60793 TALINUM PANICULATUM PATENS (PANICULATUM) VARIEGATUM POR HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.00 "Fame Flower" or "Jewels of Opar" Slender erect stems bear obovate ivory-margined fleshy leaves; terminal pinkish-red flowers followed by berries create a haze of color much prized by designers. A Caribbean native, so avoid winter chills. A wonderful addition to any outdoor container, windowbox, even bedding as the clear white variegation brings out the intensity of any nearby foliar colors--plus, a beautiful pot subject by itsself, performing quite contentedly on a sunny windowsill.

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41138 THORNCROFTIA SUCCULENTA LAB HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.75 "Mint Oak" Tidy woody stems hold pelted oak-shaped leaves with delicate mint fragrance; purple flowers. Eventually develops a gnarled woody base beloved by bonsai fanciers.

53149 TRADESCANTIA NAVICULARIS COMM TGH HP PRICE: $ 6.00 "Mexican Chain Plant" Succulent tumbling stems are clasped by succulent waxy graygreen leaves resembling medieval armor. With sufficient light will suprise with lilac blushed spiderwort blossoms. Needs moving air.

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40957 VANILLA PLANIFOLIA [FRAGRANS] ORC HP TGH PRICE: $ 12.00 Wide leathery waxy leaves line the thick vining stems; especially effective foliar shingling is possible on mossed poles. This is the important commercial "Vanilla Orchid" source of the vanilla bean--but the yellow-green flowers are hard to produce without adequate light and considerable patience.

40959 VANILLA PLANIFOLIA [FRAGRANS] VARIEGATA ORC HP TGH PRICE: $ 25.00 Irregular bands of green-gold throughout each glossy leaf-- beautiful & vigorous conversation piece of easy house culture--especially if given a moss stuffed pole to gradually climb. Handsome.

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68078 YUCCA ALOIFOLIA MEDIOPICTA AGA CGH HP PRICE: $ 40.00 "Striped Dagger" The pointed "Spanish Bayonet" stiff flat leaves are strikingly variegated with central blush ivory & and tan stripes--emerging somewhat pinkish in full sun. Slow tropical tree. Only a few available.

80477 YUCCA FLACCIDA BRIGHT EDGE AGA HT PRICE: $ 15.00 Long slim golden-margined leaves, bent downwards above the middle, with straight marginal thread-like fibers. {Yucca filamentosa has curly marginal threads} Needs bright exposed location with good drainage. Quite winter hardy outdoors.

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40978 ZAMIA FISCHERII ZAM GH PRICE: $12.00 "Fern Leaf Zamia" or "Fish Tail Zamia" Spindle trunks with thin, leathery shiny pinnate leaves giving air of elegance. Mexican native.

41295 ZAMIA PUMILA [FURFURACEA] ZAM GH PRICE: $12.00 "Cardboard Palm" Very handsome golden brown tomentum covers the surface of the oblong hard leaflets on this thick, fat-trunked cycad. Must have full sun light to maintain sculptural beauty--but once the new set of leaves have come out and hardened, the plant can easily be moved to a less well-lit area.

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30447 ZAMIOCULCAS LANCEOLATA ARAC HP TGH PRICE: $ 8.00 "Aroid Palm" Very thick purpled petioles hold ranks of waxy succulent leaves on outarched thick succulent stems arising from a tuberous root. This elegant plant, now heavily marketed as the "ZZ Palm" is one of the few purely desert aroids. Beware that the leaflets typically shatter when shipped--just tuck them into a rooting mix and each will form a plantlet. We got our plant from Grigbys years ago under the name of Z. lanceolata. We think at this point that it might be the same as Z. zamiifolia.

56944 ZYGOCACTUS GOLDEN GIRL [HYB] CAC HP TGH PRICE: $ 6.75 "Yellow Flowered Christmas Cactus" The succulent stems arch out gracefully to present the early December blossoms of lemon yellow which gradually age to a lovely pale peach. Blossoms are triggered by daylength: avoid artifical lite

66069 ZYGOCACTUS PEACH DANCER [HYB] CAC HP TGH PRICE: $ 8.00 "Christmas Cactus" Crab-claw segments form stems arching under the weight of large rose blushed blossoms fading to lovely apricot hues. Slow to establish. Sent as Unrooted Cuts in moss.