(Peacock Ginger)

Creating a lush, tropical shade groundcover, peacock ginger's mottled, rounded leaves are accompanied with small lavender-purple flowers during the warm months. A clumping, tender perennial that is deciduous in cold or dryness of winter, it is native to southeastern Asia.

Its leaves rise from underground rhizomes that are fleshy, often like small potato tubers. Each leaf blade is oval, often with slightly wavy edges and colored medium to dark green with subdued mottled patterns. Small, four-petaled...

(Kalanchoe)

The bold textural leaves and stark habit of this large shrubby succulent offer year-round form and texture. It comes from the African island of Madagascar, where plants evolved in isolation for millions of years. Its large fleshy long-stalked leaves cluster at the tip of an erect unbranched or sparsely branched stem. The leathery, triangular to arrow-shaped, olive-green leaves are covered with silvery fuzz, and are often bronze-tinged above. They can reach the size of a human foot. Their cupped form...

(Kalanchoe, Oak Leaf Kalanchoe)

Native to Madagascar, felt plant offers year-round form and texture with its bold leaves and stark upright habit. The cultivar 'Oak Leaf' has large, shallow-lobed, long-stalked leaves which cluster at the tip of an erect unbranched or sparsely branched stem. The leathery, triangular to arrow-shaped, olive-green leaves are covered with silvery fuzz, and are often bronze-tinged above. They can reach the size of a human foot. Their cupped form and undulating edges add to the unique character of this...

(Flowering Kalanchoe)

Flowering kalanchoe is a succulent tender perennial grown for its bright colorful flowers. This native of Madagascar is a neat, clump-forming evergreen with thick, glossy, oval-shaped green leaves that often have scalloped red edges. Its flowers naturally appear in late winter and spring, but greenhouse grown specimens are cultivated to bloom at all times of the year. The small, tubular flowers are borne on large branched clusters. They are long-lasting and come in vivid shades of red, orange, pink...

(Calandiva® Orange Kalanchoe, Flowering Kalanchoe)

Flowering kalanchoe is a succulent tender perennial from Madagascar grown for its bright colorful blooms. The cultivar Calandiva® Orange bear dense clusters of showy double flowers that resemble rose blossoms. This clump-forming evergreen has thick, glossy, oval-shaped green leaves, often with scalloped red edges. The rich orange flowers naturally appear in winter and early spring, but greenhouse grown specimens are cultivated to bloom at all times of year. Flowering continues for at least 6 weeks....

(Calandiva® Pink Kalanchoe, Flowering Kalanchoe)

Flowering kalanchoe is a succulent tender perennial from Madagascar grown for its bright colorful blooms. The cultivar Calandiva® Pink bear dense clusters of showy double flowers that resemble rose blossoms. This clump-forming evergreen has thick, glossy, oval-shaped green leaves, often with scalloped red edges. The cherry-pink flowers naturally appear in winter and early spring, but greenhouse grown specimens are cultivated to bloom at all times of year. Flowering continues for at least 6 weeks....

(Calandiva® Flowering Kalanchoe, Flowering Kalanchoe)

Flowering kalanchoe is a succulent tender perennial from Madagascar grown for its bright colorful blooms. Cultivars in the Calandiva® Series bear dense clusters of showy double flowers that resemble rose blossoms. Flowers may be red, orange, pink, purple, white, or combinations thereof. These clump-forming evergreens have thick, glossy, oval-shaped green leaves, often with scalloped red edges. The flowers naturally appear in winter and early spring, but greenhouse grown specimens are cultivated to...

(Devil's Backbone, Mexican Hat Plant, Mother-of-Thousands)

This unique succulent is a popular houseplant and specimen for warm, dry landscapes. It is native to southwestern Madagascar where it inhabits dry, mountainous areas. One of its most unique characteristics is its ability to produce small plantlets (pseudo-bulbils) along the periphery of its leaves, which is why it's commonly called mother-of-thousands.

The large, opposite leaves of mother-of-thousands are broad and tapered. The foliage sparsely lines the stems and may be green, gray-green...

(Madagascar Chandelier Plant)

Vigorous and weedy, this shrubby Kalanchoe from southern Madagascar is among the easiest succulents to grow and the most difficult to control. It spreads prolifically by small plantlets that grow at the tips of the cylindrical, gray-green, maroon-blotched leaves. The plantlets drop to the ground and root, often invading neighboring areas of the garden or greenhouse. In winter and early spring plants bear candelabra-like clusters of magenta to orange, bell-shaped flowers that droop from the...

(Kalanchoe)

Fondly known as lavender scallops, this low, shrubby, spreading succulent from Madagascar has sprawling stems that root where they touch ground. It bears small, oval, blue-gray, white-dusted leaves with toothed tips. The leaves may occasionally produce plantlets, which can drop to the ground and root. Spectacular clusters of dangling urn-shaped orange or red flowers with dusky pink calyces appear on erect stalks in winter and early spring. The blossoms attract hummingbirds. Flowering stems die after...