Soil

Dinteranthus vanzylii

Mesemb Family, very low water. Paired leaves, light pastel cream-colored with dark reddish spots. Yellow flowers. 1 to 2″.

Dioscorea hemicrypta

Winter growing. Slowly over decades develops a large corky irregular caudex, covered in woody scales. Produces long deciduous vines that drop when it goes dormant in the summer.

Dioscorea mexicana

D. macrostachya

Slowly over decades develops a large caudex, covered in woody scales. Produces long deciduous vines, pendant bloom spikes.

Dischidia ruscifolia

Vining epiphyte; good for hanging baskets, or terrariums. Tiny pink flowers appear along the vine at the internodes.

Disocactus ramulosus

Pseudorhipsalis ramulosa

Jungle cactus; 18″ trailing stems, small pink/purple flowers

Dorotheanthus bellidiformis

Succulent annual with highly varied and brightly colored flowers spring through fall. In the Iceplant Family (Aizoaceae). A favorite of South African tortoises. Flowers open in the morning and close each night. The small flat seeds will bury themselves in sandy soils for protection until the next growing season.

Dorstenia carnulosa

Soft stems, thick succulent caudex. Light-green leaves. Large irregular hypanthodiums (flower disks). Likes a bit more water than most succulents, can handle some humidity.

Dorstenia foetida

16″ stems w/smooth green leaves, green irregular flowers w/explosive seed pods

Dorstenia gigas

Large 2ft. caudex. Grows on cliffs, rare. Prefers to be a little more moist in Winter

Drimia media

Small evergreen bulb blooms in summer. Frost-hardy. Great in the ground or in containers, easy to grow, reliable bloomer.

Drosanthemum “Rosea”

Delicate trailing stems with small paired green leaves. Rose-pink flowers throughout the summer. Not as hardy as other ice-plants.

Dudleya “Frank Reinelt”

D. caespitosa “Frank Reinelt”

6″ tall clusters to 12″ wide. Silver finger-like leaves with red tips in full sun. Afternoon shade inland.