Tropical – shrubby, climbing, sprawling arms; night-blooming
Cactus and Succulents - Every 2 Week
Adenia glauca
Large stem caudex with taproot; vining w/broad lobed leaves
Adenia spinosa
Caudex to 8ft. prefers shade while the 6ft. long vines prefer sun; keep warm and dry in winter
Adenia venenata
Tree-like caudiciform 2 feet around and can grow 10 feet tall. Palmate leaves.
Adenia volkensii
Grows thickened roots and a small caudex. Woody branches. Leaves palmate when mature.
Adenium arabicum
Rare; large caudex base with long stems, bonsai style. Dry in winter.
Adenium arabicum “Shada”
Large caudex base with long stems, small pink flowers. Bloom food in spring.
Adenium obesum
Caudex base with long stems. Often hybridized for a variety of flowers.
Adenium obesum “Chubby Tubby”
Beautiful cultivar with fat caudex base and stubby stems.
Adenium socotranum
Very rare. Grows in rocky soils in areas with high winds off the horn of Africa. Large caudex to 8ft. Pale pink flowers, not often seen in cultivation.
Adenium somalense
Caudex base with tall stems, strappy leaves
Adenium swazicum
Caudex base with long stems, bonsai style, flowers when young. Dwarf, shrubby.
Adromischus cristatus
Small, thick curly-edged leaves, to 4″ across with aerial roots
Adromischus filicaulis
Slow growing, spotted grey-green leaves. Rot prone. Make sure you have very fast draining soil.
Adromischus hummels
South African dense clumps of succulent leaves, spring bloomer
Adromischus maculatus
Round, purple-spotted leaves, to 4″ tall; leaves drop and root easily.
Adromischus marianae fa. herrei
A. marianae var. immaculatus
Weird lumpy succulent with small branches, slow growing. Grows in the granite hills of Little Namaqualand. Rot prone in summer and winter.
Aechmea fasciata
Stiff, upright w/arching leaves; pink/purple flowers
Aechmea recurvata
2ft. terrestrial bromeliad; stiff leaves w/pinkish bloom stalks
Aechmea recurvata v. benrathii
Long recurved leaves turn bright red when rosette is ready to bloom and will produce many small lavender flowers.
Aeonium “Ballerina”
Red-tipped gray-green leaves; delicate rosettes to 8″
Aeonium “Berry Nice”
A. decorum “Berry Nice”
Forms full mounds of 4″ rosettes. Colorful leaves with red edges and central stripe.
Aeonium “Blushing Beauty”
A. canariense x A. arboreum
Dense clumps of green rosettes with a blush color spreading from the edges to the center with more sun. Yellow flowers.
Aeonium “Carol”
Aeonium canariense hybrid, discovered in Santa Barbara. 2 to 3 ft. tall. Broad 18″ rosettes.
Aeonium “Catlin”
Dense, shrubby to 3ft.+; green w/red edges, darker in sun
Aeonium “Cyclops”
Large dinner-plate rosettes on thick stalk. Dark purple leaves with a bright green center in full sun. Hybrids available with many branches, but original cultivar is often solitary or with few branches. Giant pyramid of yellow flowers.
Aeonium “Emerald Ice”
Soft green leaves with creamy white margins, flattened rosettes to 8″d. Winter grower, bottom leaves may blush pink in spring before dropping off for summer.
Aeonium “Fiesta”
Dense clumps of brightly colored variegated green, yellow, and red rosettes with a blush color spreading along the edges with more sun. Yellow flowers.
Aeonium “Frosty”
White-edged green leaves; delicate rosettes to 8″
Aeonium “Garnet”
3ft.; Green, dark-red-tipped leaves turn more red in sun