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You will notice an ever increasing number of individual photos & images this season--the attempt to illustrate nearly every plant we list continues--and we do thank profusely those of you who have sent photos we can use as so many of our older stock plants show the effect of many cuttings and airlayerings, resulting in less than typical stature for that particular species and/or cultivar--and all of us enjoy seeing how you have potted and combined your plant treasures. We have always learned more from our faithful customer friends than we have from all our many reference books. Nonetheless: We still offer many books with instructive photos & detailed discussions of a considerable number of the plants we try to keep in propagation in order to support your hobby. Our "Common Names Index" is now also maintained on our website, so you can quickly locate any plant we offer (and some we may no longer keep in stock, or only maintain in the display gardens here) if the technical Latin name eludes you. (We are the major users of this handy memory aid!) Again, please realize that if you can only bring yourself to order from an older outdated print catalogue or listing, we will try to find and propagate some of the out-of-stock items if possible; however, this will obviously delay your order considerably--if you feel that constant calls to our office staff is necessary while we attempt to give your special needs special consideration, we will need to cancel your order at that point. Too many orders go out each day for us to find time to search for ongoing paperwork.
We would like to remind those who find the seemingly endless lists of Latin plant nomenclature on the following pages to cause eyestrain followed by serious headaches that indeed a solid introductory collection of plants just may be available within your initial interest area from such possibilities as:
The Copper Leaf Plant Family: A dramatic genus of Euphorbia cousins flaunting some of the most shamelessly colorful and elaborately furled foliage designs of the wilkesiana group delivering major visual impact for your conservatory greenhouse, or for summer urns. Several with less dramatic foliage in the hispida complex remain the most popular of blooming tropicals with remarkably attractive (and oh so touchable) pendant catkins; furthermore, several miniature forms are becoming favorites with tropical bonsai trainers as they have very reduced leaf sizes with autumn colors on stems soon mimicing woody turnks. For best results, give full sun, constant warmth, and well drained but adequately moist soil. If you plant these directly into wet chill soil, they will quickly rot. We promise--having terminated some by not practicing what we preach.
The Maidenhair Fern Family: The delicate and beautifully foliaged fern group which do require extra humidity while growing in a well drained "sweet" medium, but which are well worth the effort to grow. During the winter months (January and February especially) some of these might not be immediately available. It is best to check with us if you need a "Rush Order."
These fabuously decorative, and unabashedly exotic "Urn Plants" from the West Indies and South America are epiphytic (growing upon tree branches and mossy rock surfaces) in the wild and thus flourish in perfectly drained mediums with such ingredients as coarse perlite and orchid bark (at all costs avoid sand which bogs down nearly all plants by eliminating oxygen from the root area). In nature their beautiful vase shaped leaf rosettes catch and hold rain water, so you need to keep water in their cups, considering the roots more as anchors than as gatherers of nutrients--thus fish emulsion is a better choice of fertilizer than any chemical formula. All perform well as houseplants with sufficient light and well watered (and lightly fertilized) cups/vases from which emerge the dramatic inflorescenceorescenceourences of colorful bracts and electic colored blossoms typically followed by showy persistent berries. Watch our speciality lists for additional rare variegated clones of these as well as other Bromeliad genera throughout the season. While dependable house plants, these become truely dramatic flourishes to your hobby greenhouse designs. See below for a fine collection and a good book.
The "Chinese Evergreens" are grown for the beautiful leaves, often richly chevroned or ornately mottled. All Agalonemas have waxy long-lived foliage, making these low light tolerant Aroids excellent houseplants as they are uniquely evolved to tolerate less than perfect humidity. While the following offering reflects only a small idea of our collection, we do often offer rare species and cultivars on the speciality lists on this website and include more obscure types in our popular AGLAONEMA COLLECTION under the stock number of 99551 for five labeled "Chinese Evergreens" for the introductory price of PRICE: $28.00 to aquaint you with these reliable cousins of the Dieffenbachias.
The SHIELD LEAF PLANTS are succulently stemmed (seldom but sometimes tuberous) Aroids responding successfully to regularly moist and humid growing conditions combined with friable soil and bright (not necessarily direct) light. If accidentally chilled or dried out, fear not: just expect this to trigger any Alocasia to enter a dormant cycle--they are not dead, just resting because you have triggered their non-monsoonal mode! If you like these dramatic creatures, also investigate their kith & kin, the Xanthosomas and the bog loving Colocasias & Steudnera . . . even check their flashy shamelessly colorful Caladium cousins. Several have become important "Summertime Tropicals" for many northern gardeners in recent years, especially A. odora, A. plumbea nigra, and 'Golden Delicious,' all offered below:
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Copper Leaf Plants (ACALYPHA) for the 2013 SEASON
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The ACANTHUS FAMILY: An outstanding alliance of successful house & conservatory plants newly popular as these spectacular characters are being reintroduced into summer beds & containers. Notice the family code ACAN in this catalogue & specialty lists featuring (from over 250 genera) the following genera: Acanthus, Aphelandra, Asystasia, Barleria, Baphicacanthus, Chamaeranthemum, Crossandra, Dicliptera, Eranthemum, Hypoestes, Graptophyllum, Fittonia, Hemigraphis, Justicia, Mackaya, Odontonema, Pachystachys, Peristrophe, Porphyrocoma, Pseuderanthemum, Ruellia, Ruttya, Sanchezia, Sciaphyllum, Scutellaria, Stenandrium, Strobilanthus, Thunbergia, Whitfieldia, and Xantheranthemum. (Whew!) If you collect plants with showy flowers or stunning foliage, you already have some of these high performers. And always popular for those prefering their species to be polysyllabic.
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