Slender, erect, smooth, gray stems topped by crowns of 1 to 2 foot long, narrow, pointed, green leaves with red margins. Requires only moderate watering and medium light. If this plant outgrows its space, top may be cut off and […]
Dracaena fragrans ( Warneckei Corn Plant )
‘Warneckei’, a cultivar from the Deremensis Group, is an evergreen shrub bearing gray-green leaves with slender, lighter streaks, dark green edges and longitudinal white stripes. A tan, rough-barked cane forms on older plants. A no-fail house plant for the “non-gardener,” […]
Dracaena ( Corn Plant )
Long, strap-shaped green leaves, often with white or red stripes. A tan rough-barked cane forms on older plants. A no-fail house plant for the “non-gardener,” requiring only moderate light and water.
Dizygotheca elegantissima ( False Aralia )
Sparsely branched large evergreen shrub or small tree best used at the back of a shrub border or as a houseplant. Leaves are dark green above and brownish green beneath with white midribs. Umbels of yellow-green flowers bloom from fall […]
Disa uniflora ( Disa Orchid )
A terrestrial orchid with erect stems bearing 10 inch long, lance-shaped leaves. The unusual flowers appear on short racemes in summer. Best grown in a potting mix of equal parts peat, perlite and sphagnum moss, with more moss on the […]
Disa ( Kirstenbosch Pride Orchid )
A terrestrial orchid. Lance-shaped leaves form in basal rosettes. The 3 inch wide flowers appear on racemes in late summer. Best grown in a potting mix of equal parts peat, perlite and sphagnum moss, with more moss on the surface. […]
Diospyros kaki ( Japanese Persimmon )
Diospyros kaki is a small, deciduous tree, growing 20 to 30 feet tall at most, usually smaller. It is a low-branching, mop-headed tree often with pendulous outer branches. Foliage is dark green in summer and has good orange to red […]
Dioon ( Dioon )
Members of this genus look like cycads, but are less cold tolerant and slower growers. Plant in partial shade and water regularly. Trunk on plant is short, stocky and only a few feet high. Fronds are dark green, stiff and […]
Dinochloa malayana ( Malay Bamboo )
This bamboo comes from Thailand and Malaysia. Its culms and internodes are rough and its sheaths are hairy. Its leaves are shiny and large. Bamboo is a common term for a large number of giant grasses that include many different […]
Digitaria sanguinalis ( Large Crabgrass )
Spreading, tufted summer annual with long, hairy leaf blades and spikelets in finger-like branches. Branched stems root at the nodes. Membranous ligule located at base of the branches. Seedhead branches arise from different points of the stalk. Grows all across […]