Adonidia merrillii
Common Name: Adonidia Palm, Manila Palm
Family: Palmae
Pictured: 17” Adonidia merrilli

SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES:
• Erect palm to 20 feet high with rather slender, prominently ringed single trunk.
• Trunks may be single, double, or triple.
• Foliage begins at approximately 40-50% of overall height — higher for specimens of 15 feet and up.
• Pot size in relationship to minimum plant height:

Bucida buceras
Common Name: Black Olive Tree
Family: Combretaceae
Pictured: 17” Standard tree form
Bucida buceras

SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES:
• Pot size in relationship to minimum plant height and minimum plants per pot:

Beaucarnea recurvata
Common Name: Ponytail Palm
Family: Agavaceae
Pictured: 17” Beaucarnea recurvata

SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES:
• Due to the variety of forms that the ponytail palm can grow as to ball size, stem length, and number of heads on the stem, individual specifications for this plant cannot be accurately written. Heights and widths should be specified according to intended use. 

Cycas revoluta
Common Name: King Sago
Family: Cycadaceae
Pictured: 14" Cycas revoluta

SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES:
• Similar to Queen Sago, leaves are dard green, glossy, stiff, and pinnately divided.
• Will grow to 10 feet high and may be branched.
• Leaves arise from a single crown at the top of the plant.
• Foliage stretches in low light. 

Ficus maclellandii ‘Alii’
Common Name: Alii Fig Tree
Family: Moraceae
Pictured: 14” Ficus maclellandii ‘Alii’ 
Other forms available: Bush 

SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES: 
• Foliage and lowest branches holding foliage should originate at a point halfway between top of soil level and top of maximum foliage.
• Width to height ratio for field-grown trees above 12 feet in height should be that of their natural growth habit, which may be greater than one-half of height ratio.
• Pot size in relationship to minimum plant height: 

Ficus retusa nitida
Common Name: Indian Laurel, Fig Laurel
Family: Moraceae
Pictured: 14" standard trunk
Ficus retusa nitida 

SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES:
• Foliage and lowest branches holding foliage should originate at a point halfway between top of soil level and top of maximum foliage.
• Width to height ratio for field-grown trees above 12 feet in height should be that of their natural growth habit, which may be greater than one-half of height ratio.
• Pot size in relationship to minimum plant height: 

Ficus lyrata
Common Name: Fiddle Leaf Fig
Family: Moraceae
Pictured: 17" Ficus lyrata tree form
Other forms available: Also grown as a columnar bush.

SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES:
• Foliage and lowest branches holding foliage should originate at a point halfway between top of soil level and top of maximum foliage.
• Width to height ratio for field-grown trees above 12 feet in height should be that of their natural growth habit, which may be greater than one-half of height ratio.
• Pot size in relationship to minimum plant height:

Ficus lyrata
Common Name: Fiddle Leaf Fig
Family: Moraceae
Pictured: 14" Ficus lyrata bush form
Other forms available: Also grown in a tree form.

SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES:
• Foliage and lowest branches holding foliage should originate at a point halfway between top of soil level and top of maximum foliage.
• Width to height ratio for field-grown trees above 12 feet in height should be that of their natural growth habit, which may be greater than one-half of height ratio.
• Pot size in relationship to minimum plant height:

Phoenix roebelenii
Common Name: Dwarf Date Palm, Pigmy Date Palm
Family: Palmae
Pictured: 14" Phoenix roebelenii

SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES:
• Typical specification for this plant is single, double, or triple, which indicates number of trunks per plant. There is no minimum number of trunks per container. All trunks should have approximately the same diameter.
• Pot size in relationship to minimum plant height and width: 

Podocarpus gracilior
Common Names: Weeping Podocarpus
Family: Podocarpaceae
Pictured: 14" Podocarpus gracilior
Other forms available: Single-trunk Standards

SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES:
Trunks, Stems, and Branches:
• Multiple stems, minimum of three (3) per container.
• Specimens also available as single trunk standards.
• Pot size in relationship to minimum plant height and width:

Podocarpus macrophyllus
Common Names: Buddhist Pine, Southern Yew
Family: Podocarpaceae
Pictured: 14" Podocarpus macrophyllus
 
SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES:
Trunks, Stems, and Branches:
• Multiple stems, minimum of three (3) per container.
• Specimens also available as single trunk standards.
• Pot size in relationship to minimum plant height and width:

Washingtonia robusta
Common Name: Mexican Fan Palm
Family: Palmae
Pictured: 21" Washingtonia robusta


SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES:
• Erect palm to 40 feet high with prominently ringed single trunk.
• Foliage begins at approximately 40-50% of overall height – higher for specimens of 15 feet and up. • Requires extremely high light, 350-700 footcandles
• Pot size in relationship to minimum plant height and minimum plants per pot:

Yucca elephantipes
Common Name: Spineless Yucca
Family: Agavaceae
Pictured: 14" Yucca elephantipes

SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES:
Foliage:
• Grown as a bush from tips with 3 plants per pot, as a stump that has a bush form, or as canes with 3–4 plants per pot.
• Leaves are a light green or pale green, very stiff and pointed at the ends, and are 1–1¼ inches wide and generally 12–18 inches long.

Aglaonema ‘Silver Bay’
Common Name: Silver Bay Chinese
Evergreen
Family: Araceae
Pictured: 10” Aglaonema ‘Silver Bay’
Other forms available: 

SPECIFICATION GUIDELINES:
• Leaves shall originate at or near the soil line and shall be evenly distributed along the stems.
• Pot size in relationship to minimum plant height and minimum plants per pot: