Plants for Terrariums and Wardian Cases

The Glasshouse Works Greenhouses

Small varieties of plants perfect for your TERRARIUM

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Plants for Regular to Small Terrariums

99038 TERRARIUM COLLECTION: We select interesting showy plants from various families for a range of color & habit. 10 plants @ $22.00 . We list an extensive selection of genera appropriate for terrarium. We offer an extremely handsome terraiums for serious growers, even more extraordinary glass terrarium sources. This collection is the basic for a starting terrarium. See the photos. We offer ground covers, accent plants, and miniature tree-like subjects; this collection will include enough to make the beginning terrarium look somewhat finished. Be sure to include a rock or two or other accent objects. You need to include in the notes section of the invoice what size terrarium you are working with and any particular plants you like so that we have an idea what plant groups to pull for your terrarium order. Remember to use a bit of activated charcoal to keep contaminates from causing dampoff in the new terrarium. You can get this from any Tropical Fish Store.

Don't forget that stunning desert terrariums can also be assembled with Anacampseros,Hawarthia, mini ALoes, Gasterias, Sedums, Ledebouria, Portulaca, mini Sanseviearias, Cynotis, that 'possum skull you found last fall, and many other lizard compatible selections. Just indicate you'd prefer desert, or skink tolerant plants when you order the above collection, #99038.

For rare or large (Wardian Case) terrarium plants, see the so-named collections at the head of each category of specific plants bellow.

56077 BEGONIA MASONIANA BEG TERR CGH $ 6.50 (rz) "Iron Cross Begonia" Puckered quilted leaf surface with maroon chocolate central cross--the entire bullate leaf being reddish haired. A New Guinea native prefering terrarium humidity where it will produce its clusters of greenish white haired blossoms; not easily grown as a windowsill subject without pebbletray culture. Never give up if the "Iron Cross" foliage suddenly dries and disappears, random mini-dormancies are the norm (even in the greenhouse)--the succulent surface rhizomes will soon produce a new set of its remarkably beautiful leaves when its environment improves. If you need positive feedback on your prowess as a beginning Begonia grower, this is not a good selection for your first, second or third subject--once your growing skills are honed, try the ever tempting "Iron Cross," otherwise, you might consider yourself as nailed to a very stiff challenge.

EPISCEAS: FLAME VIOLETS for the 2008 SEASON.

Flame Violets are shipped June through the first of October..

Episcea often bloom beautifully during the winter especially under lights.

The Flame Violets below are the one we expect to have available this Fall. When the warmer weather, things always change. If you cannot keep your temps consistently above 58 degree Fahrenheit, then do not try them. We are working to introduce again a group of Episcea that we have not offered for a while. We have the following for shipment in the spring. If you have keep these under lights or in a good window, Flame Violets can bloom all winter long.

Click Here to see the full listing of Flame Violet (Episcea) cultivars available for 2008

67091 EUPHORBIA FRANCOISII EUP HP TGH $ 6.50 Low, nearly prostrate Madagascar species with tiny white ranks of soft spines on stubby stems topped with wildly varied thick lvs from silver to emerald to pink, shaped like diamond or violins or terete sabers, or fairy javelins; cyathiums range from green to pink to yellow. Certainly the most popular (and shamelessly easy to grow) of the dwarf Madagascar tribe, a number of customers have added more and more of the endlessly varied leaf forms and leaf colors to a lite garden (in which conditions the jade like waxy lvs develop astounding color saturation), to a windowsill collection (which, like the Haworthia collections) begins to look like a foliar version of a glass paperweight assemblage, or to an array of equisite low jade foliaged mounds of theme and variation in the hobby greenhouse. Best colors when protected from searing sunlight levels.