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Names of various types of cactus and succulent plants growing in Jenny's Garden -

Aechmea blanchetiana...Light:  Full sun  Height:  1.5-3'  Spacing:  3'  Blooms:  Red, bright yellow  Foliage:  Reddish gold, Orangy-gold, Goldish yellow to green. USDA Zones:  10a-11
Agave Americana  (Century Plant)

Agave Angustifolia Variegata  (Variegated Caribbean Agave)

Agave parryi var. huachucensis  (Huachuca Agave, Parry's Agave, Agave huachucensis)  

Aloe barbadensis  (Aloe indica, Aloe Vera, Aloe Barbados, Curacao Aloe, Gawarpaltra, Ghirita, Indian Alces, Kumari, Lu Hui)

Aloe maculata  (African Aloe, Zebra Aloe,  Soap Aloe)

Alloe 'Walmsley's Blue'  (Aloe)

Aptenia cordifolia ' Red Apple'  (Baby Sunrose, Heartleaf Ice Plant, Dew Plant, Litocarpus cordifolia, Mesembryanthemum cordifolia )

Billbergia nutans var schimperana  (Friendship Plant, Angel Tears, Queen's Tears)

Bromeliad Aechmea angustifolia  (Angus Bromeliad )

Bromeliad Aechmea azurea  (Bromeliad) 

Bromeliad Aechmea discantha  (Bromeliad) 

Bromeliad Aechmea fasciata 'Primera'  (Bromeliad) 

Bromeliad Noregelia 'Sunshine'  (Bromeliad) 

Bromeliad puya mirabilis  ) Origin:  Argentina, Bolivia  Light:  Full sun-light shade  Blooms:  2' green spikesFoliage:  2' Grassy clump of rosettes'  USDA Zones:  9b-11

Bryophyllum delagoense  (Mother of Thousands, Propeller Plant, Chandelier Plant)
Bryophyllum crenatodaigremontianum  (Bryophyllum, Bryophyllum laetivirens, Bryophyllum crenatum x daigremontianum)
Crassula ovata  (Jade Plant, Crassula argenta  Jade Plant, Freindship Tree)
Cassula ovata 'Gollium'  (Trumpet Jade, Hobbit Plant)
Cassula ovata 'Variegata (Dollar Plant, Jade Plant, Jade Tree, Money Tree, Crassula obliqua)
Cotyledon ladismithensis  (Bear's Paws)
Crassula ovata 'Variegata'  (Variegated  Plant, Money Tree, Friendship Tree, Crassula ovata 'Tricolor', Crassula portulacea, Crassula 'argenta', Crassula 'argentea')
Crassula Tom Thumb  (Crassula)
Cryptanthus bibittatus 'Pink Starlite'  (Starfish Plant, Earth Star) 
Cryptocereus anthonyanus  (Ric Rac cactus, Anthony's Rick-Rack, Zig-Zag Cactus, Fishbone Orchid Cactus)
Disocactus ackermannii  (Strap Cactus, Orchid/ Cactus)
Echinopsis chamaecereus  (Peanut Cactus)
Epiphyllum oxypetalum  (Dutchman's Pipe Cactus, Queen of the Night, Night Blooming Cereus, Orchid Cactus)
Euphorbia x lomi  (Crown of Thorns, Christ Plant, Siamese Lucky Plant)...Origin:  Hybrid of Thai origin.  It is a  cross between Euphorbia milii Desmoulins and Euphorbia lophogona Lamarck, both of which are natives to Madagascar.  Blooms:  Pink
Euphorbia milii  (Crown of Thorns, Christ Plant, Siamese Lucky Plant)
Euphorbia milii Peppermint Candy  (Crown of Thorns, Christ Plant, Siamese Lucky Plant)
Euphorbia tirucalli  (Pencil Cactus, Rubber Hedge Euphorbia, Milk Bush, Petroleum Plant, Aveloz)
Euphorbia  tirucalli  'Firesticks'  (Finger Tree, Milkbush, Pencil Tree, Sticks of Fire) 
Euphorbia trigona  (African Milk Tree)
Furcraea foetida  (Giant Cabuya, Green Aloe, Mauritius Hemp)
Graptopetalumparaquayense (Ghost Plant, Mother of Pearl Plant, Sedum weinbergii)
Graptosedum 'Vera Higgins'  (Graptosedum) 
Heurnia schneideriana  (Red Dragon Flower, Heurnia)
Hylocereus undatus  (Dragon Fruit, Red Pitahaya Orejona, Strawberry Pear, Queen of the Night, Night-blooming Cereus, Chak-wob, Paniniokapunahoa, Papipi pua, Reina de la Noche, Chacham, Zaccamb) 
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, Christmas Kalanchoe, Madagascar Widow's thrill, Flaming Katy)
Kalanchoe diagremontiana  (Mother of Thousands, Mexican Hat Plant
Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri  (Bryophyllum gastonis-bonnieri, Bryophyllum adolph-engleri, Kalanchoe adolph-engleri, Life Plant, Donkey's Ears, Giant Kalanchoe, Good Luck Leaf, Miracle Leaf, Sprout Leaf Plant, Sprouting Leaf, Ttree of Life)
Kalanchoe pinnata (Air Plant, Cathedral Bells, Floppers, Hawaiian Air Leaf, Leaf of Life, Mexican Love Plant, Monkey Ears, Mother-in-Law, Resurrection Plant, Sprout Leaf Plant, Tree of Life, Bryophyllum pinnatum, Bryophyllum calycinum, Cotyledon pinnata, Crassula pinnata, Kalanchoe pinnata var. calcicola

Lophocerus schottii Monstrosa  (Living Pole Totem)

Opuntia microdasys albispina  (Bunny Ears Prickly Pear)
Optunia frigilis  (Fragile Prickly Pear, Brittle Prickly Pear, L:ittle Prickly Pear, Pgymy-tuna,  Pgymy Prickly Pear)
Opuntia humifusa  (Hardy Prickly Pear, Prickly Pear, Prickly Pear Cactus, Devil's Tongue)

Pedilanthus tithymaloides 'Variegatus'  (Variegated Devil's Backbone, Christmas Candle, Jacob's Ladder, Japanese Poinsettia, Redbird Cactus, Slipper's Spurge, Zigzag Plant)

Portulacaria afra  (Rainbow Bush Variegata, Elephant Bush)
Sansevieria cylindrica  (Bowstring Hemp, Snake Plant, Mother-In-Law's Tongue)
Sanseveria subspicata 'Red Edge'
Sansevieria trifasciata  (Snake Plant, Devil's Tongue, Mother-In-Law's Tongue, Bowstring Hemp, Snakeskin Plant, Good Luck Plant, Lucky Plant)
Sansevieria trifasciata 'Laurentii'  (Variegated Snake Plant, Devil's Tongue, Mother-In-Law's Tongue, Bowstring Hemp, Snakeskin Plant, Good Luck Plant, Lucky Plant)
Sanseveria trifasciata 'Golden Hahnii'  (Goodluck Plant, Bird's Nest Snake Plant)

Sanseveria trifasciata 'Moonshine'  (Silver Moon,  Moonglow, Bowstring Hemp)

Sedum Autumn Joy   (Showy Stonecrop)
Sedum 'Chinese'  (Showy Stonecrop)  
Sedum 'Frosty Morn'  (Showy Stonecrop) 
Sedum 'Gold Moss'  (Showy Stonecrop) 
Sedum 'Lineare'  (Showy Stonecrop) 
Sedum reflexum  (Blue Spruce, Crooked Yellow Sedum, Jenny's Stonecrop, Prickmadam, Spruce-leaved Stonecrop, Stone Orpine, Petrosedum reflexum, Sedum pinifolium, Sedum  pruniatum, Sedum  repestre)
Sedum repestre 'Angelina'  (Sedum)
Sedum spathulifolium 'Cape Blanco'  (Silver Broadleaf Stonecrop, Pacific Stonecrop, Spoon-leaved Stonecrop)
Sedum telephium 'Emperor's Wave'  (Sedum Empoeror's Wave, Stonecrop) ...Light:  Full sun  Height:  14-16"  4-16"  Blooms:  Clumps of umbrella-like, purple-red flowerhead on sturdy, deep burgundy stems, in late Summer  Foliage: Pointed, pale blue-green, succulent   Soil:  Well-drained , drought resistant when established   Uses:  Borders, beddings, containers, cut flower arrangements  Comments: Brightly colored, beautiful,  Sedum telephium 'Emperor's Wave'  or Stonecrop is a vigorous growing succulent perennial with a mounding habit.  The Sedum Empoeror's Wave thrives well in any soil type and is disease resistant.  It is a bee and butterfly's delight.   USDA Zines: 4-9
Senecio cylindricus  (Senecio)
Stapelia scitula  (Stapelia)
Tillandsia pohliana  (Ephytic Bromeliad, Air Plant)...Origin:  Native to south Americaa  Light:  Bright light, airy.   Blooms: Pendant with large green bracts.  Foliage:  Silvery, loose rosette  Comments:  An epiphyte, commonly found growing on twigs.
Tillandsia reichehbachii...Origin:  Native to Bolivia  Light:  Bright light, airy.   Blooms: Pale blue  Foliage:  Silvery, slightly twisted  Comments:  An epiphyte, commonly found growing on twigs.
Vreisea splendens  (Flaming Sword Bromeliad)...Origin:  Native to south Americaa   Light:  Light shade/part-full shade  Height:  1-2'  Spacing:  2'  Blooms: Red scarlet (dark red)  Foliage:  Evergreen, mottled  Soil:  Well-drained, mildly acidic to neutral, keep moist 
Yucca aloifolia  (Dagger Plant, Spanish  Bayonet)
Yucca guatemalensis  (Giant Yucca, Spineless Yucca, Yucca elephantipes)