Mulberry Creek Herb Farm

Opuntia, Hardy Mulberry Creek

Opuntia humifusa 'Mulberry Creek


This plant was a gift for a gentleman in Castalia, OH whom we could never find again. After having gifted it to a few friends, it has now entered the hardy cactus circles as ""Mulberry Creek"". It flowers every year during the third week of June- just before our HerbFair. It needs grreat drainage to prevent winter rotting, but is hardy to Zone 4!

Pelargonium, Kilamangaro

Pelargonium laxum

Portulacaria, Mini Elephant

Portulacaria afra


Compared to the ""Mini Variegated Portulacaria"" this clearly grows more erect and of course has solid green, succulent foliage. This is the better choice for dwarf trees. I suggest you add any ""Haworthia,"" a groundcover of ""Knawel Cushion"" and a ""Sweet Flag"" and you've got a sunny, tropical garden for indoors and out.

Portulacaria, Mini Elephant 5 in.

Portulacaria afra


Compared to the ""Mini Variegated Portulacaria"" this clearly grows more erect and of course has solid green, succulent foliage. This is the better choice for dwarf trees. I suggest you add any ""Haworthia,"" a groundcover of ""Knawel Cushion"" and a ""Sweet Flag"" and you've got a sunny, tropical garden for indoors and out.

Portulacaria, Mini Variegated

Portulacaria afra 'Variegata'


Start with a red stemmed ""Jade Tree"" and substitute the foliage with creamy white edged leaves that look like large, flattened peas studded all around the red stems. Really colorful succulent, that takes on the tree position in a dish garden.

Sedum Amber Glow

Sedum adolphii 'Golden Glow'


Huge contrasts can be found even in collections of the same genus. Take ""Sedums."" Plump, skinny, gold, pink, purple, thyme-like and in 'Amber Glow's case, green turning glowing red (as the temp. rises), are just a few foliar examples. Winter flowers, seen indoors in Ohio, are pure white. You'll never be bored with a ""Sedum"" collection.

Sedum, Blue Crested

Sedum reflexum 'Monstrosum Cristatum'


Blue needled leaves pop out from around stems much like a Japanese fam. Cristata or Monstrosa are the names used to describe these weird looking mutations. Ever seen 'Fain-Tail Willow""? Well that is one example. Great dish gardens, ""Jar Gem"", and Southwest desert theme railroad gardens. We are still learning its hardiness and real name.

Sedum, Frosted Blue

Sedum hispanicum minus 'Pink Form'


Think of a forest of miniature blue spruce, frosted in pink, viewed from 1000 feet above. This is it - one of the most beautiful and unusual miniature sedums with pink tipped, blue leaves. If that isn't enough, how about pink and white flowers in early summer?

Sedum, Golden Angeline

Sedum ruprestes 'Angelina' PPAF
Bright yellow, 1/2"" long, soft needles contrast well with Sedum 'Voodoo', 'Love's Triangle' or 'Frosted Blue'.