A fascinating triple hybrid on the stunning and large, so-called Jubutia hybrid between Jubaea chilensis and Butia odorata, pollinated with Syagrus romanzoffiana. The result should be a plant close to Butyagrus (Butia odorata x Syagrus romanzoffiana) in looks but of larger size and with improved col..
A very interesting triple hybrid on the stunning and large, so-called Jubutia hybrid between Jubaea chilensis and Butia odorata, pollinated with Butia eriospatha. The result should be a plant close to Butia in looks but of larger size and with improved cold hardiness and hybrid vigor...
A beautiful, fast growing but relatively short lived medium-sized flowering tree, found in cloud forest areas usually as a pioneer species in secondary or disturbed vegetation between 2000 and 3200 m in Andes from Colombia to Peru and in Costa Rica. It has dark green, broad foliage and upright, cand..
A herby, short-lived shrub to about 2 m tall with reddish stems and deeply, palmately lobed leaves. Okra is widely cultivated for its immature, pentagonal seed pods that are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. Abelmoschus esculentus is a perennial in tropical regions and grown as an annual in temperate..
A pretty, medium-sized conifer rarely to 30 m tall, widely distributed and commonly seen from central to eastern Canada and scattered south to Virginia in the U.S.A. It forms a narrowly conical, densely branched crown with short, narrow but blunt leaves that are dark glossy green above and pale to b..
This pretty, small to medium-sized conifer rarely grows taller than 15 m. It forms a narrowly conical, densely branched crown with short, narrow but blunt leaves that are dark glossy green above and pale to bluish below. The attractive female cones are purplish. It is one of the more popular species..
A large, magnificent conifer to 40 m tall that forms a broad crown with spreading branches. The glossy dark green, non-spiny leaves are short, needle-like and bluish below and densely set on the branchlets, the upright cones are dark purple. Abies homolepis is native to forests in central and southe..
A very rare and endangered Hawaiian species, with a distribution restricted to a small area of dry forest and shrubland on the Island of Lanai, Hawaii. It has showy, grayish green, heart-shaped leaves, toothed along the margins and covered by short hairs. One of the most notable characteristics of A..
This rare, endangered Hawaiian shrub grows 2 to 3 m in height and is found usually in dry forests and shrublands at elevations between 200 and 500 m. It has velvety-looking branches, covered by dense, fine hairs, attractive, heart-shaped, toothed, silver-colored foliage and bell-shaped maroon-pink f..
A small tree or large shrub to about 6 m (20 ft.) tall, native to the high mountains of northeastern New South Wales and southeasternmost Queensland, Australia. It has narrow, pendulous phyllodes and produces large sprays of fragrant yellow flowers in spring. One of the hardier Australian Acacia, it..
A medium to large tree to 30 m tall, native to northern Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea with attractive, sickle-shaped phyllodes (leaves that are actually not leaves but widened leaf stalks) and yellow, bottle-brush-like flowers in great profusion. Besides being grown as a robust ornament..
A small tree with a spreading crown of finely pinnate, silvery leaves and bright yellow, strongly scented puffball-like flowers. The cultivar "Purpurea" has beautiful purple new foliage. Originally native to New South Wales, Australia, Acacia baileyana is widely grown elsewhere in temperate climates..
A small tree with a spreading crown of finely pinnate, silvery leaves and bright yellow, strongly scented puffball-like flowers. Originally native to New South Wales, Australia, it is widely grown elsewhere in temperate climates. Seeds should be scarified or immersed in boiling water to break dorman..
A very attractive, medium-sized shrub native to southeastern Australia with unusual, triangular, pale bluish green foliage (phyllodes) and masses of fragrant, round, yellow flowers in late winter or sping. Easily and popularly grown in a variety of warm temperate climates in USDA Zones 9 to 11, it i..
Widespread in coastal southeastern Australia, this spreading shrub or small tree is a typical plant of seashores and usually found on sandy soils. It makes a lovely and profusely flowering ornamental for temperate and warm temperate climates and also a great windbreak and stabilizer for sand dunes. ..
Widespread in coastal eastern and southern Australia and Tasmania, this moderate, spreading shrub is a typical plant of seashores and usually found on sandy soils. It makes a lovely and profusely flowering ornamental for temperate and warm temperate climates and also a great windbreak and stabilizer..
Originally native to southeastern Brazil and northernmost Argentina, this shrub or small tree is now widely cultivated around the world for its edible fruits, as well as for its ornamental qualities. Acca sellowiana grows to about 5 m tall and forms a dense, rounded crown of small leaves that are gr..
A small, deciduous tree, rarely more than 5 m tall with lobed leaves that turn intensely red in autumn. Acer ginnala is widespread in eastern Asia and makes a wonderful and extremely cold hardy ornamental for temperate climates...
A small, deciduous tree with smooth bark, slender, spreading branches and small, palmately lobed, light green leaves. The leaves turn bright red to pinkish, orange or maroon in autumn. Acer palmatum is native to the understory of woodlands in Japan and Korea. It has a long history of cultivation in ..
A small, deciduous tree with smooth bark, slender, spreading branches and small, palmately lobed, red to maroon leaves. Acer palmatum is native to the understory of woodlands in Japan and Korea. It has a long history of cultivation in these countries and makes a stellar and widely popular ornamental..
A beautiful, large tree to 35 m tall with a well branched crown and small, lobed leaves that turn a stunning yellow and red in autumn. Acer saccharum is widesperad and common in northeastern North America and the source of maple syrup, which is obtained by tapping the trunk in Winter and boiling dow..
A large, vigorous, cycad-like fern with pinnate leaves to 1.8 m tall that have broad, leathery leaflets. Acrostichum aureum is widespread and common in the tropics and most often seen colonizing disturbed, open, coastal wetlands, including mangrove swamps as it is quite salt tolerant...
Even though one of the more commonly seen palms in New Caledonia, where it is found in rainforests at low and high elevations to 1100 m (3600 ft.), mostly in the southern half of the island, Actinokentia is definitely rare in cultivation, mainly because of the lack of seeds for propagation. It is sl..
Even though one of the more commonly seen palms in New Caledonia, where it is found in rainforests at low and high elevations to 1100 m (3600 ft.), mostly in the southern half of the island, Actinokentia is definitely rare in cultivation, mainly because of the lack of seeds for propagation. It is sl..
The African Baobab is one of the world's most unique and iconic trees, producing an enormous, thick, swollen trunk that can reach up to 28 m (92 ft.) in circumference and a broad, spreading crown that stands bare during the dry season. Its large, fragrant white flowers, after pollination by bats, ar..
A small to medium-sized, dry deciduous tree to 12 m (40 ft.) tall, native to spiny and dry forest in southwestern and central western Madagascar with a thick, usually rather short, bottle-shaped trunk to 5 m (16 ft.) in diameter and a compact, rather sparse crown. The attractive, large flowers are y..
Perhaps the grandest of the Baobabs, this large dry deciduous tree forms a thick, bottle-shaped, smooth, reddish-gray trunk to more than 25 m (80 ft.) tall. The attractive, large white flowers open at night. It is native to thorn forest and savannas in western Madagascar. In cultivation it does best..
A beautiful, small, dry deciduous tree native to scrub and woodlands and coastal dune forest in southeastern South Africa that sports coppery-colored, papery, flaking bark and large, pinnate leaves. I...
An artificial first generation (F1) hybrid between the extremely fast growing Trachycarpus sp. 'Nova' and the fabulous Trachycarpus princeps. The resulting palms will be tall, very fast growing plants...
An artificial first generation (F1) hybrid on a female Trachycarpus wagnerianus, hand-pollinated with pollen of the rare Trachycarpus ukhrulensis that has been flowering for the first time in Europe. ...