PROPAGATION. Rhizomes.
SPECIAL USES. Terrariums, dish gardens.
Carex elegantissima (Morrowi variegata) Cyperaceae
Lady-like little grass with airy tufts of slimmest leaves, bright green with a white stripe along each edge.
CARE. Loamy garden soil, filtered sun, wet. Intermediate temperature.
PROPAGATION. Seeds.
SPECIAL USES. Terrariums, dish gardens.
Carissa grandiflora nana compacta Apocynaceae Natal Plum
When is a dwarf not really a dwarf? In the two years or more I’ve had this plant it has grown so slowly I have no idea what ultimate height it has in mind, or when it will reach it. It is still about six inches tall, with round, green, overlapping leaves with the shiniest glassy polish of any leaves I have ever seen. Off and on during the year it gives sensual delight with richly fragrant china-white flowers, none of which, so far, have been replaced by scarlet plums. This form is blessedly without spines, always refreshing, and particularly appropriate for Oriental planters and miniature indoor gardens.
CARE. Almost any soil, warmth, light shade, moist, spray leaves. Resents repotting.