ACANTHUS species for the 2010 SEASON
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The ACANTHUS FAMILY: An outstanding alliance of successful house & conservatory plants newly popular as these spectacular characters are being reintroduced into summer beds & containers. Notice the family code ACAN in this catalogue & specialty lists featuring (from over 250 genera) the following genera: 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. (Whew!) If you collect plants with showy flowers or stunning foliage, you already have some of these high performers. And always popular for those prefering their species to be polysyllabic.
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ACHIMENES CULTIVARS for the 2010 SEASON
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Maidenhair Ferns (ADIANTUM) for the 2010 SEASON
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11585 ADIANTUM TENERUM IMBRICATUM GREEN PETTICOAT FEL GH PRICE: $ 35.00 This is a very rare and sterile Maidenhair with very ruffled edges and large leaves. We have to propogate by division only. It may be available in the near future or by Request. Please email us if you might be interested. Email Us if You Like This Plant
Aechmea (Bromeliaceae) for the 2010 SEASON
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These fabuously decorative, and unabashedly exotic "Urn Plants" from the West Indies and South America are epiphytic (growing upon tree branches and mossy rock surfaces) in the wild and thus flourish in perfectly drained mediums with such ingredients as coarse perlite and orchid bark (at all costs avoid sand which bogs down nearly all plants by eliminating oxygen from the root area). In nature their beautiful vase shaped leaf rosettes catch and hold rain water, so you need to keep water in their cups, considering the roots more as anchors than as gatherers of nutrients--thus fish emulsion is a better choice of fertilizer than any chemical formula. All perform well as houseplants with sufficient light and well watered (and lightly fertilized) cups/vases from which emerge the dramatic inflorescenceorescenceourences of colorful bracts and electic colored blossoms typically followed by showy persistent berries. Watch our speciality lists for additional rare variegated clones of these as well as other Bromeliad genera throughout the season. While dependable house plants, these become truely dramatic flourishes to your hobby greenhouse designs. See below for a fine collection and a good book.
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52220 AECHMEA ORLANDIANA BERT VARIEGATA SOL TGH CGH HP PRICE: $ 35.00 We are introducing our new "Coming Soon" notice here with a wonderful plants being grown on at our nursery. This is a bromeliad with some of the most stunning variegated foliage we have seen. We hope to be offering this in the next few months. Bronzy olive-green underleaf with purple-brown joined spots & mottlings form plaid with middle crossbands. Yellow fls from salmon red bracts. Gold strip up the middle. Please email us if you might be interested. Email Us if You Like This Plant
Aglaonema for the 2010 SEASON
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The "Chinese Evergreens" are grown for the beautiful leaves, often richly chevroned or ornately mottled. All Agalonemas have waxy long-lived foliage, making these low light tolerant Aroids excellent houseplants as they are uniquely evolved to tolerate less than perfect humidity. While the following offering reflects only a small idea of our collection, we do often offer rare species and cultivars on the speciality lists on this website and include more obscure types in our popular AGLAONEMA COLLECTION under the stock number of 99551 for five labeled "Chinese Evergreens" for the introductory price of PRICE: $28.00 to aquaint you with these reliable cousins of the Dieffenbachias.
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Shield Plants (ALOCASIA) for the 2010 SEASON
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