Conradina etonia NOT OUTSIDE NC Butia it becomes one of the

it becomes one of the stars of the garden

we keep looking at each other wondering why we haven't introduced this yet

truly spectacular where it can be grown

discovered by native plant guru Bob McCartney in a sandhills habitat in central Georgia's Wheeler County

it survived 7 degrees F

Conradina etonia NOT OUTSIDE NC Butia it becomes one of theThe Federally endangered Conradina etonia was discovered by our friend, Bob McCartney of Woodlanders in Putnam County, Florida, in 1990 and subsequently introduced by Woodlanders Nursery. Less than 2000 plants exist at the nineteen sites in the Florida panhandle (around the Etoniah Creek State Forest) where it can be found growing in deep white sandy soils. In our garden, Conradina etonia has proven very easy to grow in well drained garden soils,