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Matchstick is a somewhat hardy bromeliad. Blooms in early spring. After the blue and pink spikes have finished flowering, those spikes turn fuchsia and stay that color until late summer or early fall.

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A medium-size green to yellow hybrid introduced in 1997. Fairly productive in this area. Medium-size fruit with consistent shape.

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A very popular open pollinated bell pepper. Medium size but nice shape and reasonably productive. In fact the most productive open pollinated bell that I have grown.

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This is a most visually appealing bell pepper. In the New River Valley of Virginia, it was both productive and appealing. Here in Georgia, I quit growing it because it does not tolerate heat well. Thin walls and poor production under conditions in this area of Georgia. It does not have much disease resistance.

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Survived my zone 5 winter (bought in 2012, bloomed for the first time July 2013). Kind of a small plant, only about 12" tall this year. Hoping it gets bigger next year.

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This can be either a hedge planting, a very large shrub, or a small specimen tree.
Leaves are opposite & dense, smooth & medium bright green, but are not shiny.
A rapid growth rate & drought tolerance make this a fine plant. If you desire a small tree, you can prune it for a multi-stemmed trunk or prune it for a single stem trunk.
It bears oval berries in the fall, which turn from red to black, but fruiting is more common among mature plants.
These make wonderful privacy hedges & also block noise. They can attain 20' height as hedges, so they also can serve as windbreaks if desired.
For planting around the house as hedge material, plant them 4 feet from the house and 3 to 4 feet apart.
Native to Asia.

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This shrub has coarse, dense, dark green leaves. They are opposite, oval with serrated edges, approx. 3.5 inches long and 2 inches wide. The stems are rough textured & brown. It bears small, round, red berries in the fall. This makes an excellent hedge material or it can stand alone as an attractive bush. A quick grower, it does like moist soil & would not be suited to prolonged drought without irrigation.
More commonly known as Sandanqua Viburnum, it is native to Okinawa & the rest of the Ryukyu Islands -- a chain of Japanese Islands located north of Taiwan.
If using this for hedge material; plant on 3 foot centers.

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Nice little plant that shows pretty webbing all year.

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One of my favorite semps. It maintains its beautiful purple color all year, has nice form and prominent watermarks.

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This is a very nice plant. I love the form, color and leaf shape, and as it matures, it gets faint watermarks.

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The rose was introduced as 'Florescent Fuschia,' so the misspelling of both halves of the name apparently was intentional.

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Bought this rose in 2011, it has survived 2 of my zone 5 winters with moderate (3-5") of mulch. Doesn't die back 100% like some other roses. This year (2013) is the first year it has bloomed. A rather boring rose considering the name (I was expecting something bright & gaudy.. it's rather ordinary). No scent. Poor vase life (less than 1 day). Poor cane life (rose fades after 1-2 days on the bush). Doesn't shatter through, just looks yucky. Not highly recommended.

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Survives zone 5 winters with minimal winter mulch protection, but dies down practically 100% to the ground. By mid summer, is about 2' tall. Only produces 2-3 canes. One of my absolute favorite reds. Smells strong like Mr. Lincoln, but doesn't purple with age like Mr.L does. Good vase life.

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Survives my zone 5 comfortably with moderate mulch protection. Doesn't get overly big here. Tallest it's ever been was about 18" and about 24" around. A very good floribunda, though. Smells wonderful. Kind of poor vase life (2-3 days) as it's shatter-prone to me. And earwigs seem to be attracted to this rose in particular. Don't know why. They don't hang out near the Scentimental, the Honeysweet, the Joseph's Coat, or the Othello that are right next to this rose within a 4ft radius.

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This is a grafted rose. Never gets any bigger than 1' tall and 2' wide. A very small bush for me. Dies back to the ground every year despite heavy mulching. But it does come back every year!

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Bought this back in 2010 from Roses Unlimited as an own root. Dies back to the ground every winter even with heavy mulch protection (my zone 5). Never gets any bigger than 14" tall and about 12" wide. Not overly impressed with this rose.. never seems to get the deep yellow color, has practically no scent, shatters in a vase.

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The two pictures I added on 7/26 don't do this rose any justice. The rose had already started to fade with our sun/heat & then we had a quick thunderstorm downpour that beat up the bloom. The night before, when I saw the bloom originally, the center of the bloom was a deep magenta that practically glowed in the dark and the outer petals were a slightly lighter shade. A truly spectacular rose. Smells good too. Slightly sweet. Got this as a bareroot rose spring 2013, so let's see how it overwinters.

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Hardy to Zone 9a, the mature height is 36." Likes a mildly acidic to neutral soil. From northwestern Australia, Kimberly Queen is a tall upright fern with narrow dark green fronds. It prefers light to partial shade and regular watering. If mulched well and kept somewhat dryer, this fern will survive most winters in Austin, TX (Zone 8b).

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Wavy cloaks are native to the southwestern parts of Texas. Mature heights 6" to 12". They are well adapted to arid conditions and like well drained, somewhat alkaline soils. The fronds dry out and curl up, looking very dead when water stressed, but will rapidly turn green and unfurl when watered. They prefer light to partial shade.

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I grew these plants from seed. They germinated very quickly for me here in the spring ~~ in less than 7 days they had sprouted.
The plants are forming roots off the stems as far up as 3 inches above the soil line & I can see that they would be quite easy to root from stem cuttings.
The butterflies, bees & hummingbirds go crazy over the blooms. The plants are almost always in motion from the insects & hummers working them.
They take drought, sun, & high temperatures quite well. We have had numerous days when the temperatures reached the mid to upper 90's & the sun was blazing for a minimum of 9 hours. During these times the plants will get wilty, especially if there is a breeze causing transpiration to the maximum; however, they bounce right back when the temperature drops below 90.

They reseed readily & grow well in pots also.

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