(Skyflower, White Skyflower)

Golden dewdrop is a vigorous large broadleaf evergreen shrub native to tropical America. The cultivar ‘Alba’ has drooping clusters of tubular, white flowers that appear as long as conditions are favorable and attract butterflies. Dangling chains of orange-yellow fruits succeed the flowers. The dainty toothed leaves are rich-green and glossy. Branches may or may not have thorns. The overall shape is weeping when mature.

This shrub does best in well-drained average soil and full to partial sun....

(Gold Mound Dewdrop, Skyflower)

Golden dewdrop is a vigorous large broadleaf evergreen shrub native to tropical America. The cultivar ‘Gold Mound’ has drooping clusters of tubular, lavender-blue flowers that appear when growing conditions are favorable and attract butterflies. Dangling chains of orange-yellow fruits succeed the flowers. The toothed leaves are chartreuse and glossy. Branches have thorns. The overall shape is weeping when mature. Gold Mound is not a dwarf plant, but has a short habit while young and will grow to...

(Golden Edge Dewdrop, Skyflower)

Golden dewdrop is a vigorous large broadleaf evergreen shrub native to tropical America. The cultivar ‘Golden Edge’ has drooping clusters of tubular, blue-lilac flowers that appear when growing conditions are favorable and attract butterflies. Dangling chains of orange-yellow fruits succeed the flowers. The toothed, glossy leaves are richly variegated green with an overlay of yellow-gold. Branches may or may not have thorns. The overall shape is weeping when mature.

This shrub does best in well-drained...

(Picotee Skyflower, Sapphire Showers Skyflower, Skyflower)

The pretty picotee flowers of this colorful tropical shrub are violet-blue and white.

Golden dewdrop is a vigorous large broadleaf evergreen shrub native to tropical America. The cultivar ‘Sapphire Showers’ has drooping clusters of tubular violet-blue flowers with white edges. These appear when growing conditions are favorable and attract butterflies. Dangling chains of orange-yellow fruits succeed the flowers. The dainty toothed evergreen leaves are rich green and glossy. The branches are...

(Skyflower, Sweet Memory Golden Dewdrop)

Golden dewdrop is a vigorous large broadleaf evergreen shrub native to tropical America. The cultivar ‘Sweet Memory’ has drooping clusters of tubular, white-edged, lilac-blue flowers that appear when growing conditions are favorable and attract butterflies. Dangling chains of orange-yellow fruits succeed the flowers. The toothed, glossy leaves are dark green. Branches do not have thorns. The overall shape is weeping when mature.

This shrub does best in well-drained average soil and full to partial...

(Skyflower, Variegated Golden Dewdrop)

Golden dewdrop is a vigorous large broadleaf evergreen shrub native to tropical America. The cultivar ‘Variegata’ has drooping clusters of tubular, white-edged, pale blue flowers that appear when growing conditions are favorable and attract butterflies. Dangling chains of orange-yellow fruits succeed the flowers. The toothed, glossy leaves are green, irregularly edged with white. Branches do have thorns. The overall shape is weeping when mature.

This shrub does best in well-drained average soil...

(Hybrid Dyckia)

Succulent in its rigid, spined leaves, this arid bromeliad resembles a perfectly shaped aloe. This hybrid has Dyckia platyphylla in its lineage, and forms a perfectly domed rosette that eventually multiplies into a large thicket-cluster of plants.

Each leaf of 'Carlsbad' is a wide and long lance and emanates outward from the center. Colored a glossy medium to bright, the leaf edges are sharply teethed and the underside is pale gray-green. In summer's warmth, mature plants send up a tall...

(Hybrid Dyckia)

Blend cherry red color with the deep brown of Coca-Cola and you'll understand why this hybrid cultivar of dyckia received its name. This cross between Dyckia platyphylla and Dyckia 'Carlsbad' forms a spidery rosette that eventually multiplies into a large cluster of plants.

Each leaf is a long pointed lance and emanates outward from the center. Colored a glossy dark red to olive-green, the leaf edges are sharply teethed and the underside is a dull gray. In summer's warmth, mature...

(Sawblade)

Cute and rounded, the rosette of this dryland succulent bromeliad truly looks like a miniature aloe. Native to northern Argentina and southern Brazil, sawblade forms a rounded rosette that eventually suckers, multiplying into a large, low mounding cluster of plants.

Each short leaf is a rigid but water-storing spear. Medium to bright green, the leaf edges are evenly lined with tiny silvery white teeth. In summer's warmth, mature plants send up a tall flower spike that reveals many small lemon...

(Dyckia)

This bromeliad will definitely fool you, since you'll be determined to call it a species of agave. A large and handsome plant, the highland dyckia hails from central and southern Brazil and adjacent northeastern Argentina. Its leaves are rigid and will curl and bend as needed for best reception of sunlight. This bromeliad usually is in a loose cluster of two to three others, flopping and twisting in the rocky outcroppings where it grows.

Leaves are long and lined in small spines. Medium green...