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..
For this exquisite cross, a hybrid between Encephalartos horridus and E.lehmannii was pollinated with pollen from the rare E. latifrons. The resulting plants should have broad, spiky and blue leaves...
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 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..
A low, spreading shrub with short, needle-like foliage (phyllodes) and clusters of pale yellow, powder-puff-like flowers. Acacia genistifolia is native to open forests and heath scrub in southeastern Australia. Seeds should be scarified or immersed in boiling water to break dormancy, then soaked at ..
A solitary cactus that forms a small, rounded, heavily armed body and white flowers with a pinkish hue. It is native to the Andes in northwestern Argentina between 1000 and 1500 m...
A solitary cactus that forms a small, rounded, heavily armed body and white flowers with a pinkish hue. It is native to the Andes in northwestern Argentina...
This unusual forest palm from high altitudes (to 2000 m (6600 ft.)) on Réunion Island (Mascarene Islands) has been reduced from populations with uncountable numbers of trees in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to a dangerous level by the uncontrolled collection of its edible "cabbage" in the ..
A rare, tall Acanthophoenix that was discovered on the island of Réunion some years ago and has been newly described only in 2006 (see PALMS Vol 50(2)). It grows in a drier habitat in Trois-Mares in the southeast of the island at moderate altitude between 600 and 850 m (2000 to 2800 ft.). It is simi..
This solitary palm has a slender, reddish brown trunk, a well-developed, velvety, reddish brown crownshaft that is armed with long spines when young but unarmed in older plants, and elegantly arching, pinnate leaves that are whitish below. Seedlings are densely covered in small, soft spines and have..
A large perennial that forms a rosette of broadly pinnate leaves and tall stalks with white and purplish to reddish flowers. It is originally native to the western Mediterranean but widely cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental...
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 marvelous and rare form of of the well known Paurotis Palm or Everglades Palm with powdery blue leaves. Native to Cuba, it surprisingly is almost unknown in cultivation. Acoelorrhaphe wrightii is highly adaptable and will succeed on a wide range of soils and in a wide range of climates, from tropi..
Not uncommon in its home in the Florida Everglades and other swampy areas throughout much of the Caribbean, this lovely palm typically grows with three or four of its slim trunks towering above the rest of the clump. Small, neat, fan-shaped leaves atop chestnut brown stems gives it an attractive app..
This large palm is covered with spines and is best described as "interesting," although a well-grown tree certainly has a very handsome appearance, especially from a distance. The difficulties in growing it are as formidable as its armament: the seeds are difficult to collect or to buy commercially;..
Although often treated as a synonym of Acrocomia aculeata, this plant is so different that it might better be treated as the separate species it was originally described as, in 1881, by Drude in Martius's Flora Brasiliensis. Native to forests in northeasternmost Brazil, especially around the town of..
This large palm from Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina is covered with spines and is best described as "interesting," although a well-grown tree certainly has a very handsome appearance, especially from a distance. The difficulties in germinating it are as formidable as its armament, as the seeds take ..
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..
A succulent dry deciduous vine from Madagascar that forms a swollen caudex from which long, slender shoots with heart-shaped leaves emerge during the wet season...
A dry deciduous shrub that produces many slender, arching or scandent, spiny, greenish branches from a massive, short, succulent, warty green caudex that can reach up to 2.5 m in diameter. The leaves are small and grayish green, the small flowers are yellow. Adenia globosa is native to savannahs fro..
A succulent, dry deciduous vine in the passionflower family that forms a small, swollen caudex from which slender, creeping or scrambling, glaucous shoots emerge during the wet season. Adenia isaloensis is native to Madagascar...
A cushion-forming cactus native to deserts in Peru and northern Chile that forms a mound of branching shoots, is densely armed with whitish to blackish spines, and produces large, dark yellow flowers....
A common dwarf cactus native to deserts in northern Chile from sea level to about 2000 m (7000 ft.). It forms small clusters of short shoots with ellipsoid sections, armed with long brown spines, and ...