Plant Species Library

Uses: King's Mantle is most often used as a medium height, flowering bedding plant, but can also be used as an accent piece if allowed...

Use: Accent plant for an interesting and sculptural look. Dracaena arborea provides a striking accent to many different styles of the landscape. The clean trunks can take on unusual curves and are often grouped in twos, three, or more. Characteristics: Upright trunks that sometimes have a sweeping curve and sharp-looking leaves. These leaves have soft points and are not dangerous. Often seen in drought-tolerant gardens. Dragon Trees can grow in sun or shade. Trimming: No for

Use: White Bird of Paradise is used either as accent pieces or as loose privacy walls and buffers. They are ideal in tight fitting locations. Trimming: Trim leaves as they become scraggly and damaged, or to thin out plants. Remove new growth from the bottom to keep plants within their allotted spaces. If one plant grows too tall for space, cut it out from the bottom and allow shorter plants to grow up and fill into the desired height. Fertilization: Very hardy plant, but lik

Characteristics: Red Leaf Crinum lilies are beautiful accent pieces in the landscape. With their burgundy colored, long, wide leaves, they are perfectly suited to lush, tropical designs. These plants typically reach 3 feet tall after a couple years.Red crinums flower off and on throughout the year, with the starburst type flower emerging from a along spike that extends 8 or so inches farther than the body of the plant. They are happy in both sunny and shady situations Trimmin

Use: Accent standard used in a group or medium height flowering tree. This is a magnificent small subtropical tree that stands out when...