by randy | Jun 15, 2016 | Flowers, Heliconias |
Heliconia rostrata Heliconia rostrata is hands down, my favorite Heliconia. A pendulous species, the striking red and yellow bracts hang gracefully below the leaves. This plant is not difficult to grow, but they are cold sensitive. They will need protection in zones...
by randy | Jun 15, 2016 | epiphyllums, Flowers |
These are hands down, my favorite cacti. For one thing they are tropical, and tropical plants are what I do, but even if they weren’t tropical plants, I’d still love them. They are among my favorite flowers in the world. The colors are so vibrant, and the...
by randy | Jun 8, 2016 | Bamboo, Rare Plants |
This is a real eye catcher in a garden. The culms get very wide but not very tall, so they taper dramatically, and they bulge outward between the nodes. Since the internodal distance is small, the branches are much closer together, creating a very dense screen at eye...
by randy | Jun 8, 2016 | Bamboo, Rare Plants |
This is a great little bamboo. Its hard to find a denser or faster growing privacy screen than bambusa multiplex. There are a lot of different varieties of this species to choose from. Alfonse Karr has beautiful yellow culms with green stripes. The subspecies Bambusa...
by randy | Jun 8, 2016 | Bamboo, Rare Plants |
Bambusa ventricosa, also called Buddha Belly Bamboo, is a very versatile bamboo. It grows very tall and gracefully in the ground, but in containers the culms become stunted, and swell between the nodes giving the canes a pot bellied look to them. This bamboo makes a...
