‘Album’ Oregano is bushy in growth habit with white flowers. Its leaves are lighter green than usual. Height and spread are 10 inches. Cut plants back by 2/3 in late fall. Bushy, woody perennials with upright to spreading stems. Leaves […]
Origanum majorana ( Sweet Marjoram )
Upright evergreen annual or biennial, with branching stems and ovate, aromatic grey-green leaves. Panicles of small, tubular white or pink flowers appear in summer. Like basil, pinch flowers to promote leaf growth. Do not water too much. Its leaves may […]
Orchis morio ( Green-veined Orchid )
A terrestrial orchid. Pale leaves form in rosettes. The delicate flowers appear from spring to mid-summer, on erect racemes, and can have an offensive odor. Outdoors, plant dormant tubers in autumn, in a rock or woodland garden with partial shade. […]
Orchis maderensis ( Spotted Orchid )
A terrestrial orchid with fleshy, lance-shaped leaves, to 8 inches long. The leaves are often spotted. From late spring to early summer, numerous flowers bloom on racemes to 5 inches long. Suitable for partially shaded, rock and woodland gardens with […]
Orchid ( Orchid )
There are over 15,000 known orchid species and well over 1000 genera in the world. It is the largest group of flowering plants, but surprisingly, very little is know about this fascinating plant. One of the reasons is that the […]
Opuntia velutina ( Velutina Cactus )
The oval grass-green joints reach up to 8 inches in length and have 2 to 6, light yellow spines of 1 inch extending from multiple white areoles while yellow glochids cover the surface. In summer the large yellow flowers are […]
Opuntia tuna ( Tuna Cactus )
The discoid, small, green joints reach up to 4 inches in length and have 3 to 5 pale yellow spines of 1 inch extending from brownish areoles, while yellow glochids cover the surface. In summer the large yellow flowers are […]
Opuntia triacantha ( Triacantha Cactus )
The pale green, oval elongated joints, reach up to 3 inches. This multi-branched shrub has 3 white spines, about an inch in length, per areole guarding its body. In summer the bell-shaped, large yellow flowers are borne singly and then […]
Opuntia tracyi ( Tracyi Cactus )
The flat, cylindrical, pale green, oblong or linear joints, reach up to 8 inches in length and have 1 to 4 greyish dark tipped spines of 1 1/4 inch extending from multiple areoles while brownish glochids cover the surface. In […]
Opuntia tomentella ( Tomentella Cactus )
The oval-elongated, pale green, slightly pubescent joints, reach up to 12 inches in length and have small areoles. In summer the large pale yellow flowers are borne singly and then produce small spineless fruit. This genus has the largest membership […]