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Astelia nervosa 'Westland'
A relatively recent escapee from New Zealand...(no, we don't mean it has invasive potential; New Zealanders
are generally very courteous). Very pretty, clumping rosettes, roughly 18" tall spreading to 2 ft with downy
covered leaves, adding hues of gold and silver tending toward maroon with winter's coolness. Slightly slower
growing for us than A. n. 'Red Gem', but a very nice complement. You need them both. Full sun for best
color as well. Winter color at its best in cooler climates. Regular water. Great container plant. One gallon
specimens. Undamaged to at least the low teens F, possibly colder.
5g @ $47 Asteliaceae
Banksia integrifolia
Loveliest large shrub to small tree from southeastern Australia. This handsome protea, to about 15 ft or even
more, has beautifully serrate leaves when young, later on becoming nearly entire with reflective, silver-white
undersides. Once plants reach 3-4 years of age, "corncob" flowers appear, to 4-5" tall, held upright as candles.
To us they smell of baking bread or...corn. To their pollinators, I suppose baking bread would smell very
much like a banksia. Reliable in upper USDA zone 8; freezes back to its lignotuber at 15F. Where
temperatures fall below, keep in a pot to bring inside. Bright light to dappled shade in sandy soil. As with all
proteas, watch the phosphorus. We fertilize ours with alfalfa pellets.
5g @ $57 Proteaceae
Banksia spinulosa 'Schnapper Point'
Diminutive banksia from the windblown coast. This dense, evergreen shrub, to only 3 ft or so tall by 5 ft wide
in time, has narrow, shiny leaves with teeny weeny,soft teeth on the margins margins and striking silver
undersides, quite exciting when exposed on a windy day. Numerous upheld “candles” appear in the fall to
winter flowering season -- pale yellow with red overtones and smelling, at least to me, of baking bread. Most
attractive to sun birds ... and pastry aficionados, should any visit your garden. Best in full sun or bright shade.
As with all proteacious plants, a mineral soil low in phosphorus is much preferred. Somewhat drought tolerant
though appreciates summer water. Intolerant of high summer heat and humidity. Sorry Florida.... Frost hardy
in USDA zone 8b.
5g @ $42 Proteaceae
Brahea nitida
One of the loveliest of the Hesper palms from mountainous central Mexico, growing eventually to 30 ft or so
with 5 ft weeping and very shiny... deep green leaves. Fast growing for Brahea, though requires heat to do so.
Voluptuous container plant or outdoors where temps do not fall to 15F. Partial shade to full sun average soils
appreciates summer water. How about that?
1g @ $22 Arecaceae
Butia capitata jelly palm
From the highlands of southeastern Brazil, this stout, feather palm, slow growing to 10-15 ft, has long arching
blue-grey fronds and a handsome thatched trunk. Site where heat can accumulate, such as near walls or
concrete, in full sun and, preferably, well-drained soil. Drought tolerant but faster growing and more attractive
with summer. These seed trees have been undamaged with overhead protection at 12F, the lower end of
USDA zone 8.
1g @ $19, 6D @ $24, 15g @ $325 Arecaceae
Cistus Nursery ◆ 22711 NW Gillihan Rd ◆ Portland, OR 97231 ◆ (503) 621-2233 ◆ info@cistus.com
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