the 1' tall x 2' wide (5 years) Iris lazica clumps are adorned with lavender-blue flowers
Epimedium 'Sweetheart' has much better foliage (larger and darker green) that is fully evergreen
Callirhoe involucrata var
(aka: Ligularia tussilaginea 'Argentea') Farfugium japonicum 'Argentum' is considered the most beautiful and prized member of the genus farfugium
so invite a crowd of folks over if you're having a drought
Isodon effusus Dasylirion the 1' tall x 2'(aka: Rabdosia effusus (longituba), Plectranthus effusus) From the Japanese mountains of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu comes this woodland member of the salvia family formerly Rabdosia longituba, before its reassignment to the genus Plectranthus, then to the genus Isodon. The stems of the clumping Isodon effusus rise throughout the summer, reaching 2' tall by September when they are topped with 1' long, airy panicles containing hundreds of pendent,