Small, jewel-like mesemb with the smoothest leaves of the Titanopsis group of the Ruschieae tribe of the Iceplants (Aizoaceae). Winter growing. Yellow flowers with red-striped petals. Will grow a thickened taproot. Prefers very rocky soils.
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Aloinopsis setifera
Small, jewel-like mesemb with angular bumpy leaves. Yellow flowers in winter. Leaves turn purplish in full sun.
Anacampseros “Rainbow”
A. rufescens “Rainbow”
Small purple, yellow, green leaves; pink pendant flowers
Anacampseros “Sunrise”
Anacampseros telephiastrum “Variegata”
Tiny brightly colored variegated leaves, stems to 4″ long; tiny underground caudex, small hairs. Pink flowers require heat above 80F to open.
Anacampseros baeseckei
Small stacked green leaves, covered in a light coating of hairs. Erect columnar stems. Purple Flowers.
Anacampseros gigantea
Small purple-green leaves, small hairs; pink pendant flowers
Anacampseros rufescens
Tiny green leaves, stems to 4″l; tiny underground caudex, small hairs. Pink flowers require heat above 80F to open.
Ananas lucidus
Tropical terrestrial bromeliad in the Pineapple family; evergreen to 4’t.
Antimima fenestrata
Purple flowers on the branch tips. Forms dense mounds, grows in limestone outcrops.
Argyroderma pearsonii
Mesembs with pairs of smooth egg-shaped silver-green leaves to 1/2″
Argyroderma testiculare
Mesembs with pairs of glaucus green leaves to 1/2″
Astroloba foliosa
2″ rosettes grow to 12″h.; pups at base; light-shade, protect from frost
Astroloba herrei
2″ rosettes grow to 12″-18″h.; pups at base; shade tolerant
Austrocylindropuntia subulata
Opuntia subulata
Andean tree cholla gets 12 feet tall in habitat but can reach 25 feet in Bay Area, tubular leaves, long spines. Creates a very effective living fence. The fruit often drop and root in place.
Begonia carolinifolia
Subtropical tuberous succulent, forms caudex; rich soil, regular water
Begonia dregei
Easy to grow natural bonsai with small succulent caudex.
Billbergia “Blondie”
Terrestrial bromeliad to 10″t. w/arcing yellow and green leaves
Billbergia nutans
Terrestrial bromeliad to 12″t. w/pendulous blooms
Bowiea volubilis
Bulbs spherical to 10″, long twining vines, sm. greenish blooms
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 simplicifolia
Slow growing shrub, natural bonsai; rare; caudex with peeling bark. Can get to 10 feet tall.
Caralluma luntii
Sprawling stems, spider-like carrion flowers. Yemen.
Cephalopentandra ecirrhosa
Caudex develops “pimples,” or fissures, as it ages. In the Cucurbitaceae family, forms wild-growing vines with large lobed green leaves and large yellow-green squash-blossom flowers.
Ceraria pygmaea
Portulacaria pygmaea
Natural bonsai shrub succulent, to 8″h., with small thick green leaves. Stems can get 4″ thick.