STANDARDS & TOPIARY; MOSS FORMS, FRAMES & ESPALIERS
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PLANTS FOR STANDARDS AND TOPIARY
PLANTS FOR MOSS FRAMES
PLANTS FOR BARE TOPIARY FRAMES, OR EPALIERS

PLANTS FOR STANDARDS AND TOPIARY

99315 STANDARDS & TOPIARY: Plants easily grown in containers for you to train into geometric pyramids & spheres or sheered into bunnies, turltles, & elephants--letting us know if you plan to stake these, to train them on mossed forms (best to order TOPIARY MOSS FRAME PLANTS for these), or to trim them into exotic ornate shapes, so we can select the appropriate 5 plants for only PRICE: $18.00--also note whether these will be grown in tropical greenhouses or outdoor courtyards (thus subject to sun and wind).

If you want specific plants, order from the tropical suggestions bellow. Also note that many Chamaecyparis, Thuja, Juniper, and Buxus are traditional outdoor subjects for shaped forms. See these, listed alphabetically in our perennials section.

40007 ABUTILON STRIATUM AUREO-MACULATUM MAL HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.50 Soft maple leaves richly flecked gold on a tightly branched shrub sporting many salmon bellflowers; striking in annual beds. Deservedly the most popular "Flowering Maple" as it is a brilliant display whether in flower or not; most effective when grown with plants displaying purple toned foliage. An unexpectedly subtle addition to outdoor summer beds, lighting up its companion plantings; although popular traditionally as a strong performer in the winter hobby greenhouse or plantroom as it reaches its peak blooming cycle late winter.

50565 ABUTILON VICTOR REITER [HYB] PRICE: $ 6.50 Erect woody stems festooned with spectacularly big nodding blossoms of festive tangerine; this "Giant Chime Flowering Maple" can be kept as a modest heavily flowering pot plant, or encouraged to easily reach 8' --thus perfect for training into standards or for backgrounds in the deep south. Blooms for a very long period as is sterile--often trained as a tropical nearly everblooming shrub, although easily scaled down with carefully considered pruning of the central leads. This is the only Abutilon our customers report reasonable success with good flowering even when grown in less than full sun.
40009 ACALYPHA HISPIDA EUP HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.75 Upright stems hold long red "Chenille Plant" pendant catkins throughout the year; this "Philippine Medusa" or "Red-hot Cattail" shrub needs bright light and warm conditions. This is one of the most curious and most popular of the tropical plants! Always in demand.

41525 ACALYPHA WILKESIANA KILAUEA EUP HP PRICE: $ 4.25 "Miniature Fire-dragon" Very tiny spindle-shaped leaves of dusky red and coppery rose with creamy feathered margins; much branching dwarf forming small mounds. With limited light the foliage turns clear ochre with dusky pink; the best choice for the sunny WARM windowsill location.

40012 ACALYPHA WILKESIANA GODSEFFIANA HETEROPHYLLA EUP HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.75Massed finely cut astoundingly slim leaves edged in rich cream on elegant seldom branched stems present a striking weeping "Lance Copperleaf" with very distinct vertical statement (ideal for training into a standard) perfectly displaying the exceptionally slim ribbon leaves cascading elegantly. Very little lateral growth. Can be extremely dramatic as an exclamation point in an urn or windowbox design.

59213 ACALYPHA WILKESIANA MACROPHYLLA EUP TGH PRICE: $ 5.00 "Heart Copperleaf" Large russet leaves with long pointed leaves extending from the cordate tops, bronze-green & copper tones--this is the best quick growing cultivar for outdoor borders, for showy urns and big windowboxes as it makes a big bold statement very quickly. Given free root run in a conservatory, this dramatic griant soon becomes a coppery pink tree. A fab "Cheap Chic" addition to your summer garden--will perform dramatically where ever you have good luck with the sun Coleus tribe.

49457 ANISODONTEA ELEGANT LADY MAL CGH TGH 6.50 Wine veined magenta Hibiscus blossoms, everblooming if given full sun and good fertilizer, along the upright maroon toned stems cloaked with attractive deeply fringered foliage. Most attractive in containters.

41344 BRASSAIA ARBORCOLA COPPEL ARAL HP TGH PRICE: $ 8.00 New leaves emerge in wheels of waxy blunt-edged, dimple-tipped leaflets with bright yellow green centers; yellow striped trunks; vigorous dwarf schefflera.

40081 BREYNIA DISTICHA ROSEO-PICTA EUP TGH PRICE: $ 12.50 Called the "Foliage Flower Shrub" because of the white, pink emerald & purple oval leaves. True fls are tiny green suction cup-shaped strands hidden beneath. This clone holds foliage if kept warm, not deciduous like Florida hedge types.

42268 BRUGMANSIA CHARLES GRIMALDI SOL CGH TGH PRICE: $ 5.50 Impressive arrays of luminous salmon-yellow trumpets dangle from the stout stems. Impressive conservatory subject. Leaves are cut Poinsettia style; trumpets typically darken to a deeper peachy orange than B. v. 'Apricot' (suaveolens x versicolor), although the distinction is minor. Visitors have told us that this seems to be the hybrid known as 'Grand Marnier' in England.

59201 BRUGMANSIA INSIGNIS SINGLE WHITE SOL TGH CGH PRICE: $ 5.50 "White Angel's Trumpet" Large white dangling flowers with heady nocturnal fragrance are produced with great abandon from vigorous elegantly branched stems--considered the most elegant of the tribe and most likely to get its photo in a book. Possibly versicolor arborea.

66862 CITROFORTUNELLA MITIS RUT CGH PRICE: $ 10.00 Excellent miniature "Calamondin Orange" popular as a decorative Christmas gift; without doubt, the easist citris to set fruit in your hobby greenhouse--especially popular because the extremely colorful fruit is at its showiest during the Christmas Season when you most need it. Many plant growers have good luck with this in the house on a pebble tray in a sunny spot. Cannot ship to Florida, Texas, Arizona & Western states.

40125 CITRUS AURANTIUM MYRTIFOLIUS CHINOTTO RUT CGH HP PRICE: $ 15.00 OFTEN IN LIMITED SUPPLY Somewhat fastigate woody stems, developing character bark so treasured by trainers of this "Bonsai Lime," heavily cloaked with many 1" leathery awl shaped fragrant leaves. White fragrant flowers followed by redish toned 'Bitter Orange' or "Seville Orange" although this charming shrub is actually a native to Viet Nam--we are often sold very low of this popular form due to the demand from tropical bonsai fanciers, so please inquire before ordering if you have a schedule deadling. As with all Citrus, cannot be shipped to many Western states or Florida.

67531 CODIAEUM VARIEGATUM ELEANOR ROOSEVELT EUP HP TGH PRICE: $ 8.50 Heirloom hybrid with dramatically long emerald green strap leaves with overlapping dot-dappling as thick as measles. Very rare "Croton" preserved from the thirties. New for Glasshouse Works in 2008.

71198 CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS GOLD RYDER [HYB?] CUP HH PRICE: $ 10.00 Fine golden foliage; wide upright habit; good in containers and perfect when grown in Camilla type culture. An excellent choice for a bright but chill windowsill.

61701 DENDRANTHEMUM [CHRYSANTHEMUM] FIRECHIEF [HYB]COMP HH CGH PRICE: $ 4.50 Shamelessly dramatic "Cascade Mum" for brilliant late Fall displays with much terminal branching to present the cluster of scarlet red flowers, each with a showy bronzy yellow center. Very vigorous--loved by topiary and bonsai fanciers. While winter hardy outdoors here, the very late blooming date deems this a potplant in most midwest and northern climes.

51921 DICHORISANDRA PENDULA COMM TGH PRICE: $ 8.00 Tall bamboo mimic stalks from which arch pagodesque stems cloaked with glossy deep green, slightly patterned waxy leaves and beautiful delicate clusters of blue shading to violet spiderwort blossoms held on arching outthrust stems, thus the "Blue Pendant Ginger" although only the flowers are pendant, and the plant is of Spiderwort blood. Has become a big hit with the hobby greenhouse croud always looking for a new "wow" plant with which to amaze their friends.

40234 ELAEAGNUS PUNGENS MACULATA ELEADOR ELA HH CGH PRICE: $ 10.00 Frosted slate green leaves with bold yellow centers; variegated cultivar of the "Arbutus Shrub" hardy in the south, but best as "Golden Silverthorn" foliage plant for a cool location inside in the north were it still forms "Gumi-flower Red Berry."

67423 EUPHORBIA COTINIFOLIA ATROPURPUREA EUP TGH PRICE: $ 10.00 "Hierba Mala" or "Tropical Purple Smoketree" Elegant branching stems of purple with whorls of thin ovate leaves of wine red fading to metallic magenta with red veins; whitish inflorescence more odd than decorative. Excellent large accent plant, newly popular in large summer urn designs; Remember that (as with various spurge saps) this is a traditional Caribbean fish stunning poison--do not locate near your school of koi.

40501 FATSHEDERA LIZEI PIA ARAL HP PRICE: $4.75 "Curly Tree Ivy" Also often called "Botanical Wonder: for it is a hybrid of Aralia and Hedera. Star-shaped leaves deeply fluted (sometimes listed as F. undulata) on erect semi-woody stems. Tolerates considerable chill.

40502 FATSHEDERA LIZEI PIA VARIEGATA ARAL CGH HH PRICE: $ 6.00 Traditional houseplant, hardy outdoors in the deep south: glossy very deep green palmate leathery leaves with a white margin around every decorative fingered points, densely placed on the stout woody stems. Famous as a botanic wonder because it is a hybrid between the genus Fatsia, and the genus Hedera (Ivies). Perfect for that spot too chill for most of your houseplants.

54387 FICUS BENJAMINA TOO LITTLE MOR HP TGH PRICE: $ 12.00 The perfect miniature fig for indoor bonsai: thickly foliaged with tiny recurved glossy leaflets on twiggy branchlets. A great find by Jim Atchison, from whom this clone derives. Possibly the best place to start for an indoor bonsai experience if you anticipate needing some immediate positive stroking as a master of tropical bonsai--especially as the swollen roots help this survive a minor lapse in your watering schedule!

40306 FICUS CRATERSTOMA MOR HP TGH PRICE: $ 6.25 Crinkly deep green leaves are elongated triangles from much- branched trunks; good indoor shrub/tree from Zimbabwe easily forming decorative strangler roots. Most interesting as a standard (soon swallowing up its initial training stake) for when "stooled" on top will send out endless shoots in all directions like a dandelion seed head, most effective with the small featured dark green foliage of pieslice glossy dark leaves. This has swallowed up several areas in our stockhouses as it will produce may aerial roots in a humid atmosphere and soon one observes it growing from the neighbors' pots and baskets--topiary growers love its growing vigor, flexible stems, and deep green tones.

40281 FICUS MICROCARPA ROUND LEAF MOR HP TGH $ 4.00 "Green Island Fig" Dark glossy boat-shaped oval leaves very thickly set on much-branched stems which soon develop corky bark of great character. Very popular bonsai subject which readily develops cute clusters of acorn-like fruit.

40300 FICUS SAGITATA VARIEGATA MOR HP TGH PRICE: $ 10.00 "Trailing Fig" dark quilted long leaves over wiry often creeping stems which arch to give an open effect. This is the beautiful variegated or marginated form of this old favorite. Not as clingy as the Ficus pumila types, but makes quite a nice ground cover in pots around larger plants. Also if often used as a hanging basket subject and perfect in mossed topiary use as the stems root into the moss.

40301 FICUS SALICARIA (SALICIFOLIA) MOR HP TGH PRICE: $ 9.50 "Willow Leaf Fig" Masses of narrow leaves (thus also called F. neriifolia as well as F. salicifolia) on upright dwarf multi-trunked trees; perfect bonsai. Roots are said to be chewed as a sterility cure in Zimbabwe! We make no guarantee on curative powers, but believe it an excellent container subject. Newly published under the name of Ficus Salicaria for which information we thank Derek Burch. Whatever its name, this shrubby freely branching beauty is at home in any bonsai pot; however, released into a larger pot or given free root run, this soon achieves wide handsome proportions at which point the beauty of the older bark becomes apparent.

40314 FUCHSIA TRIPHYLLA GARTENMEISTER BOHNSTEDT ONA PRICE: $ 4.25 "Red Wing Fuchsia" Upright stems with deep bronzy foliage, violet beneath; single red bloom clusters; good houseplant as species parent is native to warm West indies. 1906 German hybrid gradually clumping in to a modest shrub; thus easily grown in the same container for years.

40351 HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS COOPERI MALV HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.00 "Snowflake Hibiscus" cultivar with slim leaves lavishly splashed greenish-tan, white; single rose-red flowers. Handsome and easy.

41612 HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS PAGODA MAL HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.75 Similar to 'El Capitalio' but the stamenoid flower column is completely covered by a series of red and pink ruffles like many leveled pagoda petticoats. Vigorous growing plant if protected from chill.

41102 IBOSA [TETRADENIA] RIPARIA LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.00 "Musk Plant" or "Misty Plume Plant" Attractive woody-stemmed shrublet with attractive small musk-scented leaves and creamy-white winter blossom panicles creating a beautiful whispy mist around Christmas time--thus its great popularity with Victorian gardeners and continued fascination for today's hobby greenhousers. Called "Nutmeg Bush" in England; used as a moth repellent in its native Africa. This is the real thing--not the "Iboza" of the trade which is usually the trailing basket plant is more accurately identified as Plectranthus madagascarensis, a cascading mint.

40374 ILEX DIMORPHOPHYLLA AQU HP CGH PRICE: $ 8.00 "Tropical Holly' Tiny crinkled shiney leathery leaves on compat woody branches; from Okinawa, this is intollerant of frost, making it a perfect window houseplant. Juvenile foliage form.

40428 LANTANA CAMARA SAMANTHA [VARIEGATA] VER CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.00 "Golden Lantana" Bright yellow-zoned leaves are the perfect foil for the golden flower heads; needs bright light. Very old clone which has yet to be bested.

40427 LAURUS NOBILIS LAU HP CGH HH PRICE: $ 6.00 It is quite aromatic beautiful. "Sweet Bay" or "Greek Laurel" Stiff decorative fragrant leaves on erect woody maroon stems make this the ideal "Formally Shaped" shrub candidate. Aromatic leaves are used to flavor food & to yield an essential oil of perfumery and medicine. The plant police will get you if you even attempt to grow a collection of topiary standards and dare to leave laurel out of the group! Will grow in indirect light as well as full sun.Being subtropical, "Sweet Bay" tolerates considerable winter chill until you can bring it out onto your summer patio; nonetheless, with proper pruning (an easy job for good cooks!) this attractive shrub will be happy on your sunny windowsill for years.

41932 LAURUS NOBILIS CRISPA [UNDULATA] LAU CGH HP PRICE: $ 15.00 "Piecrust Bay Tree" Curious selection with each aromatic deep green slim leathery leaf crimped along the margin. This rare cultivar becomes an absolutely stunning topiary, whether clipped into a wide based cone, a pyramid, or cube; or, limbed up as a sturdy trunk topped with a spherical pompon.

81943 LAVATERA OBLIA AUREA MAL CGH HH PRICE: $ 10.00 The imposing "Golden Tree Mallow" with downy chartreuse to gold (in winter) foliage on the eventually 3' plus trunks with lovely pink blossoms. A tree in its native Western Med. areas; the striking foliage of this sport makes it a candidate for many horticultural niches. An easy container subject--but site this carefully as most people cannnot resist the urge to pet it.

40668 NERIUM OLEANDER VARIEGATUM PLENUM APO CGH HP PRICE: $ 10.00 The leathery long leaves are edged irregularly in ivory; flowers of double pink to lavender, streaked pale rose. Handsome. An older cultivar, yet very seldom offered in the trade.

89180 OCIMUM AFRICAN BLUE VARIEGATED LAB TGH PRICE: $ 6.50 Columnar type of basil with distinct bluish tinge on the deep green white rimmed leaves.

40689 OSMANTHUS HETEROPHYLLUS GOSHIKI OLE HP CGH PRICE: $ 10.00 Holly-mimic leaves richly mottled in creamy gold; very rare cv. known as `Goshiki-Hiiragi' in Japan. This "Freckled False Holly" makes an excellent container plant; hardy in deep South. It is also often used for indoor bonsai subjects for it adapts very well to smaller pots and dwarfing.

40688 OSMANTHUS HETEROPHYLLUS VARIEGATUS OLE HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.00 Broad regular cream margins on holly-mimic leaves--very popular as an indoor Christmas houseplant. This fragrant-flowering species is listed as O. ilicifolius in many books.

40796 PELARGONIUM HORTORUM NEW LEAF GER HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.00Lovely clusters of soft coral red blossoms over the large golden chartreuse leaves of wide circular outline, each sporting a chocolate medalion. From New Leaf nurseries. Our customers consider this one of the best golden performers in the midwest climate.

56562 PELARGONIUM HORTORUM PLATINUM GER HP CGH PRICE: $ 3.75 Salmon toned scarlet single scarlet flowers arise above the quite odd waffled pale milky green rounded leaves with evenly cut creamy white margins; wide oddly angular mounding habit. A sport of 'Frank Headley' from Heidgen.

72792 PITTOSPORUM HETEROPHYLLUM MARGINATUM PIT HH PRICE: $ 15.00 A Chinese shrub with white margined foliage; with maturity this Z9 beauty produces small fragrant yellow flowers. Very petite in appearance, but quite sturdy--growing remarkably fast for a plant so heavily variegated.

42350 PITTOSPORUM TENUIFOLIUM GOLD STAR PIT TGH CGH PRICE: $ 12.00 "Variegated Kohuhu" Smooth leathery leaves emerge quite glossy with a soft golden lime centers; subtly beautiful with the dark blackish stems. New Zealander eventually becomes a modest tree--but best gown as a short lovely container shrub.

40819 PITTOSPORUM TOBIRA VARIEGATUM PIT HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.00 "Tropical Mock Orange" Shrub with pseudo-whorls of glossy gray-green leaves margined white; orange-scented white flowers.

41109 PLECTRANTHUS ECKLONII ERMA LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.25 Thick succulent trunk bases swell from season to season into fissured caudexes; spade-shaped leaves. Pink to violet hooked tubular flowers give name, "Cockspur Flower." Trim back severely after bright early through midwinter bloomspikes fade. Very popular with lovers of caudiforms.

41113 PLECTRANTHUS FOSTERI GREEN ON GREEN LAB CGH PRICE: $ 4.50 Soft lime margins on furry sea green rippled leaves; handsome erect bush flourishing in cool greenhouse, or astounding all viewers when grown as a bedding specimen plant outdoors; one of the most quickly grown of all standards: stake the stalk to the desired height then repeatedly pinch to create a terminal poodle or globe shape.

51907 PLECTRANTHUS VENTERI SNOWFLAKE LAM TGH HP PRICE: $ 5.25 Distinctive deeply lobed pelted leaves on self branching stout stems; the purplish mauve blossoms usually appear in late fall. Our selection of this wooly aromatic foliaged charmer produces elaborately cut "Snowflake" leaves. Fantastic in a clay pot on your sunny summer deck; easy in your winter windowsill. Perfect where you need a tough as nails plant which gives an appearance of lacy delicacy.

40827 PODOCARPUS GRACILIOR [ELONGATUS] POD HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.00 "Weeping Yellowwood" Thin long leathery leaves beautifully weep on cascading branches; very graceful specimen houseplant. More correct as Afrocarpus gracilior

59258 PODOCARPUS HENKELII POD CGH HP PRICE: $ 6.00 Beautiful Natal species with lustrous weeping broad needles spirally arranged on furrowed shoots; good in containers, as a specimen the dark gray bark exfoliates in long strips. Newly popular as a bonsai subject; also excellent as a long term subject for a standard. Zone 10.

40868 RIVINIA HUMILIS PHY TGH HP PRICE: $4.25 "Rouge Plant" or "Blushberry" Pendant sprays of bright red shiny berries follow the spikes of starry white flowers. Always a favorite for the bright window pot; a novelity for winter greenhouse hobbyists. Newly "rediscovered" accent plant for the summer urn or windowbox. Even though this was a big hit in Victorian bedding; you can stump the experts today by introducing this red berried sweetheart into your summer plantings or combination containers. Some of the "newest" plants are the old Victorian reliables.

71152 ROSA SI ROS HH CGH PRICE: $ 10.00 "Bonsai Rose" Minature short woody stems support congested puffs of impossibly tiny glossy leaves topped with very demure tinsy light pink windmill flowers. Popular with lightgardeners; creators of tiny magical bonsai, and trough gardeners.

54579 SOLANUM [LYCIANTHES] RANTONNETII SOL CGH PRICE: $ 5.25 The Paraguayan "Blue Potato Tree" actually a strong vine, best staked as a standard, producing blue-violet fls all year (then red berries) when grown warm; deciduous if cool in winter. Totally charming plant in foliage and in flower.

40998SYZYGIUM PANICULATUM GLOBULUS [EUGENIA MYRTIFOLIA 'ITTIE BITTIE' ] MYRT HP CGH PRICE: $ 6.75 "Globe Myrtle" The very compact "Australian Bush Cherry" with deep glossy green congested foliage. Handsome as Ming subject; gaining popularity as a bonsai subject for which fuzzy winter flowers are in perfect scale.

49429 TETRADENIA CORDATA POL HP CGH PRICE: $ 6.00 Very succulent relative of the common Swedish Ivy and the Iboza. This upright woody plant with dramatic felted foliage is for the house plant collector as well as the succulent plant grower. Even pleases the grower of aromatic plant.

51737 THUNBERGIA GRANDIFLORA VARIEGATA ACAN TGH PRICE: $ 12.00 Remarkable "Banded Bengal Trupet" shared by David Biggar with showy broad creamy white borders on each dramatic leaf; same blue violet trumpet flowers as the species form of this most favorite of conservatory vines. We have considerably reduced the original price because this is far easier to grow than we anticipated--if you have limited space in your greenhouse why not grow this clone to achieve beautiful foliage for continued drama between bloom cycles..

66782 TIBOUCHINA ATHENS BLUE MEL TGH HP PRICE: $ 10.00 An excellent form of the felt foliaged "Princess Tree" with amazing amounts of showy blue flowers--very easy to bloom in containers, thus very popular for patio & conservatory. A favorite subject for standards as is easily pruned and staked.

54528 TIBOUCHINA GRANDIFOLIA MEL TGH PRICE: $ 18.00 Collected from the hillside of Roberto Burle Marx's nursery, the woody "Rio Pincess Tree" produces pairs of large dramatic deeply veined furred leaves & terminal clusters of rich purple blossoms with white centers fading to rose. Demands plenty of space, bright light, and air movement--but can survive more neglect than we thought possible. This is a large statured specimen. This has presence.

40948 TRIPLOCHLAMYS [PAVONIA] MULTIFLORA MAL CGH PRICE: $ 18.00 Unusual Hibiscus cousin: attractive dark lance leaves along woody upright stems with remarkable blossoms: impressive whorled brilliantly red incurved bracts overwhelm the solt reddish purple petals and blue anthers.

PLANTS FOR MOSS FRAMES, BARE TOPIARY FRAMES, OR ESPALIERS

99314 TOPIARY MOSS FRAME PLANTS (5 PLANTS) We will select plants which will thrive on self-contained moss-stuffed wire forms--these selections (such as "Creeping Fig") will not need a separate container for roots, but will root within the mossed framework. Here are some suggestions for specific plants of this culture, bellow in section I.

If you seek a collection of plants that would fill out a bare topiary or espalier, order this same collection (#99314), indicating your preferences on your order; or order from our list of suggestions in section II bellow. PRICE: $ 20.00 .

BELOW ARE TWO LISTINGS: (I) PLANTS FOR MOSS STUFFED FRAMES and PLANTS FOR BARE FRAMES

I: PLANTS FOR MOSS STUFFED FRAMES

52207 ABROMETIELLA CHLORANTHA [DEUTEROCOHNIA] BRO HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.00Tidy compact carpets of multiple rosette heads of grayish green--each crowded succulent leathery leaflet tipped with a somewhat flexible spine & lined with teeth. Green flowered bromel from rocky exposed areas of Argentina making a wonderful accent plant in any succulent collection or as a base for a caudiform bonsai. Recently creating a stir among those of you who enjoy creating whimsical topiaries.

41930 ACALYPHA REPENS STRAWBERRY FOXTAIL EUP HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.25 "Strawberry Firetail/Foxtail"--(hispaniola) Trailing slim stems disappear beneath the small leaves and rosy pink velvety "Tails" which mimic their "Chenile" brethern--resembling roseate chenile pendant woolyworms fat on steroids. These terminally cute critters are splendid additions to any urn or windowbox as well as hanging baskets as they spill over the edge with masses of fluffy soft red catkins as long as bright light and warm temperatures assure their formation. Our customers report this to be one of the best choices for a sunny indoor windowsill, lite gardening setup, or hobby greenhouse container as it will be nearly everblooming in such a site. This will not bloom in low light or cool conditions.

52118 AECHMEA RECURVATA HYBRID BRO HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.75 A very bold upright hybrid with tight clustered fls of pink green & russett; rapidly clustering / offsetting to form a soft porcupine hemisphere. Best grown with the high light of Tillandsia culture--indeed until it blooms, quite typically mistaken for a terrestial Tillandsia. Quite popular among the topiary designers.

54603 ALTERNANTHERA FICOIDEA GREEN MACHINE AMARA HP TGH PRICE: $ 3.75 Very low carpeting "Puckered Parrot" with clusters of wide very quilted deep green leaves accented with small white straw textured bracts tucked among the foliage year 'round. Much used at Disney World for its richly toned dimpled flat leaves are perfect in the topiary gardens; also popular as a "dot" plant in tropical trough designs.

49461 BARLERIA REPENS ROSEA VIOLET CASCADE ACA CGH PRICE: $ 4.00 Out arching slim stems cascade under the weight of the soft petite leaves; terminal clusters of lovely violet blossoms fading to old rose magenta. Height of bloom in late fall.

56040 BEGONIA FAGIFOLIA BEG HP CGH PRICE: $ 2.50 (trailing/ scandent) Pebbly felted shiny leaves clasp meandering stems are easy to train on sphagnum topiary forms; yet, equally dramatic as a small hanging basket subject as it retains its shingled foliage well. The demure "Beechleaf Begonia" (for the genus Fagus) produces flower clusters of white, typically late winter.

56050 BEGONIA GLABRA BEG HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.00 (trailing/scandent) "Mini Grapeleaf" glossy grass-green leaves on strong scandant vine terminating in clusters of shell pink flowers. Also offered as B. procumbens on West Coast (we do offer the true procumbens/limmingheana in this listing below). This brightly cheerful winner readily forms clinging hair roots along its stems and happily clings to and covers even a concrete wall with shingled waxy leaves accented in late winter with outarched blossom clusters; thus, very popular as a solid cover for mossed topiary forms. Alternately, an interesting small foliaged vine cascading from a hanging basket or windowbox.

56303 BEGONIA PANASOFFKEE [HYB] BEG HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.75 (trailing/scandent) Trailing Michelson hybrid lined with lovely leathery small oval leaves, deep mahogany green blushed purple with lime veins, red beneath; white fls. Impressive cascading from a hanging basket; very content clambering up a moss pole to elegantly display its shingled oval foliage. We are keeping this very low price just to tempt you.

56789 BEGONIA SEAN YORK [HYB] BEG HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.25 (trailing/scandent) Fabulous cascades of small fuzzy pelted gray green leaves, jalapeno red beneath, and small flowers; perfect for baskets (like 'Withachoochee'), yet quite beautiful when encouraged to shingle itself to a moss pole. Best to avoid protracted extremely warm temperatures.

65336 BEGONIA WITHLACOOCHEE [HYB] BEG HP TGH PRICE: $ 3.25 [trailing-scandent] Lovely elongated softly pelted rich green leaves, with soft ochre radiating veins. overlap on the cascading stems; white winter flowers most elegant. Very attractive delicate appearance, yet easy to grow on the windowsill, impressive as a terrarium carpeting plant, and fantastic cascading from a windowbox or small hanging basket.

50511 CALLISIA ITSY BITSY INCH PLANT [SP] COMM HP PRICE: $ 3.50 Dense mats of waxy succulent lime-green leaves & tiny eggshell- blue fls; although this beautiful glossy beauty remains the most commonly grown basket plant of the spiderworts, this species is still unidentified! Quite content grown in full sun and thus a natural for growing as a low cover on moss topiaries and even quite successful on living wreaths. Thus a perfect candidate to fill in the bottoms of and cascade from your summer urns or windowboxes as is easy to grow and with its bright gloss is a complement to any companion plant

50512 CALLISIA REPENS VARIEGATA COMM HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.50 Tiny glossy "Pink Button" leaves striped or fully pink and cream--be sire to remove reversions which will quickly overwhelm the more fragile variegated sections. Marketed as 'Bianca' in Europe; sometimes this is confused with the much larger statured Tradescantia 'Laekenensis Rainbow' in the wholesale trade.

81615 CAREX ALBULA FROSTED CURLS CYP HH HT PRICE: $ 6.75 Unusual tufts of mahogany chocolate sedge-like leaves frosted pale pewter on twisted tips; very distinctive appearance in the garden or as a container plant (especially as you'll want to bring in the bleached tightly clumped zone 8 wonder for your winter garden indoors)--now quite popular when used as the "mane" or "tail" of mossed topicary animals where this very fashionable "trendy" color seems quite perfect.

80117 CAREX CARYOPHYLLEA THE BEATLES [HYB] CYP HH PRICE: $ 4.50 "Mop-headed Sedge" Very congested miniature swirled tufts of bright green. Not winter hardy here (although often offered as such in nurseries); but perfect in pots or in mixed summer containers; often used for texture in southern rockeries. We quite simply grow it because we like the wry name--never being able to resist a pun.

55966 COLEUS HYBRIDUS CHARLIE MCCARTHY LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 3.00 Totally darling; ultimate coleus cute. A Downer selection with even smaller leaves than the parent 'Duckfoot' with tiny mint green leaves (with tinsy purple tattoo if grown in full sun) massed on tumbling stems. Most compact form we've seen which needs no special pampering or veiled threats to flourish. Receives very high marks from growers in the deep south. (And litegardeners wax most enthusiatic about its performance under the tubes.)

41096 COLEUS HYBRIDUS PURPLE DUCKFOOT [SPECIES?] LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.00 Compact dwarf globes of tiny purple short-lobed web-foot leaves tightly overlapping on self-heading stems; non-blooming mini excellent for light gardening or outdoor bedding edger. Called "Mars Coleus" on East Coast, this is a perfect addition to any urn, windowbox, or patio container (some customers spot it among their Hosta beds to great effect); moreover, an excellent winter performer in the hobby greenhouse or sunny indoor windowsill.

20053 COLUMNEA GLORIOSA GOLD HEART GES HP PRICE: $ 4.25 Pendant stems ranked with pairs of pubescent leaves, each with a central lime blotch. Reddish "Dragon Head" stavenger outfacing blossoms. This is a more vigorous clone than that offered years ago which tolerated no high temperatures; the absolutely pendant stems make this a natural for the hanging basket, although it is also a favorite of designers of moss topiaries as it is easily pinned to the moss surface, rooting along the stem. This is a robust and handsome plant for indoors or even on the porch during the summer.

60047 DISCHIDIA FORMOSANA MAXIUM [FORMOSA #1] ASC PRICE: $ 5.00 Little rounded fleshy leaves; pouchy cream blooms.

60049 DISCHIDIA MILNEI ASC HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.75 "Rain of Coins" Stiff slim stems covered with masses of coin shaped, slightly curled rine gray leaves. Easy houseplant. Soon forms a cascading mound of coin leaves, thus the most horticulturally "attractive" of the species; although is quite willing to climb if given any support.

60970 DISCHIDIA NUMMULARIFOLIA MARGINATA ASC HP TGH PRICE: $ 9.25 Succulent fat green button leaves, each margined in rich ivory, are closely paired on the surface stems which shallowly root on any epiphytic mix or cork bark or treefern plaque. We have seen these growing in hanging baskets also with great effect. One of our favorite plants. These "Owl Eyes" flourish in light garden conditions. Sometimes sent as mossed URC

41260 FICUS FRED BOUTIN MOR HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.00 Unique woody, twiggy low growing "character" trunks give this quirky hybrid of F. carica x pumila high marks with cascade bonsai trainers who also value its richly haired, quilted foliage. this selfbranching jewel needs high humidity like its carica parent to maintain good spidermite free foliage; loves a pole or wall to clamber like its pumila parent. Of most interest to collectors as the Moraceae are notoriously difficult to hybridize as the blossoms face the center of the enclosed protofruit available only to the designated wasp species.. Not only prized by moss topiary designers but also now discovered by Wardian Case designers looking for a taller fig which will remain small featured.

94028 FICUS PUMILA [REPENS] MOR HP TGH CGH PRICE: $ 4.00 "Creeping Fig" clasping stems covered by small dark oval leaves used in topiary, terrariums, wall covers, hanging baskets. Yes, this is the remarkable wall cover used so dramatically and beautifully at Longwood Gardens. The basic dependable plant for covering any moss filled wired topiary form.

42019 FICUS PUMILA [REPENS] CURLY MOR HP TERR PRICE: $ 5.25 "Flame Leaf Creeping Fig" Quilted, irregularly lobed oakleaf with central chartreuse flame design; very open growth habit perfect for your terrarium. Known as 'Dorte' in Europe.

40289 FICUS PUMILA [REPENS] MINIMA MOR HP CGH TER PRICE: $ 4.25 "Quilted Creeping Fig" lovely tiny puckered leaves; miniatured dimpled form of a miniature species--the clasping stems tend to be utterly plastered against whatever it is busily covering. The best choice for covering the base surface of any tropical bonsai as prefers to flatten itself to the contour of the surface and has very small leaves.

40290 FICUS PUMILA [REPENS] QUERCIFOLIA MOR HP CGH TER PRICE: $ 10.00 "Miniature Oakleaf Fig" Tiny deep green leaves are deeply lobed. Not only is the individual leaf considerably smaller than the species form but each dimpled leaf is deeply lobed as if a tiny oak shaped cookie cutter was at work overtime. More clumping than running in habit, this is the choice for the sophisticated terrarium or the stunningly wee topiary only inches high. The crown jewel of the "Creeping Fig" cultivars.

41881 FICUS PUMILA [REPENS] SNOWFLAKE MOR HP TERR PRICE: $ 4.75 Beautiful "Snowflake Fig" forms an overlapping mat made of irregularly lobed small glossy leaves with showy marginal bands of bright clear white. Show stopper known in Europe as 'Arina' or 'White Sunny.'

40291 FICUS PUMILA [REPENS] VARIEGATA MOR HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.75 "Variegated Creeping Fig" White mottling best in cool spot. This "sprinkled" form never reverts as do 'Snowflake' and 'Curly'; amazingly dramatic in its winter growth (in cool, not frosted spots) which emegers nearly white with lime green speckling and then gradually matures to a rich deep green tiny oval leaf sprinkled with white. Some customers in the tip of Florida and the hot spots of Texas inform us that the foliage emerges entirely green during the fryng hot months, but with cooler nights in the fall, start emerging white again.

40292 FICUS QUERCIFOLIA [MONTANA] MOR HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.00 "Oakleaf Fig" Long prostrate branches display 3" to 6" long leaves lobed like an oak; accompanied by "acorn mimic" fig fruits; prefers low light. Excellent as an elegant arching groundcover; dramatic as an unusual, unexpected hanging basket candidate (if the basket never receives full sun which will burn this species); always a curious and successful as an "open form" pot plant. Do not confuse with the tiny F. pumila quercifolia which creeps on the surface of soil.

40300 FICUS SAGITATA VARIEGATA MOR HP TGH PRICE: $ 10.00 "Trailing Fig" dark quilted long leaves over wiry often creeping stems which arch to give an open effect. This is the beautiful variegated or marginated form of this old favorite. Not as clingy as the Ficus pumila types, but makes quite a nice ground cover in pots around larger plants. Also if often used as a hanging basket subject and perfect in mossed topiary use as the stems root into the moss.

88896 HEDERA HELIX ANITA PRICE: $4.75 An abbreviated birdsfoot ivy. Develops an amethyst chocolate tone if in winter chill.

41882 HEDERA HELIX DESIGN ARAL CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.25 Quite distinct, remarkably lovely "Frosted Ivy" with gently cascading stems cloaked with shallowly three-lobed leaves each with pale frosted center. A subtle beauty beautifully self-heading into perfect mounds.

41166 HEDERA HELIX DUCK FOOT ARAL HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.00 Fantastic tiny mounds of miniature duckfoot-shaped leaves. Use as a tiny tuffet at the base of a bonsai; add to your terrarium, or encourage it over a mini-boulder in your rockery.

41399 HEDERA HELIX SPETCHLEY ARAL HT CGH HP PRICE: $ 5.00 "Gnome Ivy" Very tiny triangular round lobed arrowhead outlined leaves of blackish green thickly shingled on slim dark stems, maroon when young, heading in very straight lines, but branching at most nodes when in a brightly lit situation; very winter hardy selection from Spetchley Park in England. Extremely popular as even older established vines still maintain the very reduced foliage.

54504 HEDERA HELIX WILLIE ARAL HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.75 Girard Nursery's name for this sophisticated "Bonsai Ivy" with each deeply cut leathery leaf segment (typically 5) entwined short stems studded with foliaged spur growths. Very small tuffets develop--thus a terarium favorite as well.

50033 HEMIGRAPHIS RED EQUATOR [SP] ACAN HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.50 "Baby Waffle" Slightly puckered, purple grape-sized leaves on miniature creeping stems creating extensive lovely low mats and thus quite popular as a Terrarium subject and as a basic for mossed topiary. Very effective cascading from a windowbox or patio urn; a traditional low growing houseplant; more recently also used in aquatic tubs and ornamental bogs.

50057 HEMIGRAPHIS REPANDA ACAN HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.75 "Narrow Leaf Flame Ivy" Metallic purplish papery narrow leaves in attractive trailing clumps; odd papery tan flowers. "Dragon Flame Creeper" newly popular as a lovely cascading filler for intimate windowboxes, small patio container combinations, mossed topiaries and even as a semi-aquatic for tubs.

60972 HOYA CURTISII ASCL GH PRICE: $ 12.50 Teardrop miniature leaves with silver markings. Very prostrate habit and thus perfect if grown on a moss plaque. We have seen this grown also as a very full hanging basket subject. Flowers are small, but the tearleaf form with mottled silver breaking through on the succulent leaf is stunning.

60695 HOYA KENTIANA [HORT] ASC HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.75 Slim succulent leaves with soft pewter green rubbery surface outlined with a dramatic cocco purple margin--forms a thick mound of cascading foliage from which dangle elegant flat umbels of red and soft rose toned elaborate blossoms. A very beautiful undemanding houseplant, especially suited for a small hanging basket so as to perfectly display the blossom clusters.

58719 HOYA LOHEREI ASC HP TGH PRICE: $ 8.50 Odd small Dischidia like species with leathery slim leaves held upright like a patch of bunny ears at attention (or like tiny canoes on end); red bronze jewel like blossoms

10484 HUMATA TYERMANII POLYP HP PRICE: $ 4.25 "White Rabbit Foot." The arched, vigorous foot is pure white and very furry. The fronds are lacy and deep, rich green. Excellent as a pot plant, outstanding in a hanging basket for a houseplant.

40384 IMPATIENS REPENS PRICE: $ 4.50 "Ceylon Jewelweed" Cascading thick red succulent stems (which self branch to form a mat) populated by masses of tiny coppery kidney shaped leaves dramatically punctuated by occassional impressive cornucopia shaped yellow hooded blossoms. Always popular with indoor litegardeners and with hobby greenhousers as a wonderful color and texture addition to any plant grouping; recently discovered by "Tropicals in Temperate Zone" designers as an excellent performer cascading from summertime urns, baskets, and windowboxes, adding a whole new dimension to an Impatiens grouping.

11430 LEPISORUS BICOLOR POLYPO CGH PRICE: $ 7.25 Resembles a sophisticated Pyrrosia with very slim surface rhizomes; strap fronds with indented polka-dot spore patches distinguish this "Sechuan Ribbon Fern" which Eco-Gardens considers Zone 8 hardy. Quite beautiful and distinct in pot or basket--even though its initial slow deliberate growth rate may test your patience. Grown in Camellia house conditions this creeping fern becomes fantastic, whether as a ground cover, as a hanging moss basket subject, a moss topiary addition, or as a gradually shingling climber on a moist protected wall.

30285 MONSTERA SILTEPECANA EL SALVADORE ARAC PRICE: $ 4.25 Small bluish toned twisting javelin shaped leaves of waxy texture with darker mosaic of veins are closely "shingled" along the succulent stem which roots as it wanders--juvenile form, small enough for terrarium display, although as tolerant of exposure as any Philodendron scandens cultivar. A great favorite of topiary designers as perfect coloration for the scales of a moss topiary dragon. (Yes, we do have some very unusual customers.)

30288 MONSTERA SILVER LEAF [SPECIES] ARAC HP TGH PRICE: $ 8.75 Same to smaller statured leaves as M. pittieri, but seldom forms windows. Entirely blushed with lovely ash-silver. Availability of this can be irregular; please inquire before ordering--for sometimes is ordered in considerable numbers for moss topiary projects, seriously depleting our stock..

41035 PELLIONIA DAVEAUANA [ELATOSTEMA REPENS] URT HP TGH TERR PRICE: $ 4.00 Reliable "Satin Creeper" from Viet Nam with crisped oval leaves of deep olive marked umber, becoming cupped and dark purple-chocolate with age. Perfect small basket subject or terrarium groundcover. Listed sometimes as "Trailing Watermelon Begonia."

41036 PELLIONIA PULCHRA URT HP TGH TER PRICE: $4.25 Called "Watermelon Patch Vine" because purple-green leaves are reticulated with a mosaic of blackish veins; easy miniature hanging basket subject for the shaded greenhouse or terrarium groundcover delight from the humid jungles of Viet Nam.

53517 PEPEROMIA ACUMINATA VARIEGATA PIP HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.75 Thick oval waxy leaves, with pointed edges, richly splashed creamy green and yellow ochre, set like pieces of jade on thick cascading stems. Durable constitution even though quite rare. Highly recommended as a houseplant.

53616 PEPEROMIA DISTICHIA [SCANDENS] CRANE'S FLECKED GER HP CGH PRICE: $4.50 "Crazy Quilt Plant" Irregular patches of gray-green and soft ivory--a Ruth Crane selection we introduced years ago, yet is still rare in most collections. A wonderful unique cultivar with no two leaves ever matching--oddly this will occassionally sport to a stable 'medio-picta' form.

53589 PEPEROMIA JUNGLE RED PIP HP CGH PRICE: $ 3.75 Cheerful red-stemmed tangles with whorls of fat succulents patterned button leaves, violet-red beneath in high light. Great miniature plant

53590 PEPEROMIA LEMON MOTHS [SPECIES] PIP HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.00 Pale chartreuse leaves in random abundance seem to flutter on the full growing toppling stems; good basket subject which is easy to grow yet seems impossibly delicate in part because of the extended internodes between each leaf.

23784 PEPEROMIA PROSTRATA PIP HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.50 "Prostrate Peperomia" New listing for 2008. Sometimes called minima or rotundifolia. We have another dwarf creeper called P. rotundifolia, so we prefer to call this P. prostata. This is a great ground cover or even small hanging basket plant. We recommend this for the windowsill or for the small spot you want a little jewel of a plant. This also does well under lights. Can be grown on moss also--just remember that the roots never go deeper than the surface.

53648 PEPEROMIA REPII PIP HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.50 "Purple Cloud Plant" Low, much-branched purple stems covered with glossy deep toned purple leaves with silver midrib flame; excellent indoor plant of rapid growth; perfect for small hanging baskets; a natural for terrariums.

53656 PEPEROMIA SILVER SHEEN [SPECIES] PIP HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.75 "Pewter Waxleaf Plant" Short arching (or scandent) succulent stems lined with thick leaves with a pewter-aluminum patina. Rare, easily grown species for small pots or baskets.

41041 PILEA DEPRESSA URT HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.50 Popularity indicated by multitude of popular names; "Shiny Creeping Charley," "Giant Baby Tears" "Mini Peperomia", by any name an excellent terrarium groundcover of easily grown, attractive base for any leggy houseplant.

53150 PILEA GLAUCA URT HP TGH PRICE: $3.75 Carpeting "Silver Sprinkles" or gray artillery fern--very prostrate much branching stemlets with multitudes of tiny (barely a pea's width) glaucous oval leaves. A fabulous groundcover, perfect for terrariums or for dishgardens.

41049 PILEA MICROPHYLLA PROSTRATA URT HP TGH PRICE: $ 3.00 "Waterfall Fern" Prostrate succulent stems with tiny watery leaves create a ferny, weeping effect when used in hanging baskets; perfect for terrarium carpet. Due to waxy surfaced tiny leaves, the most tolerant of any finely lacy appearing plant of lower levels of humidity and of higher levels of direct sun.

41050 PILEA NUMMULARIIFOLIA URT HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.00 "Creeping Charley" Quilted pebbled leaves overlap trailing prostate stems. Once commonly offered as a bright apple green hanging basket plant--but we would suggest an area with higher humidity. Great in the larger Wardian cases.

41044 PILEA SEMIDENTATA URT TERR TGH PRICE: $ 6.50 Clouds of tiny lance leaves form compact mounds topped by large heads (stools) of tiny pink bubble blossoms. Reliable and terminally cute "Gnome Stools" plant good for windowsill or terrarium. One of our best terrarium plant subjects.

54351PILEA SP. MOONLIGHT URT TERR TGH PRICE: $ 2.75 Small rounded quilted leaves with central pewter flame; soon forms a soft carpet. In the forgettii complex.

41711 PLECTRANTHUS MENTHOL EUCALYPTUS [SPECIES] LAB PRICE: $ 3.75 Short woody stems are completely covered by mounds of thick succulent tiny "scalloped pillow" leaves with hirsuit surface-- giving off very pungent fragrance when brushed. Popular. Probably a form of the Kenyan Plectranthus coeruleus.

41123 PLECTRANTHUS OERTENDAHLII UVONGO LAB HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.00 A Kirstenbosch collection of traditional "Prostrate Coleus" with very bright ash-silver surface patterns. Beautiful selection of "Swedish Mosaic Ivy." Very popular.

41124 PLECTRANTHUS PROSTRATUS LAB HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.25 "Pillow Plant" or "Succulent Swedish Ivy" Profusions of tiny thick crenulate leaves form a lime-green mat--lines of purple form on leaf edges if in bright light; white flowers toned violet. Very popular as a filler in succulent wreaths and prized by designers of topicary animals as remains very low growing.

11114 POLYPODIUM FORMOSANUM POLYPOD HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.75 The "Naked Rabbit Foot Fern," so called as the small bright chalk white rhizomes are not furred but seem to flow over the surface, dividing like "E.T.'s Fingers" under a very low canopy of beautiful delicately lobed bluish fronds. Easy once established--a tremendous performer on a mossed topiary globe..

50057 PSEUDERANTHEMUM SINUATUM [HEMIGRAPHIS REPANDA] ACAN HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.75 "Narrow Leaf Flame Ivy" Metallic purplish papery narrow leaves in attractive trailing clumps; odd papery tan flowers. "Dragon Flame Creeper" newly popular as a lovely cascading filler for intimate windowboxes, small patio container combinations, moss topiary, and even as a semi-aquatic for tubs.

56794 RAPHIDOPHORA TETRASPERMA ARAC HP TGH PRICE: $ 8.50 Also listed as Philodendron imbe Ginny, which it is not taxonomically. This "Mini Splitleaf Philodendron" has the appearance of a very miniature Monstera deliciosa. Nomenclature shaky--but most emphatically attractive and remarkably easy to grow as a houseplant, whether allowed to cascade, clamber, or smartly climb a moss pole to most effectively flaunt its ability to "shingle" its individual leaves into an unbroken pattern of foliage; always a charmer.

40863 REINECKIA CARNEA VARIEGATA LIL HP CGH HH PRICE: $ 6.25 Outstanding carpeting "False Lilyturf" with short, ranked leaves striped bright ivory; vigorous Japanese clone with brick red flowers followed by berries. Green species form marginally winter hardy here in Zone 6--this is less hardy. A far more successful and gorgeous citizen of your cool greenhouse (need a groundcover under the bench?) or as a beautiful visual in a bulbpan on or near a bright chill winter window.

12912 SAXIFRAGA STOLONIFERA [SARMENTOSA] SAX HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.00 "Strawberry Begonia" or "Creeping Sailor" Flat central rosette of silver-veined leaves, reddish beneath, sends out thread-like runners with new plantlets. Versatile plant although neither related botanically to strawberries nor to Begonias.

40909 SCHEFFLERA VENULOSA [LEUCANTHA] ARAL HP TGH PRICE: $ 10.00 "Starleaf Plant" USDA distribution of scarce species with very slim leaflets in a "Starleaf" radiating wheel; usually listed as S. leucantha in Australia. Easy houseplant; popular for staked standards shaped at top.

30542 SCINDAPSIS EXOTICA [SPECIES] ARAC TGH HP PRICE: $ 22.00 Newly offered from the new robust clone; this looks just like the slower growing clone we have had for years. Possibly because of meristeming, this clone grows robustly and has all the same earmarks of the original plant. Order this at the new lower price. Leathery wide lance leaves of glossy grey green, nearly obscured with bright aluminum grey. Remarkable and beautiful "Exotic Pothos" neither a Pothos, nor Raphiodophora Exotica.

30400 SCINDAPSIS PICTUS ARGYRAEUS ARAC TGH HP PRICE: $ 4.75 "Satin Pothos" Beautiful leathery matte-green shimmering leaves are brushed with sugary silver. Good houseplant, although a bit slow to start. One of our favorite indoor plants. Works in a terrarium too.

40916 SCIRPUS CERNUUS [ISOLEPIS GRACILIS] CYP HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.25 "Electric Grass" or "Fountain Bullrush" Perfect miniature tufts of translucent pendant green thread leaves tipped with bright straw-white bracts not unlike a mop of fiber optics! Must have constant moisture to thrive. Equally successful as an aquatic tub subject or a tuffet in a terrarium, or a mane in moss topiary; somewhat hardy in the very deep south.

11412 SELAGINELLA KRAUSSIANA AUREA SEL TGH TERR PRICE: $ 4.00 "Golden Clubmoss" Short arching stems form bright mat; essential in any terrarium to brighten the design.

11485 SELAGINELLA UNCINATA SEL TERR CGH PRICE: $ 5.00 "Peacock Moss" "Rainbow Fern" Climbing stems, much branched, with blue tinted dimorphic scale "leaves" in four ranks. Becomes rather brownish during its dormant winter cycle, but fear not--just keep cool, moist, and very bright and behold, new blue foliage emerges come spring.

60580 SENECIO IMPLEXUS COMP HP TGH PRICE: $ 3.75 "Maasai Carpet" Lovely fuzzy-velvet avacado-green thick leaves dangle on thick cascading stems with swollen roots; makes a handsome carpet groundcover or an extraordinary hanging basket subject. One of the easiest furry creatures for your garden combinations.

60581 SENECIO JACOBSENII [PETRAEUS] COMP HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.00 "Vining / Trailing Jade" Glossy round-edged fleshy overlapping leaves shingle the thick trailing stems; excellent basket plant w/ showy orangy yellow cushion flowers mid-winter.

52264 TILLANDSIA ARAUJEI BRO HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.75 "Sao Paulo Air Plant" Rock dwelling sea-spray species with short curved silvery-scurfted leaves forming thick scandent strands; pink and white flowers. Mount; don't pot.

53341 TILLANDSIA CYANEA ANITA [HYB] BRO HP TGH PRICE: $ 12.75 Highy colored branched version of the popular cyanea--attractive small tuffets of deeply arched deep green leathery slim leaves (like a very friendly hedgehog) from which emerge the dramatic wide violet pink "Pink Feather" comb of bracts along which emerge, over a period of time, the cute blue (cyane) blossoms. Unlike most species, this is semi-terrestial, easily grown in a pot of orchid bark, wonderful in topiary designs; often marketed growing out of an ornamental seashell.

53395 TILLANDSIA CYANEA MEDIO-PICTA BROM TGH PRICE: $ 40.00 A new cultivar of the fabulous "Pink Quill." This variety has yellow to cream central ribbon stripes down the leaves. Quicly clusters to form a remarkable mound of variegated glory. Extremely rare, extremely choice. Yet easy to grow.

52170 TILLANDSIA IONANTHE BRO HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.25 "Blushing Bride" Clustering silver-scaled & haired air plant blushing completely rouge when ready to open its blue blossoms; the basal offsets of this "Sky Plant" eventually form a sphere. Easy as long as you are not tempted to pot this terminally cute epiphyte; loves a good misting if not in the humidity of a greenhouse.

53270 TILLANDSIA MAGNUSIANA BRO TGH PRICE: $ 7.75 Dainty small species with many threadlike leaves, each covered with glittery silver scales, forming a dense feathery rosette from which peep violet flower petals. Mount on wood and mist regularly. We send divisions in dry moss--but do not advise you keep this in the moss. Do not pot this one!.

50542 TRADESCANTIA FLUMINENSIS AUREA COMM HP PRICE: $ 3.75 "Golden Inch Plant" Cascades of bright chartreuse leaves on cascading stems displayed to advantage as a golden addition to windowboxes and hanging baskets. Forms marvelous groundcover--try in as a low surface of glossy lemon ochre under your bed of Impatiens or purple leaved Dahlias to shake up the visuals a bit.

50543 TRADESCANTIA FLUMINENSIS LAEKENENSIS RAINBOW ARAC HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.50 "Rainbow Inch Plant" Small leaves lavishly variegated white & fuchsia with pinkish-blue overtones; remove reversions immediately. Needs good light saturation to maintain this level of rich variegation; perfect in windowboxes, small baskets. Sometimes confused in the trade with the much more petite Callisia repens variegata.

50546 TRADESCANTIA FLUMINENSIS VARIEGATA COMM HP TGH CGH PRICE: $ 3.75 "Speedy Henry" Glossy green & white striped foliage; excellent subject for hanging baskets, for groundcover; try outdoors as a easy quick summertime groundcover. Even though this should be simply dead common, amazing numbers of orders arrive for this every year. Cheap, easy, flashy: these sterling values never fail.

II: PLANTS FOR BARE TOPIARY FRAMES, OR ESPALIERS

41253 ABUTILON VICTORY [HYB] MAL HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.75 Reiter hybrid of A. megapotamicum with strongly held laterally weeping branches perfectly displaying the charming show of ranks of dangling flared large yellow blossoms highlighted by darker-toned throat. Perfect for hanging baskets, most impressive in windowboxes or tall urns when a bold horizontal plane is imperative in your design scheme. We like it because it blooms even in the heat of our Ohio River Valley summer heat--something we cannnot claim for other A. megapotamicum cultivars.

30121 ANTHURIUM AEMULUM [HETEROPHYLLUM] ARAC HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.50 "Finger Leaf Plant" An easy climber with dark green fleshy palmate leaves and cute mini green spathe flowers; equally effective weaving itself among other plants or densely clambering a wire support or mossed pole as an attractive ring of green sci-fi rootlets emerge from each leaf node. Easy houseplant

30146 ANTHURIUM POLYSCHISTUM ARAC TGH TERR PRICE: $ 25.00 "Copper Vine" Strong vining copper stems (upwardly mobile) wanly support coppery green ruffled palmate leaves. Prefers the high humidity of a greenhouse or a wardian case to prevent tip burn; avoid direct sunlight.

40100 CARISSA GRANDIFLORA GREEN CARPET APO HP TGH CGH PRICE: $ 5.50 The "Weeping Natal Plum" for limber stems cascade straight down with carpets of tiny leathery oval leaves; remarkable as a basket or wall subject in north; carpeting groundcover in subtropic climates. But most sought after as a subject for a bonsai cascade styles. We have admired old specimens grown in half pots mounted on brick or wooden walls in greenhouses which spill out in plentifully coin leaved long pendant branches to very subtle yet elegant effect.

41357 CISSUS HAMADEROHENSIS VIT HP TGH PRICE: $4.75 "Tapeworm Grape" Thick slate green flattened tapeworm stems of long-spaced joints climb with tendrils; tiny token leaves soon deciduous as it is native to areas of severe heat and wind not kind to plants insisting on maintaining foliage. This has been emerging as a favorite subject for those of you who enjoy designing open wire topiaries and mini-iron trellis projects. For kids, this is a totally neat plant. Sent occasionally as mossed URCuts if have none potted when you order as it seems to travel best as a mossed cut.

41064 CISSUS QUINANGULARIS VIT HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.75 Attractive succulent with five-winged stems; dark decidious leaves are thick succulent wedges jutting out from the nodes. Most interesting in any rare vine collection; of easy culture as long as is situated in adequate light--seems unconcerned as to humidity levels as long as the roots are in a perfectly drained mix.

41071 CISSUS ROTUNDIFOLIA VIT HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.25 "Succulent Grape" or "Wax Cissus" Waxy serrated lily-pad leaves and occasional red (grape) berries on corky stems which also develop thick pudgy aerial roots in moist atmospheres. Easy very handsome vine as long as not subjected to extended chill.

41074 CISSUS STRIATA VIT CGH HH PRICE: $ 4.00 "Miniature Grape Ivy" Red shoots unfurl into wheel-shaped compound leaves bronze-green with pale veins heightened by the contrasting rich sienna to violet underleaf; Chilean species known as Vitis orientalis! Could be considered hardy in the deep South; tends to rest mid-winter, even in the greenhouse.

41364 COROKIA COTONEASTER COR CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.25 "Wire Netting Bush" or "Ghost Bush" spoon-shaped silvery-dusty leaves on wiry contorted stems with occasional tiny yellow star flowers followed by orange berries; name from the Maori.

49458 CYDISTA AEQUINOCTIALIS BIG TGH PRICE: $ 15.00 Glossy leaves on shrubby vines (like a stubby allamanda) with terminal clusters of showy cupped trumpet blossoms a richly toned lilac. Central American typically blooming here in November given good light and constant warmth.

60634 CYNANCHUM DECAISNIANUM [AFFINITY] ASC TGH PRICE: $ 4.75 Madagascar species with terete jointed branches. Sent as URCuts. (from Milwaukee Domes) "Swallow Wort" Arches, inches, ascends moss, cascades--putty in your hands.

60044 DISCHIDIA ALBIDA [HORT] ASC HP TGH PRICE: $ 3.50 "Propeller Vine" Propeller-shaped pairs of attractive gray- green leaves on soft swollen pendant (or climbing if it can find something to twine around) stems make this a great basket subject. Bizarre little clusters of urn shaped blimp blossoms sometimes appear at leaf nodes.

59179 DISCHIDIA SPECIES # 77111 [WAKEFIELD] ASC TGH HP PRICE: $ 5.75 Attractive vine with opposite succulent leaves; odd blimp blossoms like tiny urns in clusters.

41260 FICUS FRED BOUTIN MOR HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.00 Unique woody, twiggy low growing "character" trunks give this quirky Boutin hybrid of F. carica x pumila high marks with cascade bonsai trainers who also value its richly haired, quilted foliage. Availability irregular as this is somewhat winter dormant (not shedding foliage, but slowing growth)--needs high humidity like its carica parent to maintain good spidermite free foliage; loves a pole or wall to clamber like its pumila parent. Of most interest to collectors as Moraceae are notoriously difficult to hybridize as the blossoms face the center of the enclosed protofruit..

41428 JASMINUM FLORIBUNDUM OLE CGH PRICE: $ 10.00 Pink tinted fragrant blossom clusters on vine with clouds of glossy opposite small pinnate leaves giving a lacy appearance. Easy in containers. If given rootrun in the subtropics will soon clamber up a wall or fence. A seasonal bloomer like the similar much larger statured J. polyanthum.

41887 JASMINUM MULTIFLORUM [PUBESCENS] OLE HP TGH PRICE: $ 6.00 "Angel Hair Jasmine" from india to China: Freely spreading shrub with downy cordate leaves and clusters of intensely sweet scented white starlike fls at tips and along the stems when given full sun, adequate humidity and a rich medium. This "Downy Jasmine" has long been known as J. pubescens in the Florida trade.

40421 JASMINUM POLYANTHUM OLE CGH HP PRICE: $ 3.00 "French Perfume" Vigorous climber with attractive compound (foliate) leaves in opposite pairs and mid-winter clouds of white richly-scented flower clusters (which have pinkish cast in bright light as the unopened buds are blushed red). Basic to any collection, the Yunnan native is quite vigorous. Very very strongly scented--the one traditionally trained into Christmas season blooming live wreaths.

40425 JASMINUM VOLUBILE MACULATA [HORT] OLE HP CGH PRICE: $ 8.00"Australian Wax jasmine" Small glossy leaves dappled lemon-gold when temperatures are cool, on strong vines; open clusters of quite fragrant white star-like flowers produced irregularly throughout the year. Needs full sun to perform; known in Asia as J. simplicifolium.
60374 KALANCHOE BEAUVERDII HYBRID CRA HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.00 Gray green noodle leaves in rigid opposite pairs with ridged tips producing adventituous plantlets, on scrambling wiry stems. Clusters of pendant glossy olive calyx bells, each with shiny salmon-pink petals with violet-speckled rims--quite a midwinter show. (Possibly a distinct species as yet unidentified for us.)
60373 KALANCHOE BEAUVERDII [SCANDENS] CRA HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.00 "False Hoya" The wiry stems and blackish-green narrow curved leaves are Hoya mimics--but the adventituous plantlets on the leaf tips and the nodding maroon-dotted fls indicate the true identity. From Madagascar, where the hooked leaves help in the scramble through the brush and thornshrubs to display the showy clusters of blossoms to potential polenizers...always a favorite of kids and luckily, only one swathe of lawn need be mowed in order to earn enough to afford this wonderment.

54362 LANTANA CAMARA WHITE DWARF VER CGH PRICE: $ 4.00 LIMITED AVAILABILITY A very compact small-lvd shrublet freely producing cute heads of rich white minute blossoms closely packed in heavy clusters--thus, the "Silver Mound" Lantana which is noted for lateral growth habit.

40459 MANETTIA inflorescenceATA [LUTEO-RUBRA?] RUB HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.50 "Firecracker Vine" Pubescent climber with tubular "Candy Corn" fls red with yellow tips; must have reliable levels of humidity and very bright light to set flower buds.

40647 MUEHLENBECKIA COMPLEXA POL HP CGH HH PRICE: $ 4.50"Maidenhair Vine" Tiny round leaves on black wiry stems; with strange white bubble flowers followed by purple berries. Easy. Although of delicate fragile appearance, this tolerant vine prefers a very bright situation with well drained soil.

55965 MUEHLENBECKIA COMPLEXA TRILOBA POLYG HP CGH HH PRICE: $ 4.75 "Lobed Maidenhair Vine" Wild mats of wiry maroon stems with waxy white fls & a flutter of trilobed leaflets creates very complex 3-D visuals; if planted in the conservatory ground, this will weave its way to the roof within a year to great effect.

40729 PASSIFLORA CUSPIDIFOLIA [WATERMELON LF] PAS HP TGH PRICE: $ 12.50 "Watermelon Leaf" with elongated deep purple-green oval leaves with striking straw colored nearly parallel veins giving a striped effect. Small statured, thus a perfect houseplant or light gardening subject. Please check for availability before ordering this dimunitive species.

53554 PEPEROMIA CRASSICAULIS PIP HP TGH PRICE: $ 2.00 "False Philodendron" Similar to distichia [scandens], but longer, thicker leaves with curled thick tips, & purple-ringed leaf nodes; excellent reliable hanging basket subject. From Univeristy of Copenhagen Botanical Garden collection--a Central American species believed to be extinct in its native habitat.

53616 PEPEROMIA DISTICHIA [SCANDENS] CRANE'S FLECKED GER HP CGH PRICE: $4.50 "Crazy Quilt Plant" Irregular patches of gray-green and soft ivory--a Ruth Crane selection we introduced years ago, yet is still rare in most collections. A wonderful unique cultivar with no two leaves ever matching--oddly this will occassionally sport to a stable 'medio-picta' form.

53656 PEPEROMIA SILVER SHEEN [SPECIES] PIP HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.75 "Pewter Waxleaf Plant" Short arching (or scandent) succulent stems lined with thick leaves with a pewter-aluminum patina. Rare, easily grown species for small pots or baskets.

41123 PLECTRANTHUS OERTENDAHLII UVONGO LAB HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.00 A Kirstenbosch collection of traditional "Prostrate Coleus" with very bright ash-silver surface patterns. Beautiful selection of "Swedish Mosaic Ivy." Very popular.

41904SENECIO MACROGLOSSUS MEDIO-PICTUS COM CGH PRICE: $ 6.50 Beautiful "Golden Cape/Natal Ivy" is a selection of this decoratively lobed heavy-substanced "Wax Ivy" with a golden ocher flame down each succulent leaf; Yellow ray flowers reveal it to be a daisy family member, perfect in the cool conservatory.

54109 SOLANUM JASMINOIDES ALBUM VARIEGATUM SOL CGH HP PRICE: $ 3.50 Handsome "Variegated Nightshade Jasmine" with each fingered lf of butter yellow accented with a central green & ochre flame; clusters of yellow beaked white flowers. A vining shrub lovely trained on a small wreath or allowed to trail down from a container.

52172 TILLANDSIA USNEOIDES BRO HP TGH HH PRICE: $ 1.75 "Spanish Moss" Silvery-gray threaded masses of tiny plantlets in dramatic garland famous in subtropical and tropical America for their eventual effect on draped trees; yet the perfect houseplant for compulsive mister-ers. Not collected--this is a bright silvery clone from Guatamala (and thus not needing the chill winter of any collected in the southern USA where most clones are a shade dingy gray in color anyway) which has been growing happily in our Ohio greenhouses for the last 20 years. We notice that our customers are beginning to use this lavishly in their terrarium designs where it thrives.

42032TRACHELOSPERMUM ASIATICUM TEXAS APO CGH HH HP PRICE: $ 5.25 Very dark slim leaves with bright lime veins--creates a multi colored thick carpet by fall; bubblegum scented flowers. Cultivar name of this "Confederate Jasmine" suggests that can survive outdoor winters in most of the Gulf Coast region. Leaves purplish with chill.

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