This passionflower is an old friend from the window sill. Since it deals much better with cool temperatures than with modern over-heated living rooms it was kept with more success by our grandmothers. Nethertheless it is a very interesting plant for us, for it belongs to the relatively hardy species ...
Just a few years ago New-Zealand-Hamp was a very, very unusual tub plant in Europe. It became somewhat fashionable meanwhile but that is absolutely nothing compared to the situation in the UK. There New-Zealand-Hamp is hardy almost everywhere and landscapers are just crazy about it. As a result hybrids ...
To put it bluntly: this is not the true variety `Isaac`s Gold` but plants from seed of `Isaac`s Gold`. This variety got yellowish lines on its foliage. Our seedlings are almost all plain green at the moment, but we can`t predict how they will develope.
Not named after the big bad wolf, but after a certain Egbert Wolf, who was director of the institute of forestry at Saint Petersburg during the times of the last Russian czar. At that time trees and shrubs from all over Russia were gathered and brought to the institute. It must have been a ...
You will hardy find this yucca in a garden here although it can be hardy if you know how to grow it. It origins of the deserts of the southwest of the USA and there it has to stand temperatures below -20° C. The key to success is perfect drainage, for wet soil in ...
The Soaptree Yucca grows in deserts in the southwestern USA. It contains a soap-like substance that was used by the native Americans as a substitute for soap. It is also said to be cure hairloss. We received the seed of this Yucca from Alplain Nurseries, they claim it to be hardy in ...
this is the smallest Yucca in existence, it was discovered a few years ago. It occurs only in Utah in desert-like regions. We grew our plants from seed that we received from Alplain Nurseries. The seed was collected from plants growing at an altitude of 2000 m in USDA Zone 5. Like ...