Nursery and Gift
Family: Apocynaceae
A seed-grown hybrid cultivar originating in Thailand with stunning light pink flowers with vibrant hot pink edges. Will grow large irregular caudex.
Cultivation:
Should be watered once every 1 to 2 weeks during the summer, keep dry in winter. The caudex can grow quite rapidly if over potted and kept in extremely well draining medium (mostly pumice), up to several inches a season.
Family: Apocynaceae
This is the largest species of Adenium, reaching up to 8 feet in diameter and 15 feet tall in habitat. Plants have 2 to 3 inch long dark green glabrous leaves with a cream colored midrib, and 2 inch wide flowers that fade from dark pink to almost white with age.
Habitat:
Endemic to the island of Socotra where it is wide spread and prolific. The plants grow as a partial lithophyte, growing on and among limestone and Granite boulders. In habitat the plant experiences two rainy seasons one in December and one from March to June, the island is dry the rest of the year.
Cultivation:
Should be watered once every 1 to 2 weeks starting in March and ending in June, keep dry the rest of the year. This plant is rare and relatively difficult to grow well in cultivation. It tends to grow extremely slowly/irregularly in comparison with habitat plants
Family: Apocynaceae
This plant produces a subterranean roughly spherical shaped caudex up to 2 feet in diameter. Plant has 2 to 3 inch long Lanceolate glabrous leaves, and 2 to 3 inch pink flowers.
Habitat:
Found in Somalia, Kenya, and southern Ethiopia. This plant grows in dry scrub land, often among grasses and small shrubs
Cultivation:
Should be watered once every 1 to 2 weeks during the summer, keep dry in winter. The caudex can grow quite rapidly if over potted and kept in extremely well draining medium (mostly pumice), up to several inches a season.
Family: Apocynaceae
This plant produces a subterranean roughly spherical shaped caudex up to 2 feet in diameter. Plant has 2 to 3 inch long Lanceolate slightly pubescent leaves, and 2 to 3 inch dark pink flowers.
Habitat:
Restricted to a small country known as Eswatini (Swaziland) in northeastern South Africa. This plant grows in dry scrub land, often among grasses and small shrubs
Cultivation:
Should be watered once every 1 to 2 weeks during the summer, keep dry in winter. The caudex can grow quite rapidly if over potted and kept in extremely well draining medium (mostly pumice), up to several inches a season.
Evergreen Fern
Graceful black-stemmed fern. Bright shade preferred. Drought tolerant in cool coastal gardens. Deer-proof.
Evergreen Fern
Low clumping form with graceful arching foliage. Bright shade preferred. Drought tolerant in cool coastal gardens. Deer-proof.
Evergreen Fern
Naturally occuring California hybrid fern. Bright shade preferred. Drought tolerant in cool coastal gardens. Deer-proof.
Family: Crassulaceae
This hybrid cultivar is a small plant with thick squat branches, and lightly spotted roughly cylindrical succulent white leaves. Large plants can produce a very fat succulent base that could be considered a caudex.
Cultivation:
This is a relatively slow growing plant that does well outdoors in full to part sun, and planted in extremely well draining media. It can receive water throughout the year and should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings.
Synonym: Cotyledon cristata
Family: Crassulaceae
Small plant with thick squat branches, and succulent tapered leaves with a truncate wavy end. Large plants can produce a very fat succulent base that could be considered a caudex.
Habitat:
Endemic to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, where it is found growing smashed between rock crevices.
Cultivation:
This is a relatively slow growing plant that does well outdoors if protected from excessive winter rain. It is from a summer rainfall region so it should be watered every 1 to 2 weeks from March through October, and kept dryer in the winter. Plant in a well draining cactus and succulent media.
Synonym: Cotyledon filicaulis
Family: Crassulaceae
Small plant with thick squat branches, and succulent oblong spotted leaves. Large plants can produce a very fat succulent base that could be considered a caudex.
Habitat:
Found in the Richtersveld of South Africa, growing among weathered granite exposed to the harsh sun.
Cultivation:
This is a relatively slow growing plant that does well outdoors in full sun, and planted in extremely well draining inorganic media. It is from a transitionary rainfall region so it should receive moderate water throughout the year (about once every one to two weeks in the summer, and less in the winter) always being allowed to dry out completely between waterings.
Synonym: Cotyledon maculatus
Family: Crassulaceae
Small plant with thick squat branches, and flat round succulent leaves with dense red spotting towards the tops. Large plants can produce a very fat succulent base that could be considered a caudex.
Habitat:
Found in the Langeberg Mountains of Cape Province, South Africa, growing in rock crevices on cliff faces, usually at high altitudes.
Cultivation:
This is a relatively slow growing plant that does well outdoors in part sun, and planted in extremely well draining media. It is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings.
Synonym: A. marianae var. immaculatus
Family: Crassulaceae
Small plant with thick squat branches, and extremely unique lumpy red leaves. Large plants can produce a very fat succulent base that could be considered a caudex.
Habitat:
Found in Little Namaqualand, South Africa, growing between granite rocks.
Cultivation:
This is a relatively slow growing plant that does well outdoors in part sun. This plant is extremely rot prone without adequate air circulation, and should be planted in extremely well draining mostly inorganic media. It is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 to 3 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out completely between waterings.
Stiff, upright w/arching leaves; pink/purple flowers
2ft. terrestrial bromeliad will form large clusters. Stiff yellow-green leaves, small marginal teeth, pinkish bloom stalks.
Long recurved leaves turn bright red when rosette is ready to bloom and will produce many small lavender flowers.
Long curving orange leaves. Vigorous clumper. Red and yellow flower stalks emerge from center plant when mature. Frost sensitive.
Family: Crassulaceae
Red-tipped leaves in sunny locations, green in shade, with multiple 8″ rosettes forming a low mound. Great as a ground cover. Yellow flowers in early spring.
This plant is a possible hybrid selection of A. glutinosum and A. canariense
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
A. decorum “Berry Nice”
Family: Crassulaceae
Small Aeonium that forms full mounds of 4″ rosettes. Colorful leaves with red edges and central stripe.
Habitat:
This is a nursery produced cultivar of A. decorum which is originally from the Canary Islands
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
A. canariense x A. arboreum
Family: Crassulaceae
Medium Aeonium up to 3ft that forms Dense clumps of green rosettes with a blush color spreading from the edges to the center with more sun. Yellow flowers.
Origin:
This is a cultivar hybrid of A. canariense and A. arboreum originally produced by Jack Catlin in 1976
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Medium Aeonium up to 3ft that has thick slightly wavy succulent green leaves forming Broad 18″ rosettes
Origin:
This is a hybrid of Aeonium canariense that was discovered in Santa Barbara.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
This is a medium sized Aeonium growing to approximately 3 feet with many branches. Leaves are green with red edges under intense light, can become slightly more green in shaded conditions.
This is a hybrid of A. tabuliforme and A. “Zwartkop”
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
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.
Origin:
This is a hybrid of A. undulatum and A. “Zwartkop” that was originally created by Jack Catlin, and distributed in the Huntington Garden’s 1995 issue of the International Succulent Introductions catalog (ISI-95).
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems
Family: Crassulaceae
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.
This is a cultivar that was originally created by Renee O’Connell
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Dense clumps of brightly colored variegated green, yellow, and red rosettes with a blush color spreading along the edges with more sun. Yellow flowers.
This is a cultivar that was originally created by Renee O’Connell
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Small Aeonium cultivar with White-edged green leaves, and delicate rosettes to 8″. Prefers shade
This is a possible hybrid of A. glutinosum, and A. canariensis
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Medium Aeonium up to 3ft with Green, dark-red-tipped leaves turn more red in sun.
This is a hybrid of A.”Zwartkop” and A. tabuliforme made by Jack Catlin and originally distributed in the Huntington Garden’s 1995 International Succulent Introductions (ISI-95) catalog.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Medium Aeonium that grows into a shrub up to 2′, with dark purple-edged leaves
This cultivar is a Cactus Jungle original that popped up as a random hybrid in our grow yard.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
A. tabuliforme “Green Star”
Family: Crassulaceae
Large flat plant with broad rosettes and many branches, grows to 12″h.
Habitat:
This is a naturally occurring hybrid between A. lindleyi and A. tabuliforme that occurs in Tenerife, Canary Islands, growing on the rocky cliffs below Taganana
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Very green leaves, medium rosettes are larger in winter. Shrubby, gets quite branched, to 3ft tall. Soft almost fuzzy leaves. Rosettes will be a bit cupped in summer.
This cultivar is a Cactus Jungle original hybrid of A. subplanum and A. arboreum
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Low growing Aeonium staying under 1 foot tall with each stem ending in tight 8 to 10 inch wide green rosettes. The summer flowers are pale greenish yellow.
This is a cultivar created by John Bleck.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.