Asclepias to Brillantaisia

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Unless noted otherwise, there is a maximum limit of 3 for each kind of plant, but order as many different varieties as you wish. We grow many different plants, but we don't grow a lot of any one kind.

"Tropical Milkweed": Some botanists have recently reclassified the Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed Family) as part of the Apocynaceae Family.
	Asclepias curassavica 'Orange' Code: 80123 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
"Orange Butterfly Weed". Standard variety with orange and gold flowers all summer. Easy to grow perennial to 18 inches high, full sun, regular water. Attracts the Monarch Butterfly. USDA Zones 8-11. Summer annual elsewhere. From Tropical America. Asclepiadaceae
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	Asclepias curassavica 'Red Butterfly' Code: 69072 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
"Red Butterfly Weed". A selected variety with red and yellow flowers all summer. Easy to grow perennial to 18 inches high, full sun, regular water. Attracts the Monarch Butterfly. USDA Zones 8-11. Summer annual elsewhere. From Tropical America. Asclepiadaceae
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	Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Gold' Code: 50252 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
"Silky Gold Butterfly Weed". A selected variety with golden yellow flowers all summer. Easy to grow perennial to 18 inches high, full sun, regular water. Attracts the Monarch Butterfly. USDA Zones 8-11. Summer annual elsewhere. From Tropical America. Asclepiadaceae
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	Asclepias physocarpa Code: 80125 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
"Family Jewels", "White Butterfly Weed", "Swan Plant", "Balloon Plant". NEW! 2008 - This milkweed has small white flowers followed by unusual golf ball sized seed capsules. These are light green and covered by rough hairs (a real conversation piece). It's an easy fast growing perennial shrub to 6 feet high. Plant in full sun, well-drained soil. Summer blooming. The plant is a great food source for the Monarch butterfly caterpillar. Tender perennial, USDA Zones 8-10. Native to southeast Africa. Asclepiadaceae
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	Augusta rivalis Code: 80122 Price: $9.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
(Lindenia rivalis). NEW! 2008 - This exotic new shrub has 5 inch long white tubular flowers flaring to 1.5 inches wide in clusters. Almost everblooming, even on young plants. Compact growing to 3 feet in height. Ideal for containers or small gardens. Plant in acid to neutral soil with plenty of moisture in full sun to part shade. It's cold hardy to the low 30's. Native to Central America where it grows along stream beds and is pollinated by Hawkmoths. Rubiaceae
	Barleria Cristata Code: 69073 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Four ft. shrub with funnel-shaped, five-lobed blue flowers. Blooms summer through fall in shade or sun. We offer a selected form with larger blue flowers. From India and Burma. Protect from frost. 35 F. Acanthaceae
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	Barleria Cristata 'Variegata' Code: 50302 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Variegated foliage with blue flowers. 35 F. Acanthaceae
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	Barleria oenotheroides Code: 50304 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Small shrub with spikes of golden yellow flowers. 35 F. Acanthaceae
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	Barleria repens 'Pink' Code: 80084 Price: $7.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
"Pink Bush Violet". An excellent new cultivar with pink flowers and dark green glossy leaves. It's an excellent ground cover that can be pruned into a low hedge. Very suitable as a container plant, or on top of a low wall, where its foliage and flowers can spill down. Prune and fertilize at regular intervals and keep well watered. Plant does best in cool sun or light shade. Height 1 to 2 feet. Hardy to 28F in a protected location. Native to South Africa. Acanthaceae
	Barleria repens 'Purple Prince' Code: 80083 Price: $7.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
"Purple Prince Bush Violet". "Purple Prince" is a medium grower with glossy green leaves with deep purple tubular flowers. It's an excellent ground cover that can be pruned into a low hedge. Very suitable as a container plant, or on top of a low wall, where its foliage and flowers can spill down. Prune and fertilize at regular intervals and keep well watered. Plant does best in cool sun or light shade. Hardy to 28F in a protected location. Height 1 to 2 feet. Native to South Africa. Acanthaceae
	Barleria repens 'Rosea' Code: 80082 Price: $7.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
"Coral Creeper Bush Violet". A vigorous evergreen low grower with small rounded soft glossy leaves and flame red flowers at various times throughout the year. Very suitable as a container plant, or on top of a low wall, where its foliage and flowers can spill down. Mass plant in partial shade under trees to form a groundcover, or plant along the edge of an informal border. Prune and fertilize at regular intervals and keep well watered. Plant does best in cool sun or light shade. Height 1 to 2 feet. Hardy to 28F in a protected location. Native to South Africa. Acanthaceae
	Barleria rotundifolia Code: 80093 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
"Spiny Yellow Barleria", "Thorny Bush Violet", "Yellow Barleria". NEW! 2008 - Beautiful butter-yellow flowers with small shiny green leaves on this evergreen, spiny shrub from South Africa. Grows fast to 3 feet high in part shade to full sun, well-drained soil. Use in flowers beds, containers, or can be planted as a thorny barrier. Attracts butterflies. Tolerates light frost. Acanthaceae
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	Bartlettina sordida Code: 80126 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
(Eupatorium sordidum), "Blue Spur Flower", "Blue Mist Flower". NEW! 2008 - This unusual striking shrub comes from the cloud forests of Mexico. The large velvety heart shaped leaves are green with purple veining, dark purple beneath. Young growth and stems are deep maroon/purple with large fragrant bluish violet Ageratum-like flower clusters in winter. Fast growing to 8 feet high. Needs bright shade and ample water. Can be grown in a cool greenhouse in large pots in the winter (minimum temperature 45 to 50 F) and then brought outdoors in spring and summer. Give frost protection. USDA zones 9-11. Compositae
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	Bertolonia maculata Code: 80166 Price: $11.50 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! 2008 - Beautiful rare low growing tropical perennial with 3" coppery brown oval leaves, magenta pink underside. Clusters of pink flowers produced several times a year. Warm greenhouse or terrarium culture. Needs high humidity, minimum temperature of 60F. Brazil. Melastomataceae
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	Blakea gracilis Code: 50250 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Large waxy white flowers flushed light pink with slight sweet fragrance, compact, dark green leathery leaves.30 F. Melastomataceae
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	Breynia disticha 'Minima' Code: 50270 Price: $8.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
"Miniature Snowbush". Tiny round compound leaves splotched white, shaded pink, miniature shrub. Bonsai subject. Euphorbiaceae
	Breynia nivosa 'Rosea Picta' Code: 50271 Price: $8.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
"Snowbush". Colorful shrub to 5ft with small compound leaves of white, pink, red and green. Euphorbiaceae
	Brillantaisia nitens Code: 50305 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Large leaves with spikes of blue flowers, part shade. Acanthaceae
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