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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Tufted spreading summer annual with smooth leaves. Some hair at collar of leaf sheath. Membranous ligule at base of leaf blade. Seed reproduction.

Annual with long, hairy leaf blades. Membranous lingule at base of leaf blade. Seedhead branches all join the stem in the same place. Seed reproduction.

This biennial can also be considered a perennial because it freely reseeds itself. Remember, new plants that arise from seed will not flower until the next growing season. Plants bought in nurseries are usually old enough to flower. This stately, […]