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A tall woody stemmed perennial Salvia native to Southern Mexico with sticky leaves and large fuzzy magenta flowers.
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Salvia involucrata
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Rhaphiolepis indica 'Pink Cloud'
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The Rhaphiolepis, just starting to bloom on March 7, is now in full bloom and there is a second plant of the same cultivar on the opposite side of the Conservatory.
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An overview in the main Conservatory with the large display of Veltheimia bracteata finally blooming in the foreground and the Rhaphiolepis in the background. See the special page of the Veltheimias.
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The Conservatory
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The Conservatory
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Moving a bit we see the white Loropetalum chinensis in front of the Rhaphiolepis.
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This is the second Prostanthera of the season to bloom in the Conservatory--the first was P. nivea shown on February 22. Not surprisingly, this species has much more rounded leaves.
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Prostanthera rotundifolia
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Chorizema cordata
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Also shown on February 22 starting to bloom, is this Holly Flame Pea from Western Australia which is now in full bloom.
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And this yellow Jasmine is another plant shown blooming on February 22 that is continuing to bloom.
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Jasminum humile 'Revolutum'
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Corokia cotoneaster
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A member of the Cornaceae family from New Zealand and the Chatham Islands, this open shrub has tiny yellow flowers on branches with so few small leaves they appeared almost leafless.
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A member of the Oleaceae family from China, this small evergreen bushy shrub has clusters of small fragrant tubular flowers. The genus name is from "osme" meaning fragrance and "anthos" meaning flower--which although accurate could certainly apply to many other genera.
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Osmanthus delavayi
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Convolvulus cneorum
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And now we can see the wonderful dark markings on the reverse of the flowers shown on March 7.
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We almost missed this amazing Campanula in one of the poly houses. Opening from green buds, one cup of hairy petals opens outward to form the "cup" and the other opens backwards to form the "saucer."
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Campanula 'Cup and Saucer Mixed'
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Pelargonium vitifolia
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Shown in leaf on January 20, and starting to bloom on February 14, this rather tall Grape Leaf Pelargonium is now in full bloom.
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There are not a lot of Orchids at Stonecrop, but these two cultivars just added to the collection--one x Brassocattleya and the other x Laeliocattleya--are as extraordinary as the Coelogyne cristata shown on February 14.
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bc yellow imp 'Kings cup' and lc 'My Dream'
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Rhodochiton atrosanguineus
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A climbing member of the Scrophulariaceae family from southwest Mexico, this is the only species of the genus and each hanging flower--which starts out incredibly tiny-- has a reddish calyx and a purplish corolla.
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