(Flamboyant Tree, Flame Tree, Royal Poinciana)

Often called the most beautiful flowering tree in the world, royal poinciana fills its spreading, handsome branches with feathery foliage and flamboyant scarlet-orange blossoms in late spring and early summer. A semi-deciduous tree native to the island of Madagascar, it is drought and salt-tolerant, making it among the quintessential trees for tropical landscapes, rivaled for its fame only by the coconut palm.

Typically without leaves in the dry winter months, the tree buds with the return of...

(Ice Plant, White Nugget Ice Plant)

The pure white-flowered 'White Nugget' is heavy-blooming and cold hardy. This tough, drought tolerant succulent was discovered in 1996 by Kelly Grummons at Paulino Gardens of Denver, Colorado and is distinguished by its low compact habit, glassy bright green succulent leaves and small snow white daisy-like flowers. Blooming occurs from spring through summer and flowers may sporadically appear up to frost.

Hot, sunny locations with average, well-drained soil are ideal. Allow plants to completely...

(Hardy Yellow Ice Plant)

The succulent, angular foliage of hardy yellow iceplant forms beautiful lush green carpets. For many weeks in late spring or early summer, it becomes covered with lemon yellow daisy-like flowers that are highly attractive to bees. These open in the morning and close in the afternoon, with new blossoms emerging each day.

This native of eastern South Africa naturally inhabits rocky screes on mountainsides where conditions are both cold and dry. So, sunny locations with average to poor, sharply...

(Hardy Yellow Ice Plant)

The succulent, angular foliage of hardy yellow iceplant forms beautiful lush green carpets. For many weeks in late spring or early summer, it becomes covered with lemon yellow daisy-like flowers that are highly attractive to bees. These open in the morning and close in the afternoon, with new blossoms emerging each day.

This native of eastern South Africa naturally inhabits rocky screes on mountainsides where conditions are both cold and dry. So, sunny locations with average to poor, sharply...

(Pink Hardy Ice Plant, Starburst Ice Plant)

This beautiful lush-green carpet of succulent foliage with vivid, elegant magenta flowers makes a brilliant addition to the rock garden. This hybrid, ‘Starburst,’ descends from species to eastern South Africa, where they inhabit rocky scree high up on mountain ranges that are cold and exceptionally dry. This plant produces tiny, densely packed leaves. The plant is a clump that spreads gradually into a mat-like form, rooting as it grows to create colonies.

For many weeks in late spring or early...

(Basutoland Hardy Ice Plant, Golden Ice Plant, Hardy Ice Plant)

This is an extra vigorous form of the golden iceplant that tends to flower longer than the wild-type form. In winter, its fleshy leaves turn pretty shades of deep red.

The succulent, three-sided foliage of golden iceplant forms beautiful lush green mats that remain evergreen and turn russet hues in winter. The short, fleshy leaves are a pencil's width thick and form dense low mats. For many weeks in late spring or early summer, they become covered with golden yellow daisy-like flowers that are...

(Golden Bouquet Tree, Yellow Pagoda Tree)

A fast-growing evergreen tree with large clusters, or "bouquets", of yellow flowers, the golden bouquet tree also boasts dramatic glossy green leaves. While it looks like a lush tropical rainforest tree, it naturally exists along forest edges and sandy outcrops in New Guinea and northeastern Australia. The branches are angular and sparse, creating a simple, rounded canopy.

The glossy green leaves are leathery and have wavy edges. When first emerging, they are slightly bronze and reveal hairy,...

(Silver Dichondra, Silver Ponysfoot)

Dichondra is a low-maintenance, creeping or trailing plant native to the southwestern United States. It is an evergreen perennial in warm climates but is often used as an annual in frost-prone climates. The flowers are small and insignificant. The leaves are heart-shaped to kidney-shaped and attached to long, trailing stems. This vigorously fast growing plant can grow very long in just one season.

Dichondra is very heat and drought tolerant and requires well-drained soil and full sun. Use it...

(Dichondra, Silver Falls Dichondra, Silver Ponysfoot)

Dichondra is a low-maintenance, creeping or trailing plant native to the southwestern United States. It is an evergreen perennial in warm climates but is often used as an annual in cooler, frost-prone climates. The flowers are small and insignificant. The leaves of 'Silver Falls' are heart-shaped, covered with soft, silver hairs and attached to long, trailing stems. This vigorously fast growing plant can grow very long in just one season.

Silver Falls dichondra is very heat and drought tolerant...

(Asian Ponysfoot, Dichondra, Kidneyweed)

With emerald green to grayish green leaves that look like tiny waterlily pads, Asian ponysfoot is a low spreading groundcover once heavily used as a substitute for turfgrass in warm climates. An herbaceous tender perennial from eastern Asia, it sprawls outward and sends out roots from the horizontal stems as it creeps.

The small leaves are lush green to slightly grayish green are are shaped like a kidney or more rounded and like a waterlily leaf. In summer and fall, tiny flowers appear, ranging...