If you are not familiar with this vine, it is the host plant for the Swallowtail Butterfly, and, needless to say, has one of the most exotic interesting blooms around !
It loves a fence to climb on, blooms like mad, creates a host spot for Butterfly eggs, then the emerging caterpillars love to snack on it's leaves. Yes, their voracious appetite can strip the vine pretty quickly, but amazingly, it just bounces right back !
We continue to have new inventory at market along with some great discounts on stock that we need to move to make room at the nursery. In just 6 weeks, we will be back in full swing for the Fall season, with Market and Plant shows, so stay tuned for the news.
Meanwhile, check out our plant availability list. We have had lots of happy customers getting things at market, as well as, visiting our nursery in St. Pete at Annie's house.
Here's the scoop:
Summer Market, Saturday, 9am -1pm, Williams Park, Downtown, St. Pete. Note: Last summer market day is Sat. Aug. 29th. We have no markets for September but will be participating in some pop up events, and as well, you are welcome to visit us in N. E. St. Pete during the week.
Mitch Armstrong Nursery is a licensed Tropical Plant Nursery with the state of Florida. We do not have a retail location, our "store" is the Sat. Morning Market!
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contact us at: marketannie@aol.com
727-742-9265
heyplantman1@juno.com
727-542-9951
(note: Can't make market ? Feel free to call or email us to make an appointment in St. Pete )
Plant Availability List as of Aug. 21
| Plant Name | Size | Notes | Price $ | ||
| Aloe arborescens | 3 gallon | Uncommon - super medicinal property, better than Aloe vera - Avail mid July | 20 | ||
| Anthurium | 4 inch pot | Dwarf variety from Holland - prolific large red blooms - great house/porch plant | 8 | ||
| Arboricola | 3 gallon | Arboricola variegated - nice, multi stemmed - great landscape plant | 15 | ||
| Beauty Berry | 3 gallon | Callicarpa americana - Loaded with blooms and berries - hardy native | 15 | ||
| Bird of Paradise | 3 gallon | Strelitzia nicolae - "white" Bird - White/purple flowers - multi stemmed - due July | 25 | ||
| Bird of Paradise | 3 gallon | Strelitzia reginae - "orange" Bird - White/purple flowers - multi stemmed - due July | 20 | ||
| Brunfelsia | 1 gallon | Brunfelsia americana "Lady of the Night" - rare ! - white, aromatic flowering now | 12 | ||
| Butterfly Wing | 8 inch pot | Christia obcordata - rare ! Foilage looks like zebra longwing butterfly | 12 | ||
| Cactus | 4 inch pot | Color Top Cactus - deep purple color - large specimen heads | 8 | ||
| Calathea | 4 inch pot | "Fusion White" - lovely green/white varigation with purple undersides - New ! | 8 | ||
| Coral Plant | 1 gallon | Jatropha mulitifida | 7 | ||
| Coral Plant | 3 gallon | Jatropha mulitifida | 15 | ||
| Duranta | 3 gallon | Sapphire Showers - blooming - 3 feet tall - grown as tree-like | 12 | ||
| Elephant Ear | 1 gallon | Colocasia "Mojito" - deep white/green/black varigation | 12 | ||
| Epiphyllum | Hanging Bskt | Guatemalense montros - rare, curly leaves | 25 | ||
| False Agave | 3 gallon | Furcraea foetida - really nice, multi-pups - soft leaf - due July 1st | 30 | ||
| Floss Silk Tree | 3 gallon | Ceila speciosa (aka chrorisa speciosa) - young, 7ft tall - nice ! | 25 | ||
| Gout Plant | 1 gallon | Jatropha podagrica - nice! Flowering - Very cool bulbous base | 15 | ||
| Hibiscus | 3 gallon | Double White bloom - rare ! Flowering now | 12 | ||
| Hibiscus ferox | 3 gallon | Wercklea ferox - Rare - only 10 avail Aug 1 | 35 | ||
| Ixora | 3 gallon | Ixora "Thai Snow" - new hybrid - varigated leaves - white flowering - meant for shade | 15 | ||
| Jatropha | 3 gallon | Jatrpha pandurata (aka integerrima) - Butterfly magnet - multi stemmed - plant out 4 ft | 15 | ||
| Lemon Grass | 3 gallon | Cymbopogan - giant variety - edible - aromatic | 15 | ||
| Madagascar Palm | 4 inch pot | Pachypodium lamerei - gorgeous "baby" specimens - 8 inch tall - summer special | 8 | ||
| Madagascar Palm | 7 gallon | Pachypodium lamerei - gorgeous, tall plants - summer special | 99 | ||
| Mexican Sunflower | 4 inch pot | Tithonia - large, orange blooms - grows to 6 ft - budding and flowering now | 10 | ||
| Milkweed-White | 3 gallon | Asclepias physocarpa "hairy balls" - Blooming, 6ft tall - due July 1 | 25 | ||
| Moringa Tree | 3 gallon | Moringa oleifera - great medicinal/healthy edible - Avail Mid July | 20 | ||
| Pagoda Flower | 8 inch pot | Clerodendrum paniculum - nice ! -in full bloom - Butterfly and hummingbird magnet | 15 | ||
| Papyrus | 3 gallon | Cyperus papyrus - noninvasive clumper- 6ft tall - nice ! | 20 | ||
| Papyrus | 3 gallon | Dwarf variety, grows to 4 ft. | 12 | ||
| Passion vine | 3 gallon | Passiflora "Lady Margaret" - flowering now | 20 | ||
| Passion vine | 3 gallon | Passiflora alata x caerulea - white/pink/purple flower - due July 15 | 20 | ||
| Passion vine | 3 gallon | Passiflora edulis "Purple Possem" - due July 5 | 20 | ||
| Passion vine | 3 gallon | Passiflora vitafolia (red) - due July 15 | 20 | ||
| Passion vine | 3 gallon | Passiflora quadrangularis - Due Aug | 20 | ||
| Passion vine | 3 gallon | Passiflora edulis "yellow fruiting" - avail Aug 1 | 20 | ||
| Pentas | 6 inch pot | Pentas landceolata - Red flowering - Blooming now - butterfly magnet | 5 | ||
| Porter Weed | 3 gallon | Red blooming - butterfly magnet ! | 12 | ||
| Rhipsalis | Hanging Bskt | New, flat leaf species | 25 | ||
| Rope Hoya | 4 inch pot | Hoya carnosa "Hindu Rope Hoya"- rare, varigated type -nice ! | 8 | ||
| Rosemary | 1 gallon | Rosmarinus "Tuscan blue" Edible -sun loving - landscape heat & cold hardy | 7 | ||
| Succulent Bowl | 14" deco bowl | Mixture of 4-5 succulents in lovely deco planter | 15 | ||
| Tapioca | 3 gallon | Beautiful bush, deeply varigated leaves | 15 | ||
| Tibouchina | 3 gallon | Heteramolla big soft leaf - gorgeous blue/purple flower | 20 | ||
| Tractor Seat | 3 gallon | Farfugum japonicum - green and yellow spotted varieties 1 & 3 gallons | 8 to 25 | ||
| Vanilla orchid | Hanging Bskt | Orchidareae vanilla planifolia - green leaf + varigated leaf varieties | 10 | ||
| Wittia amazonica | Cuttings | 8 inch cuttings - - DUE July 29 price: 2 cuttings/ $ 15 plus postage | |||
| Wittia amazonica | 4" pot | Available possible Aug. 1st. Price to be determined |
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