Royal Velvet Agapanthus is a naturally evergreen tropical, clump forming lily that is grown as a die-back perennial throughout the northern portions of its range. Deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant.
Deer Resistance: Seldom Bothered
Outdoor Light: AM sun, Part sun, Part shade, Light shade
Tropical Hibiscus flower on new growth and so need to have ample nutrients, regular moisture, as well as moderate amounts of sunlight available to maintain adequate growth and flower production.
* Achiote ( Bixa orellana ) is a shrub or small tree from the tropical region of the Americas . * The plant bears pink flowers and bright red spiny fruits which contain red seeds. * Bees collect nectar from its flowers to make honey.
Thoroughly water to moisten the entire root-ball each time you water. Tropical Hibiscus flower on new growth and so need to have ample nutrients, regular moisture, as well as moderate amounts of sunlight available to maintain adequate growth and flower...
Allow the soil to become slightly dry between waterings approximately to a depth of between 1/2" deep for small containers to 1" deep for large containers. Tropical Hibiscus make for showy, free-flowering container plants where not hardy.
pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
Soil & Moisture: Average moisture, good drainage, relatively fertile soils. Somewhat drought resistant once well established.
Deer Resistance: Sometimes Bothered - Occasionally Severely
In zones not subject to periodic fires, the succession continues and a tropical forest thrives. * Wildfire plays a major role limiting the range of this species, as it has been reported that this tree regenerates quickly and aggressively, replacing latifoliate...
It is more heat tolerant than most firs and grows 20-30' tall by 15-20' wide. Even very young trees produce the beautiful big blue cones! Korean Fir is very popular for landscaping use because of its evergreen foliage, beautiful pyramidal shape, and abundance...
This is a slow growing vine-like philodendron which can be trained to a support or allowed to trail. An easily grown indoor or tropical plant that is sure to make a statement. The black to deep burgundy, glossy, heart-shaped tropical foliage is splashed...
The wide dark green foliage makes a nice foil for the spikes of yellow flowers. Golden Plume is very similar to most Justicias in form and habit. 3-4" high fuzzy yellow spikes of tubular flowers are borne throughout the year on this easily grown tropical.
Tropical Hibiscus flower on new growth and so need to have ample nutrients, regular moisture, as well as moderate amounts of sunlight available to maintain adequate growth and flower production.
* It is an important source of commercial timber in Honduras and Central America. * In El Salvador, it occurs with Pinus maximinoi on Cerro el Pital in La Palma town and above, at 900-1500 m elevation.
Common Name: Oocarpa Pine, Ocote Chino, Mexican Yellow Pine, Hazelnut Pine
* Hawaiian Baby Woodrose ( Argyreia nervosa ) is a perennial climbing vine , also known as Elephant Creeper and Woolly Morning Glory . In Australia, if the seeds are first treated to discourage use, then there are no restrictions on trade.
Common Name: Woolly Morning Glory, Elephant Creeper, Hawaiian Baby Woodrose
Much of the plant, preferably before it gets woody, including the roots can be cooked as a vegetable. You can snap off the finger-like, fleshy red epicalyxes that surround the harder, inner calyxes that form the okra-like seed pod and eat them fresh,...
Their smaller stature and compact habit lends them perfectly as a tough reliable low evergreen hedge as well as wonderful choices for containers. Oleanders are drought tolerant, deer resistant, and salt tolerant shrubs with few pest or disease problems.
Looks best if trimmed to a compact 4-6 feet. As an evergreen hedge, plant 2-4 feet apart, as individual specimens plant 6-8' apart. NOTE: Female plants produce berries. Mix in peat moss and Ferrous Sulfate to increase the soil acidity.
When in bloom, the growing tips are inundated with buds and flowers emerge daily for weeks. They carry a light fragrance and although they are known to flower throughout the year on their native islands, ours tend to bloom mostly in summer.
Variegated Arrowhead Vine (Syngonium podophyllum albo-variegatum) Variegated Arrowhead Vine is a desirable new aroid that boasts arrow-shaped leaves marbled with varying shades of green with pure white patches.
* The ripe fruit of the papaya is usually eaten raw, without skin or seeds. All parts of the plant contain latex in articulated laticifers. The unripe green fruit can be eaten cooked, usually in curries, salads, and stews.
* Mexican White Pine ( Pinus ayacahuite ), the common name in Spanish is ayacahuite ; family Pinaceae ) is a species of pine native to the mountains of southern Mexico and western Central America , in the Sierra Madre del Sur and the eastern end of the...
Many colorful varieties can be found today as a result, including: red, orange, white, green, purple, black and bicolor. Any all purpose, foliage fertilizer will work for Anthurium Tickled Pink.
Delightful blue-green feathery foliage. Thrives in full sun or partial shade in any well-drained soil, very drought resistant! Plant 3' apart in staggered rows. In the fall it turns a soft lavender-purple.
Its scientific name commemorates Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , queen consort of King George III . * A curious plant, with a flower stalk rising to several feet, at the top is a sheath from which up to six conspicuous orange or yellow flowers, each...
Species: reginae
Common Name: Queen's Bird-of-Paradise, Bird-of-paradise, Queen's Bird-of Paradise
Its fruit is deep red-black in color encasing a large seed that bears some resemblance to a 'Chinese lucky nut.' * Flowers bloom from summer to fall. The long funnel-shaped sometimes-fragrant yellow (less commonly apricot, sometimes white) flowers are...
An unusual heat loving tropical. May be deciduous in the cooler portions of its range. Hanging racemes of large deep yellow flowers, that are similar in form to a parrot's beak, are borne from mid-spring to fall on this large arching shrub.
Native To / Origin: Phillipines, Malaysia, Malay, India
6-9'' seedlings. Starts out in pyramidal form, but eventually the lower branches disappear and the tree becomes more umbrella-shaped. A favorite for Christmas and for planting as windbreaks.
* Blue-gray foliage; drooping branchlets; native to Kashmir or Tibet. * Cupressus cashmeriana ( Bhutan Cypress , Kashmir Cypress ; Dzongkha language : Tsenden ) is a species of cypress native to the eastern Himalaya in Bhutan and adjacent areas of Arunachal...
Many colorful varieties can be found today as a result, including: red, orange, white, green, purple, black and bicolor. Any all purpose, foliage fertilizer will work for Anthurium Pumpkin.
