, Myrsine, Dizygotheca, Excoecaria, Polyscias, Brassaia, Poncirus, Begonia cubensis, 'Lacy,' & partita, "Ming" Protasparagus species, Coprosma dwarf types, Cestrum, Anisodontea, Pavonia, Pittosporum, Peperomia 'Bamboo Stalks,' Halleria, Ilex dimorphophylla, Eleagnus, Calliandra, Gmelina, Guaiacum, Oxalis alstonii, Osmanthus, Kalanchoe arborescens, Fuchsia 'Lottie Hobbie,' golden Cupressus, Muehlenbeckia alstoii, Buddleia indica, Syzgium, Brassaia, dwarf Acalypha, Pogonatherum, Selaginella (for carpeting), Podocarpus, Serissa, Duranta, Corokia, Ilex, etc) which remain popular among bonsai fanciers for growing year 'round indoors under constant threat of wiring and tweaking. Please advise if you would like to receive any traditional groundcover carpeting plants such as Ficus repens cvs., Vellozia, Acorus, Peperomia, various Selaginellas, Microgramma, Equisetum, creeping Pileas, Sedums, Ophiopogon, and so on. 10 plants @ $35.00 Also note the several excellent books we offer on bonsai culture. To see a full listing of our bonsai plants, click the following link.

99022 BONSAI STARTER COLLECTION--10 TEMPERATE ZONE TREES & SHRUBS: This includes starters of Ulmus {'Elms'}, Hedera, Dendranthemum, Nandina, Cotoneaster, Acer {'Maples'}, conifers (such qw Chamaecyprus, Cryptomeria, Thuja, Juniperus, Thujopsis, etc), Lonicera nitida cultivars, and others in starter sizes for cooler zones. We can also select from Buxus, Cotoneaster, Euonymous, Ginko, Lagerstromia, Ligustrum (male clone dwarf), Lonicera, Pleioblastus, Rosa 'Si,' Rhodendron (dwarf Azalea), Wisteria 'Amethyst Falls,' Jasminum parkeri, dwarf Salix, Securinega, Ruta, Ilex crenata dwarfs, and so forth. 10 plants @ $45.00 To see a fulll listing of our bonsai plants, click the following link.

99675 MINIATURE RAILROAD COLLECTION [10 PLANTS] Although some of the temperate bonsai and hardy trough plant groups overlap here, we include more dwarf than miniature winter hardy plants in this grouping as well as larger specimens. This collection is also popular with rock garden enthusiasts. $55.00 .

99106 TROUGH MINIATURES COLLECTION: We will send groundcovers, compact rosette tuffets, and even some very dwarf shrubs perfect for your trough design. We can select from Achillea, Ajuga, Allium, Arabis, Armeria, Artemesia, Buxus, Cheilanthes, Dianthus, dwarf Equisetum, Euonymous, Hieracium, dwarf Hosta, Lychnis, miniature Pennisetum, Petrorhagia, Phlox, Plantago, Ruta, Sagina, Saxifraga, mini Scabiosa, Sedum, Silene, Teucrium, Muehlenbeckia, Veronica, Viola; and, of course many dwarf and prostrate conifers and miniature deciduous shrublets. If you want this for a hobby model railroad miniature landscape, please refer to the immediately preceeding collection. With information from you we could also select a complementary group for a trough kept in a tropical conservatory or at a sunny window as well from such tropicals as Abrometiella, Crassula, Sedum, miniature Euphorbia species, Figs, Cryptanthus, Hemigraphis, Peperomias, Colysis and a host of others--this is a quickly expanding category and we are prepared for you. As many of our long term customers have evolved (?) from vast gardens to deck planters and troughs and to plant rooms and lite gardens, perhaps this will eventually become the "Boomers' Collection"--whatever. Unless you suggest otherwise, we will send 10 dependable winter hardy complementry plants @ $42.00

99315 STANDARDS & TOPIARY: Plants easily grown in containers for you to train into geometric pyramids & spheres or into bunnies, turtles & elephants--letting us know if you plan to stake these, to train them on mossed forms (best to order TOPIARY MOSS FRAME PLANTS #99314for these), or to trim and sheer them into exotic ornate shapes, so we can select the appropriate 5 plants for only $18.00--also note whether these will be grown in tropical greenhouses or outdoor courtyards. We select from such traditional subjects as Syzgium, Ibosa, Punica, Anisodontea, Ilex, Eleagnus, Laurus and Osmanthus, Cupressus, Triplochlamus, Ficus sagina, craterstoma, 'Too Little,' microcarpa, Tetradenia, Coliaeum, Hibiscus, Lavatera, Pelargonium, Teucrium fruticans, Euphorbia cotinifolia, Fuchsia triphylla, Ocimum, Solanum rantonneti, Abutilon 'Victor' & uprights, Pittosporum, Podocarpus, Acalypha, Lantana, Brugsmansia, Citris, Fortunella, Dichorisandra pendula, Fatshedera, Nerium, Rivinia, Tibouchina, and so on; let us know if your sheered imagination demands the traditional hardy conifers such as Chamaecyparis, Thuja, Juniper, and Taxus and we will oblige. For a full list of these plants, click the following link, and see the top of the page. To see the book, Topiaries & Espaliers, click here.

99314 TOPIARY MOSS FRAME PLANTS (5 PLANTS) We will select five plants which will thrive on self-contained moss-stuffed wire forms--these selections will not need a separate container for roots, but will root within the mossed framework--and you must keep the moss moist to prevent STD (Sudden Topiary Death). We will select from such plants as the following which can root onto and into moist moss surfaces: Peperomia carpeting types, Begonia glabra and fagifolia, Scindapsus, Humata, miniature Alternantheras, Ficus pumila cultivars, Raphidophora, Hoya curtisii, lohorei, kentiana and similar species, Dischidias nummularia & others, Senecio jacobsonii & implexus, Hedera 'Duckfoot,' 'Gnome,' 'Design,' 'Willie' and others, Impatiens repens, Pellionia, Barleria repens, Acalypha repens, Pilea depressa, microphylla prostrata, glauca, and others, Saxifrage, Selaginella krausiana cultivars, mini Tradescantia and Callisia, and so on--We can even offer "tufted" plants for the rooster's comb or the peacock's feathers such as Ophiopogon, Tillandsia, Acorus, Carex, or Pogonatherum (if you so indicate on your order). A steadily increasing demand for plants easily trained on forms (miniature espaliers) left bare ribbed--especially as these are trendy at plant show exhibitions currently--allows us the chance to select vining or trainable plants easily attached to your geometric or representational frames without your having to stuff them with moss. Very elegant three-dimensional visuals result. From a surface container for the roots, the following are easily trained upon bare metal or wooden (even plastic) forms: Cissus quinquangularis, striata, rotundifolia, Plectranthus spicatus 'Ubombo,' Lantana, Muehlenbeckia, Manettia, Trachleospermum, Cydista, Ficus 'Fred Boutin' & many others, Dioscorea, Kalanchoe beauverdii, Dischidia albida & milnei, Anthurium polystichum, aemulum, Passiflora cuspidifolia, Abutilon 'Victory,' Senecio macrophylla cultivars, various Hoyas, as well as the traditional Jasminum and Rosemary wire frame wreaths. We strongly recommend Linda Yang's TOPIARIES & ESPALIERS as an excellent book to suggest sound groundrules and trouble shooting techniques so your topiary will be successful. $20.00 . To see a full listing of such plants, click the following link. To see the book, Topiaries & Espaliers, click here.

99038 TERRARIUM COLLECTION: We select interesting reliable plants from various families for a range of color & habit. 10 plants @ $22.00 . We maintain an extensive selection of genera appropriate for terrarium. We offer an extremely handsome TERRARIUMS & WARDIAN CASES for serious growers. This collection is the basic for a starting terrarium. See the photos. We offer ground covers, accent plants, and miniature tree-like subjects, selections from Abrometiella, Acorus, Adiantum, Aglonema, Alsobia, Alternanthera 'Christmas Tree,' 'White Carpet,' 'Green Machine,' Anthurium radicans, Begonia cultivars, Breynia disticha nana, Chirita, Chlorophytum bichetii, Chirita, Colysis Cryptanthus, Cuphea, Cyperus fertilis, Dionea, Dorstenia, Duranta, Episcia, Euphorbia francoisii, leuconeura, & other minis, Fatshedera, Ficus pumila cultivars, Fittonia, Gardenia radicans, Gymnostachyum, Hedera 'Duck Foot,' hemigraphis 'Red Equator,' Helxine, Humata,Justici