NEW AND FEATURED THIS MONTH

July is new cactus month. So many plants are out that I can't keep track of them all. I know some of you were waiting for more Opuntia violaceas and others have been desperately asking after the San Pedros (Echinopsis pachanoi) and I just want to assure you that this year's crop is ready and out at the nursery.

It's also still cactus bloom season, and you can follow along on the blog.

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vSUCCULENTS

Dudleya cymosa - Stunning red-tipped leaves, red bloom-stalks topped with pale yellow flowers. Native succulents really do come through for you.

Tacitus bellus - "Chihuahua Flower" - a very unusual, very flat thing, related to echeverias and crassulas.

Albuca nelsonii - a giant hardy bulb that sends out these enormous bloom stalks that'll smack you in the face if you don't watch where you're going.

RARE PLANTS

Avonia quinaria ssp. alstonii - a tiny caudex, gets no bigger than an inch across. These specimens are stunning.

 
Dioscorea macrostachya - Elephant's Foot - Babies with 1 inch caudexes! Oh so cute right now...

Ipomoea platensis - an amazing vining morning glory which will grow a large twisted caudex.

Sinningia tubiflora - The easiest of the caudex plants to grow.

CACTUS

Echinocereus reichenbachii - I love these Hedgehog cacti with the splayed out spines.

Echinopsis pachanoi - San Pedro - very popular in Berkeley, so we hear.

Eriosyce esmereldana - a mature specimen with lots of fluff on top, the better to bloom all summer long.

Eriosyce taltalensis ssp. violaciflora - another of the small black barrels. Very spiny, quite aggressive, but if you look closely you can see a touch of the green in the skin.

Mammillaria bocasana ssp. multilanata - soft and furry, so tempting, but those hooked spines will catch on anything. Variable flower colors.

Opuntia violacea - one of the most attractive of the prickly pears, this one is low growing, spreading wide, and turning purple in winter.

Parodia scopa - an unknown subspecies of the silver ball cactus, with full yellow flowers.

Rebutia krainziana - we have a few different rebutia species now, all blooming all summer long.

CALIFORNIA NATIVES

The Native wildflowers, perennials and grasses are doing very nicely, thank you very much.

Lupinus arboreus - Bush Lupine

Penstemon heterophylla "Margarita BOP" - Blue Bedder

Salvia "Allen Chickering" - Have you made a tea from these fragrant leaves?

BROMELIADS

We have some amazing, colorful "Mini Neos" - great houseplant bromeliads that work as well in terrariums as on a desktop. We have about a dozen varieties out right now.

Neoregelia puntissima "Rubra"

Neoregelia "Sarah Head"

As always, we are constantly updating our Tillandsia collection of epiphytic bromeliads.

Here we have some very large Tillandsia bulbosa, a classic air plant. So big I had trouble photographing it.

Vriesea imperialis - if the mini-neos are the small terrstrial bromeliads, these are the giant ones, ready for a shady spot in your garden. These are too big to fit on the table for a proper photo session.

HOUSEPLANTS

Begonia rex "Black Coffee"

Begonia rex "Marmaduke"

ORGANIC VEGGIE STARTS

I don't have any pictures. We have lots more veggies, as it is time to start planting the 2nd round of lettuce and basil and cilantro, plus to get a good fall crop of tomatoes.

MORE!

Mini Chimney Candle-holders and Oil Lamps

BirdBrain bird feeders and bird houses

Firepots with Fuel gel

Birds! Garden ornaments

Solar Garden Ornaments - Handmade!

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