EXPLORE NEW ARRIVALS

This selection features flowers of pale cream- yellow and are the closest to a true yellow of any Japonica camellia. This cultivar flowers over a very long period of time each spring and the flowers become more yellow as the season advances and the temperature rises. Very glossy foliage, best in light shade. Quite lovely and uncommon in cultivation. A truly stunning flower - this is our first offering of this outstanding selection.

Our first offering of this spectacular camellia with peony-form flowers that are dark pink, rose-red and red, and are speckled, blotched and splashed with white variegation in different patterns on the petals. The bright yellow stamens protruding from the middle of the flowers adds to the overall beauty of the unusual blossoms.

An absolutely stunning evergreen shrub. This camellia features small and glossy, pointed leaves on a specimen with a strongly pendulous (cascading) habit, quite striking and unique in a camellia. The new growth is reddish and the bright pink buds which adorn the plant all winter open to small white flowers in spring. Nice large plants in one-gallon containers.

This rare selection features formal double flowers of bright white. These are crisp and last for a long time. The spent flowers shed quickly. Very glossy foliage, best in light shade. Quite lovely and uncommon in cultivation.  

A classic old cultivar, this beautiful selection features very large pure white, single flowers in early to mid-spring. Each flower is highlighted by a showy mass of bright yellow stamens in the center. Easily grown and rarely available, our first offering of this lovely clone. One of my very favorite camellias in the entire garden.

This is a hybrid between two beautiful epiphytic species of orchids native to the temperate rainforests of the Himalaya Mountains (Coelogyne cristata x Coelogyne flaccida). Many of the species in this genus grow naturally in the wild alongside Rhododendron species and so this is a genus we feature in the Rutherford Conservatory, etc. as they benefit from the same temperature regimes as most of our rhododendrons (vs. truly tropical orchids which are more familiar and more widely grown - many Coelogyne are toleratant of cooler conditions). Rarely offered and easily grown. Typical orchid cultivation - moist but well-drained and great in a moss-lined or similar hanging basket to highlight the pendant growth habit (as illustrated here). These are large specimens that should bloom within a year.

This is a genus of shrubby plants native to New Guinea where they grow alongside their relatives in the Ericaceae – vireya rhododendrons, blueberries and Gaultheria spp. This genus is most closely related to blueberries (Vaccinium) but unlike their widespread and widely grown relatives, the various species of Dimorphanthera are rarely seen in cultivation. The flowers and fruit are very similar to those of a blueberry but on a vastly larger scale - with the flowers sometimes over two inches in length. These range in color from white to pink, red and bicolor. Best treated like a vireya with excellent drainage and protection from frost. This species features clusters of two-inch long pink flowers and very large leaves. The leaves are covered with short silky hairs.  

This is a tropical epiphytic fern native to the Philippines. It forms a low, spreading clump of evergreen, very glossy and leathery, arrow-shaped fronds. Best grown in a cool, moist, well-drained site with protection from hot afternoon sun. Avoid prolonged drying and excessive heat. Rare in cultivation, this is our first offering of beautiful species.