Dwarf evergreen with dense growth habit. Dark green needles adorn upright branches throughout the year. Slow grower. Hardy to -50 degrees F. Like the Japanese Maples, keep outdoors.
Form large clumps on trees at altitudes 2100m. Thick leaves, densely covered with fine, white scales. Form a small rosette.
The flower are bright yellow.
Hoodia Gordonii is very rare plant, protected by CITES. Hoodia Gordonii grows in Kalahari desert in South Africa (Angola, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe). The professional book (Sukkulenten-lexikon...
Scheffleras are tropical and sub-tropical shrubs and small trees. Some are grown outside in the warm areas. Its leaves grow from long stems and are large, digitate (fingered) and dark green. This...
Umbrella plant is a close cousin of the papyrus plant of ancient Egypt. All the leaves are arranged a top triangular stems they are narrow and flattened and only 6 to 10 inches long (15-25 cm). They...