Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Pots/Garden (overwinter indoors)
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Eccremocarpus scaber
Family: (Bignoniaceae)
(TP) to 6-10′. Chilean Glory Vine. Six-inch terminal racemes of many tubular, one inch orange-scarlet flowers with swollen throats, contracted at the mouth. Interesting, matte green, bi-pinnate foliage with terminal tendrils. Long bloomer. Sun. 4 & T2
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Pots/Garden (overwinter indoors)
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Romanzoffia californica
Family: (Boraginaceae)
(P) to 8″. California Mistmaiden. A native of California and southern Oregon, where it thrives on rocky ocean bluffs, moist forests and wet cliffs. Tight, attractive clumps of high-gloss green succulent leaves are perfectly scalloped. Early spring brings attractive, small, white, five-petalled flowers with pale yellow throats held in curving cymes above the foliage. During the heat of summer, it dies back to a tuberous base and goes completely dormant. Sun. 3 & 7 for 3 weeks, then T2
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Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Pots/Garden (overwinter indoors)
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Erigeron karvinskianus
Family: (Asteraceae)
(TP) to 18″. Santa Barbara Daisy. South America, Mexico. A delightful daisy that quickly forms a spreading mat in a cool greenhouse or makes a nice groundcover under a standard in pots. Flowering is strongest in the late spring and early summer. Golden yellow disc florets are surrounded by a fringe of up to 80 white to pinkish ray florets, becoming pinker in colour as the flowers mature. Flowers are about a third of an inch in diameter. The clusters of hairy, grey-green, Chrysanthemum-shaped leaves are arranged alternately along the stem and emit a pleasant scent when crushed. Sun and well-drained soil. 4 & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Pots/Garden (overwinter indoors)
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Arthropodium candidum Green Leaf
Family: (Asparagaceae)
Tender bulb to 12″. New Zealand. Starry white, six-petalled flowers bloom in early summer. Attractive green leaves are grass-like. Excellent for the cool greenhouse. Adorable. Sun. 3 & T2
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Pots/Garden (overwinter indoors)
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Narcissus viridiflorus
Family: (Amaryllidaceae)
Tender bulb to 12″. Southwest Spain, Morocco. Grows in damp fields, blooming in autumn. Like the name suggests, this Narcissus has green flowers. Umbels of three to five slender-petalled, matte green, sweetly scented flowers are very petite and delicate. Extremely choice. Sun. 3 & T1
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Pots/Garden (overwinter indoors)
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Puya mirabilis
Family: (Bromeliaceae)
(TP) to 5′. Argentina and Bolivia. Silvery-brown, finely toothed leaves. Delicate, three petalled, chartreuse-green flowers with golden anthers appear intermittently on stalks up to five feet tall. A very distinct looking Puya. Choice. Sun. 4 & T2, keep moist
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Pots/Garden (overwinter indoors)
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Anomatheca laxa
Family: (Iridaceae)
Tender corm to 12″. A South African treasure for a sunny window. Single, six-tepalled, orange-red flowers with a dark red blotch at the base of the lower three petals. Flat, fan-shaped leaves. Blooms in April/May and is followed by a capsule filled with shiny, red seeds. Easy and charming. Sun. 3 & 6
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Pots/Garden (overwinter indoors)
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Arthropodium candidum Bronze Leaf
Family: (Asparagaceae)
Tender bulb to 12″. New Zealand. Starry white, six-petalled flowers bloom in early summer. Mottled bronze leaves are grass-like. Excellent for the cool greenhouse. Adorable. Sun. 3 & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Pots/Garden (overwinter indoors)
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Chasmanthe bicolor
Family: (Iridaceae)
Tender bulb to 3′. Two Colour Cobra Lily. A choice South African bulb to cheer your winter blues. Emerging from dormancy in late fall, the silky, sword-shaped leaves arranged in a fan, precede the hot-coloured blooms in mid-winter. The blooms are alternately arranged on a long raceme, which is laden with the eye-catching, six-petalled, tubular flowers that are up to 3 inches long and feature orange-scarlet upper and lateral tepals. The three, greenish yellow, lower tepals are fused forming a cylindrical perianth tube containing valuable nectar. Sun. 3 & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Pots/Garden (overwinter indoors)
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Habranthus robustus
Family: (Amaryllidaceae)
Tender bulb to 8″. Rain Lily. A native of Argentina and South Brazil. The three-inch, Lily-like flowers, two per stem, are a blushed pink with darker veining and a green throat. Narrow, strap-like foliage. Grow Habranthus on a cool windowsill in well-drained soil. Easy. Sun. 3 & T2