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Specialty Lists for Items in Short Supply Rather than just post a mid-summer or early fall listing of new and special plants, we are attempting to maintain and update this SPECIALITY LIST monthly, starting this winter of 2004. During the major time warps of late spring when our mailorder shipping is at peak, expect a lapse or so, but by early summer we should be keeping newly available items posted with some regularity--many curious and rare plants (usually only available to visitors visiting the nursery to uncover) are currently in propagation. But many are too iffy to list with tropical and succulent offerings in the main section of this website and are not finished enough to be offered in this list now; so watch for changes below. Most of the following do not appear in the main catalogue listings either because they are not in ongoing production (as are plants in the main catalogue which are notated SOLD OUT, but not removed from the postings), or because the number of available rooted and potted individual plants is quite limited and no further crops are anticipated soon. So have fun reading through what might constitute the most hopelessly bizarre and "rarely" jumbled selection of prize plants you've met in some time. We exist to keep you amused and to keep you supplied with just enough new toys (plants) to keep you amused but never sated.

55571 ALLAMANDA CATHARTICA STANSILL'S DOUBLE APO TGH CGH $ 12.00 Rich golden yellow "Double Allamanda" flower clusters are presented at the ends of heavy vining stems with maturity-- initially mostly single blossoms until the shrubby vine with ornate whorls of leathery foliage reaches girth in sun.

51733 ARGYREIA WALLICHII CONV TGH $ 20.00 The Burmese "Myanmar Morning Glory" climber with wrinkly leaves of hairy hearts bearing dense large heads of tidy rose flowers (tinged white) clustered in impressive cupped bristle-haired bracts. We are not responsible for the girth of this wonder.

54003 BRASSAIA ARBORICOLA BERNADINE ARAL HP TGH $ 8.00 Petite three-lobed leaflets (held in wheel-spoked whorls) often rimmed in lime-green; possibly a variegated sport of 'Renate.'

41879 CITRUS MEDICA ETROG VARIEGATED RUT CGH $ 45.00 Very rare "Variegated Etrog" Large new leves emerge a lustrous red-pink streaked rose, then hardens to leathery green with brilliant butter yellow variegation--even the citron fruite used in the Jewish Feast of the Tabernacles is sriped. Small Starters.

40153 CODIAEUM VAREIGATUM EBURNEUM EUP HP TGH $5.00 Cream Croton; puckered leaves overlaid in crea; most unique.

81774 CORTADERIA SELLOANA SUNSTRIPE GRA HH $ 18.00 "Striped Pampas Grass" PP5136 The tough long arched blades' center striped a rich wheat yellow. Showy silvery plumes. Very successful as a urn plant for northern climes--winter over in a cool greenhouse.

51209 CRINUM AMABILE 'PURPLE SELECTION' GRA HH $ 25.00 "Giant Red Spider Lily' Unlike Crinum 'Black Beauty' the broader, fleshy leaves are rich bronzy red-toned rather than purple. White flowers with red tubes and centers.

71198 CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS GOLD RYDER [HYB] CUP HH $ 10.00 Fine golden foliage; wide upright habit. Good in containers.

54425 ELEGIA CAPENSIS RES CGH $ 20.00 Elegant reed-like Restios from South Africa: upright thick stems with whorls of feathery branches at the nodes; golden brown fls in terminal spikes; remarkable accent plant, seems reasonably tolerant of containers.

83241 EUCOMIS COMOSA PINK BLOSSOMS LIL CGH $ 10.00 This selection of "Pineapple Lily" has stout stalks of distinctly pink toned flowers on the thick stems topped with the "Camen Miranda" leafy bracted topknot. Winter dormant.

40263 FICUS ASPERATA [PARCELLII] MOR CGH HH $ 15.00 "The Clown Fig" Papery leaves flecked with white; fruit striped cream. This plant supposedly is only found in the wild in a variegated form.

41593 FICUS ELASTICA CONGESTA MOR HP TGH $ 42.00 "Miniature Rubber Tree" Very dark green glossy lvs thickly spaced on the stout stems. Remarkable dwarf.

41611 HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS EL CAPITALIO SPORTY MAL TGH $12.00 Buff orange buds open into elaborate much furled salmony pink flowers with a double rank of fringed petals from which dangles the central staminoid "bell clanger"; lovely. Perfect greenhouse subject.

40352 HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS FLAMING GLORY MAL CGH $ 15.00 Enormous satin red single flowers, petals fully overlapping; Somewhat antique hybrid with attractive wide parchment hard foliage famous for ability to produce large blossoms on non-grafted plants. These are small starters, thus low cost

51912 HOLMSKOLDIA SANGUINEA RUBRA VER TGH $ 8.00 The sanguine form of the "Chinese Coolie Hat Plant" with showy sprays of curious and attractive blossoms, each with a red scarlet tubular corolla framed by a bronzy red bell shaped calyx collar. Needs full sun to flower.

60517 HYPOXIS VILLOSA HYP HP CGH $ 15.00 Yellow fl green below with orange stamens; pelted underleaf. Caudiform "Golden Winter Star" from Kirstenbosch B. Gar.

40374 ILEX DIMORPHOPHYLLA AQU HP CGH $ 5.00 "Tropical Holly" Tiny crinkled shiny leathery leaves on compact woody branches; from Okinawa, this is intollerant of frost, making it a perfect window houseplants. Juvenile foliage form is rather spiny.

41076 LEEA RUBRA VIT HP TGH $ 20.00 Wide compound layers of glossy purple leaflets on maroon stems top woody erect trunks; striking specimen plant. Sometimes given own family, Leeaceae. Excellent houseplant. More correct as Leea guineensis 'Burgundy'.

41433 LIVISTONA CHINENSIS PAL HP CGH $ 15.00 "Chinese Fan Palm" Excellent palm for indoor cultivation-- the heavy trunk supports (eventually gigantic) glossy wide pleated lvs with tips hanging like a fringe. Multiple trunks will help these vigorous seedlings soon fill your space!

20477 NEMATANTHUS YELLOW MAROON # 82-123 GES TGH $ 4.25 Stout upright stems, toned red, hold elongated heart leaves with felted surface and red-veined reverse. Sent as mossed unrooted cuts; roots easily.

51734 OROXYLUM INDICUM BIG TGH $ 30.00 A small tree, the "Indian Trumpet Flower" (native on into the Philippines) with dramatic divided foliage and smelly night blooming "midnight Horror" erect purple tubular flowers followed by three foot long fruit, thus called the "Tree of Damocles."

54065 PANDOREA JASMINOIDES LADY DI [ALBA] BIG TGH $ 6.75 "White Bower Vine" Glossy pinnate foliage on shrubby vine beautifully compliments the clusters of showy ivory trumpet blossoms.

53572 PEPEROMIA GRAVEOLENS PIP HP CGH $ 4.75 "Red Wax Plant" Succulent species entirely colored a glowing red-maroon--fused leaves indicate succulent epiphytic culture necessary for success. Comes from a high altitude, so cooler temperatures are recommended.

65597 PROTASPARAGUS DENSIFLORUS MAZEPPA LIL HP TGH $ 6.25 Collected in Africa--arching branches more compact than the species form, yet not as congested as "Meyersii."

20331 SAINTPAULIA BLUE TAIL FLY [HYB] GES HP TGH $ 7.25 Bizarre crested bustle-shaped leaves with violet beneath, tiny fly- or mosquito-shaped blue violet flowers plentifully produced. An antique curiosity from the Jimmy Dates series.

41904 SENECIO MACROGLOSSUS MEDIO-PICTUS COM CGH $ 5.25 Beautiful "Golden Cape/Natal ivy" is a selection of this cecoratively lobed heavy-substanced "Was Ivy" with a golden ochre flame down each leaf; yellow ray flowers reveal it to be a daisy family member, perfect in the cool consrvatory as well as summer baskets.

30539 STEUDNERA COLOCASIIFOLIA ARAC TGH HP $ 22.00 Semi-aquatic "Blue Caladium" with erect Alocasia-like tuberous trunks topped with dusky blue-green lilypad leaves. Distinctive cousin of the Colocasia tribe.

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