~~This cultivar has typical leaves that are dark green at the margins, light green inwards and white in the centre. Young shoots are pinkish. Flowers in pendulous umbels, light pink, velvety. Very showy and easy to grow, but its growth is slower than the typical species with fully green...

~~Rosettes of triangular, succulent, keeled, slender, slightly toothed leaves with transparent stripes at apex. S. Africa. Half-hardy. Bare root 10 cm pot  

~~Rhizomatous perennial up to 2 m in height. Leaves 20-50 x 10-18 cm, purple-red and green. Flowers red, with narrow petals, on 1-1.5 m high stalks. The rhizomes, that are very fast-growing, are edible and are usually roasted like potatoes. It is cool-resistant, but after a frost it looses the...

Herbaceous perennial forming dwarf clumps close to the soil. Leaves spathulate, intensely dark purple-red in colour. Leaves are darker in winter and in brighter exposures. Flowers blue, bilabiate, in erect inflorescences. Spring-flowering. Unusual and ornamental. It can easily grow in any soil, but...

~~This hybrid was obtained in our nursery between Echidnopsis cereiformis and Echidnopsis dammaniana. Stems erect, slightly tubercled. Flowers apical, star-shaped, 0.6-0.7 cm in diameter, brick red in colour. It hasn’t any special cultivation requirements apart from a slightly shaded exposure and...

This hybrid was obtained in our nursery from Echidnopsis globosa. Stems creeping, strong, with roundish tubercles. Flowers apical, bell-shaped, brick-red in colour, 0.5 cm in diameter. Beautiful and interesting. Half shade. Well drained medium that must be completely dry in...