loquat tree

Also known as the Japanese plum, the loquat is a small evergreen tree with a dense, rounded, dark green canopy.  It is a well-behaved little shade tree that grows moderately fast and reaches only 25 – 30 feet in shade with a 30 – 35 foot spread, but is often no taller than 15 feet…

foxtail palm

Available in single or multi-trunk specimens. Its smooth gray trunk is topped with a bright green crownshaft and big tufted fronds that resemble the bushy tail of a fox. Native to Australia. By Clau8a – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link   Classification Alternate names Latin name Wodyetia bifurcata Family Arecaceae (palm) Related species Cultivars…

golden canna

The Latin name for this pretty plant is Canna flaccida. ‘Flaccid canna’? Really? Imagine going through the world being called flaccid. Poor canna. No wonder it’s a little less showy than its cultivar relatives. It has an inferiority complex. By Peter A. Mansfeld, CC BY 3.0, Link As it happens, though, wild golden canna is…

chard

By Neelix at English Wikipedia – Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Quadell using CommonsHelper., Public Domain, Link (post is sprouting} Classification Family Chenopodiaceae (beet) Cultivars Favorite varieties are `Bright Lights’ and `Fordhook Giant,’ which are green-leaved, and `Rhubarb,’ which has red leaves. Also Bright Yellow, Lucullus, Red Ruby. Source Seeds, Neem Tree Farm (8/1/18)…