Featured Plants
Information on new, rare, or little-known plants can be difficult to find. Here are some plants that we feel deserve some extra consideration. Watch for the plant that may be just right for you.
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Common Name: Chinese Plumbago
This "Plumbago" is a small shrub with small bristly leaves which turn reddish in fall. It has rich blue flowers in summer and fall. It should have sunny or semi-shady site with well-drained soil and good air circulation. It is native t... |
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Common Name: Zenobia, Dusty
This is the blue-foliaged form of this fine semi-evergreen ornamental shrub native to the coastal Carolinas. Our introduction, the 'Woodlanders Blue' selection with blue foliage, has become more widely available. Zenobia was virtually ... |
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Common Name: Red Rose-Mallow
This tall open perennial Hibiscus with maple-like (or Marijuana-like !) leaves has bright red 3-5 inch flowers with extended stamens. It is a striking ornamental Hibiscus that grows naturally in very wet sites in the southern U.S. but i... |
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Common Name: Trailing Verbena
'Homestead' is a vigorous trailing perennial Verbena with dissected leaves and royal purple flowers. This variety found and selected at a homestead in Georgia has become a popular groundcover and garden plant. Long blooming and long-lived it deser... |
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Common Name: Coralbean Hybrid
This very showy Coralbean is a hybrid between the Argentine E. crista-galli and our native E. herbacea. Perennial in zone 8 from large root stock. Large spikes of vivid red flowers in summer. Cut back plants after... |
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Common Name: Hardy Lantana
'Miss Huff' is a now popular form of this very floriferous orange-flowered shrub attractive to butterflies. Discovered in cultivation near Athens, GA, and introduced by Goodness Grows Nursery, 'Miss Huff' Lantana is a good warm climate shrub ... |
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Common Name: Yellow Butterflybush
This yellow-flowered hybrid butterflybush (B. globosa x B. davidii) is better and more vigorous than 'Sungold'. It was obtained by Dr. Mike Dirr from Crathes Castle Garden in Scotland and named 'Honeycomb'. It was purchased... |
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Common Name: Swamp Sunflower
Swamp Sunflower is a tall robust perennial that can be an aggressive spreader in a moist sunny location. A good perennial plant for the garden with ample space. In late summer and fall the plants are smothered in 2 1/2 inch wide bright yellow flow... |
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Common Name: Ocala Anisetree 'Florence' (variegated)
Native to scattered localities in Central Florida, the Ocala Anise is rare in the wild but widely cultivated in the South. It has highly aromatic olive-green foliage that smells like root beer when crushed and small yellow bell-like flowers in sum... |
