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Crinkle Leaf Jade

Crinkle Leaf Jade

Crassula arborescens undulatifolia

Crassula arborescens undulatifolia is an evergreen succulent shrub with fleshy, blue-grey leaves whose wavy margins often develop a reddish flush in bright light. The branching, upright stems and rounded silhouette give it a miniature tree-like appearance. In late winter and spring it may produce small clusters of white to pale pink star-shaped flowers. The ruffled texture of the foliage makes it a striking indoor specimen or container plant.

Gollum Jade

Crassula ovata Gollum

Gollum Jade is a compact, evergreen succulent shrub with fleshy, finger-like leaves that are tubular and often flared at the tips, resembling small green trumpets. The leaves develop attractive red or burgundy margins when grown in bright light. The stems are thick and branch slowly, creating a bonsai-like structure over time. Small, star-shaped, pale pink or white flowers may appear in winter or early spring on mature plants. It is valued mainly for its sculptural succulent foliage and easy, low-maintenance nature.

string of buttons

string of buttons

Crassula perforata

A succlent with green-to grey triangle-shaped leaves which may have a pinkish edge to them. Pale yellow flowers appear in the spring.

Siam tulip

Curcuma alismatifolia

Curcuma alismatifolia, commonly known as Siam tulip, is a tropical herbaceous perennial with elongated, lance-shaped leaves that emerge from underground rhizomes. Its inflorescence consists of showy pink to purple bracts arranged in a cone shape, resembling a lotus flower, atop a slender stem. The plant typically reaches 30–60 cm in height and blooms from mid-summer to autumn, providing a long-lasting exotic display. The true flowers are small and hidden within the colorful bracts.

Japanese sago palm

Japanese sago palm

Cycas revoluta

A slow-growing, palm-like evergreen perennial to 2m, with arching pinnate leaves to 1.5m in length, and golden-brown, ovoid inflorescences which are rarely seen except on mature plants

Bermuda Grass

Cynodon dactylon

Cynodon dactylon is a warm-season perennial grass with creeping stolons and rhizomes, forming a dense turf. Its leaves are narrow, flat, and green, turning brown in winter. The inflorescence consists of small spikelets arranged in a digitate panicle. It is widely used for lawns, sports fields, and erosion control due to its vigorous growth and drought tolerance.

Venus flytrap

Dionaea muscipula

An evergreen, insectivorous perennial with rosettes of leaves spreading to 30cm wide. Each rosette comprises 6 or more leaves with a flat green stalk ending in a hinged trap to 2cm across. This trap is often flushed pink or red inside and edged with stiff bristles that interlock when the trap closes. In summer, clusters of tiny, white flowers are borne above the leaves

Japanese persimmon

Japanese persimmon

Diospyros kaki

A spreading deciduous tree with oval, glossy, dark green leaves, up to 20cm long, which turn yellow, orange, red and purple in autumn. Small, pale yellow, bell-shaped flowers are produced in summer followed, on female trees, by edible, yellow or orange persimmon fruit

fishbone cactus

fishbone cactus

Disocactus anguliger

A cactus with strap-shaped, flattened green stems that have notched edges; these leaf-like stems are initially upright before becoming more pendent as they age and elongate. Fragrant, white flowers up to 10cm across are borne in summer

Janet Craig Dracaena

Janet Craig Dracaena

Dracaena deremensis

Dracaena deremensis 'Janet Craig' is a slow-growing, evergreen houseplant with a neat, upright outline. Its broad, glossy, deep green leaves are lance-shaped and arch gracefully from a central rosette, clothing the upper part of the stem. Mature specimens can develop a palm-like appearance, and the small white flower clusters are sweetly fragrant, though flowering is uncommon indoors. The cultivar is prized for its tolerant, tidy foliage and works well as a floor-standing or table-top plant.

Spoon-leaved Sundew

Spoon-leaved Sundew

Drosera spatulata

Drosera spatulata, commonly known as the spoon-leaved sundew, is a small rosette-forming carnivorous plant. Its spoon-shaped leaves are covered in glistening red glandular hairs that trap and digest small insects. In summer, slender flower stalks rise above the rosette, bearing clusters of pink or white five-petaled flowers. The plant is highly ornamental, especially when dew-like droplets glisten on the leaves under sunlight.

bamboo palm

Dypsis lutescens

An evergreen palm forming a cluster of erect stems to 8m in height, bearing arching pinnate leaves to 2m in length, with linear leaflets, and panicles of small yellow flowers in summer

moulded wax succulent

moulded wax succulent

Echeveria agavoides

A rosette-forming evergreen succulent with triangular-ovate, pale green leaves margined with red; flowers lantern-shaped, red with yellow tips, in one-sided racemes to 40cm in height

purple coneflower

purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Upright perennial to about 1.5m tall, with coarsely hairy, lance-shaped mid-green basal leaves to 15cm long, and solitary flowerheads to 12cm across with slightly reflexed, light purplish-pink rays and a golden brown central disk, from midsummer to autumn; native to prairies and woods of eastern USA

N'Joy Pothos

Epipremnum aureum N'Joy

Epipremnum aureum 'N'Joy' is a compact, variegated cultivar of the classic pothos. Its heart-shaped leaves are adorned with irregular white or creamy-yellow patches, often with a green margin. The plant has a climbing or trailing growth habit, making it ideal for hanging baskets or totem poles. New growth emerges with striking contrast, adding year-round interest to indoor spaces.

money plant

Epipremnum pinnatum

A tender, evergreen, root-clinging climber, grown as a houseplant for its glossy, heart-shaped, dark green leaves. Under ideal growing conditions mature plants will produce much larger, thicker, deeply lobed leaves to 90cm long

Pinecone Cactus

Pinecone Cactus

Euphorbia bupleurifolia

Euphorbia bupleurifolia is a small, slow-growing succulent with a thick, fleshy, barrel-shaped stem covered in prominent, spirally arranged tubercles resembling a pinecone. It produces narrow, lance-shaped leaves at the top of the stem, which are deciduous in dry conditions. In spring, tiny yellow cyathia (flower-like structures) appear in clusters at the stem apex. Its unique, architectural form makes it a popular choice for collectors of caudiciform succulents.

Pencil Cactus

Euphorbia tirucalli

Euphorbia tirucalli is a succulent shrub or small tree with pencil-thin, cylindrical, bright green stems that branch freely, often forming a dense, upright crown. The leaves are tiny, linear, and fall off quickly, making the plant appear leafless. Inconspicuous yellow cyathia appear at the stem tips in summer. Its striking, sculptural form and drought tolerance make it a popular houseplant and conservatory specimen.

African milk tree

African milk tree

Euphorbia trigona

A tender, slow-growing architectural, succulent shrub producing very upright stems and branches to 1.8m (6ft) high. These are green and three to four sided with short-lived, oval, mid-green leaves and persistent reddish-brown spines produced along the ridges of the stems. Along each side of the stems are variable, V-shaped bands in pale grey-green. Small, insignificant pale-green flowers can be produced in spring and summer at the tops of the stems, but these are unlikely to be produced on plants when grown in the home.

fig

Ficus carica

A large shrub or small, spreading tree to around 3m tall and 4m wide with rounded, lobed leaves. Insignificant flowers are followed by edible fruit that ripen to shades of green and purple. Many cultivated varieties of fig have been developed from this species.

Garden Strawberry

Garden Strawberry

Fragaria ananassa

The garden strawberry is a perennial herbaceous plant, typically 10-30 cm tall, with trifoliate leaves that are dark green and serrated. Its white, five-petaled flowers are borne in cymes. The fruit is an aggregate accessory fruit, red, juicy, and sweet. It spreads by stolons, forming dense mats. It is primarily valued for its delicious fruit and spring blossoms.

peacock plant

Goeppertia makoyana

A clump-forming evergreen perennial, with long-stalked ovate silvery-green leaves, with darker veins and regular dark blotches each side of the midrib, and purple beneath; small purple and white flowers in spikes

Goeppertia orbifolia

Goeppertia orbifolia

Goeppertia orbifolia

A clump-forming, evergreen foliage plant to around 75cm, with large, round green leaves marked with pale silvery-green stripes, silver-green on the underside. A great choice as an air-purifying houseplant

Moon Cactus

Gymnocalycium mihanovichii

Gymnocalycium mihanovichii is a small, globose cactus with softly ribbed stems and attractive funnel-shaped flowers. Its most widely grown form is the 'Moon Cactus', in which a chlorophyll-deficient, brightly coloured scion (red, orange, yellow, or pink) is grafted onto a green Hylocereus rootstock. The plant readily offsets and forms compact clusters, with each body reaching about 10 cm across. It is a popular novelty houseplant and typically blooms in summer with pale pink or white flowers.