Ruttya to Solanum

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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.

	Ruttya fruticosa 'Orange Dragon' Code: 64255 Price: $7.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
Clusters of unusual two lipped bright orange flowers with glossy black centers throughout the year. East Tropical Africa. 28 F. Acanthaceae
	Ruttya fruticosa 'Yellow Dragon' Code: 64258 Price: $7.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
Clusters of striking bright yellow flowers with glossy black centers all year. Acanthaceae
	Ruttyruspolia 'Phyllis Van Heerden' Code: 64230 Price: $7.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
Clusters of star shaped dusky rose flowers all summer. Compact shrub with small pointed leaves. 28F. Acanthaceae
	Sanchezia parvibracteata Code: 54265 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
(S. glaucophylla, S. nobilis) "Small-Bracted Sanchezia". Glossy green leaves with bright yellow netting. A selected compact form with small golden tubular flowers, green bracts. 35F. Acanthaceae
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	Sanchezia sanmartinensis Code: 54267 Price: $9.50 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! 2008 - Rare tropical Sanchezia from Peru with solid green leaves covered with short, fine hairs. Tubular red flowers emerge from the russet-red hairy bracts. As with the other Sanchezias, we suggest planting in a frost-free location with rich, moist, well-drained soil in full to part-shade. Too new to know its climate range, but probably USDA Zones 10b - 11. Acanthaceae
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	Sanchezia speciosa Code: 54266 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
(Sanchezia spectabilis) "Large-Bracted Sanchezia". Glossy green leaves with yellow to cream veins with tubular yellow flowers enclosed by russet-red bracts. Great for tropical background planting. This is a tall growing form to 10 feet tall from Ecuador and Peru. Plant in frost-free location, rich, moist, well-drained soil in full to part-shade. Acanthaceae
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	Saxifraga stolonifera 'Tricolor' Code: 40030 Price: $7.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
"Variegated Strawberry Geranium". Low rosette of small, rounded leaves beautifully variegated pink, white and green with trailing plantlets. China. Saxifragaceae
	Schaueria flavicoma Code: 72105 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Produces 4 inch yellow brush-like bracts with pale yellow flowers. Subshrub to 4 ft. Grow in part shade, moist soil. Brazil. Protect from frost. Acanthaceae
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	Schefflera arboricola 'Janine' Code: 80150 Price: $11.50 Quantity in Basket: none
NEW! 2008 - Unusual Schefflera with small frilly leaves, beautifully variegated in green and lime-white. Very easy to grow. Even though it can grow to 10 feet, it can be easily trained as a much smaller excellent bonsai specimen. Part shade, average gardening conditions, and protection from frost. Species native to Taiwan. USDA Zones 9 - 11. Araliaceae
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	Sciaphyllum amoenum Code: 80164 Price: $8.50 Quantity in Basket: none
(Streblacanthus amoenus), "Velvet Cloak Plant". NEW! 2008 - Beautiful tropical shrub with rippled velvety leaves with purple undersides to 11 inches long. Very showy. Small light purple flowers on terminal spikes. Grows to 8 feet high, but can be easily pruned to shape for container growing. Needs shade, continuously moist soil. Protect from cold and strong air movement (leaves easily torn). USDA Zones 11. Peru. Acanthaceae
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	Selaginella erythropus Code: 40047 Price: $9.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
"Little Club Moss". Miniature plant with dark green fronds with deep crimson undersides. Resembling and closely allied to ferns and mosses. Dwarf, semi-upright, distinctive. Requires a contained atmosphere (terrarium culture) (F,M,T,H). Salaginellaceae
	Selaginella moellendorffii Code: 40043 Price: $9.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
Miniature plant with small ferny dark green swirling fronds. Requires a contained atmosphere (terrarium culture) (F,M,T,H)
	Selaginella uncinata Code: 40046 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
"Peacock Moss", "Rainbow Fern". Miniature plant with tiny iridescent blue scale-like leaves on slender, creeping stems. Beautiful, unique. Requires a contained atmosphere (terrarium culture) (F,D,T,H) Salaginellaceae
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	Selaginella vogelii Code: 40048 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Miniature plant with upright fern-like fronds. Compact, beautiful. Requires a contained atmosphere (terrarium culture)(F,D,T,H) Salaginellaceae
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	Senna bicapsularis 'Butter Creme' Code: 54301 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
(Cassia bicapsularis 'Butter Creme'). Evergreen rounded shrub is covered in fall with pale creamy yellow pea-shaped blossoms. Grows to about 15 ft. Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae
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	Senna bicapsularis 'California Gold' Code: 54302 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
(Cassia bicapsularis 'California Gold'). Evergreen rounded shrub is covered in fall with bright lemon-yellow pea-shaped blossoms. Grows to about 15 ft. Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae
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	Sida fallax 'Black Coral' Code: 65116 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Dwarf Hawaiian upright small shrub with single golden orange flowers and dark stems. Malvaceae
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	Sida fallax 'Kaneohe Gold' Code: 65115 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
"Golden Ilima". Charming dwarf Hawaiian shrub, whose flowers are prized for making bright golden leis that in historical times only chiefs were allowed to wear. Semi-double 1" golden flowers, like tiny hibiscus, produced all year long. Easily kept at 12 " tall, it is an excellent and distinctive container plant. 25 F. Malvaceae
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	Solanum laciniatum Code: 80080 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
"Kangaroo Apple", "Poroporo". Native to Australia and New Zealand, the common name refers to the leaf shape which resembles a kangaroo's footprint. Kangaroo Apple is a beautiful soft-wooded evergreen shrub with ornate deep purple flowers, 2 inches wide, blooming summer through fall. It is fast growing to 6 feet tall in rich soil, but relatively short-lived. For the home gardener, it is an ideal quick growing screen plant while slower shrubs are being established. The kangaroo apple is subtropical and can be grown in areas where frost is minimal. Grow as an annual elsewhere. Sun to part shade. Fruit is small, orange, egg-shaped. Although the ripe fruit was eaten raw or cooked by native peoples, the leaves and green unripe berries will burn the mouth and are best considered to be poisonous. Solanaceae
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	Solanum muricatum 'Rio Bamba' Code: 65260 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
"Melon Pear", "Pepino Dulce". Deliciously sweet fruit is provided by this compact, colorful and unusual flowering plant from the Andes. Attractive clusters of 1" dark violet star shaped flowers are followed by 4"- 6" purple striped oval fruits which change from light green to yellow when fully ripe and ready to eat. The fruit has a nearly seedless, juicy flesh which is fragrant and tasty, like a blend of melons, bananas, peaches and pears. Offered are two cutting grown selections which are superior in taste and make attractive flowering plants. 25 F. 'Rio Bamba' is a scandent, purple stemmed selection named for the area of Ecuador from which it was collected. 3" dark green leaves, free flowering. Cross pollination suggested for maximum fruit production. Andes Mts. Solanaceae
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	Solanum muricatum 'Vista' Code: 65264 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
An upright, green stemmed selection that may set fruit better on its own. Bright green leaves. Big fruit, attractive purple flowers. Solanaceae
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	Solanum uporo Code: 62565 Price: $7.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
"Cannibal Tomato". Novelty fruit from Fiji. At one time the small red fruit was used like tomatoes as the perfect sauce with cannibal fare. The leaves were also eaten as salad greens. Annual in cold climates. Save seed for propagation. Solanaceae