Plant Profile: Golden Angel’s Trumpet (Brugmansia aurea)
Karen Native to central Columbia and Ecuador, where it grows on the slopes of the Andes, is an evergreen shrub or small tree. It is considered extinct in the wild but…
Plant Profile: Monroe’s Ragwort (Brachyglottis monroi)
Native to New Zealand and Tasmania, this evergreen shrub forms a compact dome that tolerates the dry windy conditions of its natural maritime habitat on cliffs. The oblong leaves are…
Plant Profile: Queen’s Tear (Billbergia nutans)
Also known as friendship plant, this evergreen tender perennial is a bromeliad native of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay where it grows as an epiphyte in low trees and as…
Plant Profile: Himalayan White Birch (Betula utilis var jacquemontii )
The Himalayan white birch is a deciduous tree admired for its very white paper-like bark, considered whiter than even the European white birch. Native to the Himalayas, it is a…
Plant Profile: Barberry (Berberis temolaica)
Found in Tibet in 1924, this barberry is relatively unknown. It has gracefully arching stems that are whitish gray at first, turning purple to shiny brown as they mature. The…
Plant Profile: Berberis linearifolia ‘Orange King’
A native of Chile where it grows in woodlands 100-2000 feet above sea level, this vigorous evergreen shrub is upright and stiffly branched. The oval to lance shaped, shiny dark…
Plant Profile: Berberis darwinii
This evergreen shrub is a native of Chile and Argentina. It was discovered by Darwin in Chile in 1835 when he was a naturalist on the Beagle, hence the specific…
Plant Profile: Coral Plant (Berberidopsis corallina)
Coral plant is an evergreen vine found native to forest ravines in Chile. It is now an endangered species due to forest clearance for timber production but is available in…
Plant Profile: Begonia sutherlandii
A native of Tanzania and southern Africa where it grows in trees or in rocky soil along streams in humid forests, this begonia is a tuberous tender perennial that makes…
Plant Profile: Astelia chathamica
Native to the Chatham Islands off the Pacific coast of New Zealand where it grows in forest margins, this evergreen herbaceous perennial forms large clumps of gently arching sword like…