Succulents

Boyle's grass aloe! This grass aloe grows at elevations of 2000' to 5900' in a fairly long strip of the eastern areas of South Africa. The leaves are green but are freckled with cream spots near the leaf bases. These lea... More

Short leaf aloe! This beautiful species is quite moisture tolerant and able to withstand fairly cold temperatures, down into the upper teens, with minimal damage. It is a compact plant with short and fat waxy, blue le... More

Dwarf soap aloe! This low-growing species is often mistaken for Aloe maculata but can be distinguished by its smaller size which is about one third of that of the soap aloe. A low-growing profile and suckering habit m... More

Blue dwarf aloe! This low growing succulent is native to the transitional zone in South Africa between summer and winter rainfall areas - the best area from which succulents come. This clustering aloe has short, grey ... More

Yellow soap aloe! This form of Aloe maculata is fatter, more compact and slower growing than other varieties of this species and this particular clone has yellow flowers as opposed to the salmon-pink that is more commo... More

Red-hot poker! One of the most distinctive Aloes in habitat, looking like bee hives in the grassy highlands of central South Africa. It is a solitary, trunkless species that forms a rosette of thick, grey-green, cur... More

Pink stuff aloe! This aloe has relatively few leaves and tends to grow as a solitary rosette with an open form. The leaves are heavily marked on both sides with numerous white elongated spots. The flower spike is tall... More

Pure aloe striata! Coral aloe is one of our favorite Aloes. The broad, silver leaves, toothless margins, and beautiful symmetry make this plant a standout amongst aloes. True Aloe striata is often hard to find because m... More

Transvaal Zebra! According to the book in. Guide to the Aloes of South Africa in. by vanWyk and Smith, this plant is not a separate species but one of several forms of the highly variable Aloe zebrina. This particular... More

Aloe Aristata Hybrid! We got this great plant years ago labeled simply as Aloe aristata Hybrid. What Aloe aristata was crossed with has never been determined but we almost think the other parent might have been a Gasteria ... More

Several years ago while visiting Eric Lautenhizer's garden in San Antonio, Texas we admired a vigorously growing Echeveria. We begged a few starts from him for trial at Yuccadoland. We planted them in... More

Doctor Runyon! In 1990 we found a small colony of rosette forming, succulent plants growing on an isolated mountain, and by 1992 Scott Ogden was able to assist us with its identification. This was the first known si... More

Short leaf Gasteria! The name Gasteria brevifolia may not be a valid name botanically but horticulturally the name exists. Our plants form a tight rosette composed of short, fat, fleshy leaves covered with prominant white... More

Napier Living stone! Gasterias have been relegated to pot culture in all but the mildest climates. It has been assumed that the are completely cold tender but our experimentation and observations of the plants seen in hab... More

Ghost Plant! The Ghost Plant has been a favorite succulent in southern zones for many decades. Its glossy-gray, succulent rosettes are so appealing and pleasant to the eye that for a plant, if it were a food, it w... More

Lime Haworthia! The standard Fairy's Washboard, Haworthia limifolia var. limifolia, has been a longtime succulent favorite. The ripple-textured, dark-green colored leaves, and the almost spiraling form of the rosette... More

Black Haworthia! This small, slowly clustering Haworthia, from the Eastern cape of South Africa, can be nearly stemless or has short stems to about 3 in. tall, sometimes taller. The leaves are a dark, dark green color... More

Texas Sedum! Most sedums and members of the family Crassulaceae tend to struggle in the heat of our Texas summers. But, this native is an exception to the rule. The 1 in. long by 1/2 in. wide leaves resemble tiny ... More

Chocolate Chip Manfreda! Over ten years ago Carl collected seed from some Manfreda undulata plants in Mexico. This particular population had very wavy leaves that were heavily spotted. From the original seed collected a few s... More

Old Cultivate! This form of Manfreda variegata has been cultivated in south Texas gardens for many generations. This clone forms robust colonies of lush, strap-like, heavily spotted, succulent foliage. It blooms in ... More

Golden Sedum! This sedum has proven its durability. Several years back we planted it for trial beneath an Eucalyptus neglecta. As time passed an Asparagus virgatus grew in front of it, obscuring it from view, and w... More

For small raised areas in the shady garden or permanent outdoor containers this low growing sedum is an all-time favorite. The thin, limy-green, 1/2 long, cylindrical leaves, which terminate in a poi... More

Mexican hens and chickens! In the northern Sierra Madre Oriental the northeastern slopes are carpeted with waxy blue leaves of Palmer's sedum. When we collected this plant, the first cold fronts of the year were sweeping down f... More

Vera Higgins or not! This Graptoveria is a plant we stumbled onto while visiting an Austin nursery. The Texas climate is hostile to members of the crassula family and when we find one that does well, we immediately get ex... More