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Jewel Orchid Cactus

Jewel Orchid Cactus

Euphorbia stellata

Euphorbia stellata is a dwarf succulent perennial with a swollen, tuberous rootstock and slender, grey-green, spiny stems that radiate outward in a star-like pattern. The small, paired leaves are borne along the stems, and the tiny yellow-green cyathia appear in spring and summer. Its sculptural, unusual form makes it highly sought after by succulent collectors.

Variegated African Milk Tree

Variegated African Milk Tree

Euphorbia trigona variegata

Euphorbia trigona variegata is an upright, columnar succulent shrub with four-angled green stems and irregular cream to yellow variegation along the ridges. Small, short-lived leaves appear near the growing tips, while paired spines line the stem edges. The plant branches from the base or higher up, forming a candelabra-like silhouette. It is grown mainly for its architectural form and brightly variegated stems; flowers, when produced, are small greenish-yellow cyathia and are not ornamentally significant.

blue field daisy

blue field daisy

Eustoma grandiflorum

A single-stemmed or branching annual or biennial to 70cm tall, with slightly fleshy, glaucous, grey-green leaves. In summer, broadly bell-shaped, satin-textured, pale purple flowers, to 5cm across, are produced on long stalks, either singly or in clusters, from the upper leaf axils. In frost-prone areas grow as flowering container plant in a temperate greenhouse. An excellent cut flower

Japanese aralia

Japanese aralia

Fatsia japonica

A medium-sized evergreen shrub of open, spreading habit, with palmately-lobed leaves to 45cm in width and small white flowers in globose clusters. Fruits small, black

Fenestraria rhopalophylla

Fenestraria rhopalophylla

Fenestraria rhopalophylla

A mat-forming succulent with club-shaped, erect leaves to 3cm tall; the leaves have transparent "windows" in their slightly flattened tips. From late summer to autumn, white flowers to 3cm across are borne on stalks to 5cm tall

Tall Fescue

Festuca arundinacea

Tall Fescue is a robust, cool-season perennial grass forming dense, deep green tufts. It has narrow, dark green leaves with prominent veins and produces tall, slender flowering stems topped with loose panicles in summer. The plant is valued for its excellent wear tolerance, rapid establishment, and ability to maintain green colour through mild winters.

Council Tree

Ficus altissima

Ficus altissima is a large, evergreen tree with a broad, spreading crown and glossy, leathery leaves. The leaves are ovate to elliptic, with prominent veins and a pointed tip, and can reach 20 cm long. Insignificant flowers are produced inside fig-like syconia, followed by small yellow to red fruits. It is grown for its handsome foliage and architectural form, both as a tropical shade tree and as a houseplant when young.

banyan

Ficus benghalensis

A tropical evergreen tree, over 20m high in its native range, with widely spreading branches and aerial roots that often hang down to the ground, forming secondary trunks. Leaves are oval-shaped and leathery, flushed bronze when young, and dark green with paler veins when mature. Small, round figs are borne in pairs and ripen to bright red, though these are never pollinated outside the native range. Cuttings and young plants of this species are sometimes grown as houseplants

rubber plant 'Tineke'

rubber plant 'Tineke'

Ficus elastica 'Tineke'

A tropical evergreen tree growing to 4m (13ft) or more, popularly grown in temperate climates as a houseplant for its broadly elliptical, variegated foliage to 40cm (16in) long, dark-green and cream on the upper surface, lighter on the under surface, each with a prominent midrib which along with the leaf stalk is reddish brown. In cultivation, yellow fruits can only appear on the largest plants.

Ruby Rubber Plant

Ruby Rubber Plant

Ficus elastica Ruby

Ficus elastica 'Ruby' is an evergreen, tree-like houseplant with large, glossy, oval leaves. New leaves are wrapped in bright pink sheaths and unfold to reveal creamy pink margins with irregular cream, green and pink marbling. The pink tones gradually soften as leaves mature, leaving a dark green centre and pale rosy edges. It grows with an upright, branching habit and is prized mainly for its showy variegated foliage. Indoors, it rarely flowers, but mature plants may produce small, inconspicuous fig-like syconia.

Red-belted conk

Red-belted conk

Fomitopsis pinicola

Fomitopsis pinicola is a perennial bracket fungus, not a vascular plant. It forms tough, woody, hoof-shaped fruiting bodies with a dark brown to blackish upper surface and a distinct red to orange band near the pale cream pore surface. It grows on dead conifer and hardwood logs and stumps, causing brown cubical rot. In woodland it is mainly of ecological and natural-history interest rather than garden ornamental value, and it is too tough to be eaten.

Freesia

Freesia refracta

Freesia refracta is a bulbous perennial with narrow, sword-shaped leaves and fragrant, funnel-shaped flowers in shades of white, cream, yellow, or pink. The flowers are borne on slender, arching stems in a one-sided spike, blooming in late spring to early summer. It has a graceful, upright habit and is highly valued for its sweet scent and long-lasting cut flowers.

Galinsoga

Galinsoga quadriradiata

Galinsoga quadriradiata is an upright, bushy annual herb reaching about 10–70 cm in height. The stems and leaves are covered with short, spreading hairs, giving the plant its common name 'shaggy soldier'. The opposite, ovate leaves have toothed margins and short petioles. Small daisy-like flower heads appear in loose clusters, with white ray florets surrounding a yellow disc. It is a fast-growing, self-seeding weed of damp and disturbed ground rather than a showy garden ornamental.

Gasteria

Gasteria bicolor

Gasteria bicolor is a small, stemless succulent that forms rosettes of thick, tongue-shaped leaves, often arranged in two opposite rows when young. The dark green leaves are covered with slightly raised white spots and irregular mottled markings, which explains the synonym Gasteria maculata. In spring and summer it produces slender racemes of small, tubular, stomach-shaped flowers, usually pink or reddish with green tips. Offsets appear around the base, gradually forming dense clumps. It is valued for its attractive spotted foliage and low-maintenance nature as an indoor or conservatory plant.

Gazania

Gazania rigens Big Kiss Yellow Flame

Gazania 'Big Kiss Yellow Flame' is a compact tender perennial with low rosettes of narrow, glossy dark green leaves. The large, daisy-like flower heads are bright yellow, each ray floret marked with a vivid orange-red flame zone around the darker central disc. It blooms in succession from early summer to autumn, making a bold, heat-tolerant display. The plant is especially valuable for sunny borders, gravel gardens and containers.

reflexed cranesbill

reflexed cranesbill

Geranium reflexum

A deciduous, clump forming, herbaceous perennial, producing lobed leaves on lax stems to 75cm (30in) high with clusters of pink reflexed flowers with paler centres in spring and intermittently through summer.

bloody cranesbill

bloody cranesbill

Geranium sanguineum

A spreading rhizomatous perennial to 20cm, with palmately lobed leaves divided into narrow lobes, and vivid magenta-pink flower 3-4cm across throughout summer

Barberton daisy

Barberton daisy

Gerbera jamesonii

An evergreen, clump-forming perennial with deeply-lobed, dark green leaves with woolly undersides and up to 45cm long. Erect stems bear solitary, daisy-like flowerheads up to 12cm across in shades of red, orange, pink or yellow with yellow centres from late spring to late summer

Large-flowered Gladiolus

Large-flowered Gladiolus

Gladiolus grandiflorus

Gladiolus grandiflorus produces tall, erect spikes of large, funnel-shaped flowers in a wide range of vibrant colours, including red, pink, yellow, orange, and white. The sword-shaped leaves are arranged in a fan at the base. Each flowering stem bears 10–20 blooms that open sequentially from bottom to top, providing a prolonged display in summer. The plant grows from a corm and reaches 1–1.5 metres in height.

soya bean

Glycine max

An upright, bushy annual legume with green foliage and small, insignificant sweet-pea like white to purple-pink flowers which appear from July through to September, followed by clusters of green, hairy fruit pods containing around 3 to 4 soyabeans per pod. Ready to harvest July through to November, when the pods turn yellow and leaves begin to drop

pin-stripe calathea

pin-stripe calathea

Goeppertia ornata

A clump-forming, evergreen perennial to 90cm tall with leaf stalks bearing broad oval leaves, bright-green when young with pairs of pale pinkish-white bands radiating from the leaf midribs, the leaves maturing to dark green and flushed purple beneath. White flowers in spikes occasionally appear in summer.

furry feather calathea

furry feather calathea

Goeppertia rufibarba

A tender, clump-forming perennial producing wavy leaves to 25cm long on leaf-stalks to 20cm long. The leaves are glossy green above, and tinged purple beneath, with leaf stalks and midribs densely covered in reddish hairs

partridge-breasted aloe

partridge-breasted aloe

Gonialoe variegata

An evergreen perennial to 20cm, forming a clump of rosettes of stiff, fleshy, pointed dark green leaves attractively-banded with white. Racemes of tubular salmon-red flowers in summer

dwarf chin cactus

dwarf chin cactus

Gymnocalycium baldianum

A cactus with solitary, flattened-globose stems with 9-11 tubercled ribs and bristle-like radial spines. Funnel-shaped flowers 4cm across are deep pink to crimson in summer