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BONSAI SUBJECTS FROM MANY FAMILIES

Bonsai Start Collection--The Tropical: Among our5 most ordered plant groupings as well as most reordered (did someone forget to water?) and most sent as a gift. We send strong starter plants from numerous genera popular among bonsai fanciers--no tricky or petulant ones in this initial group which changes constantly according to stock here.

99021 BONSAI STARTER COLLECTION--10 INDOOR TROPICALS: Our most ordered collection as well as most reordered (did someone forget to water?); we send strong starter plants of various genera (Such as Ficus, Citrus, Hedera, Carissa, Carmomum, Punica, Nashia, Plectranthus ernestii, Buddleia indica, Syzgium, Brassaia, dwarf Acalypha, Pogonatherum, Selaginella (for carpeting), Podocarpus, Serissa, Duranta, Corokia, Ilex, etc) popular among bonsai fanciers for growing year 'round indoors. 10 plants @ PRICE: $35.00 Also note the several excellent books we offer on bonsai culture.

99022 BONSAI STARTER COLLECTION--10 TEMPERATE ZONE TREES & SHRUBS: This includes starters of Elms, Hedera, Dendranthemum, Nandina, Cotoneaster, Maples, conifers, etc. in starter sizes for cooler zones. 10 plants @ PRICE: $45.00

40043 ASPARAGUS FALCATUS LIL HP CGH PRICE: $ 6.25 True leaves are the "Sickle Thorns" above the flat deep green cladophylls on the erect woody stems: bonsai appearance. Develops thick roots helping it survive an occassional lapse in your very caring plant maintenance.

65595 ASPARAGUS RETROFRACTUS LIL HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.75 "Katdoring" Zig-zagging clamberer with odd sized bunched cladophylls; bunched fls followed by red orange berries much loved by African birds One of the "Ming Asparagus" developing into fab specimens--newly popular as an indoor bonsai.

56026 BEGONIA CUBENSIS BEG HP CGH PRICE: $4.75 (fr,s) Masses of small waxy blue-green leaves on dimunitive stems; lovely Cuban species often called the "Holly Leaf Begonia." The erect woody dark stems & small foliage make this an obvious candidate for a glazed bonsai pot.

56270 BEGONIA LACY [HYB] BEG HP CGH PRICE: $ 6.00 (s, semi-tuberous) Attractive frilled dregii foliage and nearly everblooming white fls; seems to have no real dormant cycle.

56093 BEGONIA PARTITA BEG HP TGH PRICE: $ 7.50 (tuberous) Finely cut nearly palmate leaves & attractive caudiform base make this compact species a favorite for "Begonia Bonsai."

60716 BOMBAX ELIPTICUM BOM HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.75 The famous Mexican "Silk Floss Tree" makes a handsome potted caudiform subject with emerging red leaves handsomely designed; planted outside in the tropics this thick trunked tree rapidly develops considerable stature, displaying bundles of rose pink "Shaving Brush" silky stamens. Excellent indoors even if this means that it will not reach tree proportions and thus you most likely will not get to gather the silk to stuff your pillows..

54003 BRASSAIA ARBORCOLA BERNADINE ARAL HP TGH PRICE: $ 8.00 Petite three-lobed leaflets (held in wheel-spoked whorls) often rimmed in lime-green; possibly a variegated sport of 'Renate.'

41344 BRASSAIA ARBORCOLA COPPEL ARAL HP TGH PRICE: $ 8.00 New leaves emerge in wheels of waxy blunt-edged, dimple-tipped leaflets with bright yellow green centers; yellow striped trunks; vigorous dwarf schefflera.

41442 BRASSAIA ARBORCOLA FORKED TONGUE ARAL HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.00 Lacy-appearing "Dwarf Schefflera" as each leaflet is notched, crested, or both. Possibly same as "Renete"

41546 BRASSAIA ARBORCOLA WORTHEY ARAL HP TGH PRICE: $ 8.00 Large seven-leaved whorls irregularly margined bright white, fading to ochre-cream tones--occasionally the white is in the leaf center. Fashy cultivar of "Hawiian Schefflera."

40079 BREYNIA DISTICHA [NIVOSA] EUP TGH PRICE: $ 8.00 "Snow Bush" pendant branches of oval leaflets splashed with white and green, supported by erect woody trunk. Easy spurge indoors; remarkable when used as "spot" plant in northern borders. Check on availability before ordering as is often in short supply.
41953 BREYNIA DISTICHA NANA EUP CGH HP PRICE: $ 10.00 Marvelous "Dwarf Snowbush" with oval green & white "Foliage Flower" leaves on zig-zagging stems. Very lovely miniature form with stronger color contrast (plus pinkish when cool); very sought after for "mame" subject in Asia.

40081 BREYNIA DISTICHA ROSEO-PICTA EUP TGH PRICE: $ 12.50 Called the "Foliage Flower Shrub" because of the white, pink emerald & purple oval leaves. True fls are tiny green suction cup-shaped strands hidden beneath. This clone holds foliage if kept warm, not deciduous like Florida hedge types.

40099 CARISSA GRANDIFLORA BOXWOOD BEAUTY APO HP TGH PRICE: $ 12.00 V igorous clone of "Natal Plum: with nearly rounded leathery leaves thickly placed on the nearly spineless stems; much used in large bonsai especially for the corky barks on mature trunks.

40100 CARISSA GRANDIFLORA GREEN CARPET APO HP TGH CGH PRICE: $ 5.50 The "Weeping Natal Plum" for limber stems cascade straight down with carpets of tiny leathery oval leaves; remarkable as a basket or wall subject in north; carpeting groundcover in subtropic climates. But most sought after as a subject for a bonsai cascade styles. We have admired old specimens grown in half pots mounted on brick or wooden walls in greenhouses which spill out in plentifully coin leaved long pendant branches to very subtle yet elegant effect.

40101 CARISSA GRANDIFLORA HORIZONTALIS APO HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.00 Compact; prostrate rigid stems; reduced spines; pinwheel fls produce edible fruit; used in Japanese cascade bonsai as 'Naikoku-ume'; still uncommon in USA

40102 CARISSA HUMPHREYII VARIEGATA [HORT] APO HP TGH PRICE: $ 6.75 "Variegated Natal Plum" Coin-size waxy leaves with brilliant creamy white margins on compactly growing shrub; pinwheel fl pure white. One of the best houseplants with white variegation covered by a wax surface sufficient to prevent burning in a low humidity environment. Very slow growing. Very desirable.

40106 CARMONA MICROPHYLLA [EHRETIA BUXIFOLIA] HP CGH PRICE: $ 6.00 "Fukien Tea" Handsome woody stems with tiny glossy blackish green leaves having minute hairs; starry blossoms (typically starting in late winter) followed by bright red berries. Excellent indoor bonsai subject; from Japan where still best known as Erethia buxifolia. Do not allow to dry out as does not bounce back from drought readily. When encouraged to cling to a decorative rock or driftwood form anchored in a bonsai pot this is somewhere beyond terminally cute.

66862 CITROFORTUNELLA MITIS RUT CGH PRICE: $ 6.50 Excellent miniature "Calamondin Orange" popular as a decorative Christmas gift; without doubt, the easist citris to set fruit in your hobby greenhouse. Many plant growers have good luck with this in the house. Cannot ship to Florida, Texas, Arizona & Western states.

40125 CITRUS AURANTIUM MYRTIFOLIUS CHINOTTO RUT CGH HP PRICE: $ 15.00 OFTEN IN LIMITED SUPPLY Somewhat fastigate woody stems, developing character bark so treasured by trainers of this "Bonsai Lime," heavily cloaked with many 1" leathery awl shaped fragrant leaves. White fragrant fls followed by redish toned 'Bitter Orange'--we are often sold very low of this popular form, please inquire before ordering. As with all Citrus, cannot be shipped to many Western states or Florida.

40137 CLUSEA GUTTIFERA GUT HP TGH PRICE: $ 7.50 Excellent dwarf cousin of the "Autograph Tree": freely-branched candelabra stems studded w/ apple green 4" long triangular leaves with waxy gloss. Handsome as bonsai; excellent houseplant tolerating low humidity.

40136 CLUSEA LANCEOLATA [HORT] GUT HP TGH PRICE: $ 22.00 Thick propellar-shaped leaves; forms stilt roots with maturity. Similar to C. fluminensis but with angular stems set with the succulent foliage; easy, distinctive "Autograph Plant."

42247 COCCOLUBA UVIFERA POLYGO HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.75 Handsome "Sea Grape" native to American sea shores, making an excellent indoor pot or conservatory tub plant. Leathery wide wavy-margined leaves develop red veins in sun; white fls followed by long purple berries.

53715 COPROSMA BLACK CLOUD RUB PRICE: $ 6.25 Much branched busy wiry stemmed shrublet with an intricate lacework of small very dark teardrop leaflets forming a dark decorative cloud of chocolate hued foliage deepening to a rich purple brown with a chill in temperatures, perfectly foiling larger foliaged companion plants; furthermore, this cultivar (possibly the C. repens 'Yvonne' of New Zealand nurseries) has attracted the attention of tropical bonsai shapers because of its woody stems and very petite foliage. We are working hard to keep this in adequate stock.

41488 COPROSMA KIRKII VARIEGATA [HYB] RUB CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.75 "Dwarf Mirror Plant" Dwarf densely branched willowy stems with small waxy lance leaves margined bright white; said to produce nearly translucent flowers dotted scarlet, which are followed by creamy white berries. C. acerosa x repens. Wonderful cascading from a hanging basket or from a summer windowbox; very popular with topiary designers as can readily be pinned to the mossed frame to form a wonderful peacock' s tail, or the white stripes of a zebra, and so on.

41487 COPROSMA REPENS BEATSON'S GOLD RUB CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.75 "Golden Mirror Plant" Slim rigidly erect branches (rapidly side branching to form a pyramidal habit) cloaked in petite oblong leathery leaves centered in rich buttery yellow. New Zealand treasure tolerant of considerable chill, but requiring bright light to maintain form. Rapidly becoming popular as a bonsai subject due to twiggy stems cloaked with tiny leaves. Remarkable when paired with 'Black Cloud' in shaped standards.

41364 COROKIA COTONEASTER COR CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.25 "Wire Netting Bush" or "Ghost Bush" spoon-shaped silvery-dusty leaves on wiry contorted stems with occasional tiny yellow star flowers followed by orange berries; name from the Maori.

59300 COROKIA VIRGATA [HYB] COR HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.50 Wonderful New Zealand Cornus cousin with wiry upright wand of branchlets studded with glossy small leaves, wooly white beneath, and clusters of three orange flowers. Larger statured than the "Ghostbush," C. cotoneaster.

61698 COROKIA VIRGATA SUNSPLASH COR TGH CGH PRICE: $ 15.00 New Aealand's twiggy upright shrub with the leathery small oval leaves richly variegated gold. Wiry branches eventually support weird yellow flowers (a Dogwood cousin) followed by cute red berries. Best in the cool Z8 greenhouse--a natural for the designers of poodle topped standards.

60291 CRASSULA TETRAGONA CRA HP TGH PRICE: $5.50 "Chinese Pine" Stiff woody slim stems studded with spindle shaped needle leaves in four rigid ranks; white flowered native of the Eastern Cape is most effective grown in groups displayed in a small bonsai pot.

61008 CRASSULA WOODII CRA HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.00 Petite tumbling tinkertoy stems set with multitudes of paired tiny fat leaflets; cute tuffet for a planter. Always popular as a key element of succulent wreaths. The perfect tuffet for the base of a succulent bonsai.

40169 CUPHEA HYSSOPIFOLIA LYT HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.75 "Hawaiian Heather" everblooming lavender fls; compact bush.

41376 CUPHEA HYSSOPIFOLIA LINDA DOWNER LYT HP TGH PRICE: $ 3.75 Compact laterally-branching cultivar of "Dwarf Hawaiian Heather" selected at Downer's Greenhouses with sprays of pure white flowers; the perfect companion for the purple flowered `compacta.' Good flowering indoor bonsai subject.

41333 CUPHEA HYSSOPIFOLIA PALEST PINKIE LYT HP TGH PRICE: $ 3.50 A delicate color selection of the reliable "Hawaiian Heather" (a native of Guatemala, naturally) with very pale lilac ever blooming flowers on arched stems. In great demand.

42209 CUPHEA HYSSOPIFOLIA YATSUBUSA LYT HP PRICE: $ 5.25 Foliage larger, lilac flowered color more intense than the more elegant 'Compacta', yet keeps lateral low growth habit; as this selection grows rapidly, it will always appeal to bonsai designers.

71198 CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS GOLD RYDER [HYB?] CUP HH PRICE: $ 10.00 Fine golden foliage; wide upright habit; good in containers and perfect when grown in Camilla type culture.

88693 DENDRANTHEMA [CHRYSANTHEMUM] HATSU HIKARI COMP HT HH PRICE: $ 5.50 This "Golden Cascade Mum" has the woody stem and petite very fingered foliage so admired by Japanese bonsai masters; even if not trained; late fall masses of chrome yellow blossoms--each a ruff surrounding a central tufted honeycomb. We have grown many Japanese cultivars over the years and this has proven the best performer with the least fuss and still reaching five feet or more for us with rather lackadaisical training discipline! Various of our bonsai fanciers regularly pinch this to encourage the development of a woody trunk of considerable character--especially successful with this mum cultivar as the leaves are already quite petite and the blossoms reduced. We have several with old woody stems five plus years old and holding well.

41880 DURANTA ERECTA [SPECIOSA] AUREO-MEDIA VER HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.25 Unusual rare clone of "Skyflower" with each leaf center splashed golden ochre. Freely produced white blossoms. Excellent subject for small statured tropical bonsai, yet beautiful also as a windowsill plant or in a patio container.

57500 DURANTA ERECTA GOLD MOUND VER HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.25 Low arching stems lined with lovely small solid golden leaves (pale lime in low light) forming the perfect golden gilded bonsai. Lovely as a windowsill plant expecially when producing its delicate wands of white flowers; a popular new outdoor shub in the warmer edge of the subtropics.

57476 DURANTA PLUMIERII GOLDEN EDGE VER HP CGH PRICE: $ 8.00 Superbly flashy. Limber stems present showy buttery gold leaves, with central gray green flame, & terminate with purple elongated flower clusters, then gold berries. Excellent new Japanese selection of this Caribbean species.

41585 DURANTA PLUMIERII [REPENS] VARIEGATA VER HP TGH PRICE: $ 12.00 "Ivory Margined Skyflower" Vining shrubs with woody out arching stems ranked with beautiful glossy toothed leaves with very wide creamy-white margins. The blue (fading to lilac) flower clusters are followed by yellow "Pigeon Berry" fruit. Caribe native. Foliage larger and flashier than the repens/erecta complex.

41254 DURANTA REPENS [ERECTA?] VARIEGATA VER CGH HP PRICE: $ 6.50 "Variegated Skyflower" Serrated glossy small leaves splashed white. China blue flowers followed by bright "Pigeon Berry" fruit; more difficult to grow than its kin; variegation may disappear in warmer climates..

42142 DURANTA SPECIES DWARF VER TGH HP PRICE: $ 5.00 Hansoti #26; possibly an extreme dwarf clone of D. repens (although Botanists now suggest that all are species erecta--bit of a contrast?), yet the sprays of delicate flowers are of rich lilac, not blue. Outstanding dependable pot plant from india currently gaining much popular favor with prunner armed bonsai fanciers. Most successful as a windowsill houseplant.

40234 ELAEAGNUS PUNGENS MACULATA ELEADOR ELA HH CGH PRICE: $ 10.00 Frosted slate green leaves with bold yellow centers; variegated cultivar of the "Arbutus Shrub" hardy in the south, but best as "Golden Silverthorn" foliage plant for a cool location inside in the north were it still forms "Gumi-flower Red Berry."

40257 EXCOECARIA COCHINCHINENSIS EUP HP TGH PRICE: $ 10.00 "Chinese Croton" Pairs of beautiful shiny leaves deep green on top, a brilliant laquered red beneath; arching woody stems. Outstanding houseplant, but like many spurges, sap is toxic, and thus called "Blindness Tree" in Southeast Asia. Easy. Has long enjoyed the distinction of being the cover plant of George Elbert's large tome on foliage plants, unfortunately now out of print.

Fig Trees and Bonsai (FICUS) for THE 2008 SEASON

The TROPICAL FIGS, unrivaled as imposing reliable houseplants, impressively trained standards or (as with the pumila group) premire topiary creepers; some members are most famous as terrarium subjects, others for windowsill containers & indoor bonsai. As we are never clear as to which others beyond the following modest offering will be available from time to time, why not try out a wide range from stranglers to creepers to bonsai stars.

99461 FIG FAMILY COLLECTION: One of the essential backbone genera for indoor plant groupings with a very wide range of habits and tolerances with numerous outstanding variegated selections. You may suggest that you would prefer species and hybrids appropriate for terrariums, standards, topiary, indoor gardening, bonsai, and so on--we've a wide range to select from. 5 plants @ PRICE: $22.00
For the full list of Ficus species, click the following link.

66740FICUS BENJAMINA DUTCH TREAT MOR HP TGH PRICE: $ 7.50 Extremely wee fig with lovely tiny shimmery leaves more twisted & petite than those of 'Too Little'; heavily branched selection for those mame creators for whom 'Too Little' is simply too big. Always a great favorite with bonsai trainers, newly popular for inclusion in terrarium landscapes as its scale is very miniature.

66980 FICUS BENJAMINA GOLD BIT MOR TGH HP PRICE: $12.00 Very delicately statured with pertly curled tiny pale olive to lime green leaves with emerald brushings along the midrib. Difficult outside a terrarium. Best check before ordering, as can be in limited stock.
51732 FICUS BENJAMINA MINI LUCIE MOR HP TGH PRICE: $ 20.00 The small statured "Serpentine Fig" with zigzagging woody glossy stems winged with deep green downturned small leather leaves. Unusual selection for the wavy gravy collector.

54387 FICUS BENJAMINA TOO LITTLE MOR HP TGH PRICE: $ 12.00 The perfect miniature fig for indoor bonsai: thickly foliaged with tiny recurved glossy leaflets on twiggy branchlets. A great find by Jim Atchison, from whom this clone derives. Possibly the best place to start for an indoor bonsai experience if you anticipate needing some immediate positive stroking as a master of tropical bonsai--especially as the swollen roots help this survive a minor lapse in your watering schedule!

55647 FICUS BENJAMINA WIANDI MOR HT PRICE: $ 15.00 Distinctive "Zig Zag" brances with glossy fluted leaves; has European patent. Exotic Angel Pat. 8929 for "Rainne" as the "Carribean Dwarf Banyan Tree"!! 'Wiandi' grows more vertically and produces smaller leaves than 'Rainee'.

40270 FICUS BUXIFOLIA (FICUS LINGUA) MOR HP TGH PRICE: $ 15.00 "Boxwood Fig" Compact willowy branches loaded with tiny leathery elongated-triangle leaves; the petite stature, easy culture and early fruiting make this a traditional favorite for bonsai.The alternate name for this plant is Ficus lingua and this may be more correct. .

41260 FICUS FRED BOUTIN MOR HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.00 Unique woody, twiggy low growing "character" trunks give this quirky Boutin hybrid of F. carica x pumila high marks with cascade bonsai trainers who also value its richly haired, quilted foliage. Availability irregular as this is somewhat winter dormant (not shedding foliage, but slowing growth)--needs high humidity like its carica parent to maintain good spidermite free foliage; loves a pole or wall to clamber like its pumila parent. Of most interest to collectors as Moraceae are notoriously difficult to hybridize as the blossoms face the center of the enclosed protofruit..

58324 FICUS MICROPHYLLA GOLDEN GATE MOR HP TGH PRICE: $ 12.00 "Tiger Bark Fig" Excellent bonsai with short, branching trunk decoratively striped holding an array of small glossy bright toned leaves (not variegated). Excellent as a standard; perfect as a tropical bonsai.

40283 FICUS NATALENSIS PRICE: $ 6.75 "Natal Fig" Small leaves on much-branched plants excellent in containers; if chilled, will enter a dormancy cycles--do not be alarmed for the elongated somewhat rhomboid leaves will soon emerge on new shoots. Please note that this species typically defoliates when shipped. A better greenhouse subject than a houseplant.

42140 FICUS NITIDA SINGAPORE MONSTROSE MOR HP TGH PRICE: $ 18.00 Hansoti #24 Curious bonsai subject with thickened heavy, irregularly margined (outlined) foliage. Unsettling leathery appearance to some; a weird figal departure from normal figdom to others. Another of the treasures H. Hansoti brought to us from his collection in India forming a compact irregular shrublet given time and patience. Yes, collectors, this is once again in stock.

40290 FICUS PUMILA [REPENS] QUERCIFOLIA MOR HP CGH TER PRICE: $ 10.00 "Miniature Oakleaf Fig" Tiny deep green leaves are deeply lobed. Not only is the individual leaf considerably smaller than the species form but each dimpled leaf is deeply lobed as if a tiny oak shaped cookie cutter was at work overtime. More clumping than running in habit, this is the "to die for" choice for the sophisticated terrarium or the stunningly wee topiary only inches high. The crown jewel of the "Creeping Fig" cultivars.

94028 FICUS PUMILA [REPENS] MOR HP TGH CGH PRICE: $ 4.00 "Creeping Fig" clasping stems covered by small dark oval leaves used in topiary, terrariums, wall covers, hanging baskets. Yes, this is the remarkable wall cover used so dramatically and beautifully at Longwood Gardens. The basic dependable plant for covering any moss filled wired topiary form.

42019 FICUS PUMILA [REPENS] CURLY MOR HP TERR PRICE: $ 5.25 "Flame Leaf Creeping Fig" Quilted, irregularly lobed oakleaf with central chartreuse flame design; very open growth habit perfect for your terrarium. Known as 'Dorte' in Europe.

41881 FICUS PUMILA [REPENS] SNOWFLAKE MOR HP TERR PRICE: $ 4.75 Beautiful "Snowflake Fig" forms an overlapping mat made of irregularly lobed small glossy leaves with showy marginal bands of bright clear white. Show stopper known in Europe as 'Arina' or 'White Sunny.'

40293 FICUS RELIGIOSA MOR TGH CGH PRICE: $ 8.25 "Bo Tree" or "Sacred Fig" Heart-shaped, very long-tailed leaves can be deciduous during winter; sacred to Hindus and Buddhists as "Peepul" or "Bohdi" enlightenment tree; thickened basal (caudiform) trunks form on these seedlings.

40301 FICUS SALICARIA (SALICIFOLIA) MOR HP TGH PRICE: $ 9.50 "Willow Leaf Fig" Masses of narrow leaves (thus also called F. neriifolia as well as F. salicifolia) on upright dwarf multi-trunked trees; perfect bonsai. Roots are said to be chewed as a sterility cure in Zimbabwe! We make no guarantee on curative powers, but believe it an excellent container subject. Newly published under the name of Ficus Salicaria for which information we thank Derek Burch. Whatever its name, this shrubby freely branching beauty is at home in any bonsai pot; however, released into a larger pot or given free root run, this soon achieves wide handsome proportions at which point the beauty of the older bark becomes apparent.

40303 FICUS TRIANGULARIS [NATALENSIS LEPRIEURII] MOR HP TGH PRICE: $ 15.00 "Triangle Bush" Flexible glossy branches hold interesting waxy triangular leaves with decorative clusters of tiny figs. New for the late 2008 and 2008 season. There is a variegated form which we may be offering in the near future. See our Variegated Plant Gallery for the Malay Gold form of this plant.

59180 FUCHSIA ENCLIANDIA LOTTIE HOBBIE ONA CGH HHPRICE: $ 5.25 Very tiny foliaged arched stems with bright tiny dark pink & cerise fls along their length; very miniature selection reputed to be winter hardy at least to Z7. Very popular with the bonsai & alpine greenhouse crowds! We prefer to ship this when the temperatures are moderate for sometimes it does not travel well without considerable leaf drop--a perfectly natural plant response to seasoned plantsmen, but an unnerving crisis to those new to growing. Naturally, it immediately leafs out just like most Pelargoniums after having survived the shock of a few days in a dark box.

42170 FUCHSIA MME. CORNELISSEN [HYB] ONA CGH HP HH PRICE: $ 4.75 Beautifully arching woody slender stems with lanceolate leaves, thickly textured with dark reddish veins giving the foliage a blush hue; many delicate dangling single red tubed fls w/ red pointed sepals and white corollas with slim red veins. While the texture is petite, the eventual size of this chill tolerant "Irish Lady's Eardrop" can be considerable.

40321 GARDENIA JASMINOIDES RADICANS FLOREPLENO RUB HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.00 "Dwarf Gardenia" Low shrub with tidy glossy dark green leaves paired on much-branched stems to beautifully frame lovely fragrant double white blooms; unlike florist types, this produces a few fls at a time, but throughout the year. Easy as a windowsill potplant; excellent as a low statured bonsai subject developing excellent bark and maintaining petite blackish green foliage, both important characteristics for such an undertaking.

42004 GARDENIA JASMINOIDES RADICANS MARGINED RUB HP CGH PRICE: $ 12.00 Marvelous "Margined Mini Gardenia" Low petite shrub, which prefers a cool winter location, aflutter with small narrow waxy leaves, each boldly bordered waxy ivory white; lovely hauntingly fragrant white rose shaped blossoms. If grown indoors, we suggest you place on a pebble tray to maintain constant humidity levels. A seriously beautiful plant.

53391 GMELINA PARROT'S BEAK [HYSTRIX] VER TGG PRICE: $ 6.75Woody stems with small attractively lobed leaves and terminal pendulous racemes of showy overlapping bracts and yellowish blossoms. Excellent container plant; try as a tropical bosai. A Genus from India on through the Philippines. Availability can be spotty--best to check before ordering as we do not like to send this out dormant.

54084 GREVILLEA ROBUSTA PRO HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.50Reliable "Silky Oak Tree" from Queensland a popular ferny leaved potplant; when planted outdoors in Z10 or warmer can become a small tree with orange flowers. Japanese train as bonsai, "Kinu-kashi" as easily trained.

41161 HEDERA HELIX CONGLOMERATA ARAL HP HH CGH PRICE: $ 4.25 Undulating leathery, blackish green leaves clasp stiff, often contorted, upright stems; forms semi-erect bush with time. The wavy (heart-shaped at base) leathery leaves survive our winter unscathed if situated away from winter sun and wind.

41162 HEDERA HELIX CONGLOMERATA ERECTA ARAL HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.00 Nearly triangular, dark green leaves deeply grooved; the unique three-cornered leaves are held rigidly in two ranks on stiff erect stems. Quite evergreen when used as a shrublet in Zone 6 like us. Certainly develops one of the most unique (very extreme decorator) vertical outlines of any Ivy, all the more dramatic due to the extremely dark toned very leathery foliage. A wonderful pot plant for that chill windowsill too cold for violets or begonias.

41166 HEDERA HELIX DUCK FOOT ARAL HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.00 Fantastic tiny mounds of miniature duckfoot-shaped leaves. Use as a tiny tuffet at the base of a bonsai; add to your terrarium, or encourage it over a mini-boulder in your rockery.

42115 HEDERA HELIX LITTLE DIAMOND ARAL CGH HH PRICE: $ 6.25 Small-statured 'Kleiner Diamant' with diamond shaped gray splashed leaves with delicate white border. Very shrubby; a conversation piece small enough for the alpine house.

54504 HEDERA HELIX WILLIE ARAL HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.75 Girard Nursery's name for this sophisticated "Bonsai Ivy" with each deeply cut leathery leaf segment (typically 5) entwined short stems studded with foliaged spur growths. Very small tuffets develop--thus a terarium favorite as well.

40374 ILEX DIMORPHOPHYLLA AQU HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.00 "Tropical Holly' Tiny crinkled shiney leathery leaves on compat woody branches; from Okinawa, this is intollerant of frost, making it a perfect window houseplant. Juvenile foliage form.

40420 JASMINUM PARKERI OLE HH CGH HP PRICE: $ 10.00 "Himalayian Bonsai" Low twiggy mounds of tiny pinnate leaves & seasonal yellow flowers; trains into bonsai; traditional rock garden plant in subtropic climates (this Northwest India Z7-10 native survives winter here; suffering complete die-back outdoors only during severe winters with multiple nights below 0 degrees F). Very mild fragrance detected by those with advanced imaginations.

60921 KALANCHOE ARBORESCENS CRA GH PRICE: $ 6.75 Erect, perpendicularly branched slim woody stems punctuated by small succulent leaves and (with maturity) mauve pink winter flowers. The small dark green succulent paddle leaves stud the dividing erect woody stems as a miniature tree-like woody trunk gradually develops. Distinct and handsome (eventually reaching considerable dimensions, altho the leaves remain small), demanding only good light, adequate moisture and a shallow bonsai pot to make a statement on the succulent bonsai table.

72840 LIGUSTRUM LEMON & LIME OLE HH CGH PRICE: $ 8.00 Lovely shrublet of uncertain origin quickly self branching to form a wide (yet petite in appearance) outline of tiny glossy leaves with crimped wavy edges nicely variegated. Should be a valuable new candidate for bonsai.

42156 NASHIA INAGUENSIS VER TGH HP PRICE: $ 6.25 "Bahana Berry" Tiny crinkled fleshy leaves, with lovely mint fragrance, on rigid much-branched twiglets emerging from woody trunks--perfect tropical bonsai; the orange berries (following petite verbenia-shaped cream fls) adds vanilla flavor to Moujean tea. Also used in topiary as the flexible stems will follow the contours of any moss filled wire form or driftwood surface and the tiny leaves remain shingled on the surface.

40685 OSMANTHUS FRAGRANS OLE TGH CGH PRICE: $ 10.00 "Sweet Olive" Leathery-leaved shrub; clusters of small white fls emit a delightful rare fragrance "blending jasmine, ripe apricots & gardenia" used in China to scent tea. Himalayan native's leaf edges burn if humidity insufficient or if watered with a source high in salts or a watersoftener. Not a houseplant unless sufficient humidity is provided.

40689 OSMANTHUS HETEROPHYLLUS GOSHIKI OLE HP CGH PRICE: $ 10.00 Holly-mimic leaves richly mottled in creamy gold; very rare cv. known as `Goshiki-Hiiragi' in Japan. This "Freckled False Holly" makes an excellent container plant; hardy in deep South. It is also often used for indoor bonsai subjects for it adapts very well to smaller pots and dwarfing.

40688 OSMANTHUS HETEROPHYLLUS VARIEGATUS OLE HP CGH PRICE: $ 5.00 Broad regular cream margins on holly-mimic leaves--very popular as an indoor Christmas houseplant. This fragrant-flowering species is listed as O. ilicifolius in many books.

53526PEPEROMIA BAMBOO STALKS [SPECIES] PIP HP TGH PRICE: $ 7.25 Bright curved oval one-inch long leaves in two ranks on short erect stems with attractive swollen bamboo-like leaf nodes. Very attractive in tiny bonsai pots.

41109 PLECTRANTHUS ECKLONII ERMA LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.25 Thick succulent trunk bases swell from season to season into fissured caudexes; spade-shaped leaves. Pink to violet hooked tubular flowers give name, "Cockspur Flower." Trim back severely after bright early through midwinter bloomspikes fade. Very popular with lovers of caudiforms.

66921 PLECTRANTHUS ERNESTII LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.25 The thickly caudiform "Bonsai Mint" with thick small felted leaves, violet beneath; mauve flowers. Grow in a shallow container and allow the tuberous roots to develop above soil level.

40827 PODOCARPUS GRACILIOR [ELONGATUS] POD HP TGH PRICE: $ 5.00 "Weeping Yellowwood" Thin long leathery leaves beautifully weep on cascading branches; very graceful specimen houseplant. More correct as Afrocarpus gracilior

59258 PODOCARPUS HENKELII POD CGH HP PRICE: $ 6.00 Beautiful Natal species with lustrous weeping broad needles spirally arranged on furrowed shoots; good in containers, as a specimen the dark gray bark exfoliates in long strips. Newly popular as a bonsai subject; also excellent as a long term subject for a standard. Zone 10.

40830PODOCARPUS NAGI POD CGH HH PRICE: $ 12.00 "Broad leaf Yellow-Wood" from the Ryukyu Islands with broad leathery leaves (resembling the foliage of Agathis) on stiff stems of sub tropical tree. Slow growing very rarely offered species.

56236 POGONATHERUM CRINITUM GRA HP CGH PRICE: $ 6.50 "German Bamboo" A lovely grass of great delicacy with fast clumping erect Bamboo-like stalks reaching a foot height; these branched stalks are clothed with sea-green slim leaf blades. Fabulous when displayed as a bonsai; customers in the subtropics inform us this is a most successful thickly clumped vertical vase perfectly accenting any border design. This "Bamboo Grass" is now listed in Poaceae.

55665 POGONATHERUM CRINITUM VARIEGATUM GRA TGH HP PRICE: $ 10.00 "Striped Bonsai Grass" This tropical grass forms a tight thicket of short erect stalks topped with a haze of slim yellow striped glaucous blades. Looks like a clump of giant bamboo, only this is a foot tall. A tip of the hat to Barry Yinger who shared this with us initially--it has since earned a place on the indoor windowsill, in the small scaled bog, with other ornate containers on the deck, and even in bonsai shows, having won over a number of our customers in a very short time. (We soon hope to have enough of the white striped version of this winner to offer.)

42344 POGONATHERUM CRINITUM WHITE STRIPES GRA HP CGH PRICE: $ 8.50 Charmng thickly clumped "Bonsai Bamboo" tropical grass with the tiny slim leaf blades pinstriped bright white; rare. Beautiful as a psuedo-bamboo in bonsai pot. China-Austrailia cousin of Saccharm with whitish spikelets.

49479 POGONATHERUM PUNICEUM GRA HP TGH PRICE: $ 6.75 A charming "Bamboo Mimic" for typical situations: the very tightly clumping short stems arch out elegantly under the weight of richly green overlapping leaf blades--blades which are considerably wider and more dramatic than P. crinitum cultivar.

40856 PUNICA GRANATUM NANA PUN CGH HP PRICE: $ 5.00 "Dwarf Pomegranate" Bright double orange flowers resembling nodding papery carnations followed by small edible fruit; very cool winter condition imperative for best production of spring blossoms--but do not allow to freeze. Handsome and dependable in any bonsai pot as soon forms a stout woody trunk and the foliage always remains dimunitive. Asian herb extensively utilized to treat mouth sores, diarrhea, and a multitude of other ills. Certainly one of the easiest small fruiting shrublets quite content with container culture.

41810 PUNICA GRANATUM NOCHI SHIBORI PUN CGH HH PRICE: $10.00 Brookside #1471. Showy double red flowered "Queen's Pocketmelon" fading to a dark rose crepe; large pomegranate fruit. Will grow to a considerable height, best staked to form a standard.

41808 PUNICA GRANATUM TOYOSHO PUN CGH HH PRICE: $10.00 Brookside Gardens Collection #1477. Columnar habit; giant crepe petatled soft apricot blossoms shaped like a giant double carnation on upright shrub. Needs to reach some stature before it starts to produce blossoms, unlike the dwarf cultivars. Check availability before ordering.

40858 PUNICA GRANATUM VARIEGATA PUN CGH HH PRICE: $12.00 "Carnation-flowered Pomegranate" Pink mottled bub