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A selection of TROPICALS, some in very limited supply, covering the letter "O":
This page contains the following plant groups: Ochna (Mickey Mouse), Ocimum (Basil), Odontonema, Ophiopogon (Mondo Grass), Oplismenus (Basket Grass), Origanum (Oregano), Osmanthus (Holly Leaf Sweet Olive), Oxalis (False Shamrock).
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40672 OCHNA SERRULATA [ATROPURPUREA?] OCH CGH HP PRICE: $ 8.50 "Mickey-Mouse Plant" Serrulated leathery leaves on woody stems with odd flowers followed by remarkable bright red sepals framing large "Bird's Eye" blackberry-like fruit. Marvelous African species appealing to the child in all of us--works best as a greenhouse subject. Flowers must be pollinated in order to form the famous fruit.

89180 OCIMUM AFRICAN BLUE VARIEGATED LAB TGH PRICE: $ 6.50 Columnar type of basil with distinct bluish tinge on the deep green white rimmed leaves.

92134 OCIMUM PESTO PERPETUO LAB TGH PRICE: $ 6.50 Full plant with deep green leaves highly variegated. Intensly aromatic and fantastic flavor; especially for pesto.Needs full sun, even humidity, even warmth.

50114 ODONTONEMA STRICTUM [HORT] ACA TGH HP PRICE: $ 4.00 Tropical "Firespike Bush"--strong stalks with rich green, somewhat corrugated foliage topped with bright red-scarlet tubular fls usually in winter. Best pruned severely after flowering periods as can become a major jungle left on its own.

40678 OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS ARITAKI LIL HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.75 "Silver Mist Lilyturf" with short narrow strap leaves richly lined in cream-white, pink tinted in high light. Rare because is slow to offset; considered at least Z7 hardy. Evidentally same as `Folius Albo-striatus.' Fabulous container subject.

40684 OPLISMENUS HIRTELLUS VARIEGATUS GRA CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.75 "Basket Grass" Pink, green, and white-striped leaves; trailing stems create a traditionally favorite hanging basket. Easy old favorite possibly more correct as O. africanus vittatus.While traditionally a house and greenhouse subject, this is quite wonderful added to urns and windowboxes for the summer displays as it is of a far more delicate habit (but very tough and resilient tolerating considerable exposure) than other tropical variegated grasses, thus lending a visually delicate fine texture to a combination planting.

52058 ORTHOTANTHUS WHAT BRO HP TGH PRICE: $ 8.75 Beautiful "Copper Swirls" hybrid: small clumping arched rosettes of many softly toothed overlapping rosy bronze leaves. A bromeliad small enough to be a good terrarium subject. This is an intergeneric hybrid not often found in collections.

40685 OSMANTHUS FRAGRANS OLE TGH CGH PRICE: $ 10.00 "Sweet Olive" Leathery-leaved shrub; clusters of small white flowers emit a delightful rare fragrance "blending jasmine, ripe apricots & gardenia" used in China to scent tea. Himalayan native's leaf edges burn if humidity insufficient or if watered with a source high in salts or a watersoftener. Not a houseplant unless sufficient humidity is provided.

40689 OSMANTHUS HETEROPHYLLUS GOSHIKI OLE HP CGH PRICE: $ 10.00 Holly-mimic leaves richly mottled in creamy gold; very rare cv. known as `Goshiki-Hiiragi' in Japan. This "Freckled False Holly" makes an excellent container plant; hardy in deep South. It is also often used for indoor bonsai subjects for it adapts very well to smaller pots and dwarfing.

40688 OSMANTHUS HETEROPHYLLUS VARIEGATUS OLE HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.00 Broad regular cream margins on holly-mimic leaves--very popular as an indoor Christmas houseplant. This fragrant-flowering species is listed as O. ilicifolius in many books.

OXALIS (False Shamrocks) for the 2008 SEASON

The Oxalis or False Shamrock group of plants

The False Shamrocks: Why not try an OXALIS COLLECTION by ordering Stock #99663 for a group of 5 including the tried and true plants that everyone can remember from their childhood. Some of these might have dormant cycles, others grow year round for only PRICE: $18.00.

If you want a particular cultivar, order it by its specific stock number as many which can be possibly included in the above collection are not offered below; if you already have sufficient numbers of a particular Oxalis, but want a new mix fix, order the collection, while telling us of the one you already have, and we will not include it in your selection. You will note that we offer a range of habits, growth cycles, and some remarkable foliage standouts in the following listing.

40690 OXALIS ALSTONII [HEDYSAROIDES RUBRA] OXA TERR HP PRICE: $ 6.25 "Firefern" Branched wiry purple stems hold whorls of reddish maroon leaflets and nearly everblooming yellow flowers. Excellent windowsill subject; typically growing better in the window or under lights than in the greenhouse. Beautiful centerpiece in any terrarium. Do not overpot nor overwater.

40691 OXALIS BRASILIENSIS OXA CGH HP PRICE: $ 6.50 Short compact habit: hairy-margined leaves, purple-lilac flowers. Very popular "Trefoil" for winter color (very very dormant during the summer.) We prefer to ship this early fall just as the foliage starts to emerge; if you must receive this in the spring, please do not call us saying that there are no leaves in the pot! Prized by greenhouse hobbyists as well as by windowsill growers for its winter display.

40693 OXALIS CORYMBOSA AUREO-RETICULATA OXA HP CGH $ 4.25 "Gold Veined Oxalis" Low habit of soft "Shamrock" lvs with yellow retriculation; pink flowers in spring. Tends to go dormant in Southern (and even Midwerstern) summer heat. Loves the late winter conditions of your greenhouse or sunny southern windowsill. The dormant bulblets are odd little white tapioca like soft orbs--one customer called to explain she had just discarded the pot of disgusting maggots we had sent her. She had tossed out her dormant Oxalis bublets before they could even sprout lvs!

40697 OXALIS DEPPEI IRON CROSS OXA HP CGH PRICE: $ 6.50 Also O. tetraphylla speciosa. The "Iron Cross Oxalis" sports wide maroon zones on the felty leaves held aloft on quite long petioles--situate so that winds will not break these long stems; lovely rose-pink flowers easily produced with good sun, well drained soil and organic fertilizer. Called "Lucky Clover" for the four part triangular leaflets. Expect to be completely dormant during the bulk of the winter--we find that they winter best left in the same pot and soil they were growing in, dividing them or not just as they start to emerge late winter to early spring. Very dramatic in summertime urns and windowboxes. We prefer to send mossed bublets without foliage, as the petiole stems nearly always break in shipment.

40699 OXALIS HERRERAE OXA HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.00 Curious Peruvian with three tiny leaflets tipping each swollen succulent petiole (leaf stem) which are crowded on thick, tumbling stems. Easily grown curiosity as long as receives full sun, producing a mass of cheerful acid yellow blossoms. Also a great favorite in succulent collections.

40708 OXALIS MAROON LEAF [FLORIBUNDA?] OXA HP CGH PRICE: $ 3.00 Extraordinary dark glowing maroon leaves cascade from the central bundle of buried bublets--altho bulbous this easily grown species remains evergreen with sufficient heat & light with cycles of lilac flower clusters blooming throughout the seasons. Perfect choice for those not comfortable with the dormant cycles of the more famous purple leaved Oxalis regnellii atropurpurea (triangularis) which tyically rests during the winter to emerge from its pot until early spring. This deserves to be more popular than it currently is--especially as it is a real trooper in sunny windowboxes and patio urns of summertime, as well as the winter windowsill.

40701 OXALIS PEDUNCULARIS OXA HP CGH PRICE: $5.75 Impressive stocky erect stems hold fleshy leaves & yellowish orange flowers, especially during the winter months. Grow as a succulent; best performance in full sun.

40702 OXALIS PEDUNCULARIS CRISTATA OXA HP CGH PRICE: $ 18.00 Succulent stems flare out into bizarre fans. Odd much sought-after "Fan Oxalis" seldom available from most growers. Give perfect drainage and bright light. Typically a regular fat cylindric stem shoots up several inches, then starts to crest at the growing tip in to a fantastic cockscomb--so do not remove a shoot which at first appears to be a reversion!

41829 OXALIS PES-CAPRAE OXA HP CGH PRICE: $ 6.50 "Bermuda Buttercup" South African Cape species with long lived thickened roots and scaly bulbs; with winter foliage (and this can form a very full basket in time) come the showy showers of yellow blossoms--but requiring full sun to bloom. This is absolutely summer dormant and will rot if kept too moist during this period.

40703 OXALIS REGNELLII OXA HP CGH PRICE: $ 3.00 Obtriangular leaves are most attractive, plus nearly everblooming white flower clusters recommend this as the best Oxalis for the house--the Victorian's favorite. More than likely that rugged soul your grandmother grew in a clay filled coffee can in her sunny kitchen window. Fabulous as a hanging basket display in your hobby greenhouse as well as any number of container combinations outdoors during the milder seasons. While a tuberous species, this one seems to have no dormancy cycle as long as if given good light, well drained soil, and low amounts of fertilizer. If however, during your vacation your very most trusted friend forgets to water it and it drops all foliage, fear not: gradually start watering again and the tubers will send up new life.

41490 OXALIS REGNELLII ATROPURPUREA [TRIANGULARIS] OXA HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.25 Incredible "Red Velvet Shamrock"--a striking selection with handsome dusky glowing purple foliage with a central vivid violet flame on each triangular leaflet; low statured mound topped with many delicately toned lilac fls. A knockout with a distinct winter dormancy cycle (unlike the species) if allowed to dry out or to chill, or even experience very low light levels. Has been featured and pictured in many articles recently.

51901 OXALIS REGNELLII DOROTHY CHAO OXA HP TGH PRICE: $ 8.50 A splendid "Silver Oxalis" sport from Dorothy Chao with splendidly large obtriangular leaves a glaucous milky green--most distinctive pewter hue beautifully complemented by clusters of palest lilac pink blossoms produced with abandon. Subtle power. Tends to catch the eye no matter how it is placed.

41645 OXALIS RIO DE JANERIO [SPECIES AFFINITY TO O. DISPAR] PRICE: $ 8.75 New crop for 2008. Remarkable unidentified collection from the mountain sides of Rio with erect wiry stems topped with thick diamond boat-shaped leaves, in threes, each with shimmering silvery dreamy central variegation. Cute cheerful yellow blossoms, thus the "Goldie Locks" plant perfect for window ledge, under lights, as well as a patio pot plant during the summer. Eventually creating its own miniature "standard" shape on its wiry woody stem unless you pinch the growing tip to encourage branching. A gem for any light gardener; quickly winning over designers of terrarium landscapes as well. Quite a jewel in a terrarium or Wardian Case plant combination. Sometime called Oxalis Silver & Gold.

40694 OXALIS RUBRA ALBA [CRASSIPES] OXA HP CGH PRICE: $ 6.00 "Summer Shamrock" Reliably evergreen species with low, soft green fleshy leaves mounding over short succulent stalks which emerge from thick underground tubers; clusters of small white flowers reach their height during summer. Traditional Victorian favorite as a year 'round pot plant demanding full sun to flourish--now rediscovered and utlized in summer urns, windowboxes, and mixed containers as well. We like to present it in a eight inch hanging basket. The fleshy bulbs were prized by the Incans who proclaimed that "Stew without chunu is like life without love."

40970 OXALIS RUBRA [ROSEA] OXA HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.50 Free-blooming "Old Fashioned Pink Shamrock" grandma grew on her windowsill with its seemingly endless clusters of bright rosy flowers, veined red, over the shamrock foliage. Thick tubers give rise to many succulent stalks--indestructable, does not go dormant unless you forget to water it for a month or so.

40705 OXALIS SILIQUOSA COPPER GLOW OXA HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.25 Striking copper-pink leaves thickly overlapping on the strong succulent stems, which gradually arch over under the weight of the fabulously hued foliage; rare "Copper Velvet Shamrock" This variety does not have tubers, but is a vining subject, a traditional houseplant, with masses of cheerful yellow blossoms, also proven quite good for hanging baskets, urns, and especially windowboxes in summertime plantings.

40704 OXALIS SILIQUOSA [VULCANICOLA] OXA HP CGH PRICE: $ 3.25 "Red Velvet Oxalis" Traditional hanging basket subject with arching succulent red stems covered with copper-maroon leaves and almost constant yellow flowers. This variety does not have tubers, but is a vining subject and good for hanging baskets. Try as summer bedding plant to punch up a bland spot.

59405 OXALIS SILIQUOSA ZINFANDEL OXA HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.25 An unusually dark leaved form of the species, seemingly the same as 'Bonfire' and other purple red clones with yellow blossoms occasionally revealing red veining in the winter sun. Has had many names over the years.

42356 OXALIS STEMMED SPECIES YELLOW FLOWERED OXA HP TGH PRICE: $ 7.25 LIMITED AVAILABILITY Tripartate pale green leaves line the woody wire stem; with bright light this unidentified yellow flowered Brazilian species is everblooming. A favorite with bonsai fanciers; outstanding perofrmer under lights and in large terrariums--but does require patience, as grows very slowly, very deliberately when compared with the rest of this tribe. Please inquire as to availability before ordering in considerable numbers--one article in a bonsai newsletter can deplete our small stock quickly.

40706 OXALIS VARIABILIS [PURPUREA] GRAND DUCHESS OXA HP CGH PRICE: $5.25 Summer-dormant "Grand Duchess Oxalis" produces pendant mound of soft clover leaves with large silky flowers of lavender--this needs very bright winter light to produce the showy blossoms. We prefer to ship this late summer just before the foliage emerges after summer dormancy cycle. This prima donna requires at least a quart sized pot in order to provide enough space for its large statured mass of thick overlapping foliage; in a large hanging basket 'Grand Duchess' will cascade for a striking display of the winter blossoms lasting well into spring for us. Needs some considerable elbow room to show off adequately.

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