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An explanation of the Size Codes and Other Codes can be found in the Code Table

Plant List - Page 2
Species
Size
Codes
Other
Codes
Price
Abromeitiella brevifolia (large form)
This is a larger form then the type with leaves to 2cm long and mounds to 1m wide or more. Hardy to 24F
2"
4"
ST
ST
$5.50
$9.50
Abromeitiella brevifolia
Bromeliaceae, 3cm clumping rosettes with terminal spine. NW Argentina and grows on rocks. Forms nice mounds.
2"
C
$5.50
Adansonia digitata L.
Bombacaceae. The baobab from Africa which grows to 10m in diameter!
2"
4"
P
P
$6.50
$9.50
Adansonia fony
Native to S. Madagascar. Forms a large pachycaul tree. Madagascar has 7 out of a total of 9 species in the genus.
2"
4"
P, B
P, B
$9.50
$14.50
Adansonia grandidieri
Native to dry areas of W. Madagascar. A photo of this spectacular pachycaul is on the front cover of Rauh's Succulents of Madagascar Vol. I. An incredible pachycaul.
2"
4"
P, B
P, B
$9.50
$14.50
Adansonia gregori
"Bottle tree." Native to N. Australia, trunk grows to 5m wide and 12m high. Can be bonsai trained.
2"
P, B
$6.50
Adansonia za
Native to the SW part of Madagascar, this rare Adansonia forms a pachycaul habit when young.
2"
4"
P, B
P, B
$9.50
$14.50
Adenia digitata (Harv.) Engl.
Native to S.E. Africa and grows a caudex to 60cm wide. Two types of poisons have been found in the tubers: a fast acting cyanogetic glucocide and a slower acting toxalbumine named modeccine. Poisonous or not, it develops a nice caudex.
4"
6"
C
C
$11.50
$24.50
Adenia fruiticosa Davy
Transvaal, S. Africa. Grows a greenish, large fat caudex to 1m wide, leaves are 3-5 foliolate, green flowers, yellow fruit. An exceptional caudiciform for the caudex lover.
2"
4"
C
C
$5.50
$11.50
Adenia glauca Schinz
Bottle-shaped caudex grows up to .4m in diameter, native to Botswana and South Africa (Transvaal).
4"
6"
8"
C
C
C
$11.50
$29.50
$39.50
Adenia spinosa Burtt Davy
Passifloraceae. Native to open bushland, scrub, dry basalt rocky places from Zimbabwe to S. Africa, conical above ground caudex with thorns in the leaf axils, can grow to 2.5m wide!
4"
6"
C
C
$11.50
$29.50
Adenia venenata Forsk
Native to Yemen and E. Africa (Somalia to Tchad), adults have a conical caudex 2m high and .75m wide. Rare in cultivation.
4"
P
$9.50
Adromischus alsonii
(Schoenl. & Bak.f.) C.A. Smith Native to Namaqualand & SW Namibia. Thick stems, reddish leaves dorsiventrally compressed make this a very attractive species.
4"
LS,P,ST
$6.50
Aeonium arborescens
Native to Canary Islands. Grows to 2m high with 35cm wide bright green rosets. Great for decorative pots in the garden.
6"
LS, ST
$12.50
Agapetes serpens
Ericaceae. A very attractive epiphyte native to the Himalayas Mts. that grows a very large tuber and has very attractive pendant red and yellow flowers. Prefers light shade. Highly recommended. Can be grown outside during the summer under trees.
See Photograph
2"
4"
C
C
$8.50
$14.50
Agave chrysantha Peebles
Small range in central Arizona, grows to 1800masl. Rosettes grow to about 1m wide. Attractive landscape plant for low frost areas.
3"
LS
$4.50
Agave colimana Gentry
Seed grown from Melaque, Jalisco. Grows only on rocky cliffs above the sea where it receives salt spray. Distinctive narrow leaves with a brown margin.
4"
LS
$8.50
Agave coucui Trebese
BLM 1397 Rio Chama Canyon, Venezuela. An attractive species in subgenus Agave that grows to 1m wide.
4"
LS
$8.50
Agave deserti v. simplex Engelm
S. Arizona and N. Sonora, rooted offsets.
2"
4"
LS
LS
$4.50
$8.50
Agave eduardii Trol
Plants from seed collected in the Barranca de Rio Grande de Santiago, Coyula, Jalisco.
4"
LS
$8.50
Agave ghiesbreghtii Lem. ex Jacobi
BLM 1314 2160masl grown from seed collected at Cerro Verde, Oaxaca. White teeth, related to A. kerchovei. For a photo see Agaves of Continental North America by Gentry.
2"
4"
LS
LS
$4.50
$8.50
Agave guadalarjarana Trel.
Section Parryanae. Known only from around Guadalajara. Rosettes stay small up to 30cm wide and high. The leaves have large teeth and impressions from other leaves.
2"
4"
LS
LS
$4.50
$8.50
Agave guiengola Gentry
Native to Cerro Guiengola near Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. A striking ornamental species with wide, thick, white glaucous leaves with fine teeth. Grows to 1m wide or more. Exceptional as a container plant or outdoors in areas that get only a light frost.
4"
6"
LS
LS
$8.50
$12.50
Agave gypsophylla Gentry
HBG98.0203. Native to Colima and guerrero. Open rosettes to .5 to 1m wide. This clone has purple leaves if grown in full sun. Will not tolerate heavy frost.
4"
LS
$4.50
Agave nizandensis Cutak
BLM 0830 Palma Sola, Oaxaca. A small, open rosette with a medial stripe. It is a rather distinct species with no known relatives.
2"
LS
$4.50
Agave obscura Schiede
A medium size Agave that grows to less than 1m wide. From a high elevation area in the state of Veracuz at Rincon Grande. Can take some frost.
2"
4"
ST
ST
$4.50
$8.50
Agave parryl v. couseii (Engelm ex Trel. Kearney & Peebles)
This is one of the most hardy Agaves and differs from the type by having smaller flowers and leaves. Seed grown plants from near Sedona, AZ.
2"
ST
$4.50
Agave schidigera Lemaire
BLM 0680 Resembles A. filifera. From seed collected from plants on cliffs near Tecolatlan, Jalisco.
4"
LS
$8.50
Agave shawii v. goldmanii Enghelm
Central Baja del Sur. Very spectacular in habitat. Rooted offsets.
4"
LS
$8.50
*Alluaudia assendens Drake
Didiereaceae. See Rowley's booklet "Didiereaceae". Native along the southern coastal strip from Tsiombe to Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. Rooted cuts of one of the nicer species in the genus.
4"
ST
$12.50
*Alluadia comosa Drake
SW Madagascar. Grows to 3m high with dense spines and oblong deciduous leaves. See p. 72 of Rauh's Succulent plants of Madagascar for photos and description.
See Photograph
4"
LS, ST
$9.50
*Alluaudia dumosa Drake
Native to the S. coastal strip of Madagascar from Ampanihy to Ambovombe. Distinct member of the Didiereaceae with no leaves and reduced thorns.
4"
ST
$9.50
*Alluadia humbertii Choux
Didiereaceae. Native to the southern coastal plain of Madagascar, forms a tree to 5m high, but can be cut back to ensure pachycaul habit when grown in pots, see Rowley's Didiereaceae.
2"
4"
P, ST
P, ST
$6.50
$12.50
*Alluaudia procera Drake
Native to the S. coast strip of Madagascar from Tulear to Amboasary where it forms 'forests' in which Lemurs play. Fast, can be used for grafting stock for Dideria.
4"
ST
$8.50
*Alluaudiopsis fiherenensis Humb. & Choux
See Gordon Rowley's book: Didereaceae. Type is fiherenana, Madagascar.
2"
4"
ST,LS
ST,LS
$6.50
$9.50

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