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Seedling Mix! When growing seed collected from open pollinated Dyckia, you never know what you will get. The colors of the leaves vary; the leaf shape, length and width varies; and the amount and arrangement of the... More

Another Soap Agave! According to Gentry’s “Agaves of Continental North America”, Agave chrysoglossa is closely related to Agave vilmoriniana but the leaves are flatter and straighter and the inflorescence is non-bu... More

- An attractive plant with long, narrow leaves and long filifers that form a single rosette. Found just above the Pacific coastline in places with high-tide salt spray. As the name suggests, it is nativ... More

This plant is a member of the Marginatae Group of Agaves, which also includes species like A. lophantha, A lechuguilla, A. funkiana and A. xylonacantha. I mention its familial relatives so that people... More

Durango Agave!
This moderate to large growing Agave is found at moderate elevations (5500' to 8500') on open rocky slopes in the high grasslands of Durango and Zacatecas, MX. It has broad, silver leaves, which have ... More

Guadalajara Agave! A small, tight rosette of blue-gray leaves with pronounced nipples along the leaf edge with small spines embedded in them that become more numerous and larger toward the leaf tip. Endemic to a small a... More

Rare yuccaoid agave! This unique plant resembles a yucca more than an agave in the arid landscape of southern Puebla. The plants will form upright trunks to 6' tall with short, succulent pale-green leaves radiating outwar... More

Bird food Agave! Parrots in Sinaloa, Mexico love to eat the flowers of this Agave and this is the reason for the botanical name. Though you are unlikely to eat its flowers, there are plenty of reasons for people to lo... More

According to Gentry's "Agaves of Continental North America" this is moderated sized Agavae, in the Americanae group of Agaves, is considered to be a local cultivate from near the Conception del Oro mi... More

Shining Daggers! This Japanese selection of Agave schidigera has a tight, compact and symmetrical form which is perfect for pot culture. Each sword-shaped leaf is highlighted by various shades of light to dark green a... More

Pot Perfect! A small agave that resembles dwarf forms of Agave potato rum but with finer teeth. We acquired our plant from Kyle Robinson, a customer who lives in Houston, Texas. He said it thrived in heat... More

Sweet Agave!
According to Gentry's "Agaves of Continental North America", this moderate sized, green to glaucous green agave, is sweet and is suitable for eating and making Mescal by the Warihio Indians of Northwe... More

Royal Spine or Royal Pain!

This plant is said to be a hybrid between Agave macroacantha and Agave victorae-reginae 'compacta' and exhibits the best qualities of both parents. It has a clean form and compact... More

This old hybrid is the result of the cross of Agave filifera and A. schidigera. Each parent is quite attractive in its own right, but their offspring is, in my opinion, ultra handsome. The plants form... More

Texas Onion! Allium canadensis has many varieties and forms and the identification and nomenclature of the different varieties is fairly murky. Dr. Thad Howard gave us this particular form with the name Allium te... More

Wild forms! Often what is in cultivation for a species is one clone, introduced years back and then divided over and over. That one clone becomes so widespread that we often use it to define the species, when in ... 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

Partridge aloe! A fat-bodied aloe that is boldly marked in white. This species is well represented in a succulent collection but you never see anyone trying it outdoors, until a friend showed us his plants in north S... More

Golden Toothed Aloe
This Aloe x nobilis clone was given to us years ago by Tom Peace. Over the years that we have kept it in our container collection it has always been highly admired. In overall form, it is a c... More

Hummingbirds love them! Flame anisacanthus displays abundant, trumpet-like, cadmium-red flowers all summer, no matter how hot or dry it gets. This tough perennial needs a good haircut in late winter in order to maintain a sh... More

Desert Bird of Paradise This bird-of-paradise is native to Argentina but has naturalized in areas of western and central Texas. The large, showy yellow and red flowers on open racemes are exceptionally striking against the c... More

Showy yellow flowers all summer! This is a dense, umbrella-like shrub with airy, compound leaves from which clusters of bright-yellow flowers appear. It requires a hot, dry site that is sheltered from cold winds. This plant is very ... More

Red-bird-of-paradise! This highly-ornamental summer flowering herbaceous perennial attracts all the neighbors' attention as well as butterflies and hummingbirds. Produced all summer long, the showy red flowers are held abo... More

Mexican beautyberry! A tropical looking beautyberry which has glossy jet black fruit that is produced in such abundance that the branches appear to be covered with giant blackberries. A robust plant that will take drought... More