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Silent Auction Plant List - Spring Plant Sale 2009
Here’s a partial list of plants that will be available at the silent auction on Friday, April 24.
There will be additional plants at the auction!
The Silent Auction will open at 5 PM and close promptly at 6:30 PM.
You must be present to win.
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Saurauia madrensis – Actinidiaceae – Large and beautiful specimen plant of this choice shrub
from Central America, noted for its fuzzy purple leaves and clusters of small white flowers.
With some shade and ample water it will form a striking, multi-trunked bush.
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Prumnopitys taxifolia – Podocarpaceae – Matai – This unusual conifer from New Zealand
has weird divaricating foliage. Indeed, many people think this juvenile form looks dead!
As the plant matures it grows into a more traditional, needle-leaved conifer. The odd juvenile
foliage is postulated to be an adaptation allowing the plant to avoid herbivory by now extinct
moas, the giant, flightless bird formerly found in New Zealand.
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Acer rufinerve – Aceraceae (Sapindaceae) – Redvein Maple – A lovely small tree from Japan.
It is a member of the “snake-bark” group of maples, showing green or grayish stripes on
olive-green new growth. A specimen plant from the collection, this individual is about four
feet tall and ready to make a statement in your garden.
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Agave parryi ‘Cream Spike’ – Agavaceae – A beautiful and large (for this variety!) specimen
of this choice succulent. Olive green leaves are edged with cream-colored variegation,
set off with dark brown spines.
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Agave xylonacantha – Agaveaceae – Stunning specimen plant from the UCBG collection;
three foot spread, with big, bold teeth.
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Haemanthus coccineus – Amaryllidaceae – Blood Lily – Large specimen of this unusual,
red-flowered bulb from South Africa. Broad, strap-like leaves in spring are followed by red,
shaving brush flowers later in summer.
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Pittosporum tenuifolium – Pittosporaceae – Purple-leaved, low growing form.
The small, glossy leaves start green and mature rapidly to a deep purple-black.
A choice shrub for Bay Area gardens.
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Myrmecodia sp. – Rubiaceae – Ant Plant – This oddball plant is strictly for those of you with greenhouses.
This Southeast Asian plant is an epiphytic myrmecophyte (ant plant). In nature the swollen, hollow base
provides a habitat for an ant colony. This large specimen is certainly a collector’s item!
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Syneilesis palmata ‘Kikko’ – Asteraceae – This oddball plant is strictly for those of you with greenhouses.
This Southeast Asian plant is an epiphytic myrmecophyte (ant plant). In nature the swollen, hollow base
provides a habitat for an ant colony. This large specimen is certainly a collector’s item!
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Calanthe X Takane – Orchidaceae –This hardy Asian orchid is a hybrid of Calanthe discolor and C. sieboldii. Grow in rich, well drained soil in light to medium shade. This plant has bold yellow flowers.
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Drosera binata (=dichotoma)– Droseraceae - A large specimen plant of this unusual carnivorous plant. This sundew is native to Australia and New Zealand.
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Philodendron gloriosum – Araceae – A beautiful South American philodendron with dark velvety leaves with bold white veins. Grow as a house or greenhouse plant.
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Anemonella thalictroides – Rue-anemone ‘Shoaf’s Double Pink’ and ‘Green Dragon’ -Two unusual cultivars of this eastern North American native woodlander.
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Podophyllum (=Sinopodophyllym) hexandrum (=emodi) - Berberidaceae - A choice Asian mayapple with boldly marked leaves.
