A woody shrub-like spineless Euphorbia from southern Madagascar, which forms a silver-barked trunk and full crown of branches with narrow dark green/gray leaves.

Most amazing is the size of the caudex it ultimately makes, a gourd-like, woody main root up to 6 inches thick which can be elevated above the soil. Makes a great succulent bonsai subject.

An interesting little shrub-like, caudiciform tree from Oaxaca, Mexico with a thickly swollen trunk and tan to reddish peeling bark. The dense branches have small obovate, deciduous leaves and bear tiny, aromatic fruits. Great for bonsai work. The leaves may turn bright colors if exposed to cool temps in the fall of the year.

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A showy, small, shrubby species from Veracruz, Mexico. Horizontally spreading branches produce whorls of elongate, succulent, red-edged, yellowish leaves. Takes on an orange tint in strong light. Produces white flowers.

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This fast growing Madagascan pachycaul is the largest of the rutenbergianum group and the most southerly in range. Clusters of violet/white flowers appear in spring before the plant comes out of dormancy. A tree-like pachycaul that is suitable for landscape use. Our plants are seed grown.

A Mexican tree that often forms a globose caudex from the size of a cantaloupe to several feet across, when grown in restricted spaces such as rock crevices on cliff faces.  This form of 'natural bonsai' is highly desired by plant collectors.  The swollen trunk becomes marked with a tortoise-shell pattern in larger specimens, has green branches and large, deciduous, palmately-compound leaves, and shaving-bush like white flowers.  Seedlings can be pruned to eventually form a substantial caudex, but if left untrimmed, it wants to become a full sized tree.  Planted in the ground and not trimmed, it will do so!

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An attractive little African succulent with fleshy leaves and cascading stems. Easy to culture in small pots. Has large rose-pink colored flowers over a long spring through summer season.

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We received this cactus unnamed and, not being cactus experts, this is what we consider this variety to be. There are quite a few clones of hairy Opuntias but this variety is spineless and not at all dangerous. It has the typical Opuntia oblong pads but not as wide at the top of each leaf. Pads are covered in pale white hairs that emerge from the areolas. The hair eventually reaches several inches long. We have not yet bloomed this plant but were told the flowers will be magenta.

One of nature’s most spectacular specimens! When young, it is beautiful, with stiff bluish leaves that form tufts at the head of the stem or lateral branches. A nice caudex will form, having a reddish tint and a deeply sculpted tortoise shell pattern. Very slow growing, it may take 25 years to reach the size of a basketball.

Native to the Tehuacan desert of southern Mexico, where harsh conditions must make growth even slower. All the more amazing is the fact that this plant can reach the mass of an automobile. In fact, small plants are rare in nature. Thousands of large specimens dot the landscape, with massive trunks six to ten feet in diameter, maybe more. Knowing their slow rate of growth, it is not hard to imagine that some of the massive specimens must be over a thousand years old. These massive specimens have numerous branches and are host to many of the local Tillandsia species.

This plant is on C.I.T.E.S. and can not be exported.

THIS PLANT IS ON C.I.T.E.S. AND CANNOT BE EXPORTED

An attractive and bizarrely beautiful Euphorb from Madagascar. Thick, procumbent stems bear distinctive leaf scars and inch-long, succulent, very crisped or crinkled leaves. A very flat growing, mat forming shrub with an underground caudex. Flowers or cyathea are tan to pinkish. Light exposure will determine color which can range from deep green to pinkish brown. A superb plant for container culture or rock garden. Water about weekly in warm months and allow a drier rest during cooler periods. Propagate from seed or stem cuttings.