ZONE: 8b-11

LIGHT: Sun/Part Shade

HEIGHT: 2-3 ft.

SPREAD: 3-4 ft.

SOIL: Well Drained

FLOWERS: Orange

LANDSCAPE VALUES:

Dicliptera suberecta is noted for its fuzzy grey-green leaves and neon-orange, two-lipped flower clusters which wow our visitors from summer to fall. Dicliptera prefers to be grown in full sun in well-drained soil and is drought-tolerant once established.

Attracts Hummingbirds

Heat, Drought and Humidity Tolerant

ZONE: 7b - 10

LIGHT: Shade

HEIGHT: 6-8 in.

SPREAD: 12 – 24 in.

SOIL: Well-drained

FLOWERS: White

LANDSCAPE VALUES:

This wild bulb from South Africa's Eastern Cape Province emerges in spring with fleshy green leaves covered with dark spots (maculata means "spotted"). A great ground cover for that shady area under a tree or in a container. Small white flowers top the beautiful foliage in spring.

ZONE: 9-11

LIGHT: Sun

SOIL: Well drained

HEIGHT: 10 -15 ft

FLOWER: Purple

LANDSCAPE VALUES:

Twining stems display spectacular long-lasting, purple-blue, fragrant blooms with an exotic shape. This popular climber works well on fences and walls, and along eaves. Lavender Lady's 4-5" fragrant flowers are nearly translucent so that they almost glow, putting on an incredible long lasting display, in spring and blooms again in the fall. Graceful tendrils wind around support structures, quickly creating a lush green screen. Can be grown indoors. Evergreen in frost-free regions.

ZONE: 4 - 9

LIGHT: Partial shade to shade

HEIGHT: 4 - 6 in

SPREAD: 9 - 18 in.

LANDSCAPE VALUES:

FEATHERED FRIENDS^™ ‘Noble Nightingale’ Ajuga is a striking small-leaved variety. The feather-like foliage of this evergreen ground cover is extremely glossy and is deep purple, almost black. It provides excellent texture to shady areas and is set off by cobalt blue blooms in spring. Best grown in part to full shade in moist, well-drained soil. Use as a border or ground cover plant in the shade garden. ‘Noble Nightingale’ compliments other shade plants

ZONE: 8 – 10

LIGHT: Part Sun/Light Shade

HEIGHT: 4-6 ft.

SPREAD: 4 – 6 ft.

FLOWER: Red

LANDSCAPE VALUE:

A handsome, tropical looking perennial for shade gardens! Rich, glossy green leaves on a 4 ft.-6 ft. plant. Produces 8 -12 in. spikes of bright red flowers in the fall & will bloom all winter if in a protected area. Responds well to pruning. Needs some sun for best bloom/

ATTRACTS HUMMINGBIRDS AND BUTTERLIES

!FLOOD AND DROUGHT TOLERANT!

ZONE: 8 – 10

LIGHT: Part Sun/Light Shade

HEIGHT: 4-8 ft.

SPREAD: 4 – 6 ft.

FLOWER: Pink

LANDSCAPE VALUE:

Pink Firespike is a must have for southern butterfly and hummingbird gardens. This is an attractive, close and rarer relative of the red firespike, but produces long lasting spikes of pink flowers. It can grow from 5-6 feet tall. Its culture and landscape value is the same as red firespike in that it is a marvelous hummingbird attractor and a beautiful foliage plant when not in bloom. Blooms as the weather cools down in autumn and will bloom into spring unless a hard freeze knocks it down to the ground.

ATTRACTS HUMMINGBIRDS AND BUTTERLIES

!FLOOD AND DROUGHT TOLERANT!

ZONE: 4 - 9

LIGHT: Sun, Partial sun

SOIL: Moist, Well-drained

HEIGHT: 12 – 18 in.

SPREAD: 18 - 24 in.

LANDSCAPE VALUES: Little Lemon is an excellent and distinctive hybrid Goldenrod that blooms in mid-summer with full, bright lemon-yellow flower spikes held over small dark green compact plants.

Attracts Bees and Butterflies

Deer and Rabbit Resistant

ZONE: 9-11

LIGHT: Sun/Part Sun

HEIGHT: 2 – 2.5 ft.

SPREAD: 1 – 1.5 ft.

SOIL: Well-drained

LANDSCAPE VALUES: Gomphrena haageana, in comparison to the more common annual g. globosa, is a tender perennial with brightly colored bracts arranged in globose, papery-textured flowerheads that provide color from spring to frost. ‘Strawberry Fields’ has unusually deep, clear red bracts and makes excellent cut flowers.

Attracts Butterflies - Heat, Humidity, and Drought Tolerant

LIGHT: Morning Sun/Afternoon Shade/Part sun

HEIGHT: 6 – 8 ft.

SPREAD: 2 - 3 ft.

SOIL: Well drained

LANDSCAPE VALUES: Antwerp Fig Leaf Hollyhocks are hard to find, true perennial hollyhocks. They are exceptionally cold hardy, showy, healthy, reliable, and long lived. This mix includes a rich variety of deep 3–5-inch flower colors including shades of yellow, copper, pink, red, and white from May to October. This species is less susceptible to leaf rust than other hollyhocks.

Attracts Bees

PERENNIAL

ZONE: 3-9

LIGHT: Sun/ Part Sun

SOIL: Well drained

HEIGHT: 10-12 in

SPREAD: 12-24 in

FLOWER: Red/some yellow tips

LANDSCAPE VALUES:

Masses of large, deep red blossoms are produced all summer, even under hot and dry conditions. Very floriferous. Occasional yellow accents in the centers and on the petal tips as the plant matures.

ATTRACTS BUTTERFLIES ~HUMIDITY TOLERANT~DEER RESISTANT

ZONE: 7 – 10

LIGHT: Sun/Part Sun

HEIGHT: 18 - 24 in.

SPREAD: 18 – 24 in

SOIL: Moist/Well drained

FLOWER: Pink

LANDSCAPE VALUES:

‘Skyrocket Pink’ Salvia has beautiful rosy-pink, tubular flowers on tall, sturdy stems that will enliven any patio or garden bed. This prolific bloomer has flower power from late spring until fall. Easy care, durable, waterwise, and tolerates heat and drought.

Attracts Hummingbirds, Birds, Bees, and Butterflies

Drought and Heat Tolerant

ZONE: 4 - 9

LIGHT: Full Sun / Part Sun

SOIL: Average, well drained

HEIGHT: 10 - 18 inches

SPREAD: 10 - 18 inches

LANDSCAPE VALUES: Solanna Sunset Burst has beautiful, fringy yellow flowers with a red glow brushed from the center outward atop compact mounding foliage. It has a long bloom period beginning in spring to fall. It is a superb choice for the front of the border or containers. Self cleaning, no deadheading needed.

Attracts Bees and Butterflies; Deer, Drought, and Rabbit Tolerant

ZONE: 9 - 11

LIGHT: Sun, Part Sun

SOIL: Well Drained

HEIGHT: 2 – 3 ft.

SPREAD: 2 – 3 ft.

FLOWER: Creamy White, yellow

LANDSCAPE VALUES:

A Caribbean native, this beauty has creamy white petals that are yellow towards the base, with a distinct black center, and dark green serrated foliage. These showy flowers are abundant from spring through fall. Although it is not hardy in our colder winters, it does reseed itself. White Alder is ideal for foundation, border, groundcover, mass planting or in a container.

Attracts butterflies, birds and bees

ZONE: 9a - 11

LIGHT: Sun/Part Sun

SOIL: Well Drained

HEIGHT: 2 – 5 ft.

SPREAD: 2 – 3 ft.

FLOWER: Yellow

LANDSCAPE VALUES:

A Caribbean native, this perennial is treated as an annual where not hardy. It has many yellow flowers on rounded plants. Blooms sporadically all year long. It may be used as a ground cover, in foundations, ground beds or in containers

ZONE: 5-9

LIGHT: Sun

HEIGHT: 24 – 36 in.

SPREAD: 24 – 36 in.

SOIL: Well Drained

LANDSCAPE VALUES:

'Karley Rose' is the most famous Fountain Grass, known for its highly decorative rose-purple plumes that catch sunlight like no other. Excellent in containers and when planted en masse, 'Karley Rose' is a cold-hardy variety that holds its sprays of blooms throughout the season. Tolerant of both drought and partial shade, this fountain grass delivers plenty of winter interest and has no major pest or disease issues.

ZONE: 5 - 9

LIGHT: Sun, Part Sun

HEIGHT: 3 - 6 ft.

SPREAD: 1 - 2 ft.

SOIL: Moist, well drained

LANDSCAPE VALUES: One of the most popular ornamental grasses worldwide, ‘Karl Foerster’ is a majestic fountain grass that is highly valued for its tall, pinkish-purple, erect feathery flower plumes that persist early summer to fall. It is not only beautiful, but it is also fast growing, reliable, and virtually carefree. Stunning as a specimen plant, in large borders or massed.

Tolerates Drought, Deer, Rabbit, and Wet Soil

Attracts Birds; RHS Award of Garden Merit

ZONE: 8 - 10

LIGHT: Morning Sun, Part Sun

HEIGHT: 4 - 6 ft.

SPREAD: 2 - 3 ft.

SOIL: Well Drained

FLOWER: Yellow, orange, and red

LANDSCAPE VALUES: An heirloom from the Biltmore Estate, ‘Biltmore Ball Gown’ is a vigorous, upright, semi-evergreen, everblooming shrub that has dramatic 2” wide pendulous, bell-shaped yellow orange flowers that are streaked with deep red veining. It has dark green maple shaped leaves, and it blooms spring through fall especially with ample water and fertilizer. It performs best with full morning sun and afternoon shade.

Attracts Bees, Butterflies and Hummingbirds

Heat and Humidity Tolerant

ZONE: 3 - 9

LIGHT: Sun/Part Sun

SOIL: Rich, Moist, well drained

HEIGHT: 5 – 7 ft.

SPREAD: 2 - 3 ft.

FLOWER: Pastel Mix

LANDSCAPE VALUES: Hollyhocks have been grown in gardens for centuries, their tall spikes of satiny, crepe-textured flowers make a fine display in mid-summer. ‘Summer Carnival’ is a hardy old fashioned cottage garden favorite, with a wonderful mix of fully double peony shaped flowers in crimson, pink, yellow, white and rose. While considered a biennial or short-lived perennial, ‘Summer Carnival’ tends to reliably come back each year. If rust is an issue in our humid climate, treat with a copper based fungicide.

AAS Winner

Attracts Butterflies and Hummingbirds

Deer Resistant ~ Drought Tolerant

ZONE: 9 - 10

LIGHT: Sun

HEIGHT: 8 - 10 in.

SPREAD: 12 - 18 in.

SOIL: Well Drained

LANDSCAPE VALUES: Gazania ‘Talent Mix’ is a spreading, low growing tender perennial that has compact silvery white short, stemmed foliage, and gorgeous large daisy like flowers in a broad range of colors, some with stripes, ringed or two toned. Gazanias need less water than most plants and are top performers in the front of sunny borders, as a path edging, or a colorful accent in a rock garden or container. They provide maintenance free flower power from spring through the summer and are most often grown as annuals but are tender perennials in zones 9 and 10. The flowers open in the sun and close when cloudy or dark.

Attracts Birds, Butterflies and Bees / Heat and Drought Tolerant

RHS Award of Garden Merit

ZONE: 3 - 9

LIGHT: Morning sun, afternoon shade

HEIGHT: 27 in.

SPREAD: 18 – 23 in.

SOIL: Moist, well drained

FLOWER: Warm Orange petals with red eye

LANDSCAPE VALUES: ‘Pointed Perfection’ has large 6” blooms with delicate red rims that surround the sizzling orange petals and the pointed red eye zone that has yellow central striping. This early midsummer bloomer is a showy semi-evergreen perennial and a stunning rebloomer. Robust plants produce 15 buds per scape. Daylilies are often called the “perfect perennial” due to their showy flowers, heat, humidity and drought tolerance, easy to grow, and low care maintenance.

Attracts Butterflies and Hummingbirds / Rabbit Tolerant

ZONE: 6 – 10b

LIGHT: Sun to Part Shade

HEIGHT: 24-48”

SPACING: 28-40”

SOIL: Well-drained

FLOWER: Yellow

LANDSCAPE VALUES:

Plants form a shrubby mound of woolly silver-grey leaves, bearing spikes of butter-yellow flowers arranged in tiers or layers. Woody and evergreen in Zones 8 to 9. Plants require excellent drainage, particularly in areas with hot muggy summers or wet winters. Plants may be pruned back hard in early spring when needed. Nice for cutting.

Drought tolerant ~Deer resistant

Attracts Butterflies

ZONE: 9 - 11

LIGHT: Sun – Part Shade

HEIGHT: 12 – 24 in.

SPREAD: 24 - 36 in.

SOIL: Well Drained

FLOWER: Red

LANDSCAPE VALUES:

Brazilian Petunia produces a non-stop display of tall stalks of bright red tubular flowers held above medium green foliage from late spring to frost. This tough and reliable show stopper prolific bloomer looks phenomenal in a border or in a container.

ATTRACTS BUTTERFLIES, BEES AND HUMMINGBIRDS

DEER RESISTANT

HEAT AND HUMIDITY TOLERANT

ZONE: 8 - 10

LIGHT: Sun, Part sun

SOIL: Moist, Well-drained

HEIGHT: 1 – 2 ft.

SPREAD: 1 -2 ft.

LANDSCAPE VALUES: ‘Forest Fire’ has masses of beautiful spikes of orange tubular flowers with red overtones rising above the foliage from late spring to fall. This tall, graceful, fast growing native species has showy dark calyxes and black stems that are very colorful and add to the overall interest of the plant. They look great massed as a specimen or in containers.

Attracts Bees, Birds, Butterflies and Hummingbirds

Drought, Heat and Humidity Tolerant

ZONE: 7b – 10b

LIGHT: Sun/Part Sun

HEIGHT: 36 – 48 in.

SPREAD: 24 – 36 in.

SOIL: Well drained

FLOWER: Red/White

LANDSCAPE VALUES:

A unique and striking mounding perennial with unusual two-toned flowers backed by very fine green foliage. The blooms appear continuously through the hottest of summers until the first frost in fall. An outstanding compact, carefree perennial for sunny waterwise gardens. Withstands mild drought once established.

Attracts Butterflies & Hummingbirds

Deer Resistant ~Drought Tolerant

ZONE: 4 - 9

LIGHT: Sun

HEIGHT: 10 – 12 in.

SPREAD: 10 -12 in.

SOIL: Moist, well drained

LANDSCAPE VALUES: Rose Marvel flaunts ultra large, fragrant, stunning magenta-pink flower spikes atop scented grey-green foliage early summer to fall. This dwarf, hardy, reblooming salvia cultivar provides excellent color and impact over a long season in both your landscape and container.

ATTRACTS BEES, BUTTERFLIES AND HUMMINGBIRDS

DROUGHT AND DRY SOIL TOLERANT

DEER AND RABBIT RESISTANT

ZONE: 9 - 11

LIGHT: Sun, Part Sun

HEIGHT: 24 – 36 in.

SPREAD: 24 – 36 in.

SOIL: Well Drained, but wet soil tolerant

LANDSCAPE VALUES: ‘Kaleidoscope’ Four O’ clock is a bushy perennial, bearing a mix of fragrant solid and bicolor showy trumpet-shaped flowers that include pink, yellow, white, and red that open in the afternoon sun and close in the morning. They bloom summer to fall and look great in sunny beds or in a container. They will die back in the winter and come back in the spring.

Attracts Birds, Butterflies and Hummingbirds

Deer and Rabbit Tolerant