A beautiful, large, evergreen shrub or small tree, rarely more than 6 m tall, with reddish brown, peeling bark, simple, dark glossy green leaves and bell-shaped, white flowers in late autumn and winter followed by orange-red, cherry-sized fruits. The fruits can take almost a year to mature and plant..
The small town of El Queremal in western Colombia is named after this stunningly beautiful pink and intoxicatingly fragrant flower that has been cherished there as a charm for love and enchantment since pre-colonial times. It is produced by a scrambling shrub or small tree that grows only here in th..
An evergreen shrub or small tree to about 4 m tall with small, simple leaves and terminal inflorescences that sport spectacular red to pink, tubular flowers with white tips and red to pink bracts followed by small, purplish fruits that are edible and sweet. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds..
An evergreen shrub or small tree to about 4 m tall with small, simple leaves and terminal inflorescences that sport spectacular red to pink, tubular flowers with yellow or white tips and red to pink bracts followed by small edible fruits. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds. Cavendishia bract..
Cavendishia is a little-known, neotropical genus of scrambling shrubs in the heath family (Ericaceae) and closely related to blueberries (Vaccinium). They often grow as epiphytes and produce stunning flowers followed by edible fruits. Cavendishia dulcis is an evergreen, scrambling shrub to about 4 m..
This very rare, epiphytic, scandent shrub is perhaps the most beautiful of the Cavendishia, with a large, compact inflorescence that holds tubular, purple flowers with white tips among broad, dark pink bracts. It is found only in cloud forests in Colombias Valle del Cauca between 1500 and 1800 m...
In Colombia, this beautiful climbing shrub is called 'quereme hembra' (female love rose) and the cut flowers are worn by gentlemen to attract the opposite sex with their irresistible fragrance. Cavendishia quereme is native to rainforests and cloud forests from Costa Rica to Colombia between 700 to ..
This unidentified Cavendishia originally comes from rainforest in Chocó on Colombia's Pacific coast. It is a lowland species, which is something quite unusual for a Cavendishia, and shares some features with Cavendishia callista, yet is clearly distinct. Cavendishia sp. 'Chocó' produces small leaves..
A beautiful, scrambling, sometimes epiphytic shrub to 2.5 m tall with long, arching, reddish brown branches and ovate, thick, glossy green leaves with a pointed tip. The terminal inflorescences have persistent, pinkish red bracts that enclose the flowers and turn purplish with age. They are followed..
This beautiful, dry deciduous, subcanopy shrub or small to large tree can reach heights to 45 m in wet locations while it stays much smaller on hillsides and ridges. Native to a variety of forest habitats it is widely distributed from southern China to northeastern India, Indonesia and the Philippin..
A marvelous shrub, typical of the maquis scrubland of southern New Caledonia where it is widespread and common. Cyathopsis albicans grows into a well branched shrub to 1.5 m tall with densely set, small, bluish green leaves with a white margin. Masses of small, white flowers are followed by clusters..
A small, bushy, scandent, often epiphytic shrub with tiny, pointed leaves and red or maroon, bell-shaped flowers followed by white berries. Disterigma dumontii is locally common in rain and cloud forests in northwestern Ecuador between 300 and 1900 m. In cultivation it requires humid, tropical or ar..
Dracophyllum longifolium is one of the larger species in this strange genus of shrubs in the heath family. It is very variable and has a gnarled appearance with many slender branches. The long, stiff and narrow leaves of this superb form are distinctly pinkish and are crowded in tufts at the end of ..
Dracophyllum is a strange genus in the heath family. Even though they are dicotyledonous plants, many species strongly resemble monocots such as Dracaena or Cordyline. D. longifolium is one of the larger species, reaching about 12 m (40 ft.) tall. It is highly variable and has a gnarled appearance w..
Dracophyllum is a strange genus of shrubs in the heath family. Even though they are dicotyledonous plants, many species strongly resemble monocots such as Dracaena or Cordyline. Dracophyllum mackeeanum is a rare and rather recently described, small shrub with spikey whorls of narrow leaves and gnarl..
A prostrate, densely branching alpine shrub native to the South Island of New Zealand with small, very thick, bluish to brownish-orange leaves. The very small seeds need cold stratification for about 3 months at around 4°C (40°F) after sowing. Germination is best achieved in cool conditions but may ..
A small to medium-sized, highly variable shrub with short, stiff, broad, reddish leaves that form small rosettes of a palm-like appearance. Quite common in New Caledonia, it is found in open forest and maquis on ultramafic soils from nearly sea level to 1400 m (4600 ft.). It will do well in most tro..
Dracophyllum is a strange genus in the heath family. Even though they are dicotyledonous plants, many species strongly resemble monocots such as Dracaena or Cordyline. D. strictum is a small, branching shrub with whorls of narrow leaves. It is native to New Zealand and widesprerad from lowland to hi..
Dracophyllum is a strange genus in the heath family. Even though they are dicotyledonous plants, many species strongly resemble monocots such as Dracaena or Cordyline. D. traversii is one of the most exciting species in the genus. It grows into a sparsely branched tree to about 10 m (33 ft.) tall, w..
A small to medium-sized, evergreen, sparsely branching shrub with long, strongly recurved, straplike leaves that form palmlike crowns at the tips of branches. It is quite colorful and leaves are often reddish, especially when the plant is in flower. The terminal, upright and fairly large inflorescen..
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. ...
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...