and Ross Valley Nursery
Agave x Manfreda hybrid, PP31137
Will form tight clumps of soft-leaved rosettes. Recurved leaves have distinct white margins. Subtle red spots adorn the center stripe. Blushes pink in full sun. A stunning variegated focal point for a garden. Great in containers. Deer resistant.
Agave x Manfreda hybrid, PP32070
Small and compact, with attractive silver-gray coloration. Sculpted, edged leaves with subtle red flecks. Great in containers. Deer resistant.
Agave x Manfreda hybrid, PP29599
Colorful hybrid with assertive teeth that start yellow and mature through orange to a deep maroon. The teeth contrast well with the glaucous leaves that have just a hint of spotting. Deer resistant.
Agave x Manfreda Hybrid, PPAF
Thick arching nearly black leaves with red marginal spines, with a waviness as the curve outward. Great in containers. Deer resistant.
Agave x Manfreda Hybrid, PP29642
Thick arching blue green leaves freckled with purple spots. In full sun the leaves’ waxy coating will look silvery white, less pronounced with part sun. Great in containers. Deer resistant.
Stems flattened globose to 6″. Thought to be ethnobotanical. Orange-red funnel-shaped flowers. Endangered in habitat. Sometimes spineless.
M. aurantiaca subs. polzii
2-3″ stems, tubular red flowers. Small clusters.
Large, globular, blue-skinned with white-haired cephalium when mature. Will grow 10-12″ tall.
M. violaceus ssp. margaritaceus v. disciformis
Small globular, with white-haired cephalium when mature
Small globular to 8″ topped with a large cephalium with pale red bristles.
Highly variable, mostly green. Round 10″ across to 20″ tall. Large cephalium when mature with small pale pink flowers. 10 to 20 ribs.
Large bonsai plants with highly variable exposed rootstock, branches will reach 2 to 3 feet tall. Small flowers at the new growth on branch ends only. Small cylindrical leaves.
Caudiciform mesemb to 30″. Semi-deciduous, branches can be cut back to the caudex as it grows.
Tropical herb to 5ft.; lightly spiny stems, leaves close to touch. Keep moist, grows well as a houseplant.
Stunning vibrant pink flowers. Grows a small caudex, bushy stems and green leaves, to 3ft tall.
May have been cultivated by the Aztecs for medicinal purposes.
Euphorbia neococcinea
Thick green stems, bright red flowers. Will develop a 6″ caudex, vining stems can reach over 3ft. Broad leaves in shadier conditions.
Euphorbia bisellenbeckii
Shrub to 3’h. with several tender vertical stems, small leaves.
Euphorbia invenusta
Small caudex, 3ft. stems. Green-veined leaflets surround yellow inflorescence
Euphorbia magnifica
Thick green stems, large succulent green leaves, all topped with bright red inflorescence. Leaves come and go. Will form small caudex over time. Very low water.
Euphorbia ritchei
Stems to 16″, small leaves at tips, tiny pink blooms. Dry in winter
Euphorbia neorubella
Small caudex, 12″ striped stems; Pink flowers. Can be grown from stem cuttings
Euphorbia succulenta
Euphorbia neostapelioides
Stems vertical to 12″; scoop-shaped leaves; tiny pink blooms
Low and shrubby, in the Crassula Family (Crassulaceae). Thick elliptical leaves. Erect stems to 6″.
M. geometrizans “Fukurokuryuzinboku”
Monstrose form with prominent tubercules, slow growing.
Well-branched, tree-like to 12ft.; clustered sparkly white flowers, edible berries.
Stunning, slow-growing, densely crested cactus. Bluish in full sun. Tends not to bloom or set fruit as much as the non-crested species.
New form from the M. “Elite Crest”, has lost the crest but is now a fa. monstrose. This form seems to be stable as a monstrose, and will not crest or revert to species. Blue in full sun.
Myrtillocactus “Crest”
Stunning, slow-growing, densely crested cactus. A number of different clones have more or less dense crests. Bluish in full sun. Tends not to bloom or set fruit as much as the non-crested species.
Neocardenasia herzogiana
Tall columnar cactus with large brown central spines surrounded by smaller white spines (6-8). Branches midway up the trunk and will form a large cluster of vertical branches. Edible fruit.
Large clusters of very bright red 6″ rosettes on this semi-hardy terrestrial bromeliad.