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. However, if you need more than 3 of a certain variety, please send us an email. We might be able to accommodate your request.

	Ruttya ovata Code: 80194 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Unusual South African shrub with dense, many-flowered, terminal clusters of white flowers with purplish red spots in the throat. The very narrow bracteoles and calyx lobes give a fuzzy appearance to the flowers. Grows 6 to 8 feet high. Blooms in summer. Plant in full sun or light shade. Takes some cold down to 28F. USDA zones 9b - 12. Acanthaceae
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	Ruttyruspolia 'Phyllis Van Heerden' Code: 64230 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Clusters of star-shaped dusky rose flowers all summer. Compact shrub to 3 feet with small pointed leaves. Plant in light shade with regular irrigation. Hardy to 28F. USDA zones 9b - 12. Considered to be an intergeneric hybrid of Ruspolia hypocrateriformis and Ruttya ovata. Sometimes misidentified and listed as pink ruspolia. Acanthaceae
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	Sanchezia parvibracteata Code: 54265 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
(Syn.: Sanchezia glaucophylla, Sanchezia 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
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
(Syn.: 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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	Schaueria flavicoma Code: 72105 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
(Syn.: Schaueria calicotricha). Produces 4 inch yellow brush-like bracts with pale yellow flowers. Subshrub to 4 feet. 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
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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	Schizolobium parahyba Code: 90210 Price: $12.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Brazilian Fern Tree, Tower Tree. NEW! 2010 - This spectacular flowering tree is crowned with masses of golden blooms in early spring. It's one of the fastest growing trees in the world, easily growing 6 feet a year to an eventual height of 40 feet (100 feet in the tropics). With the huge 3 foot long bipinnate feathery leaves, it has the appearance of a large tree fern when young. Briefly deciduous just before flowering. Loves heat, needs good drainage, and is drought tolerant. Frost sensitive when young. For a distictive textural look, it can be pruned to size for growing in a large warm greenhouse or patio garden. This forest canopy tree is native from Southern Mexico to Brazil. USDA zones 10 - 12. Fabaceae subfamily: Caesalpinioideae Plants offered are about 18 inches high in 3½ inch deep tube pots.
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	Selaginella erythropus Code: 40047 Price: $9.50 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
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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 'California Gold' Code: 54302 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
(Syn.: Cassia bicapsularis 'California Gold'). Evergreen rounded shrub is covered in fall with bright lemon-yellow pea-shaped blossoms. Grows to about 15 feet high. Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae
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	Suessenguthia multisetosa Code: 90245 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
(Syn.: Ruellia multisetosa), Columbian Petunia, Bolivian Violet. NEW! 2010 - This beautiful sprawling shrub produces bright trumpet-shaped purplish pink flowers in spring to early summer. Can be pruned as a 4 to 5 foot shrub or allowed to scramble with support up to 15 feet. With its deep green foliage and eye-catching 3 inch flowers, it makes a great background shrub in the tropical landscape. Give sun to light shade (best), good drainage, and rich moist soil. Fast growing. Hardy to 30F. Try it as a protected container plant elsewhere. Found growing along stream banks in its native Bolivia. USDA zones 9b - 11. Acanthaceae
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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 inch golden flowers, like tiny hibiscus, produced all year long. Easily kept at 12 inches high, it's an excellent and distinctive container plant. 25F. Malvaceae
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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 inch dark violet star-shaped flowers are followed by 4 to 6 inch 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. 25F. 'Rio Bamba' is a scandent, purple stemmed selection named for the area of Ecuador from which it was collected. 3 inch dark green leaves, free flowering. Cross pollination suggested for maximum fruit production. 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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