Shrubby stems with bristly tips. White flowers in summer.
Cactus and Succulents
Tridentea gemmiflora
Tulista hybrid
Tulista marginata x pumila
Clumping stemless rosettes to 5″, thick, variable green leaves with spotty white spots/stripes. Slow growing, long-lived.
Tunilla corrugata
Tunilla erectoclada
Opuntia picardoi
Mini prickly pear, pads 1-2″ groundcover
Tunilla soehrensii
Low growing, stems flattened crescents, long spines. Seeds used for red dye. Flowers are orange to rose-red, bloom in spring. Stems often lay flat and the growth habit can include creeping along the ground and rooting from the pads.
Turbinicarpus gielsdorfianus
Small round cactus with long curving black spines and yellow flowers. Usually solitary, vertical growth is almost conical. Woolly areoles.
Tylecodon buchholzianus
Natural bonsai, dwarf shrub. Occasional ovoid green leaves on tips of brown branches. Tiny pink flowers. Prefers some afternoon shade in the summer.
Tylecodon dinteri
Tylecodon paniculatus
Tylecodon schaeferianus
Small branched succulent with tubular pink flowers. Underground tuberous roots form a caudex and can be exposed above the soil line as they grow.
Tylecodon striatus
Natural bonsai to 10″ tall, dwarf shrub. Grows in rocky soils, prefers some afternoon shade.
Tylecodon wallichii
Shrubby deciduous caudiciform to 20″; poisonous.
Uncarina grandidieri
A winter-deciduous succulent that grows a thick caudiciform trunk over time. Leaves are green, slightly fuzzy to the touch, and scented. Blooms lovely yellow flowers, seed pods that follow are hooked and barbed. Can get to 10ft tall.
Uncarina peltata
Shrubby caudex, branched to 10ft., large soft leaves;
golden trumpet flowers w/purple throat
Uncarina roeoesliana
Shrub to 7’t., irregular caudex; fast growing with water/root run
Urginea maritima
Large winter-growing bulb with 6ft. bloom stalks, white flowers. Grows in open spaces with shallow rocky and sandy coastal soils. Flowers late summer, leaves throughout the winter.
Veltheimia bracteata
Winter-growing bulb to 18″, pink flowers winter/spring
Veltheimia capensis
Winter-growing bulb to 2ft., pink flowers in fall/winter
Weberbauerocereus fa. cristata
Weberbauerocereus johnsonii
Golden spined column, slow growing, eventualy treelike to 20ft., usually branching above 6ft. White tubular flowers.
Weberbauerocereus longicomus
Tree-like to 20ft., branches low. Pink flowers. Develops woolly lateral cephalium.
Weberbauerocereus rauhii
Frosty white and gold spined column, slow growing, attractive cactus grows into a shrub or small tree with a candelabra-like crown, eventualy up to 20ft. Cream to Pink flowers bloom at night.
Weberbauerocereus winterianus
Treelike to 20ft., branching above 6ft. White tubular flowers.
Welwitschia mirabilis
One of the wierdest tropical desert plants.
Care: Water weekly first year, do not let fully dry out. Water every 1-2 weeks thereafter. 4 hrs min. afternoon sun. Sensitive to changing light conditions. Senstivie to transplant – keep roots intact.
Whitesloanea crassa
Rare caudiciform stapeliad; dry and warm in winter. Can grow to 10″ tall. We grow them with weekly water during the hot part of the year and monthly or less in the winter.
X Vriecantarea “Julietta”
Xerosicyos danguyi
Thick round leaves on a vining succulent. Leaves will die back in drought conditions. Indoor in winter. Prefers heat.
Yucca “Blue Boy”
Y. desmetiana “Blue Boy”
Lovely, purple-blue leaves make this yucca stand out in the garden. Will get a rounded shape over time as foliage arches. Large, white flowers on long stalks bloom in summer.
Yucca “Bright Edge”
Y. filamentosa “Bright Edge”
Low growing w/yellow edged leaves, tall bloom spikes with creamy white flowers
