Styrax americanus is a small, rounded, shrub with a delicate appearance. Foliage is bright green, does not have appreciable fall color. Flowers are white, beautiful and bell-shaped, appearing in early to mid summer. Fruit is a pretty grayish drupe, fall […]

Prostrate or relaxed-looking shrub with grayish green, hairy leaves borne from upright shoots. Upright racemes of white flowers bloom in spring, sometimes followed by white to red fruit. Also referred to as Cyathodes colensoi and Leucopogon colensoi.

Perennial with tufted habit and basal rosettes of upright to arching, linear leaves. Upright, narrow racemes of tiny, pinkish magenta flowers bloom in summer.

Vigorous, evergreen climber with pinkish bronze leflets that turn shiny, dark green. Racemes of pea-like, blueish green flowers bloom from winter to spring. Where not hardy grow in greenhouse.

Rhizomatous and upright evergreen perennial with lance-shaped, dark olive-green leaves that are red beneath. Panicles of white flowers with red are bracts borne in winter and spring. Ideal in damp border where hardy.

Rhizomatous and branched evergreen perennial with oval to elliptic leaves. Panicles of 3/8 inch light yellow flowers with bright yellow bracts are borne in winter and spring. Sometimes referred to as Stromanthe lutea.

Upright and branching small shrub with oval, toothed, dark green leaves. Spikes of purple tubular-shaped flowers bloom in summer.

Tall shrub with slender stems and oval to elliptic, wrinkled, dark green leaves. Corymbs of yellow to orange-yellow flowers bloom from late spring to late summer.

This plant is closely related to African Violets and Gloxinia and requires similar care. Medium green, lance-shaped, glossy, wrinkled leaves, up to 8 inches long, are stemless and borne in upright rosettes. Tubular, semi-double, dark pink flowers with white throats, […]

This plant is closely related to African Violets and Gloxinia and requires similar care. Medium green, lance-shaped, hairy, wrinkled leaves, up to 12 inches long, are stemless and borne in rosettes. Tubular, soft pink flowers with white centers, up to […]