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.

Bernecker is West Indian variety. Fruit is ellipsoid-spheroid; medium to large size, 14-22 oz, skin light green to green, smooth, flesh good to excellent quality; seed medium size, tight in cavity; harvested late July through August.
See avocado varieties chart.

Bernecker is a West Indian variety. Fruit is ellipsoid-spheroid; medium to large size, 14-22 oz, skin light green to green, smooth, flesh good to excellent quality; seed medium size, tight in cavity; harvested late July through August.
See avocado varieties chart.

Black Prince fruit is ellipsoid elongated, medium to large size, 16-36 oz, dark green, turning black when ripe, smooth to slightly pebbly. Oil content, 4-9%; seed medium size, tight in cavity; harvested mid-August to mid-September.
See avocado varieties chart.
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Black Prince fruit is ellipsoid elongated, medium to large size, 16-36 oz, dark green, turning black when ripe, smooth to slightly pebbly. Oil content, 4-9%; seed medium size, tight in cavity; harvested mid-August to mid-September.
See avocado varieties chart.
Read more about Black Prince variety

Black Prince fruit is ellipsoid elongated, medium to large size, 16-36 oz, dark green, turning black when ripe, smooth to slightly pebbly. Oil content, 4-9%; seed medium size, tight in cavity; harvested mid-August to mid-September.
See avocado varieties chart.
Read more about Black Prince variety

Black Prince fruit is ellipsoid elongated, medium to large size, 16-36 oz, dark green, turning black when ripe, smooth to slightly pebbly. Oil content, 4-9%; seed medium size, tight in cavity; harvested mid-August to mid-September.
See avocado varieties chart.
Read more about Black Prince variety

Loose clusters of pale pink flowers with golden blotch bloom on wiry stems. Broadly ribbed, iris-like leaves. Hardy and easy to grow!
Bletilla striata Yokohama is a lovely, hardy ground orchid native to East Asia. A cross of Bletilla striata Big Bob x Bletilla formosana. Bletilla Kate makes a typical clump of upright, sword-like, pleated, green leaves. Starting in late spring, terminal spikes reach 40" tall with an open cluster of medium lavender flowers, each highlighted by a dark purple stripe down the back center of each petal and a very dark purple lip surrounding a yellow throat. It is a relatively chardy orchid, in cooler climates leaves turn yellow in the fall before they die back for the winter.
Grows almost anywhere but prefers a rich, well-drained soil with adequate moisture. Water during growing season.


See video about Ground Orchids.