A few more Hahnni

That's so awesome! I wish this nursery was around me! I never see variety like that. Thanks for sharing

Believe me, this is the ONLY nursery I know that has this, but there are two others that almost always have one or two novelties so it's worth going to see what's new. And now I know the delivery interval - every 2 weeks, bwah ha ha ha.

That place would get ALL my money! I love those Silver Queen and Laurentii. Those Hahnii are awesome too. So much variety at that nursery. Thanks for sharing and giving me even more Sans obsession/envy :-)

Wow! I would love to get my hands on a silver queen. Such beauties you saw I don't know how you could resist!

K

Next O, did you buy anything and were they marked? Is the the 8th pic down Loop's Pride? I love the hahnii with the darker edge in pics 10 and 12, also love 13 and 15 and the hahnii jade dwarf marginated in pic 14, I had one a long time ago and it perished.

I wish my Silver Queen was that full.

I believe it is Loop's Pride, very little in this greenhouse has an ID! The Silver Queen in the first photo is massive and very, very tall - it's also expensive being a 10" pot. I got a smaller SQ which is pretty packed in the pot, there is another the same size with the pot about half full. I don't resist - that's the problem!! Plus, for some reason (maybe he has them for awhile and they grow really well in that greenhouse - it gets hot where I live, SoCal valley) I go for the plants that are bursting out of their pots and by size should be the next price level but for the pot size (and I pot them up in a bigger pot when I get them home) - good value. I'm there every week just about, seriously running out of light spots in the house for winter...outside I have ample space still.

If it were near me I would have bought all those I mentioned, if they weren't too expensive. You are lucky.

My silver queen is so strange, it has died 3 times and come back, and never has more than two leaves. I finally have the third growth, 24" tall and the newest, 4th growth, which is 34" tall. I had to separate them because the new growth was pushing the old growth up out of the pot. It's at least 10 years old and, I think, should be bigger.

NextO: do you know what is the last one on the 8th picture? The one behind the dark green hahnii.. thanks

Do you mean the grassy looking one (that Barbmock asks me about when she sees it too)? It's around in commerce now here and there - labeled Mikado. When I researched it, sometimes I see it called Fernwood (which was a nursery at some point in time) Mikado. There is a thread on Gardenweb where a guy bought one, inquired about it and then showed pics 2 years later and it gets tall and straight up, I think I even saw (on the internet, so who knows how accurate) statements that Mikado is a S. bacularis/sulcata - maybe a hybrid. Who knows? Maybe Juan Chahinian. Again, I'll have to wait & see.

Yes, you are right, I noticed that one right away. I like that grassy look. Do you suppose that nursery would send it to me?

Must have Mikado. *drool* BTW someone on ebay has been selling Fernwood. I may have to get one. The one in front of it kind of reminds me of the crested Hahnii I have.

Fernwood. I bought one at OSH a couple months ago, it bloomed. Just last weekend OSH had a sale and they had more Fernwood, but this batch was $7 less than the one I bought, exact same pot & plant size, plus the sale so of course I bought another one for under $10. Shipping it would be prohibitive - it grows like a pineapple plant - a very large box would be called for.

The nurseries I go to don't ship as far as I know but I can pick one up for you if you like. PM me.

I recently purchased a Mikado or so I think. It is huge! Leaves must be 3' or more and it came ready to bloom. I do love it but I'm running out of room. How can I now run out of room in the house when the kids are grown and gone. Seems we had more room when they were home. I wonder what could have taken up so much space....hmmm.

k

Well, we MUST see photos of the monster - please? Mikado.

OK ladies, back to the nursery for 2 x Mikado babies. I still have to send Rockdale his Coppertone so I'll pic up a couple boxes. PM me.

The nursery does not happen to have Sans Kirkii 'silver blue', do they? :)

I wish, I'd buy every one of them.

Next O. I would love one of those Mikados, I want to PM you, but I can't find the link to do so. It used to be to the right of your name, but things have changed.. If you don't mind, look on my page and see if you can send me a note.

Barb, It worked for me.

This is what I have, a Mikado or Fernwood. Either way I like it.

Having not yet seen what Mikado turns out to be yet (lil grassy thing that it is), and comparing to the Fernwoods I do have, I'd say it's likely Fernwood. I have no idea yet what differentiates a Mikado from Fernwood, and then there's that little detail of correct ID tags....But my Fernwoods are like that, splaying out and taking up alot of space in all directions, like a pineapple plant. It's so different looking though. Don't you think? Were the flowers like the pics I just posted on another thread?

Is the Fernwood/Mikado a thin leaved plant like a parva or trifasciata or is is more round? Nice plant either way.

Next O. Yes, the flowers were like the one you posted. I would like to have an idea what some of the prices would be on some of those sans at that nursery you visit.

k

The leaves are thick, rigid, V shaped that is, they would be oval except for the V channel that runs the length of the leaf on the top. The leaves feel smooth in places and textured in places - odd.

The 8" pots are $29.99, 6" pots are $10.99, 4" pots are around $5. There are larger sizes, $40 and $60 as I recall. There is one big variegated cylindrica patula maybe? Very long leaves for $60.

The little orangey square pots with the little spikey plants are $7.49.

Why do I get the feeling you will be shopping for people?

Too late, already happening. LOL.

Ohhhh, I must go. Or what do you charge for sans shopping? Lol. I don't think we live too far from each other.

So are the prices for all of the plants or just the Mikado? My hamster is going overtime turning its wheel. I can see you'll probably be going there a lot. ;)

All the Sans are priced by pot size. Mikado is around $10 as I recall - it's at the other nursery too, maybe even the 3rd nursery I recently found but I don't remember. I'll be going back there next week as they are expecting a delivery probably Monday. Not sure it will fit in the USPS priority box - I may have to scout around for a more square shape box.

Gah. Seriously, Next O., you could start a small business as a Sans personal shopper. Thanks for all the beautiful photos.

What is the hahnii in pics 13 and 15? Silver frost? It's beautiful.

Amanda

So if I send you about $40 would you be my personal shopper? J/K Not really but you know how it is. ;)

I'm curious - how do the prices compare with the rest of the country?

They are good prices. Pretty low by California standards. The guy who owns my favorite nursery goes down to LA to get plants for his nursery all the time. His markup is probably about 150-200%. Mail order would probably be lower, but you'd be getting smaller plants also.

You just cannot do the comparison because we do NOT have those kind of Sans over here. What you can find are the basic sans trifasciata. Even in independent nurseries. They have the same kind of sans that big box stores carry but with a higher price.:(

and when you see and buy all the 'silver blue'. Remember, one need to be send cross the country to here:)

Even I was shocked to see Silver Blue on Etsy - not too much of that on Etsy! On eBay, from Thailand yes. Etsy very out of the blue (pun intended).

Maybe I should open an Etsy shop for California plants.

Yes you should!