Large-sized plants

Multi-fabulous! A gem of an agave rarely seen in this country! If you hike for a couple of hours up a steep rocky mountain in the dangerous drug-lord controlled countryside in the state of Sonora, Mexico, you will fi... More

Black-green daggers! 'Ocahui' is what the native people of northwestern Mexico called fiber or cordage. It is native to dry areas, where it is found perched on the edges of rock faces and cliffs. This plant has done very ... More

Whale's Tongue!! Lynn Lowery first collected this plant in the late eighties. It quickly became a favorite amongst those who saw it but it offset seldom or not at all so has always been rare and in high demand. Lynn f... More

White, orchid-like flowers! A small, airy, desert shrub that will quickly reach 8' in a few years. Its small butterfly-shaped leaves are attractive, and the pure-white flowers that cover its bare branches seem to dance in the su... More

Agarita! This highly ornamental shrub has twisted, prickly, green to blue-green foliage mottled in silver; and as the name implies, the leaves are arranged in threes. Agarita's butter-yellow blooms suddenly ap... More

Mexican Blue Hesper Palm! During the long, hot summers of the South and Southwest the heat can be oppressive. Swimming pools are often desired but they are not always affordable or possible. When a pool is out of the questio... More

Looks like a palm! Surprisingly, Ceratozamia latifolia is not very well represented in collections of exotic plants along the Gulf Coast. Its small size, cold hardiness and exotic appeal are all admirable traits that ma... More

Upright Med Fan! The Mediterranean Fan Palm grows over a fairly wide range around the Mediterranean region. With a wide range come variant forms. Most Med Fans produce multiple trunks with many of the more commonly cu... More

Silver European Fan Palm! An unusual variety from the mountains of Morocco that has distinctly silver-blue leaves! This characteristic is acquired with age, as is true with most blue-leaved palms. Exact hardiness is unknown bu... More

Blue Sotol! The Dasylirion berlandieri is my favorite blue leaved sotol and my favorite non-Agave woody lily. I love the bluish color of their upright, grassy leaves, which have a decidedly cooling effect on the ... More

Bigger than Giant Hesperaloe! Hesperaloe changii is similar to H. funifera in most every respect. In fact, H. changii used to be listed as a subspecies of H. funifera, but has recently been elevated to species status. All the feat... More

Seven months of blooming! The rigidly erect bright-green foliage reaches 4' tall and is 4 in. wide at its broadest point. This robust plant will throw an 8' to 12' spike that branches out like an antenna. The erect, bell-shape... More

Night Blooming Hesperaloe! This plant develops into dense grass like mounds of narrow, wiry, dark olive-green leaves, which are lined with white, curling filaments. In summer the plant produces tall, thin flower spikes which ca... More

Yellow-red yucca! An unusual form of red yucca that has creamy-yellow flowers. This form is as vigorous as the red and all it needs is a blue wall to set off the colour; a hue that blends in well with the traditional r... More

Blue beargrass tree! These giant tree-like nolinas are a sight to behold. In northeastern Mexico, you see this species growing in desert regions, towering above the surrounding thorn scrub and cactus. The 1 1/2" wide blue... More

Dwarf Pinus taeda! In the early 1950's the USDA Agricultural Research Service at Beltsville, Maryland offered seed of a witches' broom (a mutation that results from damage to the tree that usually manifests itself in be... More