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Also known as Grape Soda or Cool Aid Tree due to it's grapelicious fragrance. Indigenous to Texas, New Mexico and Mexico, this large...

  Garrya elliptica (Coast silk-tassel) is an evergreen shrub native to the coastal ranges of California and southern Oregon, south to Los ...

Richea dracophylla is a tall, erect shrub 4-12 feet high but often smaller. The leaf bases sheath the stem and the leaves are arranged sp...

If you love the flavor of hot chili peppers, but have problems with their spicy "heat," then a variety of heirloom chili pepper...

Wow. The stunning and rare blue climbing nasturtium has thin twining stems which produce many dazzling cobalt blue flowers from the leaf ax...

Tropaeolum tricolor, Soldadito is a winter growing plant found in Chile and Bolivia, with very delicate looking shoots appearing usual...

Abutilon vitifolium is a large, handsome ornamental flowering plant from the mallow family. Native to Chile is was first introduced to weste...

Pedicularis groenlandica is a showy flowering plant in the broomrape family which is known by the common names elephant's head and ele...

This beautiful and rare and  perennial gem from South America is a relative of the Angel Trumpets (Brugmansia) with smaller leaves and mo...

These tall, branching, deciduous, extraordinary member of the poppy family, has gray-green foliage up to 5 inches long with 3-5 lobes a...

Brugmansia sanguinea, the Red Angel's Trumpet is a small, 4 to 12 feet tall, perennial shrubby tree native to Peru and the Andes. Brug...

Echium wildpretii and Echium pininana I've never seen anything like this. Looks like this huge (also called) "Tower of Jewel...

Podocarpus henkelii (Henkel's yellowwood) is a South African species of conifer in the Podocarpaceae family. It is grown as an ornamen...

The Carolina Reaper, originally named the HP22B,is a cultivar of chili pepper of the Capsicum chinense species. It is red and has a gnarled,...

Native to Tropical Asia, Malesia and Philippines, Freycinetia is an evergreen specimen climber with stems that can grow from 1-6 foot lon...

Wow, something very unusual... From a fat, fleshy rootstock grow tufted rosettes of shallow to deeply toothed, reniform leaves. The erect...

The Elephant Ear Fig tree is an impressive Fig species and it makes a great indoor plant for large rooms. Roxburgh's fig is native t...

The whole plant grows 3-5’ feet tall and wide, making it a perfect focal point for a spot with well-drained soil and full sun. The milky sa...

A truly rare gem. Calico Monkey Flower Mimulus pictus This wildflower is endemic to California, found only above the southeastern San ...

A fascinating plant.  Dioscorea elephantipes (syn. Testudinaria elephantipes), also commonly known as turtle back, elephant's foot,...

Choclo, is a variety of corn, also referred to as Peruvian corn or Cuzco corn (named for the capital city of the Inca empire - Cuzco), is ...

Pistachios are a great source of vitamins and minerals and are naturally cholesterol free. A serving of pistachios contains 170 calor...

Wow!  The plant kingdom at its flamboyant best.  The highly ornamental Sapphire Tower is a hardy bromeliad relative native to regions of...

This intriguing half hardy alpine produces crimson striped, funnel shaped buds like tiny striped barbers poles! The striking petals open...

Native to the rain forests of Central America, Monstera is a popular foliage plant easily recognized by its large glossy leaves that ar...

What a stunning show. Guaiacum Officinale, is a small, highly ornamental tree /shrub introduced from the West Indies.  Growing to abo...

Just beautiful!  An absolutely stunning species known to generate more blooms per square yard than any other Etlingera. The foliage is ...

A wild and very unusual evergreen climbing shrub. Also known as climbing blueberry, Cherry Berry or Climbing Appleberry, Billardiera long...

Gentiana asclepiadea is a species of flowering plant of the genus 'Gentiana' in the family Gentianaceae, native to central and eas...