Begonias are tender perennials, grown for their colorful flowers and foliage. Most begonias can be grown outdoors in pots, in the ground, or in hanging baskets in filtered light and moist, but well drained soil. Where not hardy, grow as […]
Begonia Stratosphere ( Stratosphere Begonia )
Begonias are tender perennials, grown for their colorful flowers and foliage. Most begonias can be grown outdoors in pots, in the ground, or in hanging baskets in filtered light and moist, but well drained soil. Where not hardy, grow as […]
Beaucarnea recurvata ( Pony Tail Palm )
Slow-growing evergreen with long, linear leaves. Older trees produce small, creamy white flowers tinted with mauve in the summer. Great accent plant. Can be used indoors with good light and bimonthly feedings. Spring fertilization is recommended. Full sun produces best […]
Bashania fargesii ( Bamboo )
This species is native to the mountains of China. Its leaves grow quite large, up to 12 inches. Runner types send out underground stems to varying distances and send up a vertical shoot. These will grow in large thickets or […]
Bambusa vulgaris ( Common Bamboo )
The cultivar ‘Wamin Striped’ grows as a dwarf. Its culms are light green with dark green stripes and the lower internodes are swollen. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly […]
Bambusa variostriata ( Bamboo )
New shoots of this bamboo are covered with bloom. Its culm is striped white. Along with being edible, it has many other uses. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly […]
Bambusa tuldoides ( Puntingpole Bamboo )
Grows in tight clumps and produces many thick-walled culms. It is similar to B. tulda but is smaller and hardier. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly outward. Clumpers tend […]
Bambusa stenostachya ( Bamboo )
Useful for building due to its nearly solid lower culms. Culms are thorny with persistent sheaths. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly outward. Clumpers tend to be tropical or […]
Bambusa rutila ( Bamboo )
The lower parts of this bamboo’s culms form a zig-zag pattern. It has thick walls, narrow leaves and light-colored hair grows below joints that bulge slightly. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent […]
Bambusa polymorpha ( Bamboo )
This bamboo forms in dense clumps with rather short branches. Its green, thin culms are covered with white silky hair. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly outward. Clumpers tend […]