Shrubby prickly pear to 5′; medium red spines with many orange glochids
Water
Opuntia streptacantha
Shrubby prickly pear to 5ft.; delicious fruit
Opuntia sulphurea
3ft tall, can spread to 6ft wide, low growing spiny Prickly-Pear cactus. Can grow in clay soils. Spines are dense and hardened. Yellow flowers spring through summer.
Opuntia tuna-blanca
Tall, fast growing prickly pear; delicious fruit (tunas) creamy-white colored.
Opuntia undulata
Tall prickly pear to 10′, trunk to 12″; low-spine, edible pads/fruit
Opuntia violacea
O. macrocentra v. minor
Purple pads, low spreading, a few long black spines; Populations vary by location.
Opuntia Walk in Beauty “Apricot Glory”
Nearly spineless thick pads. Apricot to pink flowers are abundant in spring. Sprawls wide. Very cold hardy, reliable bloomer.
Opuntia x rooneyi
O. aureispina x O. macrocentra
Large bluish pads, long red spines
Opuntia x Walk In Beauty™ “Watermelon Man”
Very low water, can handle high heat and is very cold hardy if kept dry. Warm pink flowers, May thru June. Loads of small glochids, very few spines. Will get 1ft tall x 4ft wide.
Opuntia “Pinta Rita”
O. santa-rita “Pinta Rita”
Intense purple and turquiose pads, purple-red flowers.
Orbea deflersiana
Sprawling cushions of short stems to 4″ tall. Carrion flowers.
Orbea distincta
Sprawling segmented stems with protruding teeth. Large burgundy and yellow carrion flowers.
Orbea lepida
Stapelia lepida
Stems to 6″, starfish shaped carrion flowers to 3″
Orbea lutea ssp. vaga
6″ stems and stunning variable starfish shaped carrion flowers to 4″
Orbea schweinfurthii
Sprawling stems, many tiny carrion flowers.
Orbea variegata
Stapelia variegata
Variable, stems to 12″; speckled carrion flowers to 6″
Orbeanthus hardyi
Orbea hardyi
Low, creeping with trailing speckled stems. Grayish-green with mottled purple. Starfish-shaped carrion flowers with bowl-shaped center. Protect from frost.
Oreocereus celsianus
Tree cactus to 12ft. tall covered with long white hairs. Branches from the base. low growing.
Oreocereus doelzianus var. sericatus
Morawetzia sericata
Exceptionally attractive white-furred, broze-spined cactus from high altitudes where the fur protects it from scorching sunlight and frosts. Slow, but will clump with age, carmine colored tubular flowers.
Oreocereus ritteri
Fog hardy, slow basally clumping to 5ft x 10ft wide
Oreocereus trollii
Andean, fog hardy. Exceptionally attractive white-furred and bronze-spined cactus from high altitudes where the hairs will protect it from UV and frosts. Slowly clumping to 30″t. Red flowers.
Origanum “Amethyst Falls”
Evergreen Herb
Huge sprays of cascading amethyst-colored blooms in mid summer make for a great rock garden plant or in a hanging basket.
Origanum “Herrenhausen”
Evergreen Herbaceous Perennial
Small purple flowers sprays cover the stems in summer and through the fall. Groundcover with erect stems.
Origanum “Hopley’s Purple”
Herbaceous Perennial
Mild-tasting. Vibrant flower clusters spring through fall. Excellent choice for rock gardens and borders. Deer resistant.
Origanum “Kent Beauty”
O. rotundifolium “Kent Beauty”
Herbaceous Perennial
Excellent choice for rock gardens and hanging baskets. Cuttings can be dried and used in crafts. Deer resistant. Cut back hard in winter.
Origanum “Monterey Bay”
Evergreen Herb
Fragrant ornamental oregano with blue-grey foliage and pink flowers in summer. Likes well-draining soils and moderate water.
Origanum microphyllum hybrid
Evergreen Herb
Low growing, mounding. Tiny fragrant green leaves. Lavender-pink flowers. Great in rock gardens and mixed pots.
Ornithogalum caudatum
Winter-growing bulb, 4″ caudex, w/strappy leaves to 3ft.
Ornithogalum dubium
Beautiful spring bulb in the Scilloideae subfamily. Summer dormant. Has large sprays of orange or yellow flowers in the spring, strappy leaves through the winter. Frost tender. Can be unplanted for winter, replanted in spring. Keep dry when dormant.
Ornithogalum fimbriatum
Beautiful spring bulb in the Scilloideae subfamily. Summer dormant. Has initial low sprays of flowers in late winter, and a 2nd tall bloom stalk with large sprays of white flowers in the spring, strappy leaves through the winter. Frost tender. Can be unplanted for winter, replanted in spring. Keep dry when dormant.