A common name for Tillandsia is "air plants" because they do not need to be embedded in soil. They absorb moisture and nutrients through their leaves and can have beautiful blooms. You can wire them to a ball wire form and eventually they will grow around it.
My favorite ones are reddish with purple flowers.
This nursery has very beautiful displays and two huge rock boulders that a lot of their airplants are attached to.
They also have a very nice koi pond, and waterfall features.
The arrangement of these plants on deadwood creates a great color and texture contrast that is very pleasing to look at.
This topiary ball consists of Spanish Moss hanging from the top with Tillandsias on the bottom. These plants can be glued and or wired onto the wire forms or deadwood without harming the plant.
They also carry some exotic tropical plants and a few succulents.
There is a large area where they farm these plants. The plants that are on sale are clearly labelled with the plant name and description of their flowers and characteristics.
This is an awesome topiary ball with a color gradation due to sun exposure. The plants that get more sun turn more reddish.
This is one of the island boulders standing in the giant koi pond in the middle of their greenhouse.
Being in this nursery makes you feel like you're in a tropical location of the world, and not California. However, Tillandsias are drought resistant. You can place them in a terrarium and mist them once a week. They prefer 70% bright light. Not scorching afternoon direct sunlight, and not shade either. I think this is a very agreeable condition for California gardens.
Eileen took a great close up shot of one of the flowers. I couldn't help but buy a few to add to a our collection that started when my aunt gave me a cluster last year along with some Spanish Moss. They are all in good health and are about to bloom soon. The staff was friendly and helpful. They sell deadwood, and small glass globes to house the plants. I only wish that they would stock more of a variety of terrariums for display and arrangements. I would definitely revisit this nursery and recommend that you do too if you are in the area. If you are not in the area, you can visit their website which is also really nice to learn more and buy some plants.
http://www.rainforestflora.com/
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