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99456 HUMMINGBIRD GARDEN COLLECTION: A very popular one--much reordered! A generous selection form such dramatic genera as Alstroemeria, Manettia, Cestrum, russelia, Crocosmia, cuphea, Justicia, Pachystachys, Clitoria, Abutilon, Monarda, Penstemon, Salvia, Hibiscus, Kniphofia, Lobelia, Malvaviscus, Campsis, and many more. We mix a few quickly performing tropicals in with the long term perennials & vines. 10 Plants for only PRICE: $35.00 To order specific plants from these genera, look over the list bellow. Tropicals are at the top, and winter hardy plants are at the bottom.

42103 ACALYPHA HISPIDA ALBA MARINATA EUP HP TGH PRICE: $ 25.00 Upright stems hold long yellow "Chenille Plant" pendant catkins throughout the year; this "Philippine Medusa" shrub needs bright light and warm conditions. A clone of "White Chenille Plant" with cream-toned dangling catkins and unusually elongated lvs w/ the scallops colored parchment white.

11626 ADIANTUM RADDIANUM FRAGRANTISSIMUM POLYPO CGH TERR HP PRICE: $ 5.50 Elegant arching blackish stems accent the dark narrow fans of this heirloom "Fragrant Maidenhair Fern"--Not quite the challenge as a houseplant that some of its fussier cousins are--and quite wonderful in any terrarium composition.

10021 ADIANTUM RADDIANUM SNOWSTORM (TESSELATE) POLYPO CGH TERR PRICE: $ 15.00 A new variegated Maidenhair fern! We have this available for shipping in July, 2010, so order down. Numbers are limited. A new form of the above small form of the "Maidenhair Fern" with erect quite compact fronds congested with sometimes overlapping deeply lobed segments shaped like teardrops and hightly variegated. Can be a little difficult, but well worth the effort.

52027 AECHMEA ORLANDIANA ENSIGN BRO TGH HP PRICE: $ 27.50 Erect rosette with irregular chocolate cross-branded leaves with wide white stripes & black teeth. Remains the absolute centerpiece of any collection of variegated plants. Available now with good-sized plants. We love this plant.

38484 AESCHYNANTHUS RADICANS CULRY GES HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.50 Most curious and fun plant. Typical Lipstick blooms but resembles the Hindu Rope plant. We will have this available May1, 2012 . It is easily grown. Relative of course to the African Violet!

30448 ALOCASIA TRIANGULARIS ARAC TGH HP PRICE: $ 20.00 Elaborately furled "pie crust" edges on triangular lvs on erect stems--tiffany glass elegance lent to the "Giant Ape Taro." Develops a many-headed specimen with time. Some suggest this is A. hollrungii. New for the 2012 SEASON. Unusual and weird.

65040 ALOE PLICATILIS LIL HP TGH $ 15.00 New for 2010. Check these plants out. The first picture shows some of the plants ready to ship. "Fan Aloe" Glaucous green strap lvs in opposite ranks on erect woody trunks become blue in high light; with maturitY sends up spikes of red fls. Cape Province. Easily grown in a home or greenhouse. Bright window.

53239 ANANAS SPECIES CREAM BANDS BRO TGH HP PRICE: $ 15.00 Available now! "Variegated Smoothleaf Pineapple" Striking selection of the pineapple with striping of green, white, and pink; soft leaved form, great for the bright window in the house. Fabulous in a greenhouse; striking as a windowsill subject; eyecatching in a container composition.

11408 ASPLENIUM NIDUS ANTIQUUM OSAKA POL HP TGH PRICE: $ 12.50 We have nice sized plants available now. Decorative "Japanese Birdsnest Fern" form with elegant slim fronds with wavy ruffled margins, forming bowl-shaped specimens thriving in high-light areas, tolerating low humidity. Gives a Shirly Temple tone to your ferns.

56916 BEGONIA FAIRY (rex) BEG HP PRICE: $ 8.50 (rex) Somewhat upright strongly statured stems weighted with emerald green veined silvery glazed leaves, blush rose beneath. Quite beautiful. Strong grower.

58369 BRILLANTAISIA NITANS EUP TGH PRICE: $ 8.50 Acanthus Family. This was first introduced to garden culture, we believe, just in the last few years. We are pleased to offer these large blooming and performing plants. From Landscape Environmentals.

58427 CALATHEA JESTER MAR TGH HP PRICE: $ 16.00 Large statured new Calathea with irregular and random splotches of white over a patterned background. Great new plant. Available for shipping September 1, 2010.

50009 CHAMAEROPS HUMILIS ACAM HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.00 "Dwarf Fan Palm." In all Western Mediterranean Countries, where it grows spontaneously, the leaves of the Dwarf Fan Palm are always utilised for various kinds of wickerwork. Its buds are employed as food (palm-cabbage), chiefly in North Africa, but also in Sicily where it is known as "ciafagghiuni". Another of those semi-hardy palms that some try to get through in their gardens in Zones 7 (and with lots of care) Zone 6. We consider it one of our tropicals.

20042 CODONANTHE DEVOSIANA EUP HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.50 Very interesting new Gesneriad. Actually it has been around for a long time in Gesneriad Collection, but it newly offered again in our listing. It grows like the Aeschynanthus varieties.Glossy rounded lvs on strongly arching woody stems; the large creamy fls followed by pink berries.

51027 CRINUM ASIATICUM VARIEGATUM AMARY TGH HP PRICE: $35.00 PRICE: $19.50 NOTE! For a limited time, we are offering this wonderful plant at a reduced price. We had a good crop this year, so we are passing this on to you. "Striped Bengal Lily" Large fleshy sword-like leaves are most liberally streaked white & cream; fragrant clusters of waxy white blossoms with purpled centers--these clusters, held alof on strong two edged stalks, can produce up to twenty individual flowers on a mature plant. Striking decorator specimen for the warm greenhouse--drops roots if soil is cool. Certainly the easiest and most dramatic for the hobby greenhouse; equally wonderful if brought out into your outdoor display pool for the summer (but does best if not submerged--the water line must be below the point where the giant trunk emerges from the root mass). Unlike most variegated Crinum cultivars, if given adequate warmth, this one NEVER drops foliage in a cycle of dormancy or in a fit of stubbornness, but incrementally adds more and more fantastically white striped succulent leaves to create a magnificent specimen.
53336 CRYPTANTHUS HYBRIDUS ELAINE BRO HP TGH PRICE: $ 12.50 A larger grower than some hybrids. This magnificent plant has almost irridescent coloration on the newer leaves, gradually fading as the plant matures. There is a definite two-tone affect. This is rather uncommon in the trade. This is a bold subject especially also under lights.

52079 CRYPTANTHUS HYBRIDUS IT BRO HP TGH PRICE: $ 12.50 The reverse of the famous Cryptanthis It, with rose-toned cream & orange stripes on the edge of the leaf. Bright pink sometimes fades to white after time. One of the most beautifully toned hybrids of the Cryptanthus tribes of easy culture. Newly available again in 2010.

52086 CRYPTANTHUS HYBRIDUS TI BRO HP TGH PRICE: $ 12.50 The reverse of the famous Cryptanthis It, with rose-toned cream & orange stripes in the center of the leaf rather than the white to pink edge. One of the most beautifully toned hybrids of easy culture. Newly available again.

58483 DRACAENA FRAGRANS MARGINED VICTORIAE AGA TGH PRICE: $ 22.00 Wide leathery leaves heavily striped with cream and butter yellow thoughout the leaves. Similar but easier and faster to grow than the true D. Victoriae above This is a new introduction in our 2012 year offerings. Ready for shipping after May 1, 2012 .
53396 DYCKIA BURGUNDY ICE BRO HP CGH PRICE: $ 15.00 Brand New in 2010. This plant has the darkest and most cranberry colored overtones of any of the Dyckias we offer. We are pleased to introduce this during the summer 2012 SEASON. Like the other Dyckias below, makes a great indoor or windowsill subject. Take advantage of the low price for this spectcular new plant. Right now we have a good numer of these available at this great price.

60718 ECHEVERIA SUBRIGIDA CRA HP CGH HP PRICE: $ 15.00 This grey, silver plant is now ready to order. We will start shipping in May. The pictures say everything about this. It can get to be about 1 foot across. It needs bright light and good care. It is not easy, but the plant enthusiast, this is a choice and wonder Echeveria.
58428 GIBASIS (TRADESCANTIA) GENICULATA COM HP PRICE: $ 5.00 A great Wandering Jew relative and an old-fashioned plant grown by people from Victorian times onward. "Tahitian Bridal Veil." We have had this for years but we forgot to offer it! Great white flowers and dense hanging basket growth. This grows well in practically any environment. New for 2010 at the Glasshouse Works.
54084 GREVILLEA ROBUSTA PRO HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.50 New crop of great seedlings for this season. Reliable "Silky Oak Tree" from Queensland a popular ferny leaved potplant; when planted outdoors in Z10 or warmer can become a small tree with orange flowers. Japanese train as bonsai, "Kinu-kashi" as easily trained.

58391 HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS UNTAMED HEART MALV HP CGH PRICE: $ 28.00 Great hybrid with large flowers which are quite double. Floriferous during the summer and fall months. This is a Cajun hybrid from the famous Dupont Nurseries. We have a limited number in stock. These are larger than normal and will requiire a longer than normal box.

51058 HIPPEASTRUM RETICULATRUM STRIATIFOLIUM AMAR HP $ 17.50 Newly offered for the 2012 SEASON. Available for immediate shipping in December 2010 and onward! "Striped Amaryllis" of Brazil. Mauve-pink flowers overshadowed by wide but short deep green strap leaves with brilliant white midrib; very slow to increase dwarf. Excellent houseplant. Take advantage of our good pricing.

42147 IXORA SIAM SNOW RUB HP PRICE: $ 12.50 Very pleased to offer this unbelievably beuatiful variegate again in 2012 . We have limited numbers but enough to lower the price for a while at this time. Highly variegated (spotted) shrublets with paired leathery oval leaves framing the beautiful clusters of pink blossoms. This variegated variety is house culture friendly--not demanding the conservatory conditions of its larger shrub breathren. Like other variegated plants likes good light but not full sun.

66863 MUSA SIAM RUBY MUS TGH CGH PRICE: PRICE: $30.00  PRICE: $17.50 We have been working on this wonderful and colorful new Banana with some of the best color around. You notice that the color is very uniform. We just saw a plant from one of our customers that had developed five pups. Great pot plant! It is now ready for shipment and we have had great luck with this plant, so it is now being offered for this Summer and Fall sales at a discount price. These can be shipped immediately.

11700 NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA EMINA POLYP HP PRICE: $ 12.00 New fern in the kinky range. This will be available for shipping mid summer. We are taking orders now shipment about August 1. This fern is one of our new favorites.

14021 NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA FRINGED VASE POLYP HP PRICE: $ 12.00 "Fringed Vase Boston" This is a new introduction for the Glasshouse Works for Fall of 2010. We have it ready to start shipping in August, 2010. This can take a fair amount of sun. Very strong grower with many "fringed" ruffles all along the rachis of each frond. We highly recommend. Very tight growing and upright in habit. Sometimes labelled "Emerald Vase" or even "Floral Fantasy."

11554 NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA SASSY POLYP HP PRICE: $ 9.25 "Table" fern or small hanging basket...quick, reliable, wonderfully improved cross between Compacta and Teddy Jr. This fern really fits its name, "Sassy". "Sassy" just looks fresh and sassy! Easy to grow, all plants in a block exhibit the same growth rate and uniform looks. Could work well in an assortment. Light green color really stands out. New introduction from Santa Rosa. We have offered their Suzi Wong for years; and people just love it too. This plant is a bit better for general use anywhere in the house.

58424 PAPHIOPEDILUM MAUDIAE GROUP BIG CGH PRICE: $ 32.50 One of the most beautiful of all of the "Lady Slipper" orchids. This plant has great spotted foliage and wonderful flowers with a range of colors. We have several color forms, all with the great spotted foliage types. Take a look at the photos. Since Phalaenopsis seem to be at every store now with imports coming in the the tousands, we are offering some of the orchids that are not so common.

54440 PHALAENOPSIS BRIGHT EDGE (VARIEGATA) ORC HP $ 35.00 "Variegated Moth Orchid" We have pleased to offered a variegated leaf form of the Moth Orchid, Phaelaenopsis. These are great looking even not in bloom and as many of you know they bloom for long periods of time. Thus, you have a great plant for both foliage and blooming. Plus, Phalaeopsis are great house plants. New for 2012 . Pink flowers in starting in late winter and spring. Leaf edges have a bold creamy-white border an are flushed with rose-pink.

30760 PHILODENDRON CANNIFOLIUM ARAC TGH PRICE: $ 14.00 New for the coming season. "Flask Philo" Slow growing epiphyte with leathery lance leaves jutting out from remarkable channeled swollen leafstalks, resembling pop bottles. Grown for its remarkable swollen petioles. What we call "self-header" because if is reluctant to vine, forming more of a rosette. From South America, Guyana.

31455 PHILODENDRON PINNATIFIDUM ARAC TGH PRICE: $ 12.00 New! Venezuelan "Palmleaf Philodendron" with metallic green leathery lvs with deep lobes creating dramatic designs, held by spotted petioles on (eventually) tree like trunks. These are new and young plants and will become more pinnate as they age. Great new introduction for 2010.

33110 PHILODENDRON LEMON & LIME ARAC TGH HP PRICE: $25.00 Now! PRICE: $16.50 Brand new Introduction from the Glasshouse Works. Great introductory price! We got this from a grower in Texas. It is not a Glasshouse Works exclusive, but we are among the first to distribute to collectors it seems. You will like this. It is all gold. Leaves will be about one foot in length. Tends to has a short, stubby vine and close internotes and the brigtest gold we have seen on this type of domesticum hybrid Philodendron. Notice the leaf shape is almost the opposite of the Philodendron Lemonade below! Take advantage of our lower price for the Fall Season!

30582 PHILODENDRON VARIIFOLIUM (TRUE) ARAC HP TGH $ 15.00 Wavy thin leaves brushed pewter and honey-ash. Extremely choice and beautiful plant; introduced from Bolivia. Similar in habit to Philodendron scandens.

56800 PHILODENDRON XANADU GOLDEN FORM PP7030 ARA HP TGH PRICE: $ 17.50 Available starting about August 15. Order for your Fall indoor gardening pleasure. Elongated leathery leaves with many shallow rounded fingered lobes. This clone is new and of a bright golden color. We think it will make a great pot plants. Thickly overlaping golden leaves form a birdsnest shape rather than a clambering vine like P. elegans. A perfect houseplant. Probably will not stand as much sun or bright light as the standard green form.

10900 PHLEBODIUM AUREUM BLUE FORM POLYP HP TGH PRICE: $ 7.50 "Blue Bears' Paw" Broad loose and just slightly undulate fronds and rhizomes intense blue. We are pleased to offer this 2012 SEASON an excellent clone of the original "Blue Bears Paw." This is not the wild form seen in trees in the south and it is not the ruffled "Mandianum" type! This is a selected form of the species with good growth habit and good blue color. See the photos! New for 2010.

55482 POLYSCIAS PANICULATA ELEGENS CLOUDS (VAREIGATA) FEL GH PRICE: $ 17.50 This is a new form of the Parsley Leaf Aralia. Finally, it is ready for immediate shipment. Please order now we only have a about 15 of these. They are full and spectacular.

11601 PTERIS CRETICA ALBOLINEATA POLY PRICE: $ 4.25 Wildly winged fingered fronds are each elaborately patterned with pewter white centers; always popular "Victorian Table Fern" as is tolerant of a wide range of temperatures (do NOT freeze) and light intensities. Will make any companion pot glow as if accented by the most elaborate of Victorian doilies.

68271 SANSEVIERIA SP. KOKO CRATER AGA HP TGH PRICE: $ 50.00 While they last, for for late 2010 and 2010. Originally from Ed Eby: Bright avocado green with irregular chevrons. This is a cylindrica form that has runners that zigzap all over the pot and over the edges. Like a squat S. cylindrica with ridged indentations up and down the stem. Rather uncommon.

50539 TRADESCANTIA BLOSSFELDIANA COM HP PRICE: $ 4.50 "Flowering Inch Plant" Emerald green succulent pelted leaves, purple beneath, thickly ranked on short thick stems sheathed with purple-sepaled flowers of white tipped pink. We have offered this in the past and now have it ready again. Easy. This makes a good windowsill plant as well as summertime urn plant.

40947 TREVESIA PALMATA MICHOLITZII ARA TGH $10.00 Famous "Snowflake Plant" from Yunnan with incredibly lobed, elaborate leaves which emerge white and fade to green. Stalked like Schefflera with similar habit. Needs a bit of humidity to get full statured. This is listed as a "Propagate-to-Order" Item; so we will let you know when the shipment will be down. Right now we have them available!

30443 XANTHOSOMA MACULATA APO TGH PRICE: $ 17.50 A famous spotted and maculated aroid grown in Hawaii as well as in collections around the world. This is sometimes called "Alocasia Hilo Beauty." A very showy white splotched form that grow semi-aquatically.

60725 AEONIUM SUNBURST VARIEGATED CREST CRA HP CGH PRICE: $ 10.00 Available again in June. Gray green leaves margined white--the whole squeezing out of terminally fasciating stems. We can try to send you a cockscomb cutting if you wish--this clone seems to morph in and out of its crested mode during the many years we have grown it. The purity of the excellent variegation, nonetheless, never varies. Unusual--keep barely moist during dormancy cycle during mid-summer when it holds its foliage, but resists any major growth spurts. During the winter growth period be sure to provide adequate moisture and full sun.

68011 AGAVE ATTENUATA VARIEGATA KARA'S STRIPES POA TGH PRICE: $ 25.00 . Wonderful and rare variegated spinelss Agave. This was originally introduced by Ed Hummel in the 1960s. It has always been considered a rare and unusual plant and sometimes drew prices of upwards of a thousand dollars. This is a meristemmed version that has come down in price and sometimes goes under the clonal name of Kara's Stripes. We are pleased to be able to offer it. Many very distinctive plants came from Hummel's Nursery in the 1960s. Look below for another which we indirectly introduced through our mail order which originally came form Hummel's Nursery, the Agave americana Cornelius Baja. .

68592 AGAVE (MANFREDA) BLOODSPOT SOL TGH CGH HP PRICE: $ 14.00 Great news! This is available as of September 1, 2010. This is a great hybrid supposedly between a Manfreda maculata and an Agave. Some listings give the name of this hybrid as Mangave Bloodspot. Not matter, it is a great plant with color and size perfect for the indoor plant collector. In the South, it can even be grown in the rock garden. Note the spotting and thickness of the leaves. The thumbnails on the right are the size (nicely rooted and growing) that we are shipping. Note the pictures of the more mature plants.

56939 AGAVE KISSO KAN POA TGH PRICE: $ 22.50 Wonderful and rare variegated Agave. It has always been considered a rare and unusual plant and sometimes drew prices of upwards of a thousand dollars. This is a meristemmed version that has come down in price and sometimes goes under the clonal name of Kisshojokan. This plant originally came in from one of our Japanese plant collectors in the mid eighties. It is a very compact plant with good variegation showing up on older plants as distinctive gold/tan. The plant stays very tuncate.

68475 AGAVE LOPHANTHE QUADRICOLOR AGA HP TGH PRICE: $ 35.00 Extremely showy variegation. Waxy Central American with striking stripes and margins. Somewhat compact grower. Perhaps the most interesting of all of the variegated forms of Agave.

68581 AGAVE PARRYI CREAM SPIKE AGA TGH PRICE: $ 27.50 Wonderful and rare Agave.This spectacular agave displays blue-green leaves surrounded by a dramatic creamy-white margin. The thick leaves comprising the 12 inch clump feature maroon-black leaf tips and teeth along the margins when mature. Leaf impressions from the reverse side of unfurling leaves reminiscent of fossils are evident on fully expanded leaves. For full sun in well-drained soils in zone 7b (guessing) to 9, or fantastic as a potted specimen.

68341 AGAVE PARRYI TRUNCATA POA TGH PRICE: $ 22.50 Wonderful and rare Agave. It has always been considered a rare and unusual plant and sometimes drew prices of upwards of a thousand dollars. This is a meristemmed version that has come down in price and is listed under differing names. This plant originally came in from one of our Japanese plant collectors in the mid eighties. It is a very compact plant with silver grey foliage. The plant stays very tuncate and compact.

68316 AGAVE SCHIDIGERA SHIRA ITO NO OHI GA HP TGH PRICE: $ 27.50 Wonderful and rare Agave.NEW! (Queen of the White Thread) The form, symmetry and dramatic beauty of 'Shira ito no Ohi' captures one's attention. Each thick, dark-green leaf is margined by a crisp white border, highlighted by silver interior markings and edged with white curly filifers. Eventually forms a 12 inch clump suitable for pot use, or as a garden plant in zones 8 and south.specimen.

66262 CEREUS PERUVIANUMS BLOND MOMENT (CREST) CAC HP PRICE: $ 27.50 Very miniature very deep green with blond swirls upright fat crested columns sometimes branchings. Slow growing new variegated and crested cactus that becomes quite a fluted specimen. Just a couple available.

60019 CEROPEGIA LINEARIS WOODII HYBRID ASC HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.50 "Spade Leaved Rosary Vine" or "String of Hearts" Thread-like vine with large "rosary bead" tubercles and small pairs of heart-leaves designed with bright silver surfaces. This clone differs from the standard species by having more elongated leaves and different coloring. Most likely a hybrid, but very distinctive!

65096 DASYLIRION WHEELERII AGAVE HP TGH PRICE: $ 15.50 Distinctive desert plant from Mexico. Similar to the previous species but which more a bit more green leaves and slightly more spines. Is easy to grow with little maintenance; like the previous plant, it can be grown with plant care like the Beaucarnea, the pony tail plant.

11568 DRYOPTERIS FILIX-MAS LINEARIS POLYDACTYLA FEL HT PRICE: $10.00 PRICE: $6.50 "Many-fingered Male Fern" Elongated pinnae with wild tip crests; heavily textured vase shaped plant evergreen in mild winters. We are offering this with a discount for the spring/summer period. We have nice plants at this time. It is sometimes listed as "Dryopteris filix-mas cristata King Fern" and "Dryopteris affinis cristata The King."

67324 EUPHORBIA VIGUIRII VIGUIRII EUP TGH PRICE: $ 12.00 Thick erect trunk with wide spirals of pale brown stipular spines topped with deciduous tufts of emerald lvs with white midribs & pink petioles; cyathophylls scarlet-red. Very interesting and distinctive plants. Grows well in the average home.

60075 HOYA CARNOSA COMPACTA LURA LEI ASC HP TGH PRICE: $ 8.00 "Mona Loa Hindu Rope Waxflower" Orininally received from the legendary Ed Hummel: pink flower umbels dangle from the meandering stems completely invisible under the thick waxy wavy crinkly leaves, each of the leaves on this clone are centered with a golden hue. This is often hard to get. We are pleased to have a limited number of these available that are totally rooted and established. This is often known as "Mona Loa" on the West Coast and "Lura Lei" on the east cost. Descriptively, is probably should be called Hoya carnosa compacta medio-picta. Under any name it is an interesting and beautiful clone.

56949 OPUNTIA MICRODASYS ALBA-SPINA CAC CGH PRICE: $ 9.50 "Cotton Candy Prinkly Pear" Flat pads of bright white spines on plants that branch and cluster with interesting shapes. The plants we sell are rooted plants with one to three pads. The pictures, of course, show the plant after several years. You do not want to touch the fuzz because the little spines will come off on your fingers. Great looking plant for the South window!

66258 PERESKIA WEBERIANA CAC TGH $8.75 Unusual "Caudex Wirebush" with interlacing slim bright basil green much branched stems armed with tiny spur thorns; in time develops a thick tuber like base. Spines are small, but they are still there! Lavender flowers, but does not readily bloom. This is great to train as a succulent bonsai with a swollen base.

80027 ALLIUM CEPA AGGREGATUM AMARY HB PRICE: $ 5.50 "Egyptian Topping Onion" Same as A.c.`Proliferum'? Hollow cylindrical lvs; infl a bundle of bulblets used in cooking. Celtic "all" =pungent. Plant bulbs on soil surface and they will spread. This was an old traditional back yard plant years ago. Wonderful garden curiosity. Once again available.

80992 MISCANTHUS SINENSIS ZEBRINUS GRA HT PRICE: $ 8.75 Variegated Porcupine Grass or Zebra Grass. This is a reintroduction of an old favorite. This used to be the most popular of all the clumping grasses. Notice the wonder cross design in the tall blades. A plant can get to you 5 or 6 feet after a couple years.

42002 NEODYPSIS DECARYI PAL HP TGH $ 12.00 Striking Madagascar "Triangle Palm" The gray-brushed leather pinnate fronds thickly arise from the three sided trunk distinctive for the bulging leaf bases. Excellent specimen for indoors. We have offered many tropical palms over the years with little customer response to any but this easily grown marvel.

81534 PATRINIA SCABIOSIFOLIA NAGOYA PAS HP TGH PRICE: $ 10.00 Attractive dramatically toothed foliage over which arise displays of fls w/ flourescent yellow cymes persisting for months. Barry Yinger found this in the Japanese cut flower trade.

51775 PENNISETUM SETACEUM FIREWORKS POA TGH PRICE: $ 12.00 . "Fireworks Purple Fountain Grass" Thick upright clumps of 1/4" wide blades topped with reddish hued plumes seldom reaching two feet here--with white and golden stripes throughout. Great new introduction for 2010.

42300 RHAPIS EXCELSA SELECTION PAL CGH $ 12.00 Reintroduced after two years! Long petioles rigidly present deep green pleated leaves with cookie cutter edges richly decorating the rusty haired erect clustering stalks. Avoid red spider with adequate levels of humidity.

80422 SHIBATAEA KUMASASA [RUSCIFOLIA] GRA HT PRICE: $35.00  PRICE: $25.00 "Ruscus-leaved Bamboo" Reoffered and highly recommended. Japanese species with slender zigzag culms reaching 6' with whorls of uniquely broad tapered leaflets on short lateral branches; plant this "Goose's Plume Bamboo" in slightly acidic soil to avoid leaf burn. Unique dependable evergreen bamboo seldom reaching waist high heights--the unusual leaf placement is especially attractive during the winter months when most plants have lost their glamour. This plant makes a wonderful edging design. Handsome and recommneded.

40946 TRACHYCARPUS FORTUNEI [HORT] APO HP CGH PRICE: $ 15.00 "Windmill Palm" for the stiff pleated spoke-shapped foliage emerging from the black fibers of the leaf sheaths (a very decorative Chinese rope is made from this "Hemp Palm") along the tall trunk; Z8b--survives brief near-zero weather. One of employees has one of these in his garden (here it is zone 6) but he always gives it special care and hopes that it might be hardy. This of course takes special care and mulching. We consider it a house plant overall.

40947 TREVESIA PALMATA MICHOLITZII ARA TGH $40.00 SOLD OUT UNTIL NEXT YEAR Famous "Snowflake Plant" from Yunnan with incredibly lobed, elaborate leaves which emerge white and fade to green. These are nice sized plants right now. These were 50.00, but we have brought the prices down a bit. Stalked like Schefflera with similar habit. Needs a bit of humidity to get full statured. This is listed as a "Propagate-to-Order" Item; so we will let you know when the shipment will be down. Right now we have them available!

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