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

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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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