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Pink Flowering Maple

Abutilon hybridum 'Wild Rose'

The pink flowering maple has lantern-like buds which open to solitary, cup-shaped flowers with five overlapping petals. Abutilons are part of the mallow family, which includes hibiscus and malva.

Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Height: 9'-10' in tropical areas; 2'-4' in cold areas
Mature Width: 2'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 10
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Pink, White, Red, Orange
Bloom Season: Seasonally
Native To: Hybrid; Garden origin
History: New

Green Aeonium

Aeonium urbicum

The green aeonium is a large, bright green succulent, which after several years will produce hundreds of flowers. It is monocarpic, meaning it dies after it blooms. Green aeonium is a drought-tolerant plant that attracts pollinators, particularly bees. The green aeonium does not like hot or dry weather, and may go dormant in the summer.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 3'-6
Mature Width: 3'-6
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Light pink
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Canary Islands
History: New

Giant Bromeliad

Alcantarea imperialis 'Rubra'

Alcantarea imperialis 'Rubra' is one of the largest growing succulents in the Bromeliaceae family. Its leaves can turn dark purple when given enough sunlight. This bromeliad may take up to 40 years to fully mature and flower. Alcantarea imperialis 'Rubra' is generally a lithophyte, meaning it strictly grows among rocks. They often form large colonies on cliff faces exposed to sun and wind.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2'-4', 6' with flower spike
Mature Width: 4'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11
Colors: Dark purple, Red
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Brazil
History: New, Salvaged and Replanted

Sussex Gold Peruvian Lily

Alstroemeria 'Sussex Gold'

Sussex gold is a beautiful, yellow cultivar of the Peruvian lily that is native to Argentina and Chile. Peruvian lilies are widely available as cut flowers in a range of pinks, golds, and purples.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 2'-3'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 7a to 10b
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Peru
History: New

High Plateau Coconut Palm

Beccariophoenix alfredii

The high plateau coconut palm is a recently discovered species of palm that is native to Madagascar. It is very similar in appearance to the coconut palm, although somewhat cold hardy, making it a good look-alike in colder climates. It is best grown in sandy loam soils.

Plant Type: Palm tree
Mature Height: 30'-50'
Mature Width: 30'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Madagascar
History: New

Lana Begonia

Begonia 'Lana'

Lana begonia is referred to as an angel wing cane begonia and is considered a variegated wonder. It makes a spectacular indoor plant due to its tolerance of low light levels and need for little to no water during the winter.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 1.5'-2'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Greyish-green
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Year-round
Native To: Hybrid; Created by Peter P. Lee between 1965 and 1970
History: New

Cleopatra Canna

Canna 'Cleopatra'

Canna 'Cleopatra' produces large, eye-catching yellow or red flowers. They look their best when grown along walls, as hedges, or in garden beds. Canna 'Cleopatra' attracts hummingbirds and butterflies.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Colors: Green, Brown
Bloom Color: Yellow, Red
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: Semitropic areas of North and South America
History: New

Coffee

Coffea arabica

The coffee plant is native to Ethiopia but it is now commercially grown in subtropical and tropical area across the world. Coffee plants first flower when they are 3-4 years old. Berries are edible with a grape-like texture but it is the seeds (coffee beans) that are coveted. The seeds are picked and dried before roasting.

Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Height: 6'-15'
Mature Width: 6'-15'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Dark green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: May, June
Native To: Tropical Africa
History: New

Fairy Crassula

Crassula multicava

Fairy crassula is a low-growing succulent that rarely exceeds a foot tall. Its leaves are round and glossy in opposite pairs and are dark green when planted in shade and a paler green with red dots when grown in full sun. In winter small, pink flowers appear and open to charming white stars that are very showy.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: >1'
Mature Width: Spreads as space allows as ground cover
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11
Colors: Green, Red
Bloom Color: Pink, White
Bloom Season: Winter
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Lemon Grass

Cymbopogon citratus

Lemongrass is a clumping perennial grass that is used as a flavoring in Thai, Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian cooking. Lemongrass is widely cultivated in Southeast Asia for that purpose. It is also an outstanding ornamental grass. Linear leaves emit a lemony fragrance when bruised, and extracted plant oils have been used for many years in herbal medicines and perfumes.

Plant Type: Ornamental grass
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Colors: Light green
Bloom Season: Rare bloomer
Native To: Southern India, Sri Lanka
History: New

Dragon Tree

Dracaena marginata

The dragon tree features arching, glossy, sword-shaped leaves that can grow up to two feet long and 1/2 inch wide. Lower leaves fall off with age, leaving distinctive diamond-shaped leaf scars on the stems. This plant is also sometimes called Spanish dagger, red-stemmed dracaena, or Madagascar dragon tree.

Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Height: 15'-20'
Mature Width: 3'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Gray, Green, Red, Yellow,
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Seasonal bloomer
Native To: Madagascar, Mauritius
History: Salvaged and replaced

Sparkling Burgundy Pineapple Lily

Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy'

The sparkling burgundy pineapple lily features a basal rosette with wavy-edged, purple-spotted, dark green leaves. Each rosette produces a purple-spotted flower stalk in mid to late summer that bears masses of tiny, starry, greenish-white flowers tinged with purple.

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1.5'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 6 to 9
Colors: Dark green with purple spots
Bloom Color: Whitish purple
Bloom Season: July, August
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Giant Leopard Plant

Farfugium japonicum var. giganteum

The giant leopard plant has broad, rounded leaves that are 5 to 18 inches across and rise up from the ground individually on 3 to 4 foot stalks. It blooms in late summer through fall, producing yellow daisy-like flowers.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 7 to 11
Colors: Shiny green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: Japan
History: Salvaged and replaced

Shaving Brush Bulb

Haemanthus albiflos

The shaving brush bulb has long, oblong, bright-green leaves. The flower head is compact and produces numerous narrow flowers. Its red berries, when ripe, produce a musty odor.

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 9"
Mature Width: 3.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 11b
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: White, Red, Pink
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: South Africa
History: Salvaged and replaced, new

Bloodleaf

Iresine rhizomatosa

The bloodleaf is native to low woods, floodplain forests, wet woodlands, bluff bases, thickets near streams, and stream banks of the American South. Plants in the genus Iresine often carry the common name of bloodleaf, descriptive of the blood red leaves of some species.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 5 to 8
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: August, September, October
Native To: Southeastern United States
History: New

Spotted Deadnettle

Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'

Lamium maculatum is a mat-forming perennial ground cover that spreads via sprawling stems, which root in the ground as they go. Clusters of tiny, red-purple (sometimes white or pink) flowers appear at the stem ends in late spring to early summer. 'White Nancy' is a white flowering variety.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 6"-8"
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 3 to 8
Colors: Silvery white
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: May, June, July
Native To: Europe, North Africa, West Asia
History: New

Champaca

Michelia champaca aka Magnolia champaca

The champaca produces yellow flowers throughout the year. The nuts that form from the flowers are rich in essential oils that are used often for perfume or religious offerings. It attracts wildlife such as hummingbirds and butterflies.

Plant Type: Evergreen tree
Mature Height: 25'-30'
Mature Width: 25'-30'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Year-round
Native To: India, Southwestern China, Indochina, Malaysia
History: New

Variegated Split Leaf Monstera

Monstera albo variegata

The variegated split leaf monstera is a variegated white-in-color variation of the popular split-leaf houseplant. All parts of the plant contain calcium oxalate crystals which are irritating to the mouth and esophagus and toxic to cats and dogs.

Plant Type: Vine
Mature Height: 75'
Mature Width: 3'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11
Colors: White, Green
Bloom Color: Green
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Mexico, Panama
History: Salvaged and replaced

Mexican Pepperleaf

Piper auritum

The Mexican pepperleaf is a colony forming shrub with large, velvety, heart-shaped leaves. In late summer to fall it produces six inch long, thin spikes with tiny flowers. It is used to flavor chocolate drinks and in Tabasco and Yucatán, Mexico, and used as an ingredient in a green liquor called Verdín.

Plant Type: Evergreen shrub
Mature Height: 6'-10'
Mature Width: Can spread wide via rhizomes
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Colors: Medium green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: South America, Central America, Mexico
History: New

Sierran Palm

Prestoea acuminata

The Sierran palm is a tall multi-trunked tree. It is native to elevations above 1,000 feet in the Andes,Central America, and the Antilles. The fruits are a food source for mammals and birds. Local human populations use the large leaves to thatch roofs and eat the tender palm hearts.

Plant Type: Shrub, tree
Mature Height: 18'-45'
Mature Width: 10'-12'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11
Colors: Green, Dark green, Purple, Violet, Reddish brown
Bloom Color: Pink, White
Native To: Tropical Americas
History: New

Elegant Palm

Ptychosperma elegans

The elegant palm is native to Queensland, Australia where it is found in coastal rainforests. The slim trunk grows to a maximum of 4 inches and is light gray to almost white. White flowers are followed by bright red fruits.

Plant Type: Tree
Mature Height: 20'
Mature Width: 6'-8'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 10
Colors: Green-yellow
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Queensland
History: Preserved in place

Island Palm

Ptychosperma salomonense

Island palms are slender, single-trunked palms that are native to the tropical rainforests in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

Plant Type: Tree
Mature Height: 39'
Mature Width: 22'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10b
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White
Native To: New Guinea, Solomon Islands
History: New

Baileyi Air Plant

Tillandsia baileyi, viviparous form

The Tillandsia baileyi, viviparous form has stiff, tubular leaves that twist and curve from its bulbar base. Its leaves are covered in tiny trichome scales, which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them. The plant serves as a home for rainforest ants in the wild.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 5"
Mature Width: 8"
Sun Needed: Partial Shade
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Silver-green, Purple
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Texas
History: New

Bellissima Air Plant

Tillandsia bellissima

Tillandsia bellisima has pale green leaves that grow upright. This air plant produces blooms with lavender to white petals.Its leaves are covered in tiny trichome scales, which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2"
Mature Width: 6"
Sun Needed: Partial Shade
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Pale green
Bloom Color: Rose-pink, Lavender, White
Native To: California
History: New

Cardenasii Air Plant

Tillandsia cardenasii x pueblensis

Tillandsia cardenasii x pueblensis is a hybrid bromeliad with silvery upright leaves. It produces blue or white flowers and has leaves covered in tiny trichome scales, which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2"-4"
Mature Width: 2"-3"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Blue, White
Native To: Bolivia
History: New

Cereicola Air Plant

Tillandsia cereicola

Native to Ecuador and Peru, this plant has silver-green leaves that are arranged in a rosette. It sports dark purple flowers that bloom from a pink inflorescence.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 2.5"-3"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver, Gray-green
Bloom Color: Purple
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Ecuador, Peru
History: New

Chiapensis Air Plant

Tillandsia chiapensis

The chiapensis air plant is a silver-leaved epiphyte, which means it can grow on other plants without being parasitic. It sports violet flowers that bloom from a pink inflorescence. The Chiapensis air plant is native to a desert climate. It was discovered in 1977 and identified as a new species in 1978.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 2.5"-3"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver, Gray-green
Bloom Color: Violet
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Chiapas, Mexico
History: New

Dark Star Air Plant

Tillandsia Dark Star

The Tillandisa Dark Star is a hybrid of the Tillandsia neglecta (dark burgundy clone) x stricta. It boasts long-lasting blooms if cared for with regular watering.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Sun Needed: Partial Shade
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Green, Maroon
Bloom Color: Pink, Pale purple
Native To: Mexico and Central America
History: New

Ehlersiana Air Plant

Tillandsia ehlersiana

The ehlersiana air plant is an air plant that produces violet flowers. It has a bulbous base and is covered in trichomes that protect it from the sun and open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 4"-5"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Violet
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Heteromorpha Air Plant

Tillandsia heteromorpha v Rauhii

The heteromorpha air plant originates from Peru. It has stiff, silver-green leaves with a pink bract and white-tipped purple flowers. Its leaves are covered in tiny trichome scales, which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1"-20"
Mature Width: 4"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Purple
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Peru
History: New

Latifolia Air Plant

Tillandsia latifolia

The Tillandsia latifolia is native to Ecuador. It grows relatively large in size and produces "pups" at the end of its inflorescence. Its leaves are covered in tiny trichome scales, which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 20"-30"
Mature Width: 8"-15"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Light green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Ecuador
History: New

Latifolia Air Plant, var. latifolia

Tillandsia latifolia var. latifolia

Tillandsia latifolia var latifolia is extremely variable in size. It produces pups on the inflorescence as well as at the base of the plant. Tillandsia latifolia var latifolia produces smooth, curved leaves along its stem, all of which can exist fully above ground.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 20"-30"
Mature Width: 15"-18"
Sun Needed: Partial Shade
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Orange, Red-orange
Native To: Ecuador, southern Peru
History: New

Majestic Rose Air Plant

Tillandsia Majestic Rose

The Tillandsia Majestic Rose develops a rose blush along its light green leaves. The inflorescence is also a rose color, with beautiful violet flowers. Its leaves are covered in tiny trichome scales, which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 16.5"-19"
Mature Width: 1.5"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Pale green, Rose
Bloom Color: Violet
Native To: Arizona
History: New

Mitlaensis Air Plant

Tillandsia mitlaensis

The Tillandsia mitlaensis is native to Oaxaca, Mexico. It grows on rock cliffs in its natural habitat. Tillandsia mitlaensis produces a short inflorescence with a single pink bract with dark purple tubular flowers. It gets its fuzzy look from tiny trichome scales on its leaves, which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1.5'
Mature Width: 16"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Dark purple
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Paleacea 'Flaca' Air Plant

Tillandsia paleacea 'Flaca'

The Tillandsia paleacea 'Flaca' is a thinner form of Tillandsia paleacea. It has thin, wavy leaves that can quickly grow into clumps. Tillandsia paleacea 'Flaca' produces short, purple bracts with rose colored blooms. Like all air plants, it has tiny trichome scales on its leaves which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 5"-7"
Mature Width: 4"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Pink
Native To: Peru
History: New

Purple Frost Air Plant

Tillandsia Purple Frost

The Tillandsia Purple Frost is a hybrid species with semi-rigid foliage that curves that produces "pups" from the base of the bloom. The bloom bract is a deep burgundy and produces purple flowers. It gets its frosted appearance from tiny trichome scales on its leaves which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silvery pale green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Mexico, Guatemala
History: New

Recurvifolia v subsecundifolia Air Plant

Tillandsia recurvifolia v subsecundifolia

The Tillandsia recurvifolia v subsecundifolia has graceful, silvery foliage that can eventually form clumps the size of a basketball. It produces a curved, orange red bract with white flowers. It gets its frosted appearance from tiny trichome scales on its leaves which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 6"
Mature Width: 6"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: White
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Riohondoensis Air Plant

Tillandsia riohondoensis

The Tillandsia riohondoensis is an adaptable air plant. Though it is usually silver-green in color, it can turn to a peach blush with more sunlight. The inflorescence is also peach in color with deep purple tubular flowers. It gets its frosted appearance from tiny trichome scales on its leaves which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1'
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green, Peach
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Tillandsia stellifera

Tillandsia stellifera is a small species. It is densely covered in trichomes so it has a fluffy look, and it prefers bright light and a drier climate.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 4"-5"
Mature Width: 2"-3"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Light Green
Bloom Color: Pale purple
Native To: Peru
History: New

Straminea Air Plant

Tillandsia straminea

The Tillandsia straminea is often found growing among cacti in the deserts of Peru and Ecuador. It produces highly fragrant, cream colored flowers with purple edges. It gets its frosted appearance from tiny trichome scales on its leaves which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: Up to 2'
Mature Width: 8"-14"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Cream
Native To: Peru, Ecuador
History: New

Streptocarpa 'Orchid' Air Plant

Tillandsia streptocarpa 'Orchid'

The Tillandsia streptocarpa 'Orchid' produces a fragrant, purple bloom. It gets its frosted appearance from tiny trichome scales on its leaves which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 4-6"
Mature Width: 5-6"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
History: New

Tectorum v globosa Air Plant

Tillandsia tectorum v globosa

The Tillandsia tectorum v globosa is the "fuzziest" species of the Tillandsia genus. It gets its frosted appearance from tiny trichome scales on its leaves which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them. Its trichomes are more stretched out than other Tillandsia species to absorb as much moisture is possible in the dry climates they are native to.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 10"
Mature Width: 6"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Violet, White
Native To: Ecuador
History: New

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Pink Flowering Maple

Abutilon hybridum 'Wild Rose'

The pink flowering maple has lantern-like buds which open to solitary, cup-shaped flowers with five overlapping petals. Abutilons are part of the mallow family, which includes hibiscus and malva.

Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Height: 9'-10' in tropical areas; 2'-4' in cold areas
Mature Width: 2'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 10
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Pink, White, Red, Orange
Bloom Season: Seasonally
Native To: Hybrid; Garden origin
History: New

Green Aeonium

Aeonium urbicum

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 3'-6
Mature Width: 3'-6
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Light pink
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Canary Islands
History: New

Giant Bromeliad

Alcantarea imperialis 'Rubra'

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2'-4', 6' with flower spike
Mature Width: 4'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11
Colors: Dark purple, Red
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Brazil
History: New, Salvaged and Replanted

Sussex Gold Peruvian Lily

Alstroemeria 'Sussex Gold'

Sussex gold is a beautiful, yellow cultivar of the Peruvian lily that is native to Argentina and Chile. Peruvian lilies are widely available as cut flowers in a range of pinks, golds, and purples.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 2'-3'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 7a to 10b
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Peru
History: New

High Plateau Coconut Palm

Beccariophoenix alfredii

Plant Type: Palm tree
Mature Height: 30'-50'
Mature Width: 30'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Madagascar
History: New

Lana Begonia

Begonia 'Lana'

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 1.5'-2'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Greyish-green
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Year-round
Native To: Hybrid; Created by Peter P. Lee between 1965 and 1970
History: New

Cleopatra Canna

Canna 'Cleopatra'

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Colors: Green, Brown
Bloom Color: Yellow, Red
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: Semitropic areas of North and South America
History: New

Coffee

Coffea arabica

Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Height: 6'-15'
Mature Width: 6'-15'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Dark green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: May, June
Native To: Tropical Africa
History: New

Fairy Crassula

Crassula multicava

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: >1'
Mature Width: Spreads as space allows as ground cover
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11
Colors: Green, Red
Bloom Color: Pink, White
Bloom Season: Winter
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Lemon Grass

Cymbopogon citratus

Plant Type: Ornamental grass
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Colors: Light green
Bloom Season: Rare bloomer
Native To: Southern India, Sri Lanka
History: New

Dragon Tree

Dracaena marginata

Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Height: 15'-20'
Mature Width: 3'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Gray, Green, Red, Yellow,
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Seasonal bloomer
Native To: Madagascar, Mauritius
History: Salvaged and replaced

Sparkling Burgundy Pineapple Lily

Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy'

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1.5'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 6 to 9
Colors: Dark green with purple spots
Bloom Color: Whitish purple
Bloom Season: July, August
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Giant Leopard Plant

Farfugium japonicum var. giganteum

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 7 to 11
Colors: Shiny green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: Japan
History: Salvaged and replaced

Shaving Brush Bulb

Haemanthus albiflos

The shaving brush bulb has long, oblong, bright-green leaves. The flower head is compact and produces numerous narrow flowers. Its red berries, when ripe, produce a musty odor.

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 9"
Mature Width: 3.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 11b
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: White, Red, Pink
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: South Africa
History: Salvaged and replaced, new

Bloodleaf

Iresine rhizomatosa

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 5 to 8
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: August, September, October
Native To: Southeastern United States
History: New

Spotted Deadnettle

Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 6"-8"
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 3 to 8
Colors: Silvery white
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: May, June, July
Native To: Europe, North Africa, West Asia
History: New

Champaca

Michelia champaca aka Magnolia champaca

Plant Type: Evergreen tree
Mature Height: 25'-30'
Mature Width: 25'-30'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Year-round
Native To: India, Southwestern China, Indochina, Malaysia
History: New

Variegated Split Leaf Monstera

Monstera albo variegata

Plant Type: Vine
Mature Height: 75'
Mature Width: 3'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11
Colors: White, Green
Bloom Color: Green
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Mexico, Panama
History: Salvaged and replaced

Mexican Pepperleaf

Piper auritum

Plant Type: Evergreen shrub
Mature Height: 6'-10'
Mature Width: Can spread wide via rhizomes
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Colors: Medium green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: South America, Central America, Mexico
History: New

Sierran Palm

Prestoea acuminata

Plant Type: Shrub, tree
Mature Height: 18'-45'
Mature Width: 10'-12'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11
Colors: Green, Dark green, Purple, Violet, Reddish brown
Bloom Color: Pink, White
Native To: Tropical Americas
History: New

Elegant Palm

Ptychosperma elegans

Plant Type: Tree
Mature Height: 20'
Mature Width: 6'-8'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 10
Colors: Green-yellow
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Queensland
History: Preserved in place

Island Palm

Ptychosperma salomonense

Island palms are slender, single-trunked palms that are native to the tropical rainforests in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

Plant Type: Tree
Mature Height: 39'
Mature Width: 22'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10b
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White
Native To: New Guinea, Solomon Islands
History: New

Baileyi Air Plant

Tillandsia baileyi, viviparous form

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 5"
Mature Width: 8"
Sun Needed: Partial Shade
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Silver-green, Purple
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Texas
History: New

Bellissima Air Plant

Tillandsia bellissima

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2"
Mature Width: 6"
Sun Needed: Partial Shade
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Pale green
Bloom Color: Rose-pink, Lavender, White
Native To: California
History: New

Cardenasii Air Plant

Tillandsia cardenasii x pueblensis

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2"-4"
Mature Width: 2"-3"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Blue, White
Native To: Bolivia
History: New

Cereicola Air Plant

Tillandsia cereicola

Native to Ecuador and Peru, this plant has silver-green leaves that are arranged in a rosette. It sports dark purple flowers that bloom from a pink inflorescence.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 2.5"-3"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver, Gray-green
Bloom Color: Purple
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Ecuador, Peru
History: New

Chiapensis Air Plant

Tillandsia chiapensis

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 2.5"-3"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver, Gray-green
Bloom Color: Violet
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Chiapas, Mexico
History: New

Dark Star Air Plant

Tillandsia Dark Star

The Tillandisa Dark Star is a hybrid of the Tillandsia neglecta (dark burgundy clone) x stricta. It boasts long-lasting blooms if cared for with regular watering.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Sun Needed: Partial Shade
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Green, Maroon
Bloom Color: Pink, Pale purple
Native To: Mexico and Central America
History: New

Ehlersiana Air Plant

Tillandsia ehlersiana

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 4"-5"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Violet
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Heteromorpha Air Plant

Tillandsia heteromorpha v Rauhii

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1"-20"
Mature Width: 4"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Purple
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Peru
History: New

Latifolia Air Plant

Tillandsia latifolia

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 20"-30"
Mature Width: 8"-15"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Light green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Ecuador
History: New

Latifolia Air Plant, var. latifolia

Tillandsia latifolia var. latifolia

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 20"-30"
Mature Width: 15"-18"
Sun Needed: Partial Shade
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Orange, Red-orange
Native To: Ecuador, southern Peru
History: New

Majestic Rose Air Plant

Tillandsia Majestic Rose

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 16.5"-19"
Mature Width: 1.5"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Pale green, Rose
Bloom Color: Violet
Native To: Arizona
History: New

Mitlaensis Air Plant

Tillandsia mitlaensis

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1.5'
Mature Width: 16"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Dark purple
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Paleacea 'Flaca' Air Plant

Tillandsia paleacea 'Flaca'

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 5"-7"
Mature Width: 4"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Pink
Native To: Peru
History: New

Purple Frost Air Plant

Tillandsia Purple Frost

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silvery pale green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Mexico, Guatemala
History: New

Recurvifolia v subsecundifolia Air Plant

Tillandsia recurvifolia v subsecundifolia

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 6"
Mature Width: 6"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: White
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Riohondoensis Air Plant

Tillandsia riohondoensis

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1'
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green, Peach
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Tillandsia stellifera

Tillandsia stellifera is a small species. It is densely covered in trichomes so it has a fluffy look, and it prefers bright light and a drier climate.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 4"-5"
Mature Width: 2"-3"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Light Green
Bloom Color: Pale purple
Native To: Peru
History: New

Straminea Air Plant

Tillandsia straminea

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: Up to 2'
Mature Width: 8"-14"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Cream
Native To: Peru, Ecuador
History: New

Streptocarpa 'Orchid' Air Plant

Tillandsia streptocarpa 'Orchid'

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 4-6"
Mature Width: 5-6"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
History: New

Tectorum v globosa Air Plant

Tillandsia tectorum v globosa

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 10"
Mature Width: 6"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Violet, White
Native To: Ecuador
History: New

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Section C2

Sunburst Aeonium

Aeonium 'Sunburst'

Sunburst aeonium is a drought-tolerant plant that requires more water than other succulents due to its shallow root system. It is also known as "copper pinwheel" because of its copper coloring at the edges of the leaves. Sunburst aeonium is virtually pest- and disease-free.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 3'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Yellow, Pale green, Pink, Peach
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Mid-winter, Early spring
Native To: Canary Islands
History: New

Green Aeonium

Aeonium urbicum

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 3'-6
Mature Width: 3'-6
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Light pink
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Canary Islands
History: New

Giant Bromeliad

Alcantarea imperialis 'Rubra'

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2'-4', 6' with flower spike
Mature Width: 4'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11
Colors: Dark purple, Red
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Brazil
History: New, Salvaged and Replanted

Elephant's Ear

Alocasia sp.

Alocasias are noted for their large leaves (up to three feet long) that are shaped like elephant ears, hearts, or arrows. Alocasias can be variegated, meaning their foliage can have streaks of two or more colors. They are often grown as houseplants. The plant parts are poisonous if eaten and can irritate the skin if touched.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 2'-10'
Mature Width: 2'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Green, Copper, Burgundy, Silver
Bloom Color: Cream, White, Green
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Tropical and Subtropical Regions of Asia and Australia
History: New, Preserved in Place

Sussex Gold Peruvian Lily

Alstroemeria 'Sussex Gold'

Sussex gold is a beautiful, yellow cultivar of the Peruvian lily that is native to Argentina and Chile. Peruvian lilies are widely available as cut flowers in a range of pinks, golds, and purples.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 2'-3'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 7a to 10b
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Peru
History: New

Rancho Ruffles Anthurium

Anthurium 'Rancho Ruffles'

Also known as bird nest anthurium, rancho ruffles make attractive houseplants, but pet owners, beware: this plant is toxic to cats and dogs. The "flowers" are not really flowers, but spathes. These spathes are the longest-lasting flowers on earth.

Plant Type: Evergreen perennial
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 1.5'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10b
Colors: Cream, White
Bloom Color: Red, White, Pink, Purple
Bloom Season: Year- round
Native To: Central America, South America, Caribbean
History: New, Salvaged and Replanted

Paul Hernandez Begonia

Begonia 'Paul Hernandez'

The Paul Hernandez begonia's coloration can be enhanced by bright light and regular to occasional irrigation to avoid overwatering. This is a great plant for adding a tropical look to the landscape, though care should be taken to place in a location sheltered from the wind, which can tatter its beautiful foliage.

Plant Type: Shrub
Mature Height: 4'-8'
Mature Width: 4'-6'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11
Colors: Green, Orange, Red
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Winter, Spring
Native To: Hybrid; Created by Patrick Worley in 1981 by crossing Begonia luxurians with Begonia gehrtii
History: New

Fairy Crassula

Crassula multicava

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: >1'
Mature Width: Spreads as space allows as ground cover
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11
Colors: Green, Red
Bloom Color: Pink, White
Bloom Season: Winter
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Australian Tree Fern

Sphaeropteris cooperi

The Australian tree fern can reach heights of up to 50 feet. Individual fronds can reach 10-20 feet in length. The form resembles a martini glass with gracefully arching fronds emerging from a slim trunk. This plant is commonly grown as a houseplant or a container plant.

Plant Type: Evergreen fern
Mature Height: 15'-50'
Mature Width: 10'-20'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8b to 11b
Colors: Bright green
Native To: Australia
History: Preserved in place, salvaged and replaced

Australian Tree Fern

Cyathea sp.

There are more than 600 species of Cyathea. They are single-stemmed, with a crown of fern fronds. It is important to keep the stem misted to replicate their original cloudy, forest environment. Cyathea reproduce through spores that are produced on the underside of the fronds.

Plant Type: Tree fern
Mature Height: Up to 65'
Mature Width: Up to 20'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
Colors: Bright green
Native To: New Zealand and Australia
History: Preserved in place, salvaged and replaced

Maurelii Abyssinian Banana

Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii'

The Maurelii Abyssinian is a large plant that can grow up to 40 feet tall in the tropics. It is fast-growing, with bright olive-green, paddle-shaped leaves that have prominent midribs.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 8'-10', up to 40' in tropical environments
Mature Width: 6'-8'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Bright olive-green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Seasonal bloomer
Native To: Ethiopia
History: New

Giant Leopard Plant

Farfugium japonicum var. giganteum

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 7 to 11
Colors: Shiny green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: Japan
History: Salvaged and replaced

Shaving Brush Bulb

Haemanthus albiflos

The shaving brush bulb has long, oblong, bright-green leaves. The flower head is compact and produces numerous narrow flowers. Its red berries, when ripe, produce a musty odor.

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 9"
Mature Width: 3.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 11b
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: White, Red, Pink
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: South Africa
History: Salvaged and replaced, new

Variegated Hibiscus

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cooperii

Attractive to birds and hummingbirds, the variegated hibiscus has large, funnel-like flowers with showy stamens. The plant can be grown indoors and outdoors.

Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Height: 4'-10'
Mature Width: 5'-8'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Red, Dark red
Bloom Season: Seasonal bloomer
Native To: Tropical Asia, China
History: New

Laelia anceps 'Mendenhall' AM/AOS

Laelia anceps 'Mendenhall' AM/AOS is an orchid indigenous to Mexico that prefers bright to full sun. This variety first bloomed in 1988 and was the result of a spontaneous mutation found in a group of normal plants at a nursery.

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Pink, Purple
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Laelia anceps v. guerrero

Laelia anceps v. guerrero is an orchid indigenous to Mexico that prefers bright to full sun. Blooms are relatively smaller with rounded petals compared to other Laelia anceps varieties.

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Spotted Deadnettle

Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 6"-8"
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 3 to 8
Colors: Silvery white
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: May, June, July
Native To: Europe, North Africa, West Asia
History: New

Tropic Belle Mat Rush

Lomandra hystrix 'Tropic Belle'

The tropic belle mat rush is a clump-forming, grass-like plant with yellow-green leaves. The clumps spread slowly via rhizomes. It produces a yellow inflorescence with small fragrant flowers in the spring. This specific cultivar has all male flowers.

Plant Type: Grass
Mature Height: 2'-3'
Mature Width: 2'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8a
Colors: Yellow-green
Bloom Color: Pale yellow
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Australia
History: New

Swiss Cheese Plant

Monstera deliciosa

The Monstera deliciosa is a popular houseplant, but when it's grown in its natural habitat it can grow up to 70 feet tall. It starts its life as a terrestrial plant, turning epiphytic once it comes in contact with a tree it can climb. It typically does not flower or produce fruits as a houseplant, but outside it can produce a large fruits.

Plant Type: Vine
Mature Height: 70'
Mature Width: 6'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 12b
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: Green, White
Bloom Season: Indoor plants rarely flower
Native To: Mexico, Panama
History: Salvaged and replanted

Staghorn Fern

Platycerium sp.

Staghorn ferns are epiphytic ferns that are are native to various different rainforests. They tend to grow up high in the branches of trees where their roots take nutrition from organic matter trapped in the branch bends. They produce two kinds of fronds: sterile fronds at the base, which grow in overlapping layers and clasp onto a growing surface, and fertile fronds that are showy, green, and shaped like stag's antlers.

Plant Type: Fern
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 3'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11
Colors: Light green, Brown
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Tropical Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia
History: Salvaged and replanted

Plumeria

Plumeria sp.

Plumeria is a genus of eleven species native to tropical America. The different species have distinct forms and growth habits. The flowers are very fragrant, with a scent that has hints of jasmine, citrus, and gardenia. Plumeria flowers are used for making leis on the Pacific Islands.

Plant Type: Shrubs and small trees
Mature Height: 30'
Mature Width: 30'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10b to 11
Colors: Yellowish green
Bloom Color: Pink, Red, White, Yellow
Bloom Season: Spring, Early fall
Native To: Tropical America
History: New

Lady Palm

Rhapis excelsa

The lady palm is a tropical perennial in the palm family that naturally grows in the understory of wet forests. It is also a popular houseplant commonly used in interiorscapes. They are clustering palms that produce individual stems along underground rhizomes.

Plant Type: Shrub
Mature Height: 4'-12'
Mature Width: 6'-15'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11b
Colors: Glossy green
Bloom Color: Gold, Yellow
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: Southern China, Vietnam
History: Preserved in place

Baileyi Air Plant

Tillandsia baileyi, viviparous form

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 5"
Mature Width: 8"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Silver-green, Purple
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Texas
History: New

Cardenasii Air Plant

Tillandsia cardenasii x pueblensis

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2"-4"
Mature Width: 2"-3"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Blue, White
Native To: Bolivia
History: New

Fasciculata Air Plant

Tillandsia fasciculata (Costa Rica)

The Tillandsia fasciculata (Costa Rica) has an open rosette shape of very narrow, stiff leaves with an inflorescence of yellow branches. Its leaves are covered in tiny trichome scales, which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 4"-5"
Mature Width: 5"-9"
Sun Needed: Partial Shade
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Yellow-green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Native To: Costa Rica
History: New

Green Star Air Plant

Tillandsia araujei

The green star air plant is from Brazil, with stiff, olive leaves stemming out from a central rosette. It produces a pink bract with small purple, tri-petal flowers. Its leaves are covered in tiny trichome scales, which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 3"-6"
Mature Width: 5"-6"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Olive green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Ionantha var ionantha Air Plant

Tillandsia ionantha var. ionantha

The Tillandsia ionantha var. ionantha is native to Central America and Mexico. It has vibrant green leaves with beautiful pink and red blooms. It propagates through the production of "pups". Its leaves are covered in tiny trichome scales, which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2"-4"
Mature Width: 4"-8"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Red, Pink
Native To: Central America, Mexico
History: New

Ionantha var. stricta Air Plant

Tillandsia ionantha var. stricta

The Tillandsia ionantha var. stricta (formerly 'Rosita') is endemic to one region in Oaxaca, Mexico. It has vibrant green leaves and will maintain its deep red blushing color all year round given adequate light. It propagates through the production of "pups". Tillandsia ionantha var. stricta has leaves covered in tiny trichome scales, which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2"-4"
Mature Width: 4"-8"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Red
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Ionantha v. vanhyningii Air Plant

Tillandsia ionantha v. Vanhyningii

The Tillandsia ionantha v. Vanhyningii is native to the Sumidero Canyon of Chiapas, Mexico. It grows on steep limestone cliffs and can tolerate relatively strong sunlight. Tillandsia ionantha v. Vanhyningii has thick, silvery green leaves that grow on a stem-like column. This particular species is quite rare, so its "pups" are in high demand. It has an abundance of trichomes that give it a fuzzy texture. The trichomes open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 6"
Mature Width: 3"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green, Peach, Red
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Chiapas, Mexico
History: New

Latifolia Air Plant

Tillandsia latifolia

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 20"-30"
Mature Width: 8"-15"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Light green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Ecuador
History: New

Purple Frost Air Plant

Tillandsia Purple Frost

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'-3'
Sun Needed: Partial Shade
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silvery pale green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Mexico, Guatemala
History: New

Tillandsia stellifera

Tillandsia stellifera is a small species. It is densely covered in trichomes so it has a fluffy look, and it prefers bright light and a drier climate.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 4"-5"
Mature Width: 2"-3"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Light Green
Bloom Color: Pale purple
Native To: Peru
History: New

Streptocarpa 'Orchid' Air Plant

Tillandsia streptocarpa 'Orchid'

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 4-6"
Mature Width: 5-6"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
History: New

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Sunburst Aeonium

Aeonium 'Sunburst'

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 3'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Yellow, Pale green, Pink, Peach
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Mid-winter, Early spring
Native To: Canary Islands
History: New

Green Aeonium

Aeonium urbicum

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 3'-6
Mature Width: 3'-6
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Light pink
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Canary Islands
History: New

Giant Bromeliad

Alcantarea imperialis 'Rubra'

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2'-4', 6' with flower spike
Mature Width: 4'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11
Colors: Dark purple, Red
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Brazil
History: New, Salvaged and Replanted

Elephant's Ear

Alocasia sp.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 2'-10'
Mature Width: 2'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Green, Copper, Burgundy, Silver
Bloom Color: Cream, White, Green
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Tropical and Subtropical Regions of Asia and Australia
History: New, Preserved in Place

Sussex Gold Peruvian Lily

Alstroemeria 'Sussex Gold'

Sussex gold is a beautiful, yellow cultivar of the Peruvian lily that is native to Argentina and Chile. Peruvian lilies are widely available as cut flowers in a range of pinks, golds, and purples.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 2'-3'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 7a to 10b
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Peru
History: New

Rancho Ruffles Anthurium

Anthurium 'Rancho Ruffles'

Plant Type: Evergreen perennial
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 1.5'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10b
Colors: Cream, White
Bloom Color: Red, White, Pink, Purple
Bloom Season: Year- round
Native To: Central America, South America, Caribbean
History: New, Salvaged and Replanted

Paul Hernandez Begonia

Begonia 'Paul Hernandez'

Plant Type: Shrub
Mature Height: 4'-8'
Mature Width: 4'-6'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11
Colors: Green, Orange, Red
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Winter, Spring
Native To: Hybrid; Created by Patrick Worley in 1981 by crossing Begonia luxurians with Begonia gehrtii
History: New

Fairy Crassula

Crassula multicava

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: >1'
Mature Width: Spreads as space allows as ground cover
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11
Colors: Green, Red
Bloom Color: Pink, White
Bloom Season: Winter
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Australian Tree Fern

Sphaeropteris cooperi

Plant Type: Evergreen fern
Mature Height: 15'-50'
Mature Width: 10'-20'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8b to 11b
Colors: Bright green
Native To: Australia
History: Preserved in place, salvaged and replaced

Australian Tree Fern

Cyathea sp.

Plant Type: Tree fern
Mature Height: Up to 65'
Mature Width: Up to 20'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
Colors: Bright green
Native To: New Zealand and Australia
History: Preserved in place, salvaged and replaced

Maurelii Abyssinian Banana

Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii'

The Maurelii Abyssinian is a large plant that can grow up to 40 feet tall in the tropics. It is fast-growing, with bright olive-green, paddle-shaped leaves that have prominent midribs.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 8'-10', up to 40' in tropical environments
Mature Width: 6'-8'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Bright olive-green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Seasonal bloomer
Native To: Ethiopia
History: New

Giant Leopard Plant

Farfugium japonicum var. giganteum

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 7 to 11
Colors: Shiny green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: Japan
History: Salvaged and replaced

Shaving Brush Bulb

Haemanthus albiflos

The shaving brush bulb has long, oblong, bright-green leaves. The flower head is compact and produces numerous narrow flowers. Its red berries, when ripe, produce a musty odor.

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 9"
Mature Width: 3.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 11b
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: White, Red, Pink
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: South Africa
History: Salvaged and replaced, new

Variegated Hibiscus

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cooperii

Attractive to birds and hummingbirds, the variegated hibiscus has large, funnel-like flowers with showy stamens. The plant can be grown indoors and outdoors.

Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Height: 4'-10'
Mature Width: 5'-8'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Red, Dark red
Bloom Season: Seasonal bloomer
Native To: Tropical Asia, China
History: New

Laelia anceps 'Mendenhall' AM/AOS

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Pink, Purple
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Laelia anceps v. guerrero

Laelia anceps v. guerrero is an orchid indigenous to Mexico that prefers bright to full sun. Blooms are relatively smaller with rounded petals compared to other Laelia anceps varieties.

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Spotted Deadnettle

Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 6"-8"
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 3 to 8
Colors: Silvery white
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: May, June, July
Native To: Europe, North Africa, West Asia
History: New

Tropic Belle Mat Rush

Lomandra hystrix 'Tropic Belle'

Plant Type: Grass
Mature Height: 2'-3'
Mature Width: 2'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8a
Colors: Yellow-green
Bloom Color: Pale yellow
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Australia
History: New

Swiss Cheese Plant

Monstera deliciosa

Plant Type: Vine
Mature Height: 70'
Mature Width: 6'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 12b
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: Green, White
Bloom Season: Indoor plants rarely flower
Native To: Mexico, Panama
History: Salvaged and replanted

Staghorn Fern

Platycerium sp.

Plant Type: Fern
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 3'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11
Colors: Light green, Brown
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Tropical Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia
History: Salvaged and replanted

Plumeria

Plumeria sp.

Plant Type: Shrubs and small trees
Mature Height: 30'
Mature Width: 30'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10b to 11
Colors: Yellowish green
Bloom Color: Pink, Red, White, Yellow
Bloom Season: Spring, Early fall
Native To: Tropical America
History: New

Lady Palm

Rhapis excelsa

Plant Type: Shrub
Mature Height: 4'-12'
Mature Width: 6'-15'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11b
Colors: Glossy green
Bloom Color: Gold, Yellow
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: Southern China, Vietnam
History: Preserved in place

Baileyi Air Plant

Tillandsia baileyi, viviparous form

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 5"
Mature Width: 8"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Silver-green, Purple
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Texas
History: New

Cardenasii Air Plant

Tillandsia cardenasii x pueblensis

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2"-4"
Mature Width: 2"-3"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Blue, White
Native To: Bolivia
History: New

Fasciculata Air Plant

Tillandsia fasciculata (Costa Rica)

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 4"-5"
Mature Width: 5"-9"
Sun Needed: Partial Shade
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Yellow-green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Native To: Costa Rica
History: New

Green Star Air Plant

Tillandsia araujei

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 3"-6"
Mature Width: 5"-6"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Olive green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Ionantha var ionantha Air Plant

Tillandsia ionantha var. ionantha

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2"-4"
Mature Width: 4"-8"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Red, Pink
Native To: Central America, Mexico
History: New

Ionantha var. stricta Air Plant

Tillandsia ionantha var. stricta

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2"-4"
Mature Width: 4"-8"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Red
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Ionantha v. vanhyningii Air Plant

Tillandsia ionantha v. Vanhyningii

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 6"
Mature Width: 3"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green, Peach, Red
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Chiapas, Mexico
History: New

Latifolia Air Plant

Tillandsia latifolia

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 20"-30"
Mature Width: 8"-15"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Light green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Ecuador
History: New

Purple Frost Air Plant

Tillandsia Purple Frost

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'-3'
Sun Needed: Partial Shade
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silvery pale green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Mexico, Guatemala
History: New

Tillandsia stellifera

Tillandsia stellifera is a small species. It is densely covered in trichomes so it has a fluffy look, and it prefers bright light and a drier climate.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 4"-5"
Mature Width: 2"-3"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Light Green
Bloom Color: Pale purple
Native To: Peru
History: New

Streptocarpa 'Orchid' Air Plant

Tillandsia streptocarpa 'Orchid'

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 4-6"
Mature Width: 5-6"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
History: New

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Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris 'Banksianum'

Adaptable to different types of environments, the maidenhair fern does best in indirect sun. Its name comes from the Greek word 'adiantos' meaning unwettable, which references the fronds ability to shed water. The maidenhair fern can be grown almost anywhere that provides suitable growing conditions.

Plant Type: Perennial fern
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 6a to 9b
Colors: Gold, Green
Bloom Color: No flowers
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Temperate and tropical regions worldwide
History: New

Green Aeonium

Aeonium urbicum

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 3'-6
Mature Width: 3'-6
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Light pink
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Canary Islands
History: New

Dwarf Red Ginger

Alpinia purpurata 'Red Dwarf'

Dwarf red ginger is native to the South Pacific and grows best in rich soil and wet habitats. It is a perennial flower that can bloom year-round, though it primarily blooms in the summer. Hawaiian royalty wore leis of red ginger flowers for important ceremonies.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 3'-15'
Mature Width: 2'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Red
Bloom Season: Year-round
Native To: Caledonia, New Hebrides, Yap, British Solomon Islands, Protectorate, Bismarck Archipelago, and Bougainville
History: New

Anthurium metallicum

All parts of this anthurium contain calcium oxalate crystals. It is toxic to cats and dogs, so not a good choice as a houseplant for pet owners.

Plant Type: Evergreen perennial
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 11b
Colors: Green
Native To: Colombian rainforests
History: New

Freddie Begonia

Begonia 'Freddie'

Freddie begonia is a giant-leafed, rhizomatous begonia with rounded leaves that are glossy green on top and red underneath. The intermittent, branched flower spikes can be present year round in a mild climate and are held above the foliage with bright reddish pink flowers.

Plant Type: Evergreen Perennial
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 2'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Year-round
Native To: North America
History: Salvaged and Replanted

Joyful Jasper Tuberous Begonia

Begonia 'Joyful Jasper'

The joyful jasper tuberous begonia is a very attractive plant for container gardening, use in landscape beds, or as an indoor plant. It has pale pink flowers.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8
Colors: Red-pink
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Hybrid; Created by J. Berry Nursery of Grand Saline, Texas
History: New

Lana Begonia

Begonia 'Lana'

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 1.5'-2'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Greyish-green
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Year-round
Native To: Hybrid; Created by Peter P. Lee between 1965 and 1970
History: New

Paul Hernandez Begonia

Begonia 'Paul Hernandez'

Plant Type: Shrub
Mature Height: 4'-8'
Mature Width: 4'-6'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11
Colors: Green, Orange, Red
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Winter, Spring
Native To: Hybrid; Created by Patrick Worley in 1981 by crossing Begonia luxurians with Begonia gehrtii
History: New

Chinese Ground Orchid

Bletilla striata

The Chinese ground orchid is a terrestrial orchid that produces small, cattleya-like, pinkish-purple flowers. Each pseudobulb typically produces three to five linear, pleated, papery-textured, sword-shaped, pale green leaves. Foliage dies to the ground in winter.

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 1'-1.5'
Mature Width: .5'-1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 5 to 9
Colors: Green, Brown
Bloom Color: Pinkish-purple
Bloom Season: April, May
Native To: China and Japan
History: New

Bamboo Cycad

Ceratozamia hildae

The bamboo cycad is a unique fast-growing cycad with pairs of lime-green leaflets. In its natural habitat it is usually solitary, but in cultivation many can grow together as a clump that ends up looking bush-like. The common name "bamboo cycad" is in reference to this plant's perceived resemblance to bamboo with clumps of upright leaves bearing fasculated leaflets.

Plant Type: Cycad
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 2-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Lime Green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Stolon Palm

Chamaedorea stolonifera

The stolon palm has the ability to grow indoors or outdoors with the right light conditions. It produces clusters of yellow flowers and black fruit when grown outdoors.

Plant Type: Evergreen tree
Mature Height: 3'-6'
Mature Width: 3-8'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Green
Native To: Southeast Mexico
History: Salvaged and replaced

Bush Lily

Clivia miniata (orange)

The bush lily is a clump-forming plant with stocky rhizomes. It has long bright green leaves that produce flower stems, which are topped with funnel-shaped flowers ranging in color from yellow to nearly red. After flowering, the bush lily produces red berries. It generally takes three years for bush lilies to flower; they produce long blooms that can be used for cut flowers.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 1.5'-2'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: Yellow, Orange, Red
Bloom Season: Seasonal bloomer
Native To: South Africa, Swaziland
History: Salvaged and replaced

Giant crinum

Crinum asiaticum

Giant crinum is native to tropical Asia but has been widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas around the world. It produces fragrant, long tubed, six-petaled lily-like flowers in large clusters. The blooms are white.

Plant Type: Perennial bulb
Mature Height: 4'-6'
Mature Width: 4'-6'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: Tropical Asia
History: New

Australian Tree Fern

Sphaeropteris cooperi

Plant Type: Evergreen fern
Mature Height: 15'-50'
Mature Width: 10'-20'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8b to 11b
Colors: Bright green
Native To: Australia
History: Preserved in place, salvaged and replaced

Australian Tree Fern

Cyathea sp.

Plant Type: Tree fern
Mature Height: Up to 65'
Mature Width: Up to 20'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
Colors: Bright green
Native To: New Zealand and Australia
History: Preserved in place, salvaged and replaced

Low's Boat Orchid

Cymbidium iowianum

Low's boat orchid is a large lithophytic or epiphytic orchid that prefers cooler conditions. It has linear leaves and apple-green flowers with a dark red edge that form along its arching stems.

Plant Type: Perennial herb
Mature Height: 1.5'-3'
Mature Width: 1.5'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Apple green
Bloom Color: Apple green, Dark red edge
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: China
History: New

Tracy's Cymbidium

Cymbidium tracyanum

Tracy's cymbidium is found in China, Thailand and Myanmar growing on tree trunks and damp rocks at elevations of 4000 to 6000 feet. It is a large growing epiphyte that needs year-round watering. It produces a strong peach-like scent in the fall and early winter

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Medium green
Bloom Color: Bronze with red spots
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: China, Thailand, Myanmar
History: Edit

Chestnut Dioon

Dioon edule

The chestnut dioon, or virgin's palm, is a slow-growing, palm-like evergreen best grown in moist, gritty, well-drained soil. Young leaves have "teeth" at the tips which disappear as the leaf matures. Established chestnut dioons are drought tolerant. The seeds of this plant are edible if cooked.

Plant Type: Evergreen cycad
Mature Height: 6'-8'
Mature Width: 4'-6'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: Zones 9 to 11 and possibly 8 with protection
Colors: Gray-green, Blue-green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Mexico
History: Salvaged and replaced, new

Poor Man's Cycad

Encephalartos villosus

The poor man's cycad is often found growing in clusters. The stem usually grows underground. The young leaves are densely covered with white hairs, while the mature leaves are dark glossy green on the top. It is a fast grower and in five to eight years will develop into a substantial plant.

Plant Type: Shrub
Mature Height: 15.7'
Mature Width: 9.8"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
Colors: Dark green, red
Bloom Color: Yellow cones
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: South Africa
History: Salvaged and replaced

Sparkling Burgundy Pineapple Lily

Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy'

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1.5'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 6 to 9
Colors: Dark green with purple spots
Bloom Color: Whitish purple
Bloom Season: July, August
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Roxburgh Fig

Ficus auriculata

The Roxburgh fig is often found growing along stream banks and may have more than one trunk. Like most figs, it relies on fig wasps for pollination. Its fruits form as large clusters on the trunk, on branches, and on the roots.

Plant Type: Perennial evergreen
Mature Height: 6'-10'
Mature Width: 7'-15'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Gold-yellow, Green. Brown fruit
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: India, Vietnam, Myanmar and Southwest China
History: Preserved in place

Dr. Moy Variegated Ginger Lily

Hedychium 'Dr. Moy'

Dr. Moy variegated ginger lilies bloom for nearly half the year, making them a great choice for tropical and subtropical gardens. Dr. Moy variegated ginger lilies have leaves splashed with "paint streaks" of white. The flowers are fragrant, and the blooms last nearly two weeks.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 2'-5'
Mature Width: 3'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Colors: Variegated leaves
Bloom Color: Orange
Bloom Season: Late spring, Summer, Early fall
Native To: Hybrid; Created by Dr. Moy at San Antonio Botanical Gardens
History: New

Bloodleaf

Iresine rhizomatosa

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 5 to 8
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: August, September, October
Native To: Southeastern United States
History: New

Yellow Justica

Justicia aurea

The yellow justica has tubular, bright yellow flowers that bloom in torch-like plumes atop flower stems that rise from its leaves. The flowers are attractive to hummingbirds.

Plant Type: Broadleaf perennial
Mature Height: 4'-8'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: None
USDA Zones: 8b
Colors: Dark green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: July, August
Native To: Mexico and Central America
History: New

Two-Edged Laelia

Laelia anceps

Laelia anceps is an orchid indigenous to Mexico that prefers bright to full sun. It produces a vanilla-like fragrance on sunny days.

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White, Pink, Purple
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Laelia anceps 'Pale L&R'

Laelia anceps 'Pale L&R' is an orchid indigenous to Mexico that prefers bright to full sun.

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Pink-purple
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Laelia anceps ssp. dawsonii

Laelia anceps ssp.dawsonii is an orchid indigenous to Mexico that prefers bright to full sun.

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Creamy white
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Superb Laelia

Laelia superbiens

Laelia superbiens is an orchid indigenous to Mexico that prefers bright to full sun. This large orchid is easily recognizable by its very tall inflorescence, and its callused lip, which is unique among Laelias.

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White, Pink
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Spotted Deadnettle

Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 6"-8"
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 3 to 8
Colors: Silvery white
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: May, June, July
Native To: Europe, North Africa, West Asia
History: New

Silver Squill

Ledebouria socialis

The silver squill is a geophyte grown for its colorful foliage. It is native to the dry savannas of the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is poisonous to humans.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 6"-10"
Mature Width: 6"-10"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Reddish-green
Bloom Color: Greenish white
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Mango

Mangifera indica

Mango trees can reach heights of 100 feet. Leaves start green and turn a tan-brown color as they age, returning to a deep green color at maturity. The mango fruit is widely cultivated across the world. Along with their delicious taste, mangos have a variety of medicinal uses such as treatment of stomach issues and use as an antiviral or antibacterial.

Plant Type: Tree
Mature Height: 50'-100'
Mature Width: 20'-50'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Green, Gray, Brown
Bloom Color: Pale green. Pink, Red
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: India
History: Preserved in place

Lemon Lime Prayer Plant

Maranta leuconeura 'Lemon Lime'

The prayer plant has the unique habit of folding its leaves each night, giving it its nickname. It is a low-maintenance house plant preferring indirect light.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 6'-12'
Mature Width: 6'-12'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: South America
History: New

Malaysian Grapes

Medinilla myriantha

Malaysian grapes are easy-to-grow air plants with bright, showy clusters of flowers.

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 11
Colors: Green, Pink, Purple
Bloom Color: Light pink, Purple
Bloom Season: Fall, Spring, Summer
Native To: Southeast Asia
History: Salvaged and replaced

Firespike

Odontonema strictum

The firespike is an evergreen shrub with vertical stems of wavy, glossy leaves. In the summer and fall bright red flowers bloom on terminal spikes above the foliage. Firespike will bloom for extended periods of time in areas without frost.

Plant Type: Evergreen shrub
Mature Height: 8'-12'
Mature Width: 6'-12'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8
Colors: Deep green
Bloom Color: Red
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Bent Oncidium

Oncidium incurvum

The bent oncidium is found in Mexico and Nicaragua in evergreen cloud forests and upper mountain rain forests at altitudes of 4000 to 7000 feet. It gets its name from the inward curve of the petals when blooming. The petals tend to straighten out over time.

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 18'
Mature Width: 3'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Pink, White, Purple
Bloom Season: March, April
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Mexican Pepperleaf

Piper auritum

Plant Type: Evergreen shrub
Mature Height: 6'-10'
Mature Width: Can spread wide via rhizomes
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Colors: Medium green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: South America, Central America, Mexico
History: New

Tongue Fern

Pyrrosia lingua

The tongue fern is a slow growing, evergreen fern. Its fronds grow upright with hairs that give it a soft, felty feel. Tongue ferns are often found growing on tree trunks, logs, and rocks; however they can also be grown well as houseplants.

Plant Type: Fern
Mature Height: 8"-1'
Mature Width: 1'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 6a to 10b
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: China, South Korea, Taiwan
History: New

Blood Lily

Scadoxus (Haemanthus) multiflorus

The blood lily is a perennial bulb that produces six to seven bright green leaves and one flower head per season. The leaves are arranged in a spiral, and the flower head is spherical with tiny red florets. It is typically grown as a houseplant.

Plant Type: Perennial bulb
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 9"-1.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11b
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: Gold, Yellow, Pink, Burgundy
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Africa, Arabian Peninsula
History: New

Orchid

Sobralia caloglossa

The Sobralia caloglossa produces robust leafy canes with small, coppery flowers that last up to eight days in bloom. They require ample moisture and can handle frost.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: Copper
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: Peru
History: New

Bellissima Air Plant

Tillandsia bellissima

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2"
Mature Width: 6"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Pale green
Bloom Color: Rose-pink, Lavender, White
Native To: California
History: New

Green Star Air Plant

Tillandsia araujei

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 3"-6"
Mature Width: 5"-6"
Sun Needed: Partial Shade
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Olive green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Heteromorpha Air Plant

Tillandsia heteromorpha v Rauhii

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1"-20"
Mature Width: 4"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Purple
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Peru
History: New

Ionantha var. ionantha Air Plant

Tillandsia ionantha var. ionantha

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2"-4"
Mature Width: 4"-8"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Red, Pink
Native To: Central America, Mexico
History: New

Straminea Air Plant

Tillandsia straminea

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: Up to 2'
Mature Width: 8"-14"
Sun Needed: Partial Shade
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Pale green
Bloom Color: Cream
Native To: Peru, Ecuador
History: New

Snowflake Aralia

Trevesia palmata

The snowflake aralia is an evergreen tree with few or no side branches. It is topped with a crown of leaves that span one to two feet and form a shape similar to a snowflake. In the spring, the snowflake aralia blooms, displaying yellow flowers. These flowers then become half inch fruits in tight, ball-like clusters.

Plant Type: Evergreen tree
Mature Height: 15'-20'
Mature Width: 8'-12'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: Vietnam
History: New

Forest Lily

Veltheimia bracteata

The forest lily gets its name from its native habitat in forested and coastal scrub areas of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Each bulb produces a fountain-like basal rosette of glossy green leaves. During the winter through the early spring the forest lily produces pink, drooping, tubular flowers in dense spikes, which are attractive to hummingbirds.

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 1.5'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-1.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Winter, Spring
Native To: South Africa
History: Salvaged and replanted

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Green Aeonium

Aeonium urbicum

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 3'-6
Mature Width: 3'-6
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Light pink
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Canary Islands
History: New

Giant Bromeliad

Alcantarea imperialis 'Rubra'

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2'-4', 6' with flower spike
Mature Width: 4'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11
Colors: Dark purple, Red
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Brazil
History: New, Salvaged and Replanted

Regal Shields Elephant's Ear

Alocasia 'Regal Shields'

Regal shields elephant's ear is a seasonal perennial that makes a good houseplant. The aptly named leaves have a dark green upper leaf surface with maroon-purple and light greenish-yellow veins on the reverse side.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 1'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a
Colors: Dark green, Light green, Maroon
Bloom Color: Light green, White
Bloom Season: Seasonal
Native To: Hybrid; Created in United States
History: New

Anthurium metallicum

All parts of this anthurium contain calcium oxalate crystals. It is toxic to cats and dogs, so not a good choice as a houseplant for pet owners.

Plant Type: Evergreen perennial
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 11b
Colors: Green
Native To: Colombian rainforests
History: New

Anthurium

Anthurium sp.

These showy, tropical plants are prized for their long-lasting, heart-shaped flowers, which can bloom white green or yellow and have an orange, pink, red, or white spath. They are often used as houseplants. There are around 1,300 species of anthuriums.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial, epiphyte
Mature Height: 1'-3.5'
Mature Width: 9"-12"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White, Green, Yellow
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Caribbean, Central and South America
History: New

Joyful Jasper Tuberous Begonia

Begonia 'Joyful Jasper'

The joyful jasper tuberous begonia is a very attractive plant for container gardening, use in landscape beds, or as an indoor plant. It has pale pink flowers.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8
Colors: Red-pink
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Hybrid; Created by J. Berry Nursery of Grand Saline, Texas
History: New

Lana Begonia

Begonia 'Lana'

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 1.5'-2'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Greyish-green
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Year-round
Native To: Hybrid; Created by Peter P. Lee between 1965 and 1970
History: New

White Richmondensis Begonia

Begonia acutifolia

The begonia acutifolia is a small shrub with a moderate growth rate and long, dark-green leaves with red undersides. Clusters of delicate, white flowers dangle from the branch tips throughout the year, making it a very nice container or hanging basket plant.

Plant Type: Evergreen perennial
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Year-round
Native To: Jamaica
History: New

Begonia

Begonia sp.

Begonias are found as forest understory plants in their native habitats. They are also grown as houseplants, herbaceous perennials, or annual bedding plants. The various begonia species have a wide variety of foliage and flower colors.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 8" -2'
Mature Width: 9"-1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
Colors: Brown, Copper, Gold, Yellow, Gray, Silver, Green, Purple, Lavender, White
Bloom Color: Gold, Yellow, Orange, Pink, Red, Burgundy, White
Bloom Season: Fall, Summer
Native To: Tropics & Subtropics of Central and South America, Africa, Asia
History: Salvaged and replanted

Chinese Ground Orchid

Bletilla striata

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 1'-1.5'
Mature Width: .5'-1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 5 to 9
Colors: Green, Brown
Bloom Color: Pinkish-purple
Bloom Season: April, May
Native To: China and Japan
History: New

Warty Brassia

Brassia verrucosa

Brassia verrucosa is an epiphytic orchid native to Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, and Brazil.

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: April, May, June, July, August, September
Native To: Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, and Brazil.
History: New

Red Angel's Trumpet

Brugmansia sanguinea

The red angel's trumpet is a semi-evergreen, tropical shrub or tree with narrow, red, trumpet-shaped flowers. During its bloom season, the plant will produce up to 40 flowers at a time and attracts hummingbirds. All parts of the plant are considered highly toxic if ingested and sap may be an irritant.

Plant Type: Shrub or small tree
Mature Height: 8'-12'
Mature Width: 6'-8'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Yellow-green
Bloom Color: Red
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall, Winter
Native To: South America
History: New

Bamboo Cycad

Ceratozamia hildae

Plant Type: Cycad
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 2-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Lime Green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Bush Lily

Clivia miniata var. citrina (yellow)

The yellow bush lily is an evergreen bulb-like perennial that forms in clumps. It has narrow, dark green leaves. Usually an orange flowering plant, this yellow-blooming variety flowers from the mid- to late-winter to early spring. After flowering, the plant can produce showy yellow fruit.

Plant Type: Evergreen perennial
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 11b
Colors: Dark green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Seasonal bloomer
Native To: Kwazulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and Swaziland in South Africa
History: Salvaged and replaced

Waikiki Taro Plant

Colocasia esculenta 'Waikiki'

The Waikiki taro plant has large, shield-shaped leaves. These leaves unfold to reveal bright green veins that later turn to white and flamingo pink. This specific cultivar has naturalized through many tropical regions, but it is thought to have originated in Southeast Asia. The Waikiki taro plant is commonly produced as a food crop, and it is often called taro. It rarely blooms, but when it does its flowers are yellowish-white.

Plant Type: Perennial bulb
Mature Height: 3'-6'
Mature Width: 3'-6'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 10
Colors: Green, Pink
Bloom Color: Yellowish-white
Bloom Season: Rare bloomer
Native To: Southeast Asia and cultivated in Hawaii
History: New

Electric Pink Cabbage Palm

Cordyline banksii 'Electric Pink'

The electric pink cabbage palm is an outrageously bright pink-colored plant with maroon leaves with a hot pink border. This tree prefers well-drained soil and is hardy in coastal regions. It requires more irrigation in inland areas.

Plant Type: Tree
Mature Height: 6'-10'
Mature Width: 3'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 10
Colors: Red, Purple
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: New Zealand
History: New

Giant crinum

Crinum asiaticum

Plant Type: Perennial bulb
Mature Height: 4'-6'
Mature Width: 4'-6'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: Tropical Asia
History: New

Queen Sago

Cycas circinalis

The queen sago resembles a palm tree. It has a short, dark brown trunk topped with arching green, feathery leaves. Queen sagos are slow growing, but they are prized for the tropical look they bring to any landscape they are added to. It is easy to care for and can be used as a container plant.

Plant Type: Cycad
Mature Height: 6'-15'
Mature Width: 8'-12'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Medium green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Southern India
History: Salvaged and replaced

Madagascar Sago

Cycas thouarsii

The Madagascar sago is large, fast-growing cycad that can grow up to 30 feet tall in the tropic. Its leaves can grow to be up to 10 feet long. Madagascar sagos cultivated in California are slower growing and likely will not reach the same mature height as Madagascar sagos grown in their native region.

Plant Type: Cycad
Mature Height: 4'-8'
Mature Width: 6'-8'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b or higher
Colors: Medium green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Madagascar and eastern Africa
History: Salvaged and replaced

Low's Boat Orchid

Cymbidium iowianum

Low's boat orchid is a large lithophytic or epiphytic orchid that prefers cooler conditions. It has linear leaves and apple-green flowers with a dark red edge that form along its arching stems.

Plant Type: Perennial herb
Mature Height: 1.5'-3'
Mature Width: 1.5'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Apple green
Bloom Color: Apple green, Dark red edge
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: China
History: New

Green Cardamom

Elettaria cardamomum

Cardamom is an aromatic evergreen. It is a member of the ginger family and has been traded for over 1,000 years. The seeds and pods are used to flavor dishes and drinks. Known as the “queen of spices,” cardamom is grown for its fruit in tropical climates, and as an ornamental plant in other areas for its fragrant leaves.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 6'-15'
Mature Width: 4'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 13
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Yellow, Gold, White
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: Southern India
History: New

Prickly Cycad

Encephalartos altensteinii

The prickly cycad is a slow-growing evergreen with palm-like foliage. In its early years, the plant appears trunkless; over time, a stiff trunk begins to develop with spiny, bright green leaves whorled into into a stiff upright crown. A prickly cycad collected in South Africa and sent to Kew Gardens in 1773 is still alive, and is today considered to be one of the oldest potted plants in the world.

Plant Type: Evergreen cycad
Mature Height: 10'-20'
Mature Width: 8'-15'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: South Africa
History: Salvaged and replaced

Sparkling Burgundy Pineapple Lily

Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy'

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1.5'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 6 to 9
Colors: Dark green with purple spots
Bloom Color: Whitish purple
Bloom Season: July, August
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Clown Fig

Ficus aspera

Showy variegated leaves and fruits make the clown fig an attractive addition to the garden. It originates in the South Pacific on the islands of the Republic of Vanuatu.

Plant Type: Shrub
Mature Height: 10'-16'
Mature Width: 8'-12'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Colors: Broad green leaves with splashes of white
Native To: South Pacific
History: Salvaged and replaced

Tree Fuchsia

Fuchsia arborescens

The tree fuchsia is generally grown as an ornamental shrub or small tree. Although fuchsia berries are edible, most are not particularly tasty and are sparsely produced on plants.

Plant Type: Deciduous or evergreen shrub or tree
Mature Height: 5'-8'
Mature Width: 5'-8'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Pink, Purple
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Mexico and Guatemala
History: New

Parrot Heliconia, Parakeet Flower, Parrot's Plantain

Heliconia psittacorum

An ever-blooming plant that is very attractive to hummingbirds, the parakeet flower looks a little like a pink bird of paradise. It reproduces by rhizomes and is a hardy choice for tropical gardens.

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 3'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 13
Colors: Dark green
Bloom Color: Red, White
Bloom Season: Winter, Early summer
Native To: Lesser Antilles to northern South America
History: Salvaged and replaced

Two-Edged Laelia

Laelia anceps

Laelia anceps is an orchid indigenous to Mexico that prefers bright to full sun. It produces a vanilla-like fragrance on sunny days.

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White, Pink, Purple
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Spotted Deadnettle

Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 6"-8"
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 3 to 8
Colors: Silvery white
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: May, June, July
Native To: Europe, North Africa, West Asia
History: Europe, North Africa, West Asia

Licuala peltata var. sumwongii

Licuala peltata var. sumwongii is a solitary, mid-sized fan palm. It has a short trunk and large, flat, undivided leaves.

Plant Type: Palm
Mature Height: 9'-16'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 11
Colors: Dark green, brown
Bloom Color: Cream, White
Bloom Season: Late spring, Early summer
Native To: Malaysia and Southern Thailand
History: New

Elegant Fan Palm

Licuala peltata

The elegant fan palm is a solitary, moderately-sized fan palm with a short trunk. It may have up to 12-15 huge, flat, undivided dark green leaves.

Plant Type: Palm
Mature Height: 7'-10'
Mature Width: 5'-7'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 11
Colors: Dark green
Bloom Color: Greenish-white
Bloom Season: Late spring, Early summer
Native To: Myanmar, India, Malaysia
History: New

Walking Iris

Neomarica caerulea

The walking iris is an evergreen perennial with strikingly beautiful flowers that appear well above the foliage. The bright violet-blue petals only open for a day, but succeed each other in flushes so that it gives a good show over a long period of time.

Plant Type: Evergreen perennial
Mature Height: 4'-5'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a
Colors: Grey-green
Bloom Color: Violet-blue
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Winterbourn Philodendron

Philodendron 'Xanadu'

The winterbourn philodendron has large, green leaves. It is well adapted to the shade of trees and can make a nice tall groundcover.

Plant Type: Perennial shrub
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 4'-6'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Dark grey-green
Bloom Color: Green
Bloom Season: Year-round
Native To: Brazil and Paraguay
History: New

Tongue Fern

Pyrrosia lingua

Plant Type: Fern
Mature Height: 8"-1'
Mature Width: 1'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 6a to 10b
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: China, South Korea, Taiwan
History: New

Blood Lily

Scadoxus (Haemanthus) multiflorus

Plant Type: Perennial bulb
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 9"-1.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11b
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: Gold, Yellow, Pink, Burgundy
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Africa, Arabian Peninsula
History: New

Bellissima Air Plant

Tillandsia bellissima

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2"
Mature Width: 6"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Pale green
Bloom Color: Rose-pink, Lavender, White
Native To: California
History: New

Fasciculata Air Plant

Tillandsia fasciculata (Costa Rica)

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 4"-5"
Mature Width: 5"-9"
Sun Needed: Partial Shade
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Yellow-green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Native To: Costa Rica
History: New

Ionantha var. ionantha Air Plant

Tillandsia ionantha var. ionantha

The Tillandsia ionantha is native to Central America and Mexico. It has vibrant green leaves with beautiful pink and red blooms. It propagates through the production of "pups". Its leaves are covered in tiny trichome scales, which open to absorb moisture and nutrients from the air and then close to retain them.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2"-4"
Mature Width: 4"-8"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Red, Pink
Native To: Central America, Mexico
History: New

Latifolia Air Plant

Tillandsia latifolia

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 20"-30"
Mature Width: 8"-15"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Light green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Ecuador
History: New

Purple Frost Air Plant

Tillandsia Purple Frost

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silvery pale green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Mexico, Guatemala
History: New

Somnians Air Plant

Tillandsia somnians

The Tillandsia somnians grows terrestrially (in soil) unlike other Tillandsia air plants. "Pups" grow off the long bloom spike that produces purple flowers, which are protected by red bracts, which are specialized leaves that protect the flower.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 6"
Mature Width: 13"-18"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Green, Red
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Peru
History: New

Unidentified Palm Cluster

Sun Needed: Full Sun

Snowflake Aralia

Trevesia palmata

Plant Type: Evergreen tree
Mature Height: 15'-20'
Mature Width: 8'-12'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: Vietnam
History: New

Forest Lily

Veltheimia bracteata

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 1.5'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-1.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Winter, Spring
Native To: South Africa
History: Salvaged and replanted

Red Chestnut Bromeliad

Vriesea fosteriana 'Red Chestnut'

Red chestnut bromeliads have glossy green leaves with white stripes that begin to turn rust red as the plant ages. The base of the leaves form a cup where they attach to the stem where they collect water. It is monocarpic, meaning it flowers only once in its life right before it dies. The plant is also epiphytic, meaning it absorbs nutrients from the air.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1'
Mature Width: 2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a
Colors: Green, White, Rust-red
Bloom Color: White, Green, Red spots
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Nova Bromeliad

Vriesea gigantea var. seideliana

The nova bromeliad has many leaves formed around a funnelform rosette. It produces greenish-yellow flowers in the winter. It thrives in high humidity and should be watered regularly.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 6'
Mature Width: 2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Greenish-yellow
Bloom Season: Winter
Native To: Brazil
History: New

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Section E3

Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris 'Banksianum'

Plant Type: Perennial fern
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 6a to 9b
Colors: Gold, Green
Bloom Color: No flowers
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Temperate and tropical regions worldwide
History: New

Giant Bromeliad

Alcantarea imperialis 'Rubra'

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2'-4', 6' with flower spike
Mature Width: 4'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11
Colors: Dark purple, Red
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Brazil
History: New, Salvaged and Replanted

Elephant's Ear

Alocasia sp.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 2'-10'
Mature Width: 2'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Green, Copper, Burgundy, Silver
Bloom Color: Cream, White, Green
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Tropical and Subtropical Regions of Asia and Australia
History: New, Preserved in Place

Bird's Nest Fern

Asplenium nidus

Bird's nest ferns are slow-growing and epiphytic (meaning it grows on another plant for support). They are often grown as houseplants but can be fussy since they require high humidity. In their native habitats their leaves can reach 4 to 5 feet long.

Plant Type: Evergreen epiphyte
Mature Height: 3'-5'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Non-flowering
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Polynesia, Hawaii, Southeast Asia, Australia, Madagascar
History: Salvaged and Replanted

Joyful Jasper Tuberous Begonia

Begonia 'Joyful Jasper'

The joyful jasper tuberous begonia is a very attractive plant for container gardening, use in landscape beds, or as an indoor plant. It has pale pink flowers.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8
Colors: Red-pink
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Hybrid; Created by J. Berry Nursery of Grand Saline, Texas
History: New

White Richmondensis Begonia

Begonia acutifolia

Plant Type: Evergreen perennial
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Year-round
Native To: Jamaica
History: New

Chinese Ground Orchid

Bletilla striata

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 1'-1.5'
Mature Width: .5'-1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 5 to 9
Colors: Green, Brown
Bloom Color: Pinkish-purple
Bloom Season: April, May
Native To: China and Japan
History: New

Dottie Calathea

Calathea roseopicta 'Dottie'

Dottie calathea is a perennial herb. Its dark green leaves look almost black with bright pink markings. Dottie calathea produces white flowers with a purple accent. The plant prefers a tropical to subtropical climate.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 1'-1.5'
Mature Width: 8"-1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Colors: Dark green (almost black), Pink markings
Bloom Color: White with purple lip
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: South America
History: New

Canella Cinnamon

Cinnamomum verum

Canella cinnamon, also known as wild cinnamon, is a salt-tolerant, evergreen shrub or small tree native to Florida. It produces showy white and purple flowers in the summer and fall, followed by red berries. Canella cinnamon has thick leaves and a dense, olive-colored canopy.

Plant Type: Evergreen shrub
Mature Height: 20'-30'
Mature Width: 6'-8'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10b to 11
Colors: Olive-green
Bloom Color: White, Purple
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: Florida and tropical America
History: Florida and tropical America

Bird Catcher Tree

Ceodes (Pisonia) umbellifera

The bird catcher tree is an evergreen tree found in moist forests in Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania. Its oblong leaves form in clusters at the end of the branches with pink and white fragrant flowers blooming seasonally. The flowers are followed by dark brown, cylindrical fruits that are covered in a sticky mucus that birds and insects can become stuck in.

Plant Type: Evergreen tree
Mature Height: 10'-50'
Mature Width: 6'-30'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White, Pink
Bloom Season: Seasonal bloomer
Native To: Mauritius, Australia, New Zealand, Japan
History: New

Bamboo Cycad

Ceratozamia hildae

Plant Type: Cycad
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 2-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Lime Green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Flamethrower Palm

Chambeyronia macrocarpa

The flamethrower palm's common name is a reference to its ability to produce red palm leaves and berries. When it reaches full maturity, leaves take on a dark green, leathery quality. The flamethrower palm is suited to coastal conditions in Southern California.

Plant Type: Evergreen tree
Mature Height: 10'-20'
Mature Width: 15'-20'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b
Colors: Green, Red
Bloom Color: Yellow
Native To: New Caledonia
History: Salvaged and replaced

Bush Lily

Clivia miniata (orange)

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 1.5'-2'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: Yellow, Orange, Red
Bloom Season: Seasonal bloomer
Native To: South Africa, Swaziland
History: Salvaged and replaced

Giant Dioon

Dioon spinulosum

The giant dioon is a tall cycad with numerous branches that grow from a central trunk. It has sharp leaflets and small thorns. The giant dioon can grow to 35 feet in its natural habitat. It prefers moist but well-drained soil.

Plant Type: Cycad
Mature Height: 35'
Mature Width: 6'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Southern Mexico
History: Salvaged and replaced

Sparkling Burgundy Pineapple Lily

Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy'

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1.5'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 6 to 9
Colors: Dark green with purple spots
Bloom Color: Whitish purple
Bloom Season: July, August
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Dr. Moy Variegated Ginger Lily

Hedychium 'Dr. Moy'

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 2'-5'
Mature Width: 3'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Colors: Variegated leaves
Bloom Color: Orange
Bloom Season: Late spring, Summer, Early fall
Native To: Hybrid; Created by Dr. Moy at San Antonio Botanical Gardens
History: New

Beach Spiderlily

Hymenocallis littoralis

The beach spider lily is attractive to bees and butterflies, although all parts of the plant are considered poisonous to humans. The unusually shaped flowers resemble spiders, giving it its common name.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White, Yellow
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Mexico, Peru, Brazil
History: New

Two-Edged Laelia

Laelia anceps

Laelia anceps is an orchid indigenous to Mexico that prefers bright to full sun. It produces a vanilla-like fragrance on sunny days.

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White, Pink, Purple
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Lemon Lime Prayer Plant

Maranta leuconeura 'Lemon Lime'

The prayer plant has the unique habit of folding its leaves each night, giving it its nickname. It is a low-maintenance house plant preferring indirect light.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 6'-12'
Mature Width: 6'-12'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: South America
History: New

Red Prayer Plant

Maranta leuconeura var. erythroneura

Grown for its handsome foliage, the prayer plant leaves fold up each night, giving it its nickname.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 1'-1.5'
Mature Width: 1'-1.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Colors: Olive green
Bloom Color: White with purple spots
Bloom Season: Late spring, Early summer
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Fat Boy Philodendron

Philodendron martianum 'Fat Boy'

The fat boy philodendron has slightly leathery foliage and is often used as houseplant. It can grow as a epiphyte or as a terrestrial plant.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10b
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Year-round
Native To: Brazil
History: Salvaged and replaced

Tongue Fern

Pyrrosia lingua

Plant Type: Fern
Mature Height: 8"-1'
Mature Width: 1'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 6a to 10b
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: China, South Korea, Taiwan
History: New

Peace Lily

Spathiphyllum sp.

Peace lilies include about 60 species of flowering plants that are semi-evergreen perennials and are typically grown as houseplants. The genus name is Greek for "spathe leaf," referring to the prominent spathe, which is a modified leaf.

Plant Type: Semi-evergreen perennial
Mature Height: 1'-6'
Mature Width: 1'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 11a to 12b
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Cream, Tan, Green, White
Bloom Season: No specific bloom time
Native To: Mexico, Tropical America
History: Salvaged and replaced

Blood Lily

Scadoxus (Haemanthus) multiflorus

Plant Type: Perennial bulb
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 9"-1.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11b
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: Gold, Yellow, Pink, Burgundy
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Africa, Arabian Peninsula
History: New

Green Star Air Plant

Tillandsia araujei

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 3"-6"
Mature Width: 5"-6"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Olive green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Latifolia Air Plant

Tillandsia latifolia

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 20"-30"
Mature Width: 8"-15"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Light green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Ecuador
History: New

Forest Lily

Veltheimia bracteata

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 1.5'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-1.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Winter, Spring
Native To: South Africa
History: Salvaged and replanted

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Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris 'Banksianum'

Plant Type: Perennial fern
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 6a to 9b
Colors: Gold, Green
Bloom Color: No flowers
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Temperate and tropical regions worldwide
History: New

Giant Bromeliad

Alcantarea imperialis 'Rubra'

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2'-4', 6' with flower spike
Mature Width: 4'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11
Colors: Dark purple, Red
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Brazil
History: New, Salvaged and Replanted

Elephant's Ear

Alocasia sp.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 2'-10'
Mature Width: 2'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Green, Copper, Burgundy, Silver
Bloom Color: Cream, White, Green
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Tropical and Subtropical Regions of Asia and Australia
History: New, Preserved in Place

Bird's Nest Fern

Asplenium nidus

Plant Type: Evergreen epiphyte
Mature Height: 3'-5'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Non-flowering
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Polynesia, Hawaii, Southeast Asia, Australia, Madagascar
History: Salvaged and Replanted

Joyful Jasper Tuberous Begonia

Begonia 'Joyful Jasper'

The joyful jasper tuberous begonia is a very attractive plant for container gardening, use in landscape beds, or as an indoor plant. It has pale pink flowers.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8
Colors: Red-pink
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Hybrid; Created by J. Berry Nursery of Grand Saline, Texas
History: New

White Richmondensis Begonia

Begonia acutifolia

Plant Type: Evergreen perennial
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Year-round
Native To: Jamaica
History: New

Chinese Ground Orchid

Bletilla striata

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 1'-1.5'
Mature Width: .5'-1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 5 to 9
Colors: Green, Brown
Bloom Color: Pinkish-purple
Bloom Season: April, May
Native To: China and Japan
History: New

Dottie Calathea

Calathea roseopicta 'Dottie'

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 1'-1.5'
Mature Width: 8"-1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Colors: Dark green (almost black), Pink markings
Bloom Color: White with purple lip
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: South America
History: New

Canella Cinnamon

Cinnamomum verum

Plant Type: Evergreen shrub
Mature Height: 20'-30'
Mature Width: 6'-8'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10b to 11
Colors: Olive-green
Bloom Color: White, Purple
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: Florida and tropical America
History: Florida and tropical America

Bird Catcher Tree

Ceodes (Pisonia) umbellifera

Plant Type: Evergreen tree
Mature Height: 10'-50'
Mature Width: 6'-30'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White, Pink
Bloom Season: Seasonal bloomer
Native To: Mauritius, Australia, New Zealand, Japan
History: New

Bamboo Cycad

Ceratozamia hildae

Plant Type: Cycad
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 2-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Lime Green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Flamethrower Palm

Chambeyronia macrocarpa

Plant Type: Evergreen tree
Mature Height: 10'-20'
Mature Width: 15'-20'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b
Colors: Green, Red
Bloom Color: Yellow
Native To: New Caledonia
History: Salvaged and replaced

Bush Lily

Clivia miniata (orange)

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 1.5'-2'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: Yellow, Orange, Red
Bloom Season: Seasonal bloomer
Native To: South Africa, Swaziland
History: Salvaged and replaced

Giant Dioon

Dioon spinulosum

Plant Type: Cycad
Mature Height: 35'
Mature Width: 6'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Southern Mexico
History: Salvaged and replaced

Sparkling Burgundy Pineapple Lily

Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy'

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1.5'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 6 to 9
Colors: Dark green with purple spots
Bloom Color: Whitish purple
Bloom Season: July, August
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Dr. Moy Variegated Ginger Lily

Hedychium 'Dr. Moy'

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 2'-5'
Mature Width: 3'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Colors: Variegated leaves
Bloom Color: Orange
Bloom Season: Late spring, Summer, Early fall
Native To: Hybrid; Created by Dr. Moy at San Antonio Botanical Gardens
History: New

Beach Spiderlily

Hymenocallis littoralis

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White, Yellow
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Mexico, Peru, Brazil
History: New

Two-Edged Laelia

Laelia anceps

Laelia anceps is an orchid indigenous to Mexico that prefers bright to full sun. It produces a vanilla-like fragrance on sunny days.

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White, Pink, Purple
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Lemon Lime Prayer Plant

Maranta leuconeura 'Lemon Lime'

The prayer plant has the unique habit of folding its leaves each night, giving it its nickname. It is a low-maintenance house plant preferring indirect light.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 6'-12'
Mature Width: 6'-12'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: South America
History: New

Red Prayer Plant

Maranta leuconeura var. erythroneura

Grown for its handsome foliage, the prayer plant leaves fold up each night, giving it its nickname.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: 1'-1.5'
Mature Width: 1'-1.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Colors: Olive green
Bloom Color: White with purple spots
Bloom Season: Late spring, Early summer
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Fat Boy Philodendron

Philodendron martianum 'Fat Boy'

The fat boy philodendron has slightly leathery foliage and is often used as houseplant. It can grow as a epiphyte or as a terrestrial plant.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10b
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Year-round
Native To: Brazil
History: Salvaged and replaced

Tongue Fern

Pyrrosia lingua

Plant Type: Fern
Mature Height: 8"-1'
Mature Width: 1'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 6a to 10b
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: China, South Korea, Taiwan
History: New

Peace Lily

Spathiphyllum sp.

Plant Type: Semi-evergreen perennial
Mature Height: 1'-6'
Mature Width: 1'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 11a to 12b
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Cream, Tan, Green, White
Bloom Season: No specific bloom time
Native To: Mexico, Tropical America
History: Salvaged and replaced

Blood Lily

Scadoxus (Haemanthus) multiflorus

Plant Type: Perennial bulb
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 9"-1.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11b
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: Gold, Yellow, Pink, Burgundy
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Africa, Arabian Peninsula
History: New

Green Star Air Plant

Tillandsia araujei

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 3"-6"
Mature Width: 5"-6"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Olive green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Latifolia Air Plant

Tillandsia latifolia

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 20"-30"
Mature Width: 8"-15"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Light green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Ecuador
History: New

Forest Lily

Veltheimia bracteata

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 1.5'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-1.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Winter, Spring
Native To: South Africa
History: Salvaged and replanted

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Pineapple Guava

Acca sellowiana

The pineapple guava is a dramatic tree or shrub when in bloom. Some cultivars are used for fruit production. The edible flowers taste like marshmellows and the fruit can be eaten raw. Guavas can be added to an edible garden and are great for increasing privacy if planted around your home.

Plant Type: Evergreen shrub or small tree
Mature Height: 10'-15'
Mature Width: 5'-6'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8a to 10b
Colors: Gray, Green, White
Bloom Color: Yellow, Purple, Red, White
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Tropics of South America
History: New

Wally Berg Bromeliad

Aechmea 'Wally Berg'

The Wally Berg bromeliad has long, smooth leaves arranged as a rosette around a central point. It absorbs water through the cup in its center which may also act as shelter to frogs and mosquitoes. Wally Berg bromeliads are best grown in shade and can be grown in a container.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10b to 11
Colors: Red, Orange
Bloom Color: Red, Yellow
Bloom Season: Late winter, Early spring
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Nova Foxtail Agave

Agave attenuata 'Nova'

The nova foxtail agave is a large ornamental succulent that forms large clustering rosettes. Its blue-grey to green leaves are pliable and toothless.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 3'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Blue
Bloom Color: Yellow-green
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Mexico
History: Mexico

Johnson's Hybrid Aloe

Aloe 'Johnson's Hybrid'

Johnson's hybrid aloe is a low-growing aloe that makes a good addition to a border or rock garden. The tubular flowers may attract hummingbirds.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 1'
Mature Width: 2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Orange
Bloom Season: Year- round
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Box Leaf Azara

Azara microphlylla

The box leaf azara's tiny flowers are known for their fragrance, described as chocolate or vanilla. The flowers are followed by small, white berries.

Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Height: 12'-20'
Mature Width: 8'-12'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 10
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: February, March
Native To: Chile, Argentina
History: New

False Agave

Beschorneria septentrionalis

The false agave is a succulent with wide, glossy, grey-green rosettes and long leaves that arch gracefully. In spring spear-like flower spikes appear, and the plant flushes a deep reddish pink and holds many dangling long bell-shaped flowers of the same color with green petal tips. The stems fade to green in later summer while holding onto red tinged seed pods.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 3'-5'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 7 and above
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Red
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Billbergia 'Hallelujah'

The colorful billbergia hallelujah has dark burgundy leaves with white splotches. A flowering spike rises from the central cup featuring blue flowers above cream colored sheaths anchored by large red bracts. It is attractive to butterflies.

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 2'
Mature Width: 1.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Burgundy, White splotches
Bloom Color: Red, Blue, Purple
Bloom Season: May, June, July, August
Native To: Hybrid; Hybrid of 'Domingos Martins' x 'Ed McWilliams'
History: New

Queen's Tears

Billbergia nutans

Queen's tears is a vigorously growing bromeliad that is easy to cultivate and will readily form clumps of narrow, upright, bronzy-green rosettes. The tubular two-foot-tall rosettes hold foot-long, slender leaves that have small teeth along the margins. In spring the arching flower stalks have pink bracts at their tips and pendant flowers with chartreuse-green petals edged with royal-blue.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8a
Colors: Bronzy-green
Bloom Color: Green, Blue
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Chinese Fringe Tree

Chionanthus retusus

The Chinese fringe tree is an easy to grow deciduous tree with white, clustered blooms resemble fringe that bloom each spring. The male plant has showier flowers; however, the female plant produces attractive fruits that animals use as a food source. The specific epithet retusus means "notched" and refers to the tip of the leaves that appear notched.

Plant Type: Deciduous tree
Mature Height: 10'-30'
Mature Width: 10'-30'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 5a to 9b
Colors: Green, Gold, Yellow
Bloom Color: Purple, Lavender, White
Bloom Season: March, April
Native To: Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan
History: New

Small Cape Rush

Chondropetalum tectorum

Small cape rush is a reed with two to three foot tall stems topped with forms dense tufted clumps. The dark brown sheaths drop off the plant in the summer after which small, brown flowers bloom at the tips, creating a graceful arch from the weight of the blooms.

Plant Type: Reed
Mature Height: 2'-3'
Mature Width: 3'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8a to 11b
Colors: Green, Brown
Bloom Color: Brown
Bloom Season: March, April
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Kumquat

Citrus japonica

The kumquat tree has toothed leaves that are dark green and glossy on top and lighter on the underside. The blossoms are known to be sweetly fragrant. After it blooms, the kumquat produces small, oval or round golden-yellow to reddish-orange fruit. The thick peels of the fruit contain large oil glands that give off a sweet fragrance.

Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Height: 11'-15'
Mature Width: 5'-8'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: May, June
Native To: East Asia
History: New

Red Star Cabbage Palm

Cordyline australis 'Red Star'

The red star cabbage palm is a palm-like, sub-tropical tree. As it ages, it will branch to produce several heads. The tree produces small, sweet-scented flowers in the late spring to summer. It is drought tolerant in coastal regions and can also grow as a container plant.

Plant Type: Tree
Mature Height: 20'-30'
Mature Width: 8'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 10
Colors: Red, Purple
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: New Zealand
History: New

Golden Fuchsia

Deppea splendens

Golden fuchsia is a multi-stemmed shrub with attractively-ribbed, bright green leaves. Yellow flared flowers hang from dark red stems in clumps. These attractive plants grow well in gardens or as large container plants and thrive in cool, coastal gardens.

Plant Type: Shrub
Mature Height: 6'-8'
Mature Width: 4'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 and above
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Deuterchonia lotteae

Deuterchonia lotteae is a bromeliad succulent that forms tight mossy-looking mounds. It produces tubular, brown-red flowers with green tips. It is native to southern Bolivia and grows on steep hillsides.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 6"-8"
Mature Width: 5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11
Colors: Pale green
Bloom Color: Red, Green
Bloom Season: Occasional bloomer
Native To: Southern Bolivia
History: New

Giant Leopard Plant

Farfugium japonicum var. giganteum

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 7 to 11
Colors: Shiny green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: Japan
History: Salvaged and replaced

Thyme Leaved Fuchsia

Fuchsia thymifolia

Thyme leaved fuchsia produces small, dark-green, leathery leaves and dark-pink, tubular flowers that are attractive to hummingbirds.. It blooms profusely from mid-summer into fall.

Plant Type: Shrub
Mature Height: 4'-5'
Mature Width: 4'-5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 7 to 9
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Dark pink
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Lavender Scallops

Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi

Lavender scallops is a small, shrubby succulent with stems that spread out and root along the ground to form large colonies. This variety has lavender gray-green leaves with a cream-colored variegation along the scalloped leaf margins.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Red, Brown
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Madagascar
History: New

Laelia anceps 'Jerry Boyd'

Laelia anceps 'Jerry Boyd' is an orchid indigenous to Mexico. It was first described in 1835 by John Lindley. Laelia anceps grows in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range, which extends from the northern areas near Jalapa to the southern areas near Oaxaca.

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 1'-3'
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Fireball Bromeliad

Neoregelia 'Fireball'

The fireball bromeliad is a low-growing, clumping bromeliad that has dark maroon-colored, strappy leaves. A head of small, blue-white flowers form inside the plant. Bromeliads are epiphytic, meaning they have the ability to absorb nutrients from the atmosphere so they are sometimes called "air plants".

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 6"
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Colors: Maroon
Bloom Color: White, Blue, Lavender
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: South America
History: New

Purple Shamrock

Oxalis triangularis

The purple shamrock is an ornamental plant in the wood sorrel family. The trifoliate leaves resemble a shamrock and can be green to a deep maroon color. The leaves close up at night or when disturbed. The plant can go dormant if the conditions are too hot or too dry.

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 6"-1.5'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8a to 11b
Colors: Green, Maroon
Bloom Color: White, Pink
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: South America
History: New

Portea petropolitana

The Portea petropolitana has spiny leaves with showy lavender flowers that bloom in late spring to early summer. The plant is monocarpic, meaning it has one bloom, and then declines and dies.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 3'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b
Colors: Light green
Bloom Color: Lavender
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Southeastern Brazil
History: New

Large-Leaf Elephant Food

Portulacaria afra forma macrophylla

The large-leaf elephant food has thick red-brown stems and emerald green succulent leaves. This plant prefers drier conditions than Southern California's in order to produce flowers, but after a dry winter plants can produce tiny white flowers.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 8'-12'
Mature Width: 6'-8'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10
Colors: Reddish brown, Green
Bloom Color: Pink, White
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Shaving Brush Tree

Pseudobombax ellipticum

The shaving brush tree is a deciduous tree with a green trunk that has a tortoiseshell pattern and gray bark. In the spring when the tree is still bare, it produces long, green, upright buds that peel open to expose white stamens that resemble a shaving brush. The flowers only last one day.

Plant Type: Deciduous tree
Mature Height: 15'-20'
Mature Width: 10'-15'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 12
Colors: Dark green, Gray
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Variegated Lady Palm

Rhapis excelsa 'Variegata'

The variegated lady palm is a slow growing, multi-stemmed palm with large fan-shaped variegated leaves. A fantastic indoor house plant or potted patio plant. It prefers moist, well-drained soil.

Plant Type: Shrub
Mature Height: 4'-12'
Mature Width: 6'-15'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11b
Colors: Green, Cream Yellow, White
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Seasonally
Native To: China, Vietnam
History: Salvaged and replanted

Chiapensis Air Plant

Tillandsia chiapensis

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 2.5"-3"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver, Gray-green
Bloom Color: Violet
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Chiapas, Mexico
History: New

Ionantha var. stricta Air Plant

Tillandsia ionantha var. stricta

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 2"-4"
Mature Width: 4"-8"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Red
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Latifolia Air Plant

Tillandsia latifolia

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 20"-30"
Mature Width: 8"-15"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Light green
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Ecuador
History: New

Mitlaensis Air Plant

Tillandsia mitlaensis

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1.5'
Mature Width: 16"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Dark purple
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Riohondoensis Air Plant

Tillandsia riohondoensis

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1'
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green, Peach
Bloom Color: Purple
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Tectorum v globosa Air Plant

Tillandsia tectorum v globosa

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 10"
Mature Width: 6"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silver-green
Bloom Color: Violet, White
Native To: Ecuador

Red Chestnut Bromeliad

Vriesea fosteriana 'Red Chestnut'

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1'
Mature Width: 2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a
Colors: Green, White, Rust-red
Bloom Color: White, Green, Red spots
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Brazil
History: New

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False Tillandsia

Aechmea recurvata

The false tillandsia has stiff, compact rosettes with curved, glossy, spine-toothed leaves. In spring to summer months the bloom spike rises above the foliage with bright, orange-red bracts and pink to violet flowers. This hardy plant can withstand salt spray, strong winds, and significant dryness.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11
Colors: Yellow-green, Rose
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: South America
History: New

Wally Berg Bromeliad

Aechmea 'Wally Berg'

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10b to 11
Colors: Red, Orange
Bloom Color: Red, Yellow
Bloom Season: Late winter, Early spring
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Johnson's Hybrid Aloe

Aloe 'Johnson's Hybrid'

Johnson's hybrid aloe is a low-growing aloe that makes a good addition to a border or rock garden. The tubular flowers may attract hummingbirds.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 1'
Mature Width: 2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Orange
Bloom Season: Year- round
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Cliff Aloe

Aloe mendesii

Cliff aloe gets its name from its preferred environment in Angola, where it grows in almost inaccessible positions on near-vertical cliff faces. The species has a relatively small world population due to its distinct environment.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: Up to 10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
Colors: Yellow-green
Bloom Color: Orange, Scarlett
Bloom Season: Winter
Native To: Angola
History: New

Fuzzy Leaf Begonia

Begonia peltata

The leaves of the fuzzy leaf begonia are apple green and covered with felt-like hairs, which give them a silver-green color that is enhanced by bright light. The newest leaves can be almost white. White flowers appear in winter on long, branching inflorescences.

Plant Type: Evergreen perennial
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Winter, Spring
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Queen's Tears

Billbergia nutans

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8a
Colors: Bronzy-green
Bloom Color: Green, Blue
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Electric Pink Cabbage Palm

Cordyline banksii 'Electric Pink'

Plant Type: Tree
Mature Height: 6'-10'
Mature Width: 3'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 10
Colors: Red, Purple
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: New Zealand
History: New

Green Pig's Ear

Cotyledon orbiculata var. oblonga 'Macrantha'

The green pig's ear is a shrubby succulent native to South Africa that holds many branches of fleshy, pale-green leaves edged with red. Showy red flowers bloom on a stalk above the foliage. In South Africa, the disease caused by eating this plant is called "cotyledonosis" and has poisoned sheep and other animals.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 2'-3'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11b
Colors: Green, Red
Bloom Color: Red
Bloom Season: Winter, Spring
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Cabbage Tree

Cussonia spicata

The cabbage tree is an unusual and attractive evergreen. Its large leaves grow at the ends of its woody stems, which twist and turn in an unusual growing pattern. The leaves vary in length and are so unique that the term "vertebrate" is used to describe them. Green and white flowers form at the tips of the branches in late spring through the summer.

Plant Type: Evergreen tree
Mature Height: 25'-40'
Mature Width: 15'-30'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Bright green
Bloom Color: Green, White
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Cycad

Cycas sp.

The genus Cycas includes 113 species of palm-like cycads. They are native to equatorial regions around the world. Some of these species will grow up to 40 feet tall, while some of these species are cultivated as houseplants. The leaves uncoil similarly to ferns and form a whorled arrangement at the top of the trunk.

Plant Type: Cycad
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11b
Colors: Medium green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Equatorial regions of Asia, Africa, India, Australia, South America and some Pacific Islands
History: Salvaged and replaced

Deuterchonia lotteae

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 6"-8"
Mature Width: 5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9a to 11
Colors: Pale green
Bloom Color: Red, Green
Bloom Season: Occasional bloomer
Native To: Southern Bolivia
History: New

Chestnut Dioon

Dioon edule

Plant Type: Evergreen cycad
Mature Height: 6'-8'
Mature Width: 4'-6'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: Zones 9 to 11 and possibly 8 with protection
Colors: Gray-green, Blue-green
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: Mexico
History: Salvaged and replanted, new

Tree Dracaena

Dracaena arborea

The tree dracaena gets its name from its woody, tree-like trunk. It does well both indoors or outside. Like most dracaenas, it has proven powerful air-purifying abilities. In the spring, mature plants will produce white flowers that have a sweet lilac-like scent.

Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Height: 6'-15'
Mature Width: 3'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Medium green
Bloom Color: Greenish-white
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: Tropical Africa
History: New

Dyckia sp

Dyckias are a colorful group of odd and interesting evergreen bromeliads that can be grown both in containers and/or display gardens.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 3"-24"
Mature Width: 3"-24"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 13
Colors: Yellow, Silver, Red
Bloom Color: White, Pink, Salmon orange, Red
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
History: New

South African Blue Cycad, Bushman's River Cycad

Encephalartos trispinosus

The South African blue cycad forms large, attractive, grey-leaved clumps. It is hardy, withstands frost, and does not require a great deal of water.

Plant Type: Shrub or tree
Mature Height: 3'-6'
Mature Width: 6'-12'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Grey
Bloom Color: Yellow cones
Bloom Season: Non-flowering
Native To: South Africa
History: Salvaged and replaced

Breeze Mat Rush

Lomandra longifolia 'Breeze'

The breeze mat rush is a grass-like plant with deep green strap-like leaves that are accented by tiny cream flowers in the summer. It is tolerant of a wide range of conditions and requires little to no maintenance once established.

Plant Type: Evergreen perennial
Mature Height: 2'-3'
Mature Width: 2'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Colors: Deep green, Pink
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Australia
History: New

Snow Leopard Mangave

Mangave 'Snow Leopard'

The snow leopard mangave is fast-growing. It grows upward as a tight rosette with lance-shaped green fleshy leaves that have cherry-red spots. The colors look best in bright light to full sun. It is used commonly as a container plant. Attractive to hummingbirds.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 1-2'
Mature Width: 2-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8a
Colors: Green, Red, Purple
Bloom Color: Green
Bloom Season: Infrequent
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Neoregelia Foster's hybrid x 'Fireball'

This bromeliad is a hybrid of the Neoregelia 'Foster' and the Neoregelia 'Fireball'. It has lime green foliage with a reddish cast at the base of the plant. Neoregelia bromeliads are typically found in the canopy of a rainforest and are considered to be epiphytic, as such they do not require to be planted directly into the soil. They gather their nutrients from the rain water and animal droppings left on their leaves.

Plant Type: Cycad
Mature Height: 8"-12"
Mature Width: 8"-12"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Green, Maroon, Yellow-green
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: South America
History: New

Neoregelia 'Ariel'

Neoregelia Oppenheimer x paucifolia

Neoregelia 'Ariel' is a small bromeliad with leaves that start out pink at the base of the plant and fade into green at the tips of the leaves. The leaves are eye catching, as they are covered in bright purple spots.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 6"-8"
Mature Width: 6"-8"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Green, Maroon, Purple
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Mexican Weeping Bamboo

Otatea acuminata aztecorum

The Mexican weeping bamboo is a clump-forming bamboo with arching branches that can reach up to 20 feet tall. Like most bamboo, this plant is monocarpic, meaning that it only flowers once and then the plant declines and dies. It flowers every 17 to 30 years and the flowering time can last 2-3 years.

Plant Type: Bamboo
Mature Height: 15'-20'
Mature Width: 15'-20'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Light green
Bloom Season: Infrequent flowering
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Pink Wood Sorrel

Oxalis crassipes

The pink wood sorrel is a deciduous perennial that is commonly used as an indoor potted plant. The flowers and leaves fold in at night and the leaves contain oxalate which makes them poisonous.

Plant Type: Deciduous perennial
Mature Height: 1'
Mature Width: 6"-8"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 7a to 9b
Colors: Medium green
Bloom Color: Pink, Purple, Lavender, Gold, Yellow, White
Bloom Season: Fall, Spring
Native To: South America
History: New

Silver Plectranthus

Plectranthus argentatus

The silver plectranthus is grown for its attractive silvery foliage and pale blue flowers. Argentatus means silvery in Latin. It is often used as mass plantings along borders or as indoor houseplants.

Plant Type: Shrub
Mature Height: 2'-3'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 11b
Colors: Gray, Silver
Bloom Color: Pale blue, White
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Queensland, New South Wales
History: New

Loulu Lelo

Pritchardia hillebrandii

The loulu lelo is an attractive and easy to grow palm. It is slow growing and does well at low elevations with some salt spray. The loulu lelo produces yellow and white flowers that are followed by fruit stalks.

Plant Type: Tree
Mature Height: 30'-50'
Mature Width: 4'-7'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11
Colors: Gray, Silver, Light green
Bloom Color: White, Yellow
Bloom Season: Sporadic flowering
Native To: Hawaii
History: Preserved in place

Portea petropolitana

The Portea petropolitana has spiny leaves with showy lavender flowers that bloom in late spring to early summer. The plant is monocarpic, meaning it has one bloom, and then declines and dies.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 3'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b
Colors: Light green
Bloom Color: Lavender
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Southeastern Brazil
History: New

Moonshine Silver Snake Plant

Sansevieria trifasciata 'Moonshine'

The silver snake plant has light silvery-green leaves with a dark green margin. Silver snake plants can be a great container plants for both indoor and outdoor spaces. They are hardy and can tolerate little to no watering.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: <1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Silvery-green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Infrequent
Native To: West Africa
History: New

Purple Heart Spiderwort

Tradescantia pallida

The purple heart spiderwort is often grown as a houseplant and can be easily propagated by cuttings. Its leaves turn purple in full sun and its pink flowers bloom in clusters.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: >1'
Mature Width: 1-1.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Purple
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Seasonally
Native To: Mexico
History: New

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Wally Berg Bromeliad

Aechmea 'Wally Berg'

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10b to 11
Colors: Red, Orange
Bloom Color: Red, Yellow
Bloom Season: Late winter, Early spring
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Nova Foxtail Agave

Agave attenuata 'Nova'

The nova foxtail agave is a large ornamental succulent that forms large clustering rosettes. Its blue-grey to green leaves are pliable and toothless.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 3'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Blue
Bloom Color: Yellow-green
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Johnson's Hybrid Aloe

Aloe 'Johnson's Hybrid'

Johnson's hybrid aloe is a low-growing aloe that makes a good addition to a border or rock garden. The tubular flowers may attract hummingbirds.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 1'
Mature Width: 2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Orange
Bloom Season: Year- round
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Coral Creeper

Barleria repens

The coral creeper is a tough, fast-growing plant that adapts well to various conditions. It likes to spread as a groundcover and is particularly suited to spilling over a wall. The pinkish, tubular flowers put on a good show in the late summer.

Plant Type: Evergreen shrub
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Salmon
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Billbergia 'Hallelujah'

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 2'
Mature Width: 1.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Burgundy, White splotches
Bloom Color: Red, Blue, Purple
Bloom Season: May, June, July, August
Native To: Hybrid; Hybrid of 'Domingos Martins' x 'Ed McWilliams'
History: New

Sacred Flower of the Andes

Cantua buxifolia

The sacred flower of the Andes is a fast growing evergreen shrub. Its stems and arching branches hold small, semi-succulent gray-green leaves. Bright orange to red tubular flowers appear in the springtime. This shrub attracts hummingbirds in its natural habitat. It is the national flower of Peru and one of two national flowers of Bolivia.

Plant Type: Evergreen shrub
Mature Height: 4'-8'
Mature Width: 6'-8'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10b to 11
Colors: Gray-green
Bloom Color: Red, Orange
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: Chile
History: New

Chinese Fringe Tree

Chionanthus retusus

Plant Type: Deciduous tree
Mature Height: 10'-30'
Mature Width: 10'-30'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 5a to 9b
Colors: Green, Gold, Yellow
Bloom Color: Purple, Lavender, White
Bloom Season: March, April
Native To: Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan
History: New

Small Cape Rush

Chondropetalum tectorum

Plant Type: Reed
Mature Height: 2'-3'
Mature Width: 3'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8a to 11b
Colors: Green, Brown
Bloom Color: Brown
Bloom Season: March, April
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Red Star Cabbage Palm

Cordyline australis 'Red Star'

Plant Type: Tree
Mature Height: 20'-30'
Mature Width: 8'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 10
Colors: Red, Purple
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: New Zealand
History: New

Queen Emma's Purple Crinum

Crinum splendens aka Crinum procerum var. splendens

Queen Emma's purple crinum is a bulb that needs full sun to partial shade and moist soil to reach its maximum height of four feet. It blooms between May and December. It is used often as a border in landscape design.

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 4'
Mature Width: 6'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Colors: Dark green, Purple
Bloom Color: Pink, White
Bloom Season: May to December
Native To: Tropical Asia
History: New

Tropical Rose Hydrangea

Dombeya 'Seminole'

The tropical rose hydrangea produces masses of pink flowers and has large heart-shaped leaves. New foliage is purplish tinted, but the tropical rose hydrangea turns green as it matures. It is a great plant for bees. It grows in sand, clay, and loamy soils, but may need extra water in drought. It does not tolerate cold temperatures.

Plant Type: Shrub
Mature Height: 6'-8'
Mature Width: 8'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 12
Colors: Green, Purple
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Late fall to early spring
Native To: Tropical Africa
History: New

Giant Leopard Plant

Farfugium japonicum var. giganteum

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 7 to 11
Colors: Shiny green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: Japan
History: Salvaged and replaced

White Gardenia

Gardenia thunbergia

The white gardenia is a tropical/semi-tropical evergreen shrub that features solitary, extremely fragrant flowers in mid- to late winter. Each flower is creamy white with eight petals.

Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Height: 6'-15'
Mature Width: 4'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Winter
Native To: Southern and eastern Africa
History: New

Lavender Scallops

Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Red, Brown
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Madagascar
History: New

Tree Daisy

Montanoa grandiflora

The tree daisy is an evergreen shrub with thick stems and slightly hairy leaves. During the fall and winter, white daisy-like flowers give off a scent similar to chocolate and vanilla. The flowers are followed by chartreuse colored seed heads that last on the plant through the winter.

Plant Type: Evergreen shrub
Mature Height: 8'-12'
Mature Width: 8'-12'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11
Colors: Green, Chartreuse
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: Central America
History: New

Fireball Bromeliad

Neoregelia 'Fireball'

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 6"
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Colors: Maroon
Bloom Color: White, Blue, Lavender
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: South America
History: New

Pink Wood Sorrel

Oxalis crassipes

The pink wood sorrel is a deciduous perennial that is commonly used as an indoor potted plant. The flowers and leaves fold in at night and the leaves contain oxalate which makes them poisonous.

Plant Type: Deciduous perennial
Mature Height: 1'
Mature Width: 6"-8"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 7a to 9b
Colors: Medium green
Bloom Color: Pink, Purple, Lavender, Gold, Yellow, White
Bloom Season: Fall, Spring
Native To: South America
History: New

Purple Shamrock

Oxalis triangularis

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 6"-1.5'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8a to 11b
Colors: Green, Maroon
Bloom Color: White, Pink
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: South America
History: New

Silver Plectranthus

Plectranthus argentatus

Plant Type: Shrub
Mature Height: 2'-3'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 11b
Colors: Gray, Silver
Bloom Color: Pale blue, White
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Queensland, New South Wales
History: New

Portea petropolitana

The Portea petropolitana has spiny leaves with showy lavender flowers that bloom in late spring to early summer. The plant is monocarpic, meaning it has one bloom, and then declines and dies.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 3'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b
Colors: Light green
Bloom Color: Lavender
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Southeastern Brazil
History: New

Purple Heart Spiderwort

Tradescantia pallida

The purple heart spiderwort is often grown as a houseplant and can be easily propagated by cuttings. Its leaves turn purple in full sun and its pink flowers bloom in clusters.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: >1'
Mature Width: 1-1.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Purple
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Seasonally
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Red Chestnut Bromeliad

Vriesea fosteriana 'Red Chestnut'

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1'
Mature Width: 2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a
Colors: Green, White, Rust-red
Bloom Color: White, Green, Red spots
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Brazil
History: New

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Wally Berg Bromeliad

Aechmea 'Wally Berg'

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 2'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10b to 11
Colors: Red, Orange
Bloom Color: Red, Yellow
Bloom Season: Late winter, Early spring
Native To: Brazil
History: New

Nova Foxtail Agave

Agave attenuata 'Nova'

The nova foxtail agave is a large ornamental succulent that forms large clustering rosettes. Its blue-grey to green leaves are pliable and toothless.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 3'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Blue
Bloom Color: Yellow-green
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Johnson's Hybrid Aloe

Aloe 'Johnson's Hybrid'

Johnson's hybrid aloe is a low-growing aloe that makes a good addition to a border or rock garden. The tubular flowers may attract hummingbirds.

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 1'
Mature Width: 2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Orange
Bloom Season: Year- round
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Coral Creeper

Barleria repens

Plant Type: Evergreen shrub
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Salmon
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Billbergia 'Hallelujah'

Plant Type: Epiphyte
Mature Height: 2'
Mature Width: 1.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Burgundy, White splotches
Bloom Color: Red, Blue, Purple
Bloom Season: May, June, July, August
Native To: Hybrid; Hybrid of 'Domingos Martins' x 'Ed McWilliams'
History: New

Sacred Flower of the Andes

Cantua buxifolia

Plant Type: Evergreen shrub
Mature Height: 4'-8'
Mature Width: 6'-8'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10b to 11
Colors: Gray-green
Bloom Color: Red, Orange
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: Chile
History: New

Chinese Fringe Tree

Chionanthus retusus

Plant Type: Deciduous tree
Mature Height: 10'-30'
Mature Width: 10'-30'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 5a to 9b
Colors: Green, Gold, Yellow
Bloom Color: Purple, Lavender, White
Bloom Season: March, April
Native To: Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan
History: New

Small Cape Rush

Chondropetalum tectorum

Plant Type: Reed
Mature Height: 2'-3'
Mature Width: 3'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8a to 11b
Colors: Green, Brown
Bloom Color: Brown
Bloom Season: March, April
Native To: South Africa
History: New

Red Star Cabbage Palm

Cordyline australis 'Red Star'

Plant Type: Tree
Mature Height: 20'-30'
Mature Width: 8'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 10
Colors: Red, Purple
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Spring
Native To: New Zealand
History: New

Queen Emma's Purple Crinum

Crinum splendens aka Crinum procerum var. splendens

Plant Type: Bulb
Mature Height: 4'
Mature Width: 6'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Colors: Dark green, Purple
Bloom Color: Pink, White
Bloom Season: May to December
Native To: Tropical Asia
History: New

Tropical Rose Hydrangea

Dombeya 'Seminole'

Plant Type: Shrub
Mature Height: 6'-8'
Mature Width: 8'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 12
Colors: Green, Purple
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Late fall to early spring
Native To: Tropical Africa
History: New

Giant Leopard Plant

Farfugium japonicum var. giganteum

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 7 to 11
Colors: Shiny green
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
Native To: Japan
History: Salvaged and replaced

White Gardenia

Gardenia thunbergia

The white gardenia is a tropical/semi-tropical evergreen shrub that features solitary, extremely fragrant flowers in mid- to late winter. Each flower is creamy white with eight petals.

Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Height: 6'-15'
Mature Width: 4'-10'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Winter
Native To: Southern and eastern Africa
History: New

Lavender Scallops

Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi

Plant Type: Succulent
Mature Height: 1'-2'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Colors: Green
Bloom Color: Red, Brown
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Madagascar
History: New

Tree Daisy

Montanoa grandiflora

Plant Type: Evergreen shrub
Mature Height: 8'-12'
Mature Width: 8'-12'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b to 11
Colors: Green, Chartreuse
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: Fall, Winter
Native To: Central America
History: New

Fireball Bromeliad

Neoregelia 'Fireball'

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 6"
Mature Width: 1'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 11
Colors: Maroon
Bloom Color: White, Blue, Lavender
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: South America
History: New

Pink Wood Sorrel

Oxalis crassipes

The pink wood sorrel is a deciduous perennial that is commonly used as an indoor potted plant. The flowers and leaves fold in at night and the leaves contain oxalate which makes them poisonous.

Plant Type: Deciduous perennial
Mature Height: 1'
Mature Width: 6"-8"
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 7a to 9b
Colors: Medium green
Bloom Color: Pink, Purple, Lavender, Gold, Yellow, White
Bloom Season: Fall, Spring
Native To: South America
History: New

Purple Shamrock

Oxalis triangularis

Plant Type: Perennial
Mature Height: 6"-1.5'
Mature Width: 1'-2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 8a to 11b
Colors: Green, Maroon
Bloom Color: White, Pink
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: South America
History: New

Silver Plectranthus

Plectranthus argentatus

Plant Type: Shrub
Mature Height: 2'-3'
Mature Width: 2'-3'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a to 11b
Colors: Gray, Silver
Bloom Color: Pale blue, White
Bloom Season: Summer
Native To: Queensland, New South Wales
History: New

Portea petropolitana

The Portea petropolitana has spiny leaves with showy lavender flowers that bloom in late spring to early summer. The plant is monocarpic, meaning it has one bloom, and then declines and dies.

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 3'-4'
Mature Width: 3'-4'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 9b
Colors: Light green
Bloom Color: Lavender
Bloom Season: Spring, Summer
Native To: Southeastern Brazil
History: New

Purple Heart Spiderwort

Tradescantia pallida

The purple heart spiderwort is often grown as a houseplant and can be easily propagated by cuttings. Its leaves turn purple in full sun and its pink flowers bloom in clusters.

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Height: >1'
Mature Width: 1-1.5'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Colors: Purple
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Season: Seasonally
Native To: Mexico
History: New

Red Chestnut Bromeliad

Vriesea fosteriana 'Red Chestnut'

Plant Type: Bromeliad
Mature Height: 1'
Mature Width: 2'
Sun Needed: Full Sun
USDA Zones: 10a
Colors: Green, White, Rust-red
Bloom Color: White, Green, Red spots
Bloom Season: Once in lifetime; monocarpic
Native To: Brazil
History: New

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