and Ross Valley Nursery
Echinopsis “Flying Saucer”
South American and North American Hybrids
Echinopsis “Grandiflora Hybrids” – Hybrid Hedgehog cacti with dozens of large, fragrant blooms. They will have a large bloom flush in late spring or early summer, depending on when we get our first warm temperatures. They will also send out a few more blooms through the summer and can get a 2nd large flush in the fall.
South American and North American Hybrids
Echinopsis “Grandiflora Hybrids” – Hybrid Hedgehog cacti with dozens of large, fragrant blooms. They will have a large bloom flush in late spring or early summer, depending on when we get our first warm temperatures. They will also send out a few more blooms through the summer and can get a 2nd large flush in the fall.
x Chamaelobivia “Paulina”
Echinopsis chamaecereus c.v. “Paulina”
Tight clumps to 12″, lots of small hot-magenta flowers
Evergreen Shrub
Produces a dense rosette of leaves followed by an erect inflorescence 3-6ft. tall topped by hundreds of true blue flowers. Great coastal plant. Self-seeds and restarts every 5 years or so.
Herbaceous Biennial
Large biennial produces a dense rosette of leaves followed by mulitple erect inflorescences 3-8ft. tall topped by hundreds of blue violet flowers. Great coastal plant. Self-seeds and restarts every 5 years or so.
Herbaceous Biennial
A biennial producing a dense rosette of leaves during the first year and in the second year produces an erect inflorescence w/hundreds of dark pink to almost red flowers. Self-seeds and restarts.
E. plantagineum “Blue Bedder”
Herbaceous Biennial
Fast growing, covered in pink buds and then large blue bell-shaped blooms for months. Cold hardy, reseeds reliably.
Family: Apocynaceae (former Asclepiadaceae)
Stiff, angular, spiny, modeled stems that form a slowly trailing hanging display. Produces slightly fuzzy ornate flowers up to 6″ across in the fall!
Habitat:
Sprawling lithophyte that grows in the shade between limestone rocks in North Eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
Cultivation:
Should be watered once every 1 to 2 weeks during the summer, keep dry in winter. Grow in an extremely well draining media (mostly pumice), a mix of crushed limestone or decomposed granite (DG) and pumice works very well! Plants are extremely rot-prone, and can be difficult for beginners. Enjoy extremely bright light to full sun. Keep above 40°F.
Evergreen Restio
Upright stems to 3 feet. Brown sheaths, dark brown flowers.
Evergreen Restio
Low maintenance, easy to grow. Tall grass-like plant is attractive year-round. Brown sheaths, dark brown flowers.
Herbaceous Perennial
Easy to grow rich 2″ yellow blooms. Dead-head for longer bloom season. Fast-growing, short-lived. Attractive to Butterflies. Clay-tolerant. Semi-Deciduous
Herbaceous Perennial
Easy to grow rich 2″ yellow/orange blooms. Dead-head for longer bloom season. Silvery foliage. Attractive to bees and butterflies. Clay-tolerant. Semi-Deciduous
Evergreen Hardy Banana
Cold-tolerant, or beautiful indoor tropical houseplant grown for the foliage. Will develop a large 3ft trunk and sweeping red leaves. Will go dormant below 25F.
Perennial Vining Shrub
Flexible jointed leafless branches will climb and spread from a thick trunk. Frost tolerant.
Evergreen Shrub
“The Navajo brewed the tops into a drink for use as a cough medicine. Other indians roasted the seeds, ate them whole or ground them into a meal for various uses” (Elmore and Janish, Shrubs and Trees of the Southwest Uplands, 1976).
Evergreen Perennial
Easy to grow, hardy orchid with profusions of flowers along 6ft. tall stem. Purple and orange/yellow flowered varieties. Requires regular fertilizer. Light soil mix.
Evergreen Perennial
Easy to grow, hardy orchid with profusions of flowers along 6ft. tall stem. Lavender-flowered variety. Requires regular fertilizer. Light soil mix.
Evergreen Perennial
Easy to grow, hardy orchid with profusions of flowers along 6ft. tall stem. Rose-flowered variety. Requires regular fertilizer. Light soil mix.
E. canum “Carmen’s Grey
Evergreen perennial
Hummingbird plant. Broad, bright-grey leaves covered with orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers. Cut back in early spring for fuller growth.
E. canum “Catalina”
Evergreen perennial
Hummingbird plant. Upright shrub of grey-green foliage covered with scarlet trumpet-shaped flowers.
Evergreen Perennial
Grey foliage covered with orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers in summer and fall. Spreads vigorously. Very attractive to hummingbirds. Deer resistant.
Evergreen perennial
Hummingbirds love this plant and its amazing orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers. Great for low water gardens, grows naturally in rock crevices along the coast. Deer tolerant.
Evergreen perennial
Hummingbird plant. Spectacular upright mound of silver foliage covered with scarlet trumpet-shaped flowers.
E. canum “UC Hybrid”
Evergreen perennial
Hummingbird plant. Spectacular tight mound of grey-green foliage covered with scarlet trumpet-shaped flowers. Place this groundcover at the front of garden, skirting taller plantings.
E. canum “Wayne’s Silver”
Evergreen perennial
Hummingbird plant. Spectacular tight mound of silver foliage covered with scarlet trumpet-shaped flowers. Place this groundcover at the front of garden, skirting taller plantings.
Evergreen Perennial
Hummingbird plant. Unusually wide fuzzy-grey leaves covered with orange trumpet-shaped flowers. Cut back in early spring for fuller growth.
Evergreen Perennial
Hummingbird plant. Lovely green-grey foliage covered with orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers in spring through fall. A great accent to any (native) garden. Deciduous in winter.
Evergreen Perennial
Hummingbird plant. Broad, grey-green leaves covered with light pink trumpet-shaped flowers. Cut back in early spring for fuller growth.
Evergreen Perennial
Hummingbird plant. Narrow blue-grey leaves covered with orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers. Cut back in early spring for fuller growth.
E. canum “Orange Carpet”
Semi-deciduous Perennial
Hummingbird plant. Light green foliage covered with orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers. A lovely accent to any (native) garden.