Multiflora Enterprises

Grower of 50+ different kinds of palms; rare, flowering drought tolerant succulents, shrubs and trees; and Dymondia ground cover.

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02/05/2019

The rainy, winter season is best time to plant Mediterranean type plants including California natives. These plants thrive with cool temperatures and rain. Lush new growth occurs and root system grows deeply so that they can survive the summer drought. Some great flowering examples.

Pride of Madeira (Echium fastuosum) from the Canary Islands 1st photo

Rock Daisy (Hymenolepis parviflora) from Cape region of South Africa - shrub with spectacular gold flower heads in spring that have strong orange blossom fragrance 2nd photo

St. Catherine's Lace (Eriogonum giganteum) - shrub 2 to 4 feet high with woolly, gray, oval leaves and creamy white, open heads of flowers on tall stalks above foliage Native to Santa Catalina Island off southern California coast Uncommon in cultivation, but grows well in coastal California

Chalk Buckwheat (Eriogonum latifolium) - perennial from central California coast that is uncommon in cultivation, but grows well in California gardens 3rd photo

Honey Bush (Melianthus major) - shrub 4 to 10 feet high from South Africa with serrated, blue- gray, compound leaves and spikes of reddish-brown flowers; somewhat uncommon

Orphium frutescens - small shrub from South Africa with fantastic bloom of waxy, pink flowers with bright yellow stamens in summer; uncommon

Greek Verbascum (Verbascum olypicum) - perennial from Greece with giant 5 foot columnar spike of bright yellow flowers in spring; uncommon 4th photo

12/25/2018

This is the blooming season for many of the Aloes. From left to right Aloe africana (medium to large, solitary, 2-12 feet high)), Aloe krapohliana (dwarf to 8 inches), Aloe capitata (small, solitary, Madagascar species to 18 inches high), and Aloe hereroensis (medium size, solitary plant to 2 1/2 feet high).