Deuterocohnia brevifolia
Hardy groundcover bromeliad; yellow flowers
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MARIN: (415) 870-9930
Deuterocohnia brevifolia
Hardy groundcover bromeliad; yellow flowers
Tropical – shrubby, climbing, sprawling arms; night-blooming
Large stem caudex with taproot; vining w/broad lobed leaves
Caudex to 8ft. prefers shade while the 6ft. long vines prefer sun; keep warm and dry in winter
Tree-like caudiciform 2 feet around and can grow 10 feet tall. Palmate leaves.
Rare; large caudex base with long stems, bonsai style. Dry in winter.
Large caudex base with long stems, small pink flowers. Bloom food in spring.
Caudex base with long stems. Often hybridized for a variety of flowers.
Beautiful cultivar with fat caudex base and stubby stems.
Very rare. Grows in rocky soils in areas with high winds off the horn of Africa. Large caudex to 8ft. Pale pink flowers, not often seen in cultivation.
Caudex base with tall stems, strappy leaves
Caudex base with long stems, bonsai style, flowers when young. Dwarf, shrubby.
Small, thick curly-edged leaves, to 4″ across with aerial roots
Slow growing, spotted grey-green leaves. Rot prone. Make sure you have very fast draining soil.
South African dense clumps of succulent leaves, spring bloomer
Stiff, upright w/arching leaves; pink/purple flowers
2ft. terrestrial bromeliad; stiff leaves w/pinkish bloom stalks
Long recurved leaves turn bright red when rosette is ready to bloom and will produce many small lavender flowers.
A. decorum “Berry Nice”
Forms full mounds of 4″ rosettes. Colorful leaves with red edges and central stripe.
A. canariense x A. arboreum
Dense clumps of green rosettes with a blush color spreading from the edges to the center with more sun. Yellow flowers.
Aeonium canariense hybrid, discovered in Santa Barbara. 2 to 3 ft. tall. Broad 18″ rosettes.
Dense, shrubby to 3ft.+; green w/red edges, darker in sun
Large dinner-plate rosettes on thick stalk. Dark purple leaves with a bright green center in full sun. Hybrids available with many branches, but original cultivar is often solitary or with few branches. Giant pyramid of yellow flowers.
Dense clumps of brightly colored variegated green, yellow, and red rosettes with a blush color spreading along the edges with more sun. Yellow flowers.
3ft.; Green, dark-red-tipped leaves turn more red in sun
Shrub to 2′, dark purple-edged leaves
Low growing with narrow green leaves and red tips in full sun. Shade-tolerant. Can quickly pack in lots of 6″ rosettes tightly spaced.
A. haworthii hybrid
Small rosettes, shrubby to 2ft. Green leaves with a bit of red on the edges.
A. haworthii hybrid
Small rosettes, shrubby to 2ft, with variable green, pink, and yellow leaves.
Large colorful variegated hybrid; stems to 16″h.