(Crassula)

This tender succulent subshrub is beloved for its striking foliage and form. It is a robust native of eastern South Africa, where summers are moist and winters dry. Fleshy, upright, knee-high to waist-high stems are furnished with long, lance-shaped, silver-gray leaves that resemble oversized snow pea pods. The leaves stand at right angles to the stem, clasping it at their bases. Forms of the species known variously as falcata or minor have leaves that are twisted propeller-fashion....

This tender succulent subshrub is beloved for its striking foliage and form. It is a robust native of eastern South Africa, where summers are moist and winters dry. Fleshy, upright, knee-high to waist-high stems are furnished with long, sickle-shaped, silver-gray leaves that resemble oversized snow pea pods. The leaves stand at right angles to the stem, clasping it at their bases, and are twisted propeller-fashion. One of the showiest crassulas in bloom, this plant bears large flat or slightly domed...

(Trailing Pubescent Pygmyweed)

Grown for its attractive fleshy foliage, this evergreen succulent from South Africa makes an excellent plant for containers and frost free rock gardens. The prostrate stems of this shrubby perennial root at the nodes to form carpets of bright green oval leaves that become red-tinted in sun. Upright stems topped with rounded clusters of small white flowers appear in winter and spring, and sporadically at other times of year.

Like most succulents, this plant requires fast drainage, whether grown...

(Hawthorn)

(Kansas Hawthorn, Red Hawthorn)

Although rare in gardens, this small, spiny, round-headed tree from the central United States is attractive year-round. Its gray spreading branches bear oval, sharply toothed leaves that are shallowly lobed toward their tips. They change from yellow-green when new to dull dark green in late spring to orange and red in fall. The foliage may be marred by rust. Clusters of 5 to 7 white flowers open in spring, giving rise to bunches of spherical to pear-shaped fruits that ripen glossy bright red in early...

(Cape Lily, Ellen Bosanquet Cape Lily)

A vigorously-dividing bulbous perennial, 'Ellen Bosanquet' is a hybrid crinum loved by gardeners since its introduction in the 1920s. It is notable for its large, spicy-scented, trumpet-shaped, reddish-violet flowers that bloom through summer and for its vigorously dividing growth. The leaves are strap-shaped, wavy, and glossy. They emerge from the bulb in a tight bundle and form an arching fountain as they extend. The leafless flower stems are topped by a cluster of outward-facing flowers.

The...

(Asian Crinum Lily, Giant Crinum, Poisonbulb)

The Asian crinum lily is a large, free-blooming, fragrant, bulbous perennial for warm climates or containers. Native to tropical southeast Asia, it grows and increases vigorously in suitable conditions, and blooms continuously. In marginal regions, frost may kill the leaves but the plant recovers and new leaves grow with the return of mild temperatures. Over time the bulb grows larger and the broad strap-shaped leaves emerge in a trunk-like mass that separates into individual flaring, arching, glossy...

(Asian Crinum Lily, Variegated Crinum Lily)

The Asian crinum lily is a large, free-blooming, fragrant, bulbous perennial for warm climates or containers. Native to tropical southeast Asia, it grows and increases vigorously in suitable conditions, and blooms continuously. In marginal regions, frost may kill the leaves but the plant recovers and new leaves grow with the return of mild temperatures. Over time the bulb grows larger and the broad strap-shaped leaves emerge in a trunk-like mass that separates into individual flaring, arching, glossy...

(Spotted Crinum Lily)

The Asian crinum lily is a large, free-blooming, fragrant, bulbous perennial for warm climates or containers. Native to tropical southeast Asia, it grows and increases vigorously in suitable conditions, and blooms continuously. In marginal regions, frost may kill the leaves but the plant recovers and new leaves grow with the return of mild temperatures. Over time the bulb grows larger and the broad strap-shaped leaves emerge in a trunk-like mass that separates into individual flaring, arching, glossy...

(Han Ire Crinum Lily, Spotted Crinum Lily)

The Asian crinum lily is a large, free-blooming, fragrant, bulbous perennial for warm climates or containers. Native to tropical southeast Asia, it grows and increases vigorously in suitable conditions, and blooms continuously. In marginal regions, frost may kill the leaves but the plant recovers and new leaves grow with the return of mild temperatures. Over time the bulb grows larger and the broad strap-shaped leaves emerge in a trunk-like mass that separates into individual flaring, arching, glossy...