Cleyera japonica 'Fortunei' 24/9 Restock A relative of the azaleas

A relative of the azaleas and blueberries

and the toughness is all there too: this is a near-indestructible evergreen for difficult

One of the hardier evergreen citrus

Red yucca asks for almost nothing: full sun

the loquat has traveled with settlers throughout the mild-winter world

Cleyera japonica 'Fortunei' 24/9 Restock A relative of the azaleasCleyera japonica was for generations placed in the tea family, the Theaceae, alongside camellia and tea themselves, and the resemblance still reads in the glossy, leathery, deep green leaves. Later molecular study moved the genus out of that family and into the Pentaphylacaceae, so the old tea family listing has since been dropped, though the kinship of appearance remains. In the plant's native Japan the species carries a sacred weight few garden