A charming citrus hybrid for containers, winter patios, and kitchen harvests. Known as the calamondin orange, x Citrofortunella mitis 'Calamondin' is a compact, cold-tolerant citrus treasured for abundant fragrant blossoms, ornamental good looks, and tart, edible fruit. A natural cross between the mandarin orange, Citrus reticulata, and the kumquat, Fortunella, calamondin is equally at home on a patio or in a bright kitchen window, offering both beauty and bounty the year round.
Clear pink flower spikes to 18 inches above attractive green basal foliage. A choice perennial for extended bloom in the woodland garden. Best in light shade. (See ARM)
John Bartram collected Xanthorhiza simplicissima from the Carolina mountains sometime before 1776 and brought the plant back to his famous Philadelphia garden, which tells you two things: that yellowroot has been in cultivation for as long as this country has existed, and that people who know plants have always recognized something worth paying attention to here. The Cherokee had known the plant far longer, using the roots, sliced open to reveal a vivid, almost electric chrome yellow, as a dye, a bitter tonic, and a medicine for ailments from mouth sores to stomach complaints. The active compound is berberine, the same antimicrobial alkaloid found in goldenseal, and the roots produce berberine in striking quantity. Xanthorhiza is Greek for yellow root, and the name is no metaphor.
This "Elephant Ear" has huge bright green arrowhead shaped leaves. It is a great for a tropical effect in sun or part shade. Cut back plants after the frost kills the tops and mound 10 inches of coarse sand over the stubs and mulch over with pine straw. As weather warms, remove this covering to allow new shoots to emerge. Given rich soil and ample water, these plants will thrive during hot summers. Perhaps originally native to the West Indies but widely grown and naturalized elsewhere in warm climate areas.
A brand-new intergeneric hybrid, and a small horticultural triumph. Dr. Tom Ranney of the North Carolina State University research station in Fletcher succeeded in crossing two icons of the Southern flora: the legendary Franklinia alatamaha, the lost Franklin tree that has not been seen in the wild since the early 1800s, with the native loblolly bay, Gordonia lasianthus. The result is xGordlinia grandiflora, a bigeneric cross that carries the best of both parents.
Shiny Xylosma is sometimes listed as Xylosma senticosa. It is an attractive heat and drought tolerant evergreen shrub with glossy leaves about 3" long and 1" wide. It is much grown in California and the Southwest as a hedge, screen planting, or small tree. The greenish yellow flowers are not conspicuous but fragrant. This plant is uncommon in southeastern U.S. landscapes but has done very well here in our area. It should have a sunny or slightly shaded area with good soil and good drainage. This plant is native to eastern Asia.
Spanish Bayonet Yucca is native along the southeastern U.S. coast and is commonly grown as an ornamental throughout the South. The tall trunks of this arborescent yucca can be in clusters and are topped with stiff leaves 1-2 feet long and several inches broad. These are tipped with very sharp points which one must be careful of. The large showy spikes of white bell-like flowers appear in summer and are followed by firm fleshy green fruits. This plant thrives in sunny locations with well-drained soil and is popular for an exotic, desert, or tropical effect.
A clumping or sometimes solitary stem Yucca with narrow blue-green leaves 1-3 feet long. Stems lacking or up to 3 feet tall. Dense panicle of white bell-like flowers not held high above the leaves. A plant of very deep sandy soils or dunes in west Texas. Might prove good on sandy sites in full sun.
Grown from seed collected in Ward County, Texas
A fine-textured native yucca from the Texas hill country. Yucca constricta, the Buckley yucca, forms a stemless or short-stemmed rosette, single or clustered, of many very narrow, blue-green, spine-tipped leaves edged with curling white marginal filaments. The species honors the nineteenth-century naturalist Samuel Botsford Buckley, and the epithet constricta notes the narrowed leaves that give the plant a softer, more delicate look than the bolder yuccas.
Tall, sparingly branched, tree-like yucca with attractive narrow blue-green leaves at terminal ends of stems. Hanging old dead leaves may persist on upper trunks. Showy tall spikes of white bell-like flowers. Very old specimens in the natural habitat may be taller than size given. A taproot makes it difficult to tranplant from the wild. Plant in full sun in very well-drained soil. Adding lime may be beneficial on acid soils. Grown from seed from Reeves County, Texas.
This big slow-growing tree-like yucca can be single stem or branched. The leaves are 2-3 feet long and 2-3 inches wide. Large branched clusters of white bell-like flowers follwed by large fleshy seed capsules are borne at the top of the mature plants. Native to west Texas it is an imposing plant in desert landscapes there. Large specimens transplanted to some southeastern landscape plantings from Virginia southward have proven hardy and adaptable.
Izote Yucca is a large tree-like yucca from desert areas in central Mexico. The tall simple or branched trunks are crowned by relatively long narrow sword-like leaves typical of yuccas. The white bell-like flowers in tall terminal branched spikes atop the mature plants are likewise similar to other yuccas. This rarely offered yucca appears to be relatively hardy and adaptable and would make a bold statement in any landscape where it could be grown.
Widely cultivated in the South and West. Usually forming short trunk. Has wide, pliable bluish-green leaves which droop at the ends. Native range questionable. Supposedly the central Gulf Coast.. (See O&T)
This essentially trunkless Yucca found sparingly in central Texas has been considered by some to be a hybrdid between Yucca thompsoniana and Y. rupicola. It is found primarily in the Edwards Plateau where it is usually on limestone soils. An unusual and attractive Yucca that can be single or clump forming with multiple heads. Yucca-do nursery reports it has been cold hardy to Witchita, Kansas. As with other Yucca species it should be grown in a sunny well-draines site and kept free of competing vegetation.
This Yucca with relatively short narrow blueish leaves is native to dry areas in west Texas, Mexico, and southern New Mexico. Tall showy spikes of white bell-like flowers are followed by fruits with a pointed tip which give it its common name. It is considered one of the prettiest Yucca species. May slowly grow into a single or multiple trunk specimen. Has proven hardy in Dallas which is colder and wetter than its natural range. Plant in sunny site with well-drained soil.
Torrey Yucca is a relatively hardy tree form yucca from desert areas in west Texas, New Mexico, and southward. It can be single or multi trunked. The green to bluish leaves are stiff with a sharp point but it is often disheveled looking with a skirt of dead leaves giving it the common name of "Old Shag". When in bloom it does have showy dense clusters of white flowers on tall spikes. Plant in sun with well-drained soil.
Yuzu Ichandrin is not a lemon. This is something older and considerably more interesting, a naturally occurring hybrid between Ichang papeda, Citrus ichangensis, and Satsuma mandarin, long cultivated across the high-elevation citrus regions of China and Japan, and among the most cold-hardy citrus in existence. Where standard yuzu, Citrus junos, and true lemons would surrender to a Southern winter, Ichandrin holds. Mature, established trees have come through ten degrees Fahrenheit with nothing worse than tip dieback. This is, by any honest measure, the citrus a zone 7 or 8 gardener actually gets to keep.
