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Featured Plants - Page 1
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Featured Plants are in alphabetical order by Botanical Names.
Abutilon-megapotamicum-Bella-Red
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Common Name: Flowering Maple
Latin Name: Abutilon megapotamicum 'Bella Red' and 'Bella Yellow'
Family: Malvaceae
Zone: 9-11

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1 gallon pot

$7.95

 

Abutilon has been grown since Victorian days as a sunny parlor, porch or garden plant. It is a tender shrub 25 degree minimum and produces flowers all year if kept warm. Will do well inside in a bright sunny window out on the patio as a potted plant. Grows 4 to 6 feet tall. Pinch back for compactness.

Achimenes
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Common Name: Achimenes
Latin Name: Achimenes longiflora
Family: Gesneriaceae
Zone: 8-10

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Sold out

1 gallon pot

was $7.95

 

Info: Summer bloomer, this hardy African Violet relative will naturalize and return each year to bring some tropical foliage and color to your garden. Easy to grow, provide bright shade, good organic soil, and plenty of moisture.

Aechmea recurvata red form
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Common Name:
Latin Name: Aechmea recurvata 'Red Form'
Family: Bromeliaceae
Zone: 9-11

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1 gal pot

$12.00

 

Info: A hardy clumping bromeliad with rich red leaves. Happy as a terrestrial grown plant, blooms in spring with red clusters of berry like flowers. Easy to grow, coloration is best in full sun to light shade. Water regularly, grow in loose organic soil. Nice tropical accent to a patio garden.

Agapanthus 'Elaine' in bud

Common Name: Lily of the Nile 'Elaine'
Latin Name: Agapanthus 'Elaine'
Family: Liliaceae
Zone: 7-10

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Sold out

2 gal pot

 

 

Info: Deep dark blue purple globes of flowers on 4 foot stems! Three foot vigorous strap like leaves grow well in full sun. Blooms in mid-summer, several weeks later than regular Agapanthus.

Photo is of flower in bud stage.


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Common Name: Lily of the Nile 'Mood Indigo'
Latin Name: Agapanthus 'Mood Indigo'
Family: Liliaceae
Zone: 7-10

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1 gallon pot

$12

 

Info:

Agastache ‘Tutti Fruiti’
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Common Name: ‘Tutti Fruiti’
Latin Name: Agastache ‘Tutti Fruiti’
Family: Lamiaceae
Zone: 7-9

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1 gallon

$7.95

April 16, 2009

Fresh Plants in stock!

Full sun, gray green foliage is fragrant, flowers pink and purple are edible. Humming bird attractor, prolific bloomer. Perennial, vigorous and trouble free plant.

Agastache 'Apricot Sunrise'
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Common Name: Agastache 'Apricot Sunrise'
Latin Name: Agastache 'Apricot Sunrise'
Family: Lamiaceae
Zone: 7-9

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1 gallon pot

$12

 

Info:

Allamanda-peaches & Cream
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Common Name: 'Peaches & Cream' Allamanda
Latin Name: Allamanda cathartica 'Peaches and Cream'
Family: Apocynaceae
Zone: 10

 

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1 gallon pot

$10.00

 

New color, broad leaf evergreen tropical vine flowers most prolifically in full sun. Keep soil moist. Flower scent may be described as delicate and fruity. This is a frost sensitive vine so protect from freezing weather.

Lemon Verbena
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Common Name: Lemon Verbena
Latin Name: Aloysia citrodora
Family: Verbenaceae
Zone: 8-10

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1 gallon pot

$5.00

April 16, 2009

Fresh Plants in stock!

Info: Aromatic lemon-scented leaves are used in herbal teas, as a garnish, and in cooking. Dried leaves retain their scent and flavor well. Grow in well drained soil in full sun.

Aloysia-virgata-Sweet Almond Verbena
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Common Name: Sweet Almond Verbena
Latin Name: Aloysia virgata
Family: Verbenaceae
Zone: 8b-10

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3 gallon $14.95

1 gallon $7.95

 

Wonderfully fragrant flowers! When in bloom it's wonderful fragrance will fill your garden day and night. Sweet Almond Verbena is native to Argentina and grows to about 10 feet tall. It blooms throughout the summer and fall with with repeated flushes of thin clusters of white flowers attractive to butterflies. Sweet Almond is easy to grow, likes full sun and is draught tolerant after becoming established.

Alternanthera 'Snow on the Mountain'
Common Name: Snow on the Mountain
Latin Name: Alternanthera ficoidea 'Snow on the Mountain'
Family: Amaranthaceae
Zone: 9

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quart pot

$5.00

 

Info: This unusual Parrot Plant is topped with brilliant white tiny leaves. Grows to about 12 to 18 inches tall. Prefers full sun to partial shade.

Antigonon leptopus 'Alba' - White Coral Vine
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Common Name: White Coral Vine
Botanical Name: Antigonon leptopus 'Alba'
Family: Polygonaceae
Origin: Mexico
Hardiness: USDA Zone 9

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1 gallon pot

$10.00

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Aristolochia fimbriata Flower
Common Name: White-Veined Hardy Dutchman's Pipe
Latin Name: Aristolochia fimbriata
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Zone: 7-9

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1 gallon pot

$7.95

 

Info: fresh batch just in! Ground cover pipevine, likes full sun. Attracts butterflies (food plant for Pipevine Swallowtail) Beautiful veined leaves and exotic flower that mimics butterfly larvae. Easy to grow perennial also will reseed itself.

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Common Name: Giant White Dutchman's Pipe
Latin Name: Aristolochia grandiflora 'alba'
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Zone: 10

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1 gallon pot

$10.00

 

Info: Large vine with heart shaped leaves and huge cream colored reticulated flowers each with it's own tail! Flowers are an impressive 10 inches wide. This vine is native to Central America.

Aronia melanocarpa
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Common Name: Black Chokeberry
Latin Name: Aronia melanocarpa
Family: Rosaceae
Zone: 3-9

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2 gallon pot

$10.00

An adaptable native small shrub to 3 ft with clusters of white flowers followed by shiny clusters of black berries. Easy to grow, food for native birds and animals, showy fall foliage color. Difficult to find in mainstream nurseries, this is a 'must have' if you are into landscaping with native plants.

Asystasia gangetica
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Variegated Asystasia gangetica
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Common Name: Chinese Violet, Ganges Primrose
Latin Name: Asystasia gangetica
Family: Acanthaceae
Zone: 9b-11

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1 gal pot

$7.95

 

Info: Native to India, Malaysia and parts of Africa. Prefers moist soil, filtered sun to partial shade, plenty of compost, and protect from frost. Easy to grow spreading ground cover to 18 inches tall. Also great for hanging baskets. Blooms profusely throughout the growing season.

 

 

Note: We also carry A YELLOW flowering form, same price!


And a beautifully VARIEGATED cultivar with bold cream variegation


Climbing Spinach
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Common Name: Climbing Spinach
Latin Name: Basella rubra
Family: Basellaceae
Zone: 10

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2 gallon pot

$5 each

Info: Climbing Spinach is a fast-growing, soft-stemmed vine,with thick, semi-succulent, heart-shaped leaves with a mild flavor.

Bauhinia galpinii
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Common Name: Red Orchid Tree
Latin Name: Bauhinia galpinii
Family: Fabaceae
Zone: 9-10

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In Stock

 

1 gallon pot

$7.95

A small red flowering 'Orchid Tree' from South Africa. Flowers summer to fall and is hardy in zone 9 if protected for first 3 years from hard freezes. The nature of this small tree is to clamber through brush with long branches, but can easily be kept in a tree shape with some trimming.

Grow in full sun, water regularly, protect from hard freezes.


Bonfire Begonia
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Common Name: Bonfire Begonia
Latin Name: Begonia boliviensis
Family: Begoniaceae
Zone: 10 - 11

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4 ½ inch pot

$3.00

 

 

Info: Bonfire is an incredibly beautiful tuberous begonia native to South America. As a hanging basket plant it will produce hundreds of fiery scarlet-orange flowers all summer long. This is an easy to grow Begonia, keep the soil moist and grow in full sun to partial shade. Bound to be one of the best new plants in your garden this year. A Must Have, hard to find plant !


Billbergia nutans - Queen's Tears
Common Name: Queen's Tears Bromeliad
Latin Name: Billbergia nutans
Family: Bromeliaceae
Zone: 9-11

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April 16, 2009

Fresh Plants in stock!

1 gal pot

$15.00

 

Info: An easy to grow Bromeliad, works well as a terrestrial garden plant. Provide plenty of loose loamy soil and organic matter. Keep cups washed out regularly especially under Live Oak trees. Flowering is usually in spring. Clumps multiply and may be divided each year or two.

Bougainvillea 'Elizabeth Angus'
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Common Name: Elizabeth Angus Bougainvillea
Latin Name: Bougainvillea 'Elizabeth Angus'
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Zone: 9 - 11

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1 gallon size

$10.00

 

Info: The darkest purple Bougainvillea, even darker than Royal Purple Bougainvillea!

Bracteantha bracteata
Common Name: Strawflower, Everlasting, Paper Daisy
Latin Name: Bracteantha bracteata
Family: Asteraceae
Zone: 10 as perennial, 6 up as annual

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Sold out

4 ½ inch pot

Was $3.00

 

Info: Annual growing 10-12 inches high x 12-14 inches wide, grow in full sun. Great for landscape or in containers.

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Common Name: Worley's Butter Cream
Botanical Name: Cassia bicapsularis 'Buttercream'
Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Origin:
Hardiness: USDA Zone 8-10

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1 gallon size

$7.95

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Nirvana™ Vinca
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Common Name: Nirvana™ Vinca
Latin Name: Catharanthus roseus 'Nirvana'
Family: Apocynaceae
Zone: 7-10

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4 1/2 inch pot

Was $3.00

Currently Sold Out

Info: Disease resistant hybrid 'Vinca 'Nirvana' thrives in our summer heat and dry conditions, so be sure to plant in a well drained soil mix.

Callicarpa americana 'Lactea'_White American Beautyberry
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Common Name: White American Beautyberry
Botanical Name: Callicarpa americana 'Lactea'
Family: Verbenaceae
Origin: Southern United States
Hardiness: USDA Zone 7-10

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1 gallon size

$10.00

New

Comments: A naturally occurring white form of of the usually purple-pink American Beautyberry. This native Texas deciduous shrub grows 4 to 6 feet tall and wide. Plants come true from seeds. Birds and other wildlife are quite fond of the berries and can strip the plant bare of fruit in a few days foraging. This easy to grow native likes semi-shade but can grow in full sun with regular watering.

Calotropis gigantea
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Common Name: Purple Crown Flower, Giant Milkweed
Latin Name: Calotropis gigantea
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Zone: 10

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1 gal pot

 Was $10.00

May 15, 2009 Currently Out of Stock

Info: Beautiful purple-blue and gold flowers about one inch across, leaves light gray green in color. Monarch butterfly plant, conversation piece for any garden. Prefers full sun and regular watering. Native to India.

Centaurea gymnocarpa 'Colchester White'
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Common Name: 'Colchester White' Giant Dusty Miller
Botanical Name: Centaurea gymnocarpa 'Colchester White'
Family: Asteraceae
Origin:
Hardiness: USDA Zone 7

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1 gallon pot

$15

Rare
Comments: Drought tolerant, full sun, hardy. A giant version of Dusty Miller grows 3 to4' and blooms beautiful blue purple thistle like blooms. Needs sun and good drainage.

Mexican Redbud
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Common Name: Mexican Redbud Tree
Latin Name: Cercis mexicana
Family: Leguminosae
Zone: 7-9

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5 gal pot

$35.00

 

Info: Mexican Redbud is a moderate to rapid-grower when young, reaching a height of 18 to 25 feet. The splendid purple-pink flowers appear all over the tree in spring, just before the leaves emerge. Leaves are considerably smaller than those on Texas Redbud and Eastern Redbud, and the edges are distinctly undulating. Mexican Redbud has an irregular growth habit when young but forms a graceful flat-topped vase-shape as it gets older. The tree usually branches low on the trunk, and if left intact forms a graceful multi-trunked habit.

Chrysocephalum-apiculatum--Flambe-Yellow-Strawflower
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Common Name: Flambe Yellow Strawflower
Latin Name: Chrysocephalum apiculatum
Family:
Zone: 7-10

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2 gal pot

$14.95

Info: Grow this drought and heat tolerant plant in full sun. Grows 8-14 inches tall and wide. Great for landscaping or container growing. Butterfly attractor.

Chrysactinia mexicana
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Common Name: Damianita
Latin Name: Chrysactinia mexicana
Family: Asteraceae
Zone: 8-10

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1 gallon pot

$12

 

Info: Native Texas perennial wildflower from the Edwards Plateau of Central Texas. Drought tolerant, 1 to 2 feet tall evergreen plant with aromatic foliage and bright yellow flowers.

Cinnamomum chekiangensis
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Common Name: Hardy Cinnamon Tree
Latin Name: Cinnamomum chekiangensis
Family: Lauraceae
Zone: 7-10

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1 gallon pot

$15

Info: Recently introduced small broadleaf evergreen tree to 40 ft with shiny tropical looking leaves, appears to be quite hardy in East Texas gardens and is definatly hardier than it's close relative, the more tropical Camphor Tree - Cinnamomum camphora.

Clematis pitcheri - Bluebill Flower
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Common Name: Leather Flower, Bluebill
Latin Name: Clematis pitcheri
Family: Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5 - 9

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1 gal pot

$7.95

 

Info: Bluebill is a Texas native herbaceous perennial vine climbing to 10 feet. Prefers shady moist conditions but is also drought tolerant during dry spells. Long stem deep magenta to purple flowers are fragrant. Technically, there are no petals in the flowers--the four showy structures are sepals. Sweetly scented flowers.

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Common Name: Scarlet Leather Flower, Texas Scarlet Clematis
Latin Name: Clematis texensis 'Gravetye Beauty'
Family: Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5 - 9

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1 gal pot

$7.95

 

Info: Hybrid of the native Texas Clematis growing to 9 feet tall and 2 feet wide. Clematis texensis itself is native only on the Edwards Plateau area of Central Texas where it grows along streams and bottomlands. Tolerant of alkaline soils and prefers sunny to lightly shaded conditions with well drained soil. Fragrant rose-pink flowers appear in spring and summer. 'Gravetye Beauty' is an interspecific hybrid with up-facing 3 inch rich ruby-red flowers.

Clerodendrum"Musical Notes"
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Common Name: Clerodendrum"Musical Notes"
Latin Name: Clerodendrum incisum
Family: Verbenaceae
Zone: 10

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1 gallon pot

$7.95

 

The unopened flower buds of this unusual Clerodendrum resemble musical notes! Blooms almost continually during summer months.

Crassula muscosa 'Princess Pine'
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Common Name: Princess Pine, Watch Chain
Botanical Name: Crassula muscosa 'Princess Pine'
Family: Crassulaceae
Origin: South Africa (Africa)
Hardiness: USDA Zone 8-10

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4 1/2 inch pot

$3.00

Comments: Evergreen succulent ground cover tolerates drought. Keep dry in winter. Grow in sun to partial shade in a well drained rocky soil. Grows 6 to 12 inches tall and wide. Tiny yellow scented flowers appear in late summer.

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Emily McKenzie'
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Common Name: Crocosmia 'Emily McKenzie'
Botanical Name: Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Emily McKenzie'
Family: Iridaceae
Origin:
Hardiness: USDA Zone 6-9

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Quart Pots

Was $5.00

September 9 2009

Sold Out

Comments: Easy to grow, hardy, colorful burnt orange flowers with red centers on 3 foot stalks. Blooms in mid to late summer. Grow in full sun in well drained soil.

Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
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Common Name: 'Lucifer' Montbretia
Botanical Name: Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Lucifer'
Family: Iridaceae
Origin:
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5-9

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Quart Pots

 Was $5.00

September 9 2009

Sold Out

 

Comments: Full Sun to partial sun with medium watering will insure blooms all through June - August. Bright scarlet red flowers on 2-4 foot stems.

We also have a yellow form available.



Cuphea ignea 'Rainbow Confetti'
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Common Name: 'Rainbow Confetti' Cuphea
Latin Name: Cuphea ignea 'Rainbow Confetti'
Family: Lythraceae
Zone: 9 - 11

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1 gallon pot

$7.95

 

Info: Mounds 1 foot high and 1 foot in diameter bloom continuously with watermelon-pink, plum and pale-pink flowers. Plant in full sun to partial shade.

Cymbopogon citrates - Lemongrass
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Common Name: Lemongrass
Latin Name: Cymbopogon citrates
Family: Poaceae
Zone: 9-10

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1 gallon pot
$7.95

4 inch pot
$3.00

Fresh batch in stock!

Info: Lemongrass is an easy to grow clumping tropical grass used extensively in Thai and Vietnamese cuisine. Lemongrass is believed by many to be an herbal remedy, helping with stomach problems, arthritis, and containing anti-oxidants. A deliciously relaxing tea is also made from the leaves.

Dahlia 'Mystic Illusion'
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Common Name: 'Mystic Illusion' Dahlia
Latin Name: Dahlia 'Mystic Illusion'
Family:
Zone:

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Info: A mounding annual Dahlia grows 18 to 36 inches tall, with dark purple leaves and bright yellow star shape flowers. Grow in full sun, well drained rich and moist soil. Deadheading will encourage additional blooming.

Dianella tasmanica 'Gold Stripe'
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Common Name: 'Gold Stripe' Flax Lily
Botanical Name: Dianella tasmanica 'Gold Stripe'
Family: Phormiaceae
Origin:
Hardiness: USDA Zone 8-10

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1 quart pot

$5.00

Comments: 'Gold Stripe' Dianella is a dramatic accent or potted perennial for your shade garden. Sprays of sky blue flowers are followed by persistent turquoise berries in the fall. Carefree maintenance, prefers shade and moist soil. Will grow two feet tall and wide.

Dianella-tasmanica-Variegata
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Common Name: Variegated Flax-lily
Latin Name: Dianella tasmanica 'Variegata'
Family: Liliaceae
Zone: 8-10

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1 quart pot

$5.00

1 gallon pot
$7.95

 

A variegated evergreen perennial 2-3 ft tall with small blue flowers in spring. Later in the fall metallic blue berries mature giving an interesting accent to fall and winter gardens.

Drought tolerant, partial shade, fertilize monthly with a general garden fertilizer during the growing season (March to September)


Duranta Cuban Gold
Common Name: Duranta 'Cuban Gold'
Latin Name: Duranta erecta
Family: Verbenaceae
Zone: 8-11

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1 gallon pot

$7.95

 

Small tropical shrub from Jamaica grows 8 to 12 inches tall, takes the heat and humidity of Texas gardens. Good lasting chartreuse color for mixed containers, baskets, and borders, grow in full sun to partial shade. Has small blue flowers followed by occasional clusters of non-edible golden berries.

Big-Sky-Sundown-Coneflower

Common Name: Big Sky Echinacea Hybrids
Sundown™ Coneflower

Latin Name: Echinacea hybrid
Family: Asteraceae
Zone: 5 - 9

Also in stock more Big Sky Hybrids:
Echinacea Hybrid - Summer Sky™ -
Soft peach with rose halo
Echinacea Hybrid - Twilight™ -
Rose petals around a red cone
Echinacea Hybrid - Midnight™
- Fragrant, dark magenta purple flowers and a black-red cone, compact plant.

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2009-03
Back In Stock !

1 gallon pot

$12.00 each

 

 

Info: A new YELLOW-ORANGE coneflower to 6 inches across! Vibrant orange petals surrounding a dark orange cone on stems up to 3 feet tall. Full sun, fast growing, clump-forming perennial. Great cut flower, blooms all summer. Deer resistant and drought tolerant. Fragrant and attracts butterflies too!

Ephedra minuta
Common Name: Miniature Joint Fir
Latin Name: Ephedra minuta
Family: Ephedraceae
Zone: 4+

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1 gallon pot

$7.95

 

Info: An unusual rock garden plant bering narrow blue-green, leafless branches that form a shrub like mound. Prefers hot, dry sites with sandy soil. Requires excellent drainage, drought tolerant. Grows to 12 inches tall space 24 inches apart.

Eupatorium coelestinum
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Common Name: Wild ageratum, Blue-mist Flower
Latin Name: Eupatorium coelestinum, Conoclinium coelestinum
Family: Asteraceae
Zone: 5-10

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4 inch pot

$2.00

Info: Blue-mist Flower is native to the central and Southeastern US. Its bright blue flowers are butterfly magnets! Easy to grow, this herbaceous perennial likes full sun to partial shade with medium wet consistently moist soil and will readily naturalize in the garden. Works well as both a groundcover or filler plant. Blooming is best in summer and early fall.


Euphorbia cotinifolia - Red spurge, Caribbean Copper Plant
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Common Name: Red spurge, Caribbean Copper Plant
Botanical Name: Euphorbia cotinifolia
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Origin: Mexico to South America
Hardiness: USDA Zone 10

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1 gallon pot

$10.00

Comments:

Euphorbia-geroldii-flowers
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Common Name: Euphorbia geroldii
Latin Name: Euphorbia geroldii
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Zone: 10

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1 gallon pot

$7.95

 

A Crown-of-Thorns without the thorns! This beautiful plant blooms all summer with bright red flowers in pairs with yellow centers. It is a semi-succulent shrub from Madagascar and can tolerate moisture better than most Euphorbia's. Excellent potted plant, protect from freezing weather. Favorite of hummingbirds. Partial sun to bright shade.

Gladiolus byzantinus
Common Name: Byzantine Gladiolus
Latin Name: Gladiolus byzantinus
Family: Iridaceae
Zone: 6-10

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1 gallon pot

$7.95

 

Info: An old south cottage garden heirloom gladiolus with small vibrant magenta flowers grown in America since colonial days. These bulbs increase year after year into even larger clumps.

Gladiolus byzantinus, sometimes known as cornflags, mark many old home sites and cemetery plots in Texas and the Southern U.S.


Heirloom Burgundy Cotton Flower
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Heirloom Burgundy Cotton Foliage
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Common Name: Heirloom Burgundy Cotton
Latin Name: Gossypium hirsutum 'Burgundy'
Family: Malvaceae
Zone: 9-11

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Sold out

Rare

Heirloom

1 gallon size

was $7.95

 

 

 

Info: These are beautiful plants, a true heirloom cotton with mauve pink flowers, dark burgundy leaves and it produces real cotton! The plant looks a bit like a burgundy leaf confederate rose. The cotton fibers are white. We have less than 10 of these rare cotton plants available, first come first serve! Plants are full bushy and about 18 inches tall. Cotton is a perennial Mallow and if protected through winter freezes will shine again next year in your garden. You can also start this heirloom burgundy cotton from its seeds.

 

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Graptophyllum-pictum-Aurea-Variegata
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Common Name: Caricature Plant
Latin Name: Graptophyllum pictum 'Aurea Variegata'
Family: Acanthaceae
Zone: 10

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Special

6 inch pots

$3 each

Info: Foliage is oval shaped, glossy, variegated and leathery; leaves are up to 5 inches long. Likes medium humidity and moist not wet soil. Grows five to eight feet tall by two feet wide. Useful as a specimen or background planting. Will freeze but is root hardy to about 25 degrees. Fast growing.

Gynura bicolor
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Common Name: Gynura
Latin Name: Gynura bicolor
Family: Asteraceae
Zone: 8b-11

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1 gallon pot

$10.00

 

Easy to grow, good for hanging baskets, planters, or ground cover. Interesting chocolaty foliage marked by prominent green veins and purple beneath.

Hosta 'Stained Glass'
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Common Name: Hosta 'Stained Glass', Plantain Lily
Latin Name: Hosta 'Stained Glass'
Family: Liliaceae
Zone: 4-9

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1 gallon pot

$10.00

July 23, 2009

Fresh Plants in stock!

 

Info: American Hosta Growers Association 2006 Hosta of the Year. Easy to grow, multiplies quickly. Stained Glass Hosta is more sun and heat tolerant than most Hosta's and has bright shiny golden foliage with two inch wide dark green margins. Plants grow into 3 to 4 foot wide clumps with large fragrant light lavender flowers in the fall. Clumps are easy to divide.


Hibiscus cardiophyllus
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Common Name: Heart Leaf Hibiscus
Botanical Name: Hibiscus cardiophyllus
Family: Malvaceae
Origin: Texas Native Plant
Hardiness: USDA Zone 8-10

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1 gallon

$ 7.95

Comments: This native Texas hibiscus is a drought- tolerant shrubby perennial native to the Rio Grande Plains, Edwards Plateau and Eastern Trans-Pecos regions of Texas. Bright crimson flowers bloom from spring until fall. It is a deciduous shrub growing one to two feet tall and requiring good drainage and winter mulching in colder areas. Can be grown in full sun or partial shade.


Hibiscus hamabo flower
Common Name: Hardy Yellow Hibiscus
Latin Name: Hibiscus hamabo
Family: Malvaceae
Zone: 8b-10

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July 23, 2009

Fresh Plants back in stock!

1 gallon pot

$12.00

 

Summer bloomer, Will grow into a 4 ft tall and wide shrub, flowers cheery yellow.

Hibiscus subdariffa
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Common Name: Tea Hibiscus, Roselle
Latin Name: Hibiscus subdariffa
Family: Malvaceae
Zone: 9+

1

1 gallon pot

$7.95

2009-05-21

Back in Stock!

 

 

Rozelle plant. Small red fruits are pickled and the leaves used as a vegetable and spice in curries.

Hibiscus tiliaceus 'Variegata'
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Common Name: Variegated Tree Hibiscus, Mahoe
Botanical Name: Hibiscus tiliaceus 'Variegata'
Family: Malvaceae
Origin: South Pacific
Hardiness: USDA Zone 10

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1 gallon

$ 12.00

Comments: Striking foliage plant with splashed of multi-shaded green and white leaves. New leaves are tinted deep maroon. Flowers are yellow with a dark maroon center.

Jatropha gossypifolia
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Common Name: Bellyache Bush
Latin Name: Jatropha gossypifolia
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Zone: 9-10

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1 gallon

$ 7.95

Native to Mexico, this member of the Euphorbia family loves hot dry weather. Treat as an annual in most of Texas as it will freeze if unprotected in winter. Once established, this fast growing shrub with , beautiful maroon shiny 3 to 5 lobed leaves and small red flowers will reseed itself and return each year with the onset of hot weather. This tropical is easy to grow, just plant, water in, and forget.

Yellow Justicia aurea
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Common Name: Yellow Jacobinia
Latin Name: Justicia aurea
Family: Acanthaceae
Zone: 9-10

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1 gallon pot

$10.00

Info: Blooming nearly year round during warm weather, Yellow Jacobinia grows 6 to 8 feet tall with clusters of yellow flowers at the ends of branches and large tropical looking leaves. Pinch spent blooms for neater appearance. Hardy to about 30 degrees.

Justicia-carnea-rose-Jacobinia
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Common Name: 'Rose' Jacobinia
Latin Name: Justicia carnea
Family: Acanthaceae
Zone: 9-10

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1 gallon

$ 7.95

 

Hardy small shrub to 4 feet tall, rose pink flowers and purple undersides to the leaves. Grows well in shade in a good moist organic soil. Blooms all summer with mounds of large rose-pink flowers. Easy to grow!

Dwarf Yellow jacobina
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Common Name: Dwarf Yellow Jacobina
Botanical Name: Justicia sp.
Family: Acanthaceae
Origin:
Hardiness: USDA Zone 9-10

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1 gallon

$ 10.00

 

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Phone 281-342-4016        Fax 281-341-7367      * Local call from Houston or Rosenberg *

2436 Band Road, Rosenberg, Texas 77471
Twenty minutes from Houston out Hwy 59, Exit 36 south to first full traffic light,
then turn right on Band Rd, we are on right, one mile.

   We accept Visa, MasterCard, and Discover Cards We accept Visa, MasterCard, and Discover Cards We accept Visa, MasterCard, and Discover Cards                                 Caldwell Nursery in Rosenberg Texas
       We accept Visa, MasterCard, and Discover Card                               Updated November 1, 2009

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