Hard-to-Kill Plants

Sedeveria 'Letizia' is a hardy hybrid succulent (Sedum x Echeveria) forming small, tight rosettes of glossy green leaves that flush vivid red along...

Sapota or chiku (Manilkara zapota) is a hardy evergreen tropical tree cherished for its sweet, malty, grainy-textured brown fruit. Slow but steady ...

Sapota or chiku (Manilkara zapota) is a hardy evergreen tropical tree cherished for its sweet, malty, grainy-textured brown fruit. Slow but steady ...

Sansevieria Laurentii is the classic, instantly recognisable snake plant, with tall, stiff, upright sword-shaped leaves in mottled grey-green bande...

Sansevieria Hahnii, the bird's nest snake plant, is a dwarf, rosette-forming cultivar whose short, broad, dark-green leaves with paler cross-bandin...

Sansevieria Golden Hahnii is the variegated form of the bird's nest snake plant, forming compact rosettes of short, broad leaves edged with bold go...

Salvia splendens, or scarlet sage, is a striking bedding plant famous for its dense, upright spikes of brilliant red (also purple, pink and white) ...

Salvia splendens, or scarlet sage, is a striking bedding plant famous for its dense, upright spikes of brilliant red (also purple, pink and white) ...

Salvia splendens, or scarlet sage, is a striking bedding plant famous for its dense, upright spikes of brilliant red (also purple, pink and white) ...

The Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta) is not a true palm but an ancient cycad, valued for its symmetrical rosette of stiff, glossy, dark-green feathery fr...

Licuala grandis, the Ruffled Fan Palm or Vanuatu Fan Palm, is a striking small palm prized for its large, glossy, almost circular leaves that are d...

Ficus elastica, the rubber plant, is a much-loved indoor tree prized for its large, leathery, glossy leaves in deep green, burgundy, or variegated ...

Ficus elastica, the rubber plant, is a much-loved indoor tree prized for its large, leathery, glossy leaves in deep green, burgundy, or variegated ...

The Royal Palm (Roystonea regia) is one of the most stately palms in cultivation, famous for its tall, smooth, columnar grey trunk topped by a stri...

Ramphal (Annona reticulata), often called bullock's heart, is a small semi-deciduous tropical tree of the custard apple family. It bears large hear...

Rain Lily (Zephyranthes grandiflora) is a small, charming bulb famous for flushing into bright pink, crocus-like flowers within days of rain, espec...

Rain Lily (Zephyranthes grandiflora) is a small, charming bulb famous for flushing into bright pink, crocus-like flowers within days of rain, espec...

Radermachera sinica, popularly called the China Doll or Emerald Tree, is an evergreen ornamental valued for its lush, glossy, fern-like foliage mad...

Epiphyllum oxypetalum, the Queen of the Night, is a celebrated night-blooming epiphytic cactus. Its flat, leaf-like green stems arch and trail, whi...

Bauhinia purpurea, the Purple Bauhinia or Kachnar, is a much-loved deciduous flowering tree of the Indian subcontinent. It is instantly recognised ...

Bauhinia purpurea, the Purple Bauhinia or Kachnar, is a much-loved deciduous flowering tree of the Indian subcontinent. It is instantly recognised ...

Pride of India (Lagerstroemia speciosa), known as Jarul, is a medium to large deciduous tree celebrated for its grand panicles of crinkled mauve, p...

Calliandra haematocephala, the red powder puff, is an evergreen spreading shrub that delights with fluffy, silky pompom flowers of bright crimson r...

Portulaca, or moss rose, is a low-growing succulent annual that revels in heat, sun and dry conditions where most flowers wilt. Its fleshy, needle-...