Bulbs spherical to 10″, long twining vines, sm. greenish blooms
Cactus and Succulents
Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis
Abundant thin green pads and bright yellow flowers. Grows tall, tree-like with a large round trunk forming.
Braunsia maximiliani
Brighamia insignis
Small tree to 6’t. w/swollen base. From Kauai, endangered.
Bulbine aff diphylla
Grows in rocky soils, lots of sun. Bulbous base, narrow green upright leaves. Yellow flowers. Winter growing.
Bulbine aff wiesei
Green narrow leaves. Yellow flowers. Winter growing.
Bulbine frutescens
Clump-forming shrubby rosettes, w/small yellow or orange blooms
Bulbine latifolia
Clump-forming shrubby rosettes, w/yellow blooms attractive to hummingbirds
Bulbine margarethae x haworthioides
Will form a small underground caudex. Yellow flowers. We grow them outside in the Bay Area year round, hardy if in very fast draining soil, though we don’t know how cold hardy.
Bulbine mesembryanthemoides
Also Bulbine mesembryanthoides
Small fat windowed green leaves with translucent tops. Grows in rocky soils. Winter growing. Goes dormant in summer, often down to the ground. Flowers in spring. Easy to grow in fast draining soils.
Bulbine natalensis
Bulbinella robusta
Grassy w/tall pyramidal bloom-stalks, yellow blooms
Bursera copallifera
Small tree to 14ft.; Copal resin burned for incense.
Bursera fagaroides
Bonsai tree, large caudex w/fragrant sap and peeling bark. Can grow 5ft tall and lots of wild branches. Deciduous in winter.
Bursera hindsiana
Grows well in mild coastal climates. Large shrub eventually growing to 16ft tall. The Copal resin can be used for incense and fragrances. Tiny white flowers, small red berries.
Bursera lancifolia
Bursera microphylla
Freely branching shrub, natural bonsai; papery white bark, small leaflet pairs. Has a swollen, succulent trunk resembling elephant legs. Small creamy white flowers in summer.
Bursera morelensis
Freely branching small tree; peeling bark, small leaflet pairs
Bursera simplicifolia
Slow growing shrub, natural bonsai; rare; caudex with peeling bark. Can get to 10 feet tall.
Calandrinia grandiflora
Cistanthe grandiflora
Low-mounding shrub with bunches of bright magenta flowers.
Calandrinia spectabilis
Low-mounding shrub with bunches of bright magenta flowers.
Calibanus hookeri
Large caudex, 1 to 2 feet, with grassy leaves, winter-growing, outside in Bay Area
Caralluma baldratii
Orbea baldratii
Narrow-stemmed Stapeliad with deep burgundy starfish-shaped flowers.
Caralluma europaea
Low-growing, mat-forming Stapeliad with small burgundy carrion-flowers. Will grow best if allowed to go cool in winter, but protect from frost.
Caralluma luntii
Sprawling stems, spider-like carrion flowers. Yemen.
Caralluma socotrana
Whitish branches, spreads readily, lots of red flowers on the tips in summer. Bare stems look like bleached coral. Large clumps 10-12″ tall. Rot-prone in winter makes it difficult to keep alive through to spring.
Caralluma speciosa
Stunning clusters of burgundy flowers with golden-yellow throats. Forms large clumps up to 3ft tall. Soft, green, euphorbia-like 4-sided stems. Regular water in the hottest parts of the summer, do not overwater in winter.
Carnegiea gigantea
Classic giant cactus from the American Southwest. Slow growing. Will grow their first arm around 75-100 years old and can live 150-200 years. Some populations hardy to 15F if dry in winter.
“It can take 10 years for a saguaro cactus to reach 1 inch in height. By 70 years of age, a saguaro cactus can reach 6 and a half feet tall, and will finally start to produce their first flowers. By 95-100 years in age, a saguaro cactus can reach a height of 15-16 feet, and could start to produce its first arm.”
https://www.nps.gov/orpi/learn/nature/saguaro-cactus.htm
Ceiba speciosa
Bottle tree to 50 ft. in ground with dense thorns on trunk. Deciduous.