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Rare Flowering Plants
Many plants chosen for this list are floriferous, compact selections that are well suited to container culture. Most of our plants are grown from cuttings or division, thus retaining the superior qualities of each variety, qualities that make many of these plants superior to those currently available in the mail-order trade.
Most of the plants listed in this section of the catalog are excellent indoor/outdoor and greenhouse plants; most are also fine outdoor plants here in Vista, California and other mild winter climates. Nearly all of our mail-order stock in this section is grown outdoors during the shipping season, so that they may be placed directly outdoors in summer without fear of "post greenhouse shock". Because they are mostly subtropical by nature, they are more tolerant of a variety of temperatures and humidity than true tropical plants, a fact that makes most of them good houseplants as well.
Indoors, they need plenty of light to flower well; outdoors, part shade is usually best, especially where humidity is low. Beyond that, they need only basic plant care, including regular feeding and frequent tip pinching to promote healthy, bushy growth and maximum flowering. The rewards are many, including the finest flowers in the world for floral arrangements.
In the listings that follow, the plant family is given. Cold hardiness may be listed in degrees Fahrenheit as a guide to outdoor growing. However, temperatures listed are minimums which plants can tolerate for a short time only, as very few subtropicals will withstand sustained hard frosts. Over much of the South and West, careful attention to basic frost protection measures on cold nights can make your garden much more subtropical than weather records might otherwise indicate.
Borzicactus tenuiserpens
Code: 90702
Price: $10.95
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New! A thin, upright, cylindrical stemmed cactus, the Borzicactus tenuiserpens, blooms a red, tube-shaped flower in summer through fall, and is native to, Peru. The stems have little depth, are covered in hairs, and have areoles located along its body.
Huernia Keniensis
Code: 90689
Price: $10.95
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Originating in Kenya and Tanzania, this is a low growing perennial succulent that blooms in summer through fall. the flowers have a cupped appearance and its leafless stems develop in thick clumps.
Huernia Zebrina
Code: 90688
Price: $10.95
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This succulent has a gradual development, flourishes in semi-shaded areas, and is native to, South Africa. Stems grow in a creeping or upright, curved manner and its yellow, red striped flowers are a five pointed star that have a bumped red center.
Oxalis Gigantea
Code: 90691
Price: $12.95
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Belonging to the Oxalidaceae family, its stems have and upright or downward growth, and leaves may develop all throughout however, they will drop in the summer. Flowers bloom bright yellow in winter through spring and is a native to, Chile.
Puya Coerulea Var. Violacea
Code: 90694
Price: $12.95
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This undemanding, drought tolerant bromeliad is native to Chile, and is sold in a 4" pot. It has a gradual growth and slender, spiny edged leaves that are grayish green.
Trichodiadema bulbosum
Code: 90701
Price: $15.95
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The remarkable, Trichodiadema bulbosum is an undemanding, slow growing succulent that contains a thick root, compact growth, and closely packed, grey-green, plump leaves which include white hairs at the tips. The blooming period is from spring through fall with deep pink flowers that have a yellow center and being endemic to, South Africa, it's related to the, Aizoaceae family.
