(Lipstick Basket Vine, Lipstick Plant)

Vibrant lipstick-red flowers adorn the sprawling stems of this tree-dweller ("epiphyte") from moist forests of Malaysia. In nature it grows in trunk crotches and other arboreal niches where leaf litter accumulates.

Pairs of glossy deep green leaves crowd the long, lax stems of this evergreen perennial. They may blush burgundy-purple in relatively hot, sunny sites. Pairs of dark red to nearly black buds develop at the branch tips, opening into tubular, hairy, vivid red blooms with five lobes,...

(Hybrid Basket Vine)

Aeschynanthus is a genus of approximately 140 species of evergreen tropical flowering plants native to the warm, moist regions of Asia and the Pacific Islands. These herbaceous gesneriads are often called lipstick plants due to their showy flowers that look like lipstick rising from a tube.

They may be shrubs or climbers and many are epiphytic (tree-dwelling) with pendent stems. The leaves are usually leathery or fleshy, opposite on the stem and come in pairs. The form and appearance...

(Parry's Agave, Parry's Century Plant)

One of the hardier agave species, Parry's agave is a beautiful succulent that originates from the alpine regions of Arizona and New Mexico. It is a more compact agave that sports wide, succulent gray-green leaves with fine, sharp, serrated edges of black. Its neat, evergreen rosettes slowly develop offshoots, or pups, which can easily be removed and replanted elsewhere if desired.

In summer mature rosettes put forth tall, upright panicles of fragrant, creamy yellow flowers. These may be pink...

(Aglaonema)

Aglaonema is a genus of more than 20 species and many cultivated varieties and hybrids. The members of the genus are naturally distributed across the warm, humid, tropical forest of Asia. The cultivated varieties are highly prized as easy, tough indoor plants, selected for their striking leaves and used as houseplants, conservatory specimens, container plants, or bedding plants where growing conditions are favorable.

These plants are evergreen, tender perennials. Most grow fleshy stems...

(Aglaonema, Blush Chinese Evergreen, Chinese Evergreen)

Chinese evergreen ‘Blush’ is a clump-forming tropical perennial prized for its uniquely patterned foliage. The leaves are lance-shaped, broad and glossy. They are bright green, silvery between the veins and blushed pink-red on the new leaves, mid-veins and white stems. This tropical does bloom and produces small, rather uninspiring white spathes (sail-shaped flowers) among or just below the foliage.

This tropical is very frost tender so protect the plants from a chill whether grown inside...

(Aglaonema, Cecilia Chinese Evergreen, Chinese Evergreen)

Valued for their large, handsome evergreen leaves and tough constitution, aglaonemas are among the most familiar shade-loving houseplants. One of the largest of its tribe, the hybrid 'Cecila' features broad, upright, silvery leaves with green veins. Ornamentally insignificant flowers with small white spathes appear sporadically.

Aglaonemas like warmth, humidity, bright shade, and moist, well-drained soil, but will settle for less. They are used as pot plants in houses and public buildings, and...

(Aglaonema, Chinese Evergreen)

Aglaonema is a genus of more than 20 species and many cultivated varieties and hybrids. The members of the genus are naturally distributed across the warm, humid, tropical forest of Asia. The cultivated varieties are highly prized as easy, tough indoor plants, selected for their striking leaves and used as houseplants, conservatory specimens, container plants, or bedding plants where growing conditions are favorable.

These plants are evergreen, tender perennials. Most grow fleshy stems...

(Aglaonema, Chinese Evergreen, Golden Bay Chinese Evergreen)

Chinese evergreen ‘Golden Bay’ is a clump-forming tropical perennial prized for its uniquely patterned foliage. The leaves are lance-shaped, broad and glossy. They are pale, silvery-gold with irregular dark green edges. The leaf stems are pale golden white. This tropical does bloom and produces small, rather uninspiring white spathes (sail-shaped flowers) among or just below the foliage.

This tropical is very frost tender so protect the plants from a chill whether grown inside or in the landscape....

(Aglaonema, Chinese Evergreen, Juliette Chinese Evergreen)

Aglaonema is a genus of more than 20 species and many cultivated varieties and hybrids. The members of the genus are naturally distributed across the warm, humid, tropical forest of Asia. The cultivated varieties are highly prized as easy, tough indoor plants, selected for their striking leaves and used as houseplants, conservatory specimens, container plants, or bedding plants where growing conditions are favorable.

These plants are evergreen, tender perennials. Most grow fleshy stems...

(Aglaonema, Chinese Evergreen, Maria Chinese Evergreen)

Valued for their large, handsome evergreen leaves and tough constitution, aglaonemas are among the most familiar shade-loving houseplants. The lance-shaped, glossy, dark-green leaves of the hybrid cultivar 'Maria' are strikingly decorated with silvery flecks and chevrons. Ornamentally insignificant flowers with small white spathes appear sporadically. Slower growing than many other cultivars, it is a good choice where space is limited.

Aglaonemas like humidity, bright shade, and moist, well-drained...