(Blackbird Martin's Spurge, Martin's Spurge)

Martin’s Spurge ‘Blackbird’ is a hybrid between the European native Euphorbia amygdaloides and the Mediterranean Euphorbia characias. It is a tender, evergreen, spurge with a clumping, compact, upright habit and lance-shaped leaves with the pointed ends attached to the plant. The leaves are dark purple-red as are the plant stems; new leaves have a brighter reddish tone. Late winter through summer long-lasting flowers top the stems above the foliage. The flowers have circular yellow-green...

(Martin's Spurge, Rudolph Spurge)

Martin’s Spurge is a hybrid between the European native Euphorbia amygdaloides and the Mediterranean Euphorbia characias. The cultivar Rudolf is a compact, tender, evergreen spurge with a clumping, upright habit and lance-shaped leaves with the pointed ends attached to the plant. The leaves are green with red undertones as are the plant stems. Winter through summer, red bracts (modified leaves), reminiscent of a red “nose” top the stems and give way to flowers with circular bracts...

(Martin's Spurge, Tiny Tim Martin's Spurge)

Martin’s spurge is a hybrid between the European native Euphorbia amygdaloides and the Mediterranean Euphorbia characias. The cultivar ‘Waleutiny’ also known as Tiny Tim is a dwarf selection. It is a tender, evergreen spurge with a clump-forming, upright to rounded habit and lance-shaped leaves, the pointed ends attached to the plant. The small leaves and stems are green and burgundy. Flowers appear winter through summer and are composed of circular apple green bracts surrounding...

(Euryops)

Straelender Sunshine bush daisy is a medium-sized tender shrub with evergreen foliage and bright yellow daisy flowers. This is a selection taken from a mutation on Euryops anthanasiae. The leaves are roughly textured, dark green and many-lobed. The larger-than-usual flowers, which occur year-round, are most prolific from autumn to spring. The petals are bright to golden yellow and surround a yellow-orange central disc. They are held on long, wiry stems above the sparsely spaced leaves,...

(African Bush Daisy, Golden Daisy Bush)

African bush daisy is a medium-sized tender shrub with evergreen foliage and bright yellow daisy flowers. From the Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa, it grows naturally in coarse, fast-draining soil with high nutrient content. The plants naturally exist on open, rocky seaside areas, so they are well-adapted to drought and aerosol salt.

The leaves are a lush, glossy and medium green. Each has seven to nine lobes, which make them look like tiny oak leaves. The yellow daisy flowers do not...

(Gray-leaved Euryops)

Yellow bush daisy is a small, sturdy, broadleaf evergreen shrub from South Africa bearing cheery yellow daisies from late spring to fall, or year round in greenhouses. The handsome, finely divided leaves are hairy and gray-green, often silvery-white during the cool and/or dry season. Leaves are more green when wettened after a rainfall.

This shrub needs very well drained, fertile soil in full sun. It is suitable for rock gardens, containers, and shrub borders where hardy; otherwise it can be...

(Golden Shrub Daisy)

Selected and named for the rich deep green color of its finely divided leaves, this small, sturdy, broadleaf evergreen shrub bears cheery yellow daisies on short stems from late spring to fall, or year round if winter temperatures are mild (as in its native South Africa).

This shrub needs very well drained, fertile soil in full sun. It is suitable for rock gardens, containers, and shrub borders where hardy; otherwise it can be grown in an alpine house or cool greenhouse. It makes an excellent...

(Korean Sweetheart Tree)

Once the vivid rose-red fruits split open to reveal the black seeds, the Korean or Japanese sweetheart tree is a delightful sight. A small deciduous tree, its smooth, pale gray bark looks like striped snake skin all across the branches in the rounded canopy. It's native to mountain valleys and open forests across the southeastern half of China, Korea and Japan.

In spring, the compound leaves emerge glossy and light green. Each leaf comprises five to nine pointy ovals with scalloped edges. Crush...

(Pearlbush)

Forming a mounding, almost weeping shrub lined with white blossoms in spring, The Bride hybrid pearlbush combines the qualities of the common pearlbush (Exochorda racemosa) and Exochorda korolkowii. A deciduous shrub, it attains a mounded, partially weeping habit apropos for the average garden's scale and size. When in flower you may mistaken it as a spirea.

Before any leaves emerge in mid-spring, the white blossoms cover the drooping branches. Each blossom has five petals...

(Pua Kenikeni, Ten Cent Flower)

One of the most fragrant and exquisite flowers used in leis, pua kenikeni, or "ten cent flower", bears tubular ivory flowers that age to gold in summer and autumn. A slow growing tree native to the south Pacific and tropical eastern Australia, its flowers are also potent enough to impart their fragrance into coconut oil for use as massage and hair oils. This tree attains a spreading to rounded shape.

The large, oval, glossy leaves can have gentle ripples across them, giving the plant an interesting...