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Adenium hybrids - many varieties, Grafted

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5337 Adenium hybrids - many varieties, Grafted ?

What is grafted plant

Q: What is a grafted plant?

Grafting is a method of vegetative (or asexual) propagation where a piece of one plant (scion) selected for its flowers or fruit and containing the desired genes to be duplicated is inserted into a piece of another plant (rootstock), with a strong vigorous root system, usually a seedling.

Benefits of the graft:

making a clone of the parent plant ensures the same cultivar, since most fruit trees will not come true to seed
taking a scion from a mature plant reduces time to flowering and fruiting (from 10-12 years for a seedling to 2-3 years or less for a grafted plant)
introducing dwarfing, hardiness, disease and pest resistance.
easier propagation method when other means like cutting or seed is not successful

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Caudex Large shrub 5-10 ft Small shrub 2-5 ft Full sun Semi-shade Moderate water Dry conditions Pink flowers White/off-white flowers Unusual color Red/crimson/vinous flowers Yellow/orange flowers Irritating

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Acacia farnesiana - Sweet Mimosa

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3247 Acacia farnesiana - Sweet Mimosa

Large shrub 5-10 ft Small tree 10-20 ft Full sun Semi-shade Moderate water Yellow/orange flowers Fragrant Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Seaside, salt tolerant plant

Sweet Mimosa. One of the most useful tropical plants that is very cold tolerant, blooms all winter through spring with honey-fragrant flowers - canary yellow powder puffs, attracting bees and butterflies. This is a large size, multi-stem thorny shrub 15x15 ft that requires some space. It is very fast growing, can be used as a good screen plant. It will bring you joy with pretty flowers and sweet fragrance even during freeze snaps when other trees lose leaves and suffer. This one will continue blooming and stays evergreen - a real survivor! Tolerates poor soils and drought too. Provide regular water to establish quicker.
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Adansonia digitata - Baobab

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2836 Adansonia digitata - Baobab

Big tree > 20 ft Full sun Moderate water White/off-white flowers Ornamental foliage Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds

Baobab. The massive, usually squat cylindrical trunk gives rise to thick tapering branches resembling a root-system, which is why it has often been referred to as the upside-down tree. Regarded as the largest succulent plant in the world, the baobab tree is steeped in a wealth of mystique, legend and superstition wherever it occurs in Africa. It is a tree that can provide, food, water, shelter and relief from sickness.
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Adansonia digitata - Baobab Bonsai (starter)

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6068 Adansonia digitata - Baobab Bonsai (starter)

Big tree > 20 ft Full sun Moderate water White/off-white flowers Ornamental foliage Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds

Baobab starter, 3 years old. Perfect gift plant!
Baobab, also called the Tree of Longivity, can live for 5000 years. Pass this remarkable plant in your family from generation to generation! Regarded as the largest succulent plant in the world, the Baobab tree is steeped in a wealth of mystique, legend and superstition wherever it occurs in Africa, being a tree that can provide food, water, shelter and relief from sickness. In the nature the massive, usually squat cylindrical trunk gives rise to thick tapering branches resembling a root-system, which is why it has often been referred to as the Upside-down Tree.
Planting directions: pot into 6" container or shallow bonsai dish using well drained bonsai mix, like Adenium soilless mix. Water well and put in bright light, full sun is preferable. Let soil dry between waterings. Fertilize once a month during warm season, with a balanced granulated fertilizer and Sunshine boosters: SUNSHINE-BC for fast growing thick trunk, and SUNSHINE SuperFood. As the plant grows, step up into bigger container after proper trimming of roots and branches.
Thanks to its internal water supply, the Baobab Tree can take several months without soil. The plants are shipped bare-rooted to save your shipping costs.
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Adansonia digitata - Baobab Bonsai Kit

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6069 Adansonia digitata - Baobab Bonsai Kit

Big tree > 20 ft Full sun Moderate water White/off-white flowers Ornamental foliage Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds

All-You-Need for growing a Baobab Bonsai for 5000 years! Just add a pot/dish of your choice. Perfect gift!
Includes:
- Baobab starter, 3 years old.
- Adenium soilless mix.
- balanced granulated fertilizer
- SUNSHINE-BC for fast growing thick trunk
- SUNSHINE SuperFood
Planting directions: pot into 6" container or shallow bonsai dish using well drained bonsai mix, like Adenium soilless mix. Water well and put in bright light, full sun is preferable. Let soil dry between waterings. Fertilize once a month during warm season, with a balanced granulated fertilizer and Sunshine boosters: SUNSHINE-BC for fast growing thick trunk, and SUNSHINE SuperFood. As the plant grows, step up into bigger container after proper trimming of roots and branches.
Thanks to its internal water supply, the Baobab Tree can take several months without soil. The plants are shipped bare-rooted to save your shipping costs.
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Adansonia za

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6062 Adansonia za

Big tree > 20 ft Full sun Moderate water Unusual color Red/crimson/vinous flowers Yellow/orange flowers Deciduous Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds Edible

Za Baobab. This exceptional flower is an eye stopper. The flower buds are long green cylinders which can resemble oversized beans and could be mistaken for a fruit. The bud opens with the curling back of the outside layer of the flower bud, revealing yellow and red petals with yellowish long stamens. The fruit pulp and oil-rich seeds are eaten.
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Asclepias curassavica - Milkweed, Butterfly Weed

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1020 Asclepias curassavica - Milkweed, Butterfly Weed

Small shrub 2-5 ft Full sun Moderate water Red/crimson/vinous flowers Yellow/orange flowers Irritating Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Seaside, salt tolerant plant

Butterfly weed - great butterfly attractor! Drought tolerant, tough plant.
This plant is very attractive to butterflies. Long bloom period from late spring throughout the summer. Flowers are a nectar source for many butterflies and leaves are a food source for monarch butterfly larvae (caterpillars).
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Asclepias verticillata - Whorled milkweed

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5979 Asclepias verticillata - Whorled milkweed

Large shrub 5-10 ft Full sun Semi-shade Moderate water Pink flowers White/off-white flowers Red/crimson/vinous flowers Yellow/orange flowers Fragrant Irritating Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time

A widely adaptable and tough Florida native flower that is a favorite food for larval butterflies. It is a common late season host plant for monarch larvae. The fine-textured foliage provides a dark green backdrop for the clusters of sweet-scented white flowers that appear in June and July.
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Bauhinia grandidieri - Dwarf Blue Orchid Tree

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1300 Bauhinia grandidieri - Dwarf Blue Orchid Tree

Can be used for bonsai Small shrub 2-5 ft Full sun Dry conditions Blue/lavender/purple flowers

Bauhinia grandidieri, Dwarf Blue Orchid Tree - a very rare exotic shrub, great for bonsai. Lavender to bluish small flowers and tiny leaves. The plant is very slow growing and naturally looks like a miniature tree. This is a collectible item, plants are very hard to find.
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Beaucarnea recurvata - Pony Tail

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3165 Beaucarnea recurvata - Pony Tail

Caudex Can be used for bonsai Small tree 10-20 ft Full sun Dry conditions Palm or palm-like

Ponytail palm, Pony Tail, bottle palm, nolina, elephant-foot tree. Palm-looking succulent with greatly swollen trunk base and the curved, narrow leaves. Very cute plants with large caudex. Drought tolerant plant that require very little care if any. Can tolerate some freeze.
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Bolusanthus speciosus - Tree Wisteria

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3048 Bolusanthus speciosus - Tree Wisteria

Small tree 10-20 ft Full sun Moderate water Blue/lavender/purple flowers Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time

Tree Wisteria, Vanwykshout, Mogaba. This decorative, small tree has drooping, blue-mauve, fragrant, pea-like flowers that hang from the branches in bunches, often covering the whole tree. Slow growing. Hard to find plant.
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Bombax ceiba - Red Kapok tree

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3272 Bombax ceiba - Red Kapok tree

Big tree > 20 ft Full sun Regular water Red/crimson/vinous flowers Deciduous Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time

Red Kapok tree. It is a lowland tree with spectacular red flowers; found in Northern Australia in coastal habitats.
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Bougainvillea arborea - Thornless Bougainvillea Tree

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1031 Bougainvillea arborea - Thornless Bougainvillea Tree

Can be used for bonsai Small tree 10-20 ft Full sun Semi-shade Regular water Moderate water Pink flowers Fragrant Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time

Bougainvillea arborea is a thornless and fragrant species. Free-standing small bushy tree with lavender-pink blooms. Very rare variety very much wanted because its compact and slow growth habit. The tree usually doesn't need any trimming and keeps nice shape naturally without leggy branches.
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Bougainvillea Dwarf Pixie

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3226 Bougainvillea Dwarf Pixie

Can be used for bonsai Small shrub 2-5 ft Full sun Moderate water Pink flowers Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time

Bougainvillea Sunvillea Rose (also called Dwarf Pixie) is deep pink, almost a magenta in color. It blooms the brightest of fuchsia-pink bracts contrasting with its bright green foliage. If you're looking for a pick-me-up for your container gardens, or a dull space in the landscape, here's your winner!
It is a dwarf form of thornless Bougainvillea with extremely slow growth rate. These showy evergreen dwarf beauties have numerous bright colorful bracts growing in an upright habit. This plant flowers in a small as a 4" pot and is great for landscapes and patio containers. It has a shape of natural bonsai, and leaves are smaller. Bright flowers are born in dense clusters. 3-4 y.o. plants can stay only 3-4 ft and look like natural bonsai trees. They stay compact, perfectly round and dense shape, don't require pruning, making a must-have for any garden, especially for the small spaces in your yard.
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Brachychiton acerifolium - Flame tree

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1277 Brachychiton acerifolium - Flame tree

Big tree > 20 ft Full sun Moderate water Dry conditions Red/crimson/vinous flowers

Flame tree - very showy! This spectacular Australian tree is often conical in shape with dark green glossy leaves, deeply lobed when young. The upper trunk is green. Bright red bell flowers occur when the tree is wholly or partly deciduous, and are followed by thick black pods. Very conspicuous in flower in gardens and in the rainforest.
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Bucida spinosa - Spiny Black Olive

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3208 Bucida spinosa - Spiny Black Olive

Can be used for bonsai Large shrub 5-10 ft Small tree 10-20 ft Small shrub 2-5 ft Full sun Semi-shade Regular water Thorny or spiny Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Seaside, salt tolerant plant

Spiny Black Olive, Ming Tree. Exotic small tree that is valuable as unusual bonsai subject or specimen plant. This delicate tree grows into a bonsai almost by itself! Can be used as a potted indoor tree. It is very salt tolerant, making it a good choice for bonsai lovers by the sea. Bonsai shapes are awesome. They have small leaves and thorns and and grow out erratically in all directions, forming diamond-like lace.
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Bulbine frutescens - Orange African Bulbine

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5237 Bulbine frutescens - Orange African Bulbine

Groundcover and low-growing 2ft Full sun Dry conditions Yellow/orange flowers

Bulbine grows best in full sun, has succulent foliage, and produces racemes of star-shaped yellow with orange flowers in the summer months. Very undemanding plant, it grows well in a well-drained soil and is also very tolerant of poor, dry soil. Be careful not to over water.
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Bursera fagaroides - Elephant Tree

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2679 Bursera fagaroides - Elephant Tree

Caudex Can be used for bonsai Large shrub 5-10 ft Small shrub 2-5 ft Full sun Moderate water Dry conditions Ornamental foliage Fragrant Deciduous

Elephant Tree, Fragrant Bursera. A succulent shrub or small tree, with a very short thick trunk. Develops a swollen trunk, and can be a spectacular specimen. Bark is tight and smooth, very attractive, reddish brown and peeling to reveal gray-green. Leaves have distinct citrus odor when crushed. Great ready bonsai! Large size plants with think heavy trunk: only a few plants (Restrictions for collecting from the wild). See picture of developed plants in 7 gal pots.
Plants shipped barerooted (it has very few roots, but large trunk/caudex). Follow succulent care and do not overwater. Branches and leaves will start developing in a few weeks.
Succulent Care. Plant it in a well-drained soil, water once and keep in warm (75-80F) place in filtered light. Do not water again until soil dries on surface.
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Calliandra emarginata - Dwarf Powderpuff

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2766 Calliandra emarginata - Dwarf Powderpuff

Large shrub 5-10 ft Small shrub 2-5 ft Full sun Shade Semi-shade Moderate water Pink flowers Red/crimson/vinous flowers Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time

Powderpuff - dwarf everblooming variety. Drought tolerant, easy to grow plant. It stays very short 2-3 ft tall, gets dense and bushy, no pruning needed.
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Calliandra selloi (brevipes) Pink Lilian

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5831 Calliandra selloi (brevipes) Pink Lilian

Can be used for bonsai Small tree 10-20 ft Full sun Semi-shade Moderate water Pink flowers Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time

Pink Powderpuff, Shuttlecock. Attractive shrub with finely divided leaves and clusters of red powder-puff flowers. It is native to southeastern Brazil, Uruguay, and northern Argentina. One of the most beautiful of the Calliandra species, it is a medium- to large-sized shrub with a graceful growth habit. Silky, pink-white, powder-puff-like flowers appear during the summer months. The fine foliage is an attractive mid-green color.
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Calotropis gigantea - Giant milkweed, Arka, 3 gal pot

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2233 Calotropis gigantea - Giant milkweed, Arka, 3 gal pot

Large shrub 5-10 ft Full sun Moderate water Pink flowers White/off-white flowers Blue/lavender/purple flowers Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Seaside, salt tolerant plant

Giant milkweed, Giant Calotrope - Lilac colored flowers can be seen all through the year, great butterfly attractor. A tough and hardy plant, drought tolerant, good for hot sites.
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Cissus rotundifolia - Arabian Wax Leaf

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5526 Cissus rotundifolia - Arabian Wax Leaf

Groundcover and low-growing 2ft Vine or creeper Full sun Shade Semi-shade Moderate water Dry conditions Ornamental foliage Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time

Perfect neglect plant! Grow it either as house plant, hanging basket, fast growing ground cover, or decorate your patio with it. It needs no attention and will reward your "no-efforts" with beautiful waxy foliage. Cissus rotundifolia comes from East Africa. It has green stems with almost round leaves. The leaves are fleshy, waxy, toothed and of a deep green color. Tendrils arise opposite young leaves and the plant climbs on supports with their help. Needs very little water.
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Clusia guttifera - Small Leaf Autograph Tree

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4957 Clusia guttifera - Small Leaf Autograph Tree

Large shrub 5-10 ft Small shrub 2-5 ft Full sun Semi-shade Regular water Moderate water Pink flowers White/off-white flowers Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Seaside, salt tolerant plant

Having beautiful "porcelain" flowers, this is one of the easiest plants to grow. It will forgive you if you forget to water it... Takes both sun or shade. Very slow growing and can be used as a potted specimen. The plant forms interesting aerial roots. Small leathery, pear shaped leaves on compact, rounded shrub, with small light pink flowers. The leaves have a special effect: you may write with a sharp stick on the surface, and the writing will stay forever. Thus the common name of this plant!
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Coccoloba uvifera - Sea Grape

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2822 Coccoloba uvifera - Sea Grape

Small tree 10-20 ft Full sun Moderate water Edible Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Flood tolerant Seaside, salt tolerant plant

Seagrape. Popular plant used as an ornamental in gardens or indoors, subjected to salty winds and drought. It has stiff, rounded platter-like leaves shading from yellowish to olive green with prominent veins. Long clusters of berry-like fruit which follow are striking and give the tree its popular name. Somewhat acid in taste, the fruit can be used to make jelly. Very easy to grow and undemanding plant.
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Crocosmia sp. - Coppertips Grass, Falling Stars

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5418 Crocosmia sp. - Coppertips Grass, Falling Stars

Small shrub 2-5 ft Full sun Semi-shade Regular water Moderate water Red/crimson/vinous flowers Yellow/orange flowers Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time

Perfect landscape plant for boarders, flowe beds and rock gardens. Easy to grow grass-like perennial with erect, sword-shaped leaves and branched spikes of showy, funnel-shaped red/orange flowers in summer.
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