~~Globose cactus being about 5 cm in diameter. Dark grey-green. Large tubercles with stout spines. Flowers white, about 6 cm in size. Easy. Half shade in Summer. Hardy if dry. Bare rooted 8 cm pot  

~~Rhizomatous species with erect stems. Leaves narrow and long, toothed at the margin, light green. Flowers with a long red tube and five red petals with a yellow throat dotted with dark red. Regular waterings during its growing season. Monthly waterings during its winter rest. Tender. Shade....

~~ Stems succulent, up to 25 cm high. Leaves fleshy, peltate, roundish-ovate, acuminate at apex, 9 cm in diameter. Colombia and Peru. Very beautiful and elegant. Not hardy. Keep in a shaded place. Abundant waterings in summer. 12 cm pot

South-African species in the Iridaceae family with sward-like leaves that are arranged in a fan. Inflorescences erect or arched, bearing 10 flowers or more. Flowers green with tepals that are very narrow and reflexed, reminiscent of a spider. It flowers in winter-spring. This species grows from...

Clumping species, occasionally procumbent. Stems green, slightly shaded with red, with triangular and prominent teeth. Flowers star-shaped, 3-4 cm in diameter, wrinkled, red striped and blotched with yellow. Annulus smooth, red but white blotched with red on its upper part. Lobe margins with mobile...

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...