(Cactus Pachypodium, Elephant's Foot Plant, Yellow Rose Clubfoot)

A plump, bottle-shaped base with numerous fat arms covered in spines is indicative of any pachypodium. The cactus pachypodium also bears light yellow flowers on long stems during the warm months of the year. This semiarid succulent shrub or dwarf tree is native to the central plateaus of Madagascar. Several natural varieties exist, each native and adapted to specific environmental conditions across its native range. All are increasingly endangered in the wild. Cactus pachypodium's trunk and branches...

(Madagascar-palm, Naked-blooming Clubfoot, Pachypodium, Single-spined Clubfoot)

Another small succulent tree that's the spitting image of Pachypodium lamerei, the single-spined clubfoot, also called Madagascar-palm, blooms when leafless. The sparse, singular spines on the gray trunk are subdued, but it's the white flowers with twisting petals that are the plant's ornamental pride. Native to southern Madagascar, the misleadingly named Madagascar-palm is closely related to oleanders (Nerium spp.) and desert roses (Adenium spp.) than true palms.. This...

(Tahitian Screwpine)

Tahitian screwpine becomes a tall, architecturally attractive "tree" with evergreen, sword-like leaves and fruits that are large and golden yellow. This tender, tropical evergreen is slow growing with origins in the South Pacific, from Hawaii and Tahiti westward to Indonesia and Australia. They are not true trees, but are related to palms and bamboos, and ever so slowly will attain a magnificent, open-branched, pyramid shape. They have numerous fleshy, fibrous prop roots at their bases, used to anchor...

(Common Screwpine)

Common screwpine becomes a tall, architecturally attractive "tree" with evergreen, sword-like leaves and fruits that are large and golden yellow. This tender, tropical evergreen is slow growing and considered a native of the Old World Tropics, now believed to have originated in Madagascar. They are not true trees, but are related to palms and bamboos, and ever so slowly will attain a magnificent, open-branched, pyramid shape. They have numerous fleshy, fibrous prop roots at their bases, used to anchor...

(Wonga Wonga Vine)

An adaptable plant, wonga wonga vine announces spring with dense clusters of light yellow, tubular flowers at the tips of its twining branches. An evergreen vine native to moist forests of southwestern Melanesian islands and the eastern quarter of Australia, it also tolerates drier soils in another native pocket in central Australia's Outback.

Foliage has two forms: juvenile foliage is fern-like with deep finger-like lobes and matures to long, oval leaflets. From late winter and into spring,...

(Wonga Wonga Vine)

Though striking, the variegated leaves of ‘Charisma’ wonga wonga are outdone by its dense clusters of pink and crimson, tubular flowers at the tips of its twining branches in spring. An evergreen vine native to moist forests of southwestern Melanesian islands and the eastern quarter of Australia, it also tolerates drier soils in another native pocket in central Australia's Outback.

The variegated leaves have two forms: the juvenile form is fern-like with deep, finger-like lobes and the mature...

(Wonga Wonga Vine)

An adaptable plant, ‘Golden Showers’ wonga wonga vine announces spring with dense clusters of golden-yellow and bronzed, tubular flowers at the tips of its twining branches. An evergreen vine native to moist forests of southwestern Melanesian islands and the eastern quarter of Australia, it also tolerates drier soils in another native pocket in central Australia's Outback.

The leaves have two forms: the juvenile form is fern-like with deep finger-like lobes and the mature form has lance-shaped...

(Bitter Panicgrass, Coastal Panicgrass)

Bitter panicgrass's tall stems and leaves of mild blue-green color are topped by thin spires of yellow-green spikelet flowers by very late summer. A perennial warm-season grass that forms a clump, it is native to the southeastern third of the United States, eastern Mexico and the Caribbean islands, in coastal and inland sandy soils.

The grass blades are long and green to blue-green, held upright but arch over midway in their length. By late summer, a tall, think flower spike rises up from the...

(Bitter Panicgrass, Coastal Panicgrass)

The steel blue leaves of ‘Dewey Blue’ make this selection of Bitter Panicgrass a striking ornamental, especially when it is topped by plumes of yellow-green spikelet flowers in very late summer. A perennial, warm-season grass that forms a clump, the parent species is native to the southeastern third of the United States. This selection tends to readily spread by rhizomes (underground stems) to create a large, flopping mass of leaves.

The leaves are long, narrow and powdery steel blue, held upright...

(Switchgrass)

If you have a spacious garden and want a pleasing airy ornamental grass, look no further. The highly adaptable and ornamental switchgrass offers interest throughout most of the growing season. This very hardy perennial bunchgrass is native to the fields and prairies of the United States and Canada. It has a tall upright habit and is popular for native gardens with a soft and natural feel.

The blades of switchgrass are long, narrow, densely packed and upright. Foliage color varies from medium...