Acalypha wilkesiana COPPERLEAF A fast growing shrub with oval, colorful leaves. Color: Orange to burgundy Aspidistra elatior CAST IRON PLANT Arching, lanceolate, glossy dark green leaves. An easy care interior plant. Color: Dark green leaves Aglaonema CHINESE EVERGREEN Large, bush form. Most commonly used as an interior plant. Color: Green, silver, or white Breynia SNOW BUSH A profusion of round mottled leaves form a compact bush. Color: Green, pink and white to white mottled leaves Alocasia ELEPHANT EAR Large heart shaped or arrowhead shaped leaves, sometimes with variegation. Giant and dwarf varieties available. Color: Bright green to dark green leaves Caladium ELEPHANT EAR Heart shaped leaves on compact plants. Color: Pink, white, green and red, often Alpinia GINGER/ SHELL GINGER Lance shaped, variegated or bright green leaves on a bushy upright plant. Used mainly as a foliage plant both for interiors and the landscape. Color: Yellow-green variegated or bright green leaves, pink bloom Calathea PRAYER PLANT/ RATTLESNAKE PLANT Boldly marked upright oblong leaves with a wide variety of coloration and pattern. Color: Green, dark green, cream and red leaves Chlorophytum comosum SPIDER PLANT Linear leafed plant with a graceful form. Plantlets are formed at the base of the cascading flower stems. Color: Green or white and green 96 Tropicals Cavicchio Greenhouses, Inc. www.cavicchio.com
Citrus Large glossy leaved shrubs or small trees producing sweet or tart fruits. Fragrant blooms. latifolia Bearss Lime reticulata Clementine sinensis Washington Orange sinensis Valencia Orange limon Meyer Lemon Fortunella Nagami Kumquat Color: Green leaves, White to blush bloom Coffea arabica COFFEE PLANT Glossy leaved shrub producing fruits, the seeds of which are used for coffee. Fragrant blooms. Color: Green leaves, white bloom Dieffenbachia DUMB CANE Broadleaf plant with thick stems. Traditionally used as an interior plant. All parts of the plant are poisonous. Color: Green, green and white, or green and gold variegated foliage Dracaena Strap shaped leaves can be straight green or colorfully striped. Different species are grown as a small bush or more upright tree. Color: Green, gold, lime, red or variegatd leaves Dracaena d. Janet Craig Dracaena d. Warneckii Dracaena f. Massangeana Dracaena marginata Dracaena reflexa TROPICAL FOLIAGE Colocasia TARO Heart-shaped, downward arching leaves on tall stems. Color: Green or black leaves Ensete maurelii RED LEAF BANANA Large broad leaves range from deep burgundy to greenish-red. In New England quickly grows to six feet in one season. Color: Green, red, burgundy leaves Cordyline Thin straplike or wide leaf varieties, in a range of brilliant red, green, or multi-hued tones. Color: Red, green, orange, purple, and striped leaves Eugenia BRUSH CHERRY Small glossy leaves cover this upright plant which is traditionally sheared and grown in topiary form. Resembles boxwood and produces a bottle-brush style flower. Color: Green leaves, white bloom Codiaeum variegatum CROTON Vibrant coloration and patterns, on bushy plants with a variety of leaf forms. Color: Red, green, gold, orange, yellow and rose leaves Platycerium - Staghorn Ferns Tropical Ferns encompasses an immense group of genus, species and cultivars. Listed are just a few that are excellent interior plants, that perform equally in the landscape or containers and in a variety of conditions. Color: Green, white, or lime leaves Asparagus - Foxtail, Plumosa, Sprengeri Adiantum - Maidenhair Asplenium - Bird s Nest Cyathea - Tree Fern Nephrolepis - Boston, Kimberly Platycerium - Staghorn Pteris - Brake www.cavicchio.com Cavicchio Greenhouses, Inc. Tropicals 97
Ficus FIG A large genus which ranges from tall upright trees, to vines and shrubs. Color: Green or red leaves Olea europaea OLIVE TREE A small tree native to the Mediterranean, with small oval leaves. Color: Silver-gray leaves benjamina - Weeping Fig carica - Common Fruit Bearing Fig elastica - Rubber Plant lyrata - Fiddle Leaf Fig pumila - Creeping Fig Hedera IVY A tropical variety vine for climbing, creeping, or hanging. Color: Green, variegated gold or variegated white leaves Palm Popular in warmer climates, palms make great landscape accents in the New England garden. Many species also thrive indoors. Available in a vast array of genus, species and cultivars providing many forms and sizes. Color: Green, silver or blue fronds Homalocladium platycladum RIBBON BUSH/ TAPEWORM PLANT Segmented, smooth stems on a multi-branched upright leafless plant. Color: Green leaves Peperomia caperata Low growing mounding plant with fleshy oval or heart shaped leaves. May be rippled or smooth. Color: Green, red, grey, marbled or Manihot esculenta TAPIOCA Variegata Deeply lobed green leaves with creamy yellow centers, on bright red stems. Color: Cream, yellow and green Musa BANANA A genus containing many species of bananas and plantains including tall, dwarf and even cold hardy varieties. Color: Green, red or Philodendron Vine and bush varieties in a range of colors, shapes and variegation. Color: Green, red, lime, or Phormium NEW ZEALAND FLAX Upright plant with spiky sword-like foliage in a variety of dramatic color combinations. Color: Green, red, lime, orange, olive, pink, yellow striped or solid leaves Polyscias ARALIA Cultivars have either ovate variegated and green leaves or finely segmented compound leaves with toothed margins. Color: Green, green-white, lime, dark chocolate leaves fruticosa - Ming Aralia pinnata - Balfour Aralia scutellaria - Fabian Aralia 98 Tropicals Cavicchio Greenhouses, Inc. www.cavicchio.com
Pothos A popular easy care vine with heart shaped leaves. Primarily in interior settings. Color: Green, silver or lime often Setcreasea PURPLE HEART PLANT/WANDERING JEW Fast growing groundcover or hanging plant. Color: Burgundy leaves Sanchezia nobilis ZEBRA PLANT Bushy plant with yellow veins on green leaves can produce orangey flowers, Used primarily as a foliage plant in New England. Color: Yellow and green leaves Spathiphyllum PEACE LILY Bushy plant with large, glossy, pointed oval leaves. Produces multiple showy hood-shaped inflorescences. Color: Dark green leaves, white bracts TROPICAL/FOLIAGE Sanseveria SNAKE PLANT/ MOTHER IN LAWS TONGUE Broad upright sword-like leaves. Carefree as interior plant. Color: Dark green, yellow or cream Strobilanthes dyerianus Persian Shield Oval pointed metallic leaves bear deep dark green veins. Color: Purple leaves with green veins and margins Sarracenia purpurea PURPLE PITCHER PLANT Carnivorous plant producing large low-hanging pitchers to catch prey. Color: Dark green leaves, purple pitchers Stromanthea sanguinea Foliage plant valued for its interesting coloration. Color: Cream, green and red leaves Schefflera UMBRELLA TREE/ FALSE ARALIA Large variation in leaf form dependant on species. Shiny oval leaves, to slender narrow, jagged toothed leaves. Color: Green, dark purple green, or creamy white Syngonium ARROWHEAD VINE Oval heart to arrow shaped leaves. Color: Green, silver, white or pink leaves actinophylla arboricola elegantissima Selaginella SPIKEMOSS Producing spores like ferns often means this plant is misidentified. Moss like carpet or a mound of fan like foliage. Color: Green, gold, red, or Zamioculcas zamifolia ZZ PLANT Glossy pinnate leaves on upright stems. Prized for being an easy care interior plant. Color: Green leaves www.cavicchio.com Cavicchio Greenhouses, Inc. Tropicals 99
Adenium obesum DESERT ROSE A tropical shrub known for its longevity and resistance to dry conditions. Thick short branches arranged in spirals around stout trunk, leathery leaves form clusters at ends of branches and bell shaped blooms appear year round. Color: Pink blooms. Red, white, or yellow blooming hybrids available, green leaves Cereus repandus MONSTROSE APPLE CACTUS Fast growing, heavily branching stems of this cacti to fifteen feet. Color: White bloom, blue-gray foliage Aeonium Striking group whose succulent leaves are predominately V-shaped, forming rosettes at end of stems. Color: Yellow bloom, green, pink, red, purple, black or variegated foliage Cotyledon A shrubby succulent genus with vast differences in appearance. Multiple leaf shapes and textures, some with a variegated edge. Color: Green or blue foliage, with variegated or edged accents Agave Bold structured plants. Wide ranging leaves in width, color and texture some bearing spines on margins and tips. Color: Green, blue, gray, or yellow to white variegated foliage Crassula A group differing greatly in size, shape and color. Upright and trailing forms may have triangular, thick, flat, or lance leaves. Color: White, pink, or red blooms. Green, grey, red, or spotted foliage Aloe Waxy leaved, may be toothed, in an array of shapes and ranging in size from miniature to large fourty foot tree. Color: Orange, white, blush blooms. Green, blue, pink, orange, red and near black foliage Echevaria A group valued for amazing diversity in the rosettes. Color: Red, orange, yellow, apricot, or pink blooms. Green, gray, blue, pink, red, or yellow foliage Cephalocereus senilis OLD MAN CACTUS A columnar plant with white hair-like spines. Color: Green plant with white overcoat Echinocactus grusonii GOLDEN BARREL CACTUS Round, spiky plants can grow to thirty-six inches in diameter. Color: Green plant with yellow spikes 100 Tropicals Cavicchio Greenhouses, Inc. www.cavicchio.com