BLOOMING SHRUBS

Chinese hat, Cup and Saucer, Parasol Flower, Mandarins hat. Unique flowers are the main interest of this scrambling shrub: each is a narrow, orange-scarlet tube backed by a broad, circular calyx.

Holmskioldia citrina - Rare variety - bright yellow flowers. Sometimes this species is called Holmskioldia sanguinea Mandarin. Unique flowers are the main interest of this scrambling shrub: each is a narrow, tube backed by a broad, circular calyx.
See picture of actual plants for sale - in full bloom! (Dec 2012)

Africa's other Musk: less hype, more healing. It won't buy Twitter, but it might cure your cough!
Musk Bush, Misty Plume Bush, Ginger Bush - a highly aromatic shrub with ginger-scented velvet leaves and showy white flowers, used medicinally: for respiratory (inhalations), and as relaxant (especially with Psychotria viridis). Easy to grow, wonderful fragrance! This fragrant African healer has soft, velvety leaves and a sweet ginger-musk scent. Traditionally used by the Zulu people for respiratory relief, relaxation, headaches, and stomach issues, it's a powerful plant with real medicinal value. Fast-growing and easy to care for, it produces showy white to lilac flower spikes and thrives in sun or partial shade. Drought-tolerant once established, it does well in pots and should be pruned after blooming to keep it bushy and blooming. A true healing Musk - from Africa, like Elon!

Crimson Star Ixora, very rare, from Thailand. Triple bright red flowers. The plant is very slow growing. Perfect container plant.
Learn more about ixora plants: Ixora - the Star of Southern Landscapes.

Finally, an Ixora that doesn't demand full sun! Ixora Shady Lady is a unique tropical hybrid prized for its ability to bloom beautifully in light to moderate shade, where most other Ixoras struggle to flower. Dense clusters of mildly fragrant, nearly pure white, star-shaped blooms cover the plant for much of the year, creating a bright, elegant display in shaded gardens, patios, and entryways.
Developed from Ixora odorata seedlings, this compact shrub features lush, broad green foliage and a naturally full, rounded habit. During cooler weather, the flower buds and petals may develop the faintest blush of soft pink, adding extra charm to the display. The blooms also carry a light, pleasant fragrance.
Growing just 2.5 to 3 feet tall and wide, Shady Lady is perfect for foundation plantings, containers, shaded borders, and tropical landscapes. With age and minimal pruning, plants can eventually reach up to 5 feet.
Shady Lady performs best in light to moderate shade, especially with gentle morning sun and protection from hot afternoon sun. Provide regular watering and well-drained soil for best growth and flowering. Its compact size and easy-care nature make it an excellent choice for containers, shaded garden beds, and tropical landscapes.
A rare and beautiful shade-tolerant Ixora that brings bright white flowers to places where traditional Ixoras simply won't perform.

Jasmine Molle, Indian Jui - one of the strongest fragrance of all jasmines. Grows into a large multi-stem bush, or can be planted against trellis or fence. Can be trimmed for compact shape, nice container plant. Flowers have extremely heavy gardenia type scent.
One of the most powerfully fragrant jasmines, Jasminum molle produces clusters of satin-white blooms with an intense gardenia-like scent. This rare, fast-growing shrub can be grown in pots, as a hedge, or shaped into a compact bush. Blooms appear in summer with additional flushes in fall and winter. Easy to grow in sun or shade, and tolerant of both moist and dry conditions. Sacred in India, its flowers are used in garlands, religious offerings, and perfumes. A must-have for any fragrant garden.

Angel Hair Jasmine. Bushy dense vining shrub with star-like white fragrant flowers and soft velvet leaves. Very fast growing, great for hedges.

Jasminum sambac Arabian Knights (Arabian Nights). Rare variety of Jasmine Sambac with small double flowers and vining habit. Slow, compact grower.
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Jasmine Sambac Belle of India (var. Elongata). Very popular variety with long narrow petals. In India, it also goes under name Mangalore Malli, Uduppii Malli, or Shankarapuram Malli. Everybody wants this one because it has such a fine structure and elegant flowers.
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Jasmine sambac Grand Duke - The biggest flower variety, the Grandest of all Jasminum sambac. Flowers are 1-1.5 inch wide, triple, like little carnations. Blooms profusely from April through June, then sporadically during the year. Dark green leaves are very ornamental. This variety grows as a medium size bush, very slow growing. Trim regularly otherwise it may become leggy. Tolerates shade, great container plant, can be grown as indoor plant too, providing enough light. The more light, the more flowers you will get. Keep somewhat on dry side: sambacs don't like too much water and bloom better in dry conditions. If grown indoors, watch for insects (spider mites). Fertilize once a month during warm season.

A new exciting hybrid of Jasmine sambac Grand Duke Supreme, it combines benefits of large, triple flowers with a compact, bushy growth habit! What an amazing gift for every jasmine lover. Unlike regular Grand Duke that tends to be leggy, this variety branches out much more and stays short with minimal pruning. Leaves are similar to Grand Duke Supreme - elongated and come in swirls of 3's and 4's. It is a fast grower, reaching mature size in no time, but stays compact, and produces multiple flowers on every branch. Profuse bloomer, providing lots of sun, warmth, and moderate water.
A perfect houseplant with the strongest jasmine fragrance in the world.
A must have for every jasmine collector!
See picture of 1 gal plant for sale (March, 2021)

Arabian Tea jasmine. This variety is vining and fast growing; tolerates shade.
Called pikake in Hawaii, this is the plant used to flavor the jasmine tea and making perfumes. Perfect houseplant, takes both sun or shade, Jasminum Sambac is a beautiful fragrant everbloomer for your home and garden. Maid of Orleans has single flowers of rich fragrance on woody vining shrubs with wide oval dark green leaves; considered the the easiest to bloom indoors, since it can tolerate shady conditions. It is the famous "Jasminum sambac Multiplex" in French perfume; traditionally the Chinese use this form to make aromatic jasmine tea. This variety has vining habit, and unless trimmed, can shoot several feet long branches.Collect the flowers for your morning jasmine tea!

Jasminum sambac Mali Chat (Malichat) - The rarest variety of Jasmine - with triple, garland-like flowers. Collectible item.
This variety is high demand and very slow growing. You can buy it in person locally at our garden center at Ft Myers, Florida. We do not ship it due to small size.. See the size of actual plants for sale.

Jasmine sambac Mysore Mulli. Fast growing variety with highly fragrant double flowers. Can be grown as a vine or trimmed as a dense shrub. This variety is a vining shrub, pretty fast growing, that requires constant pruning to keep compact shape. If you let it go - the plant will grow as a large vine. Flowers are double and heavily scented. Blooms profusely provided full sun. The most reliable bloomer of all sambacs. Will tolerate some shade with less blooming. Perfect houseplant, takes both sun or shade, Jasminum Sambac is a beautiful fragrant everbloomer for your home and garden.
See Jasminum Sambac Page.

Jasmine sambac Grand Duke Supreme - the new variety has elongated leaves and larger flowers, up to 2", that often come in bunches. This variety is more vigorous and hardy than regular Grand Duke.

Peregrina is an evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy leaves and clusters of star shaped bright scarlet flowers about 1 in across that are borne in multi-flowered terminal clusters almost all year round. Compacta is a smaller, more compact cultivar. Peregrina is tolerant of a wide variety of soils as long as they are well drained. Blooms on the current year's growth so it can be pruned at any time of the year.

Coral Jatropha - small, miniature tree or medium size shrub. Red flowers look like corals, followed by curious yellow fruit. Exotic looking specimen plant, easy to grow, very tropical look. Drought tolerant. Can be grown in a pot, makes a nice palm-looking house plant.

Orange Plume Flower - large plant, blooming size. Very tropical looking, large glossy leaves and showy flowers. The plant is relatively cold hardy and takes light freeze with no damage.

Cold hardy! Survived 2 nights of 25F in our garden with no protection and no damage during Florida record freeze in Feb 2026.
Butterfly pea vine, Yellow Orchid vine, Gallinita. Butterfly-shaped seeds. Repeat bloomer, attractive bright yellow. If left unsupported, this plant will twine on itself to produce a mounding shrub or even a groundcover.

Brazilian plume, Brazilian red cloak - blooming size plants. This small to medium size shrub has large leathery leaves and spike of crimson to mauve flowers. It is amazingly hardy for such tropical looking plant and can survive light freeze without damage.

Corkbush. Outstanding sprays of purple/lilac, pea-like flowers cover the shrub from early Spring thru Summer, attracting butterflies. Very showy "corky" bark. Great plant for bonsai!

Very rare! Musa coccinea - Scarlet Banana, Red-flowering Banana - is a small, tropical banana with stunning red flowers that bring a vibrant, exotic touch to rare plant collection. Native to China and Vietnam, it features glossy, dark green leaves that resemble classic banana leaves. Its beauty lies in the striking red flower bracts, which surround delicate yellow tubular blooms, creating a vivid contrast. These flowers appear in summer and last about two months, making them a showstopper.
Though it doesn't produce edible bananas, the plant grows small orange fruits that add to its ornamental appeal. Each trunk (called a pseudostem) lasts until it flowers and fruits, then dies back. New shoots (banana pups) sprout from the roots, ensuring the plant continues to thrive.
Compact and easy to grow, Scarlet Banana is perfect for adding a tropical flair to small gardens or pots. Its long-lasting flowers also make excellent cut arrangements, adding a burst of color indoors.

Yellow Mussaenda - evergreen! Golden star shaped blooms are surrounded by creamy yellow bracts. Large sepals in palest yellow-white and small yellow corollas. It likes partial to full sun and moist, freely draining soil. It can be propagated by cuttings. An ever-blooming, small, evergreen shrub excellent in containers. It blooms especially well during the warm months. Grow it in light shade to full sun, and you will be delighted by its bright splash of color for many months each year. This variety is less cold sensitive, unlike other mussaendas. It can take light frost.

Beautiful white hybrid of Mussaenda - Dona Aurora. Medium size shrub with lush soft foliage and bright orange star-like flowers, surrounded by large white bracts. The plant is sensitive to freeze. Can be grown in container. Requires good drainage and prefers to be on a dry side.

Neea, Saltwood, Pigeon Plum, Hoja de Salat. Rare in cultivation, this small tree or bush should get more attention from tropical plant collectors.The plant is very nice, easy growing and make those "jelly beans" like berries at least twice/year. The flowers are almost unnoticeable. The berries are very showy and come right after. It fruits for several months non stop. Mature fruit is edible. In its native countries, this plant is widely used medicinally. From book "Messages from the Gods. A Guide to the useful plants of Belize": "To treat babies who can not sleep, often accompanied with crying, especially when they have been frightened by chickens..." Very useful plant especially for those who are afraid of chickens!