Verbena tenuisecta Decked Out Ferns and Allies This 5' tall Doyle Smittle

This 5' tall Doyle Smittle hybrid begins flowering in mid-July and continues until frost with 10" flower heads of fragrant

Native bees are particularly enamoured with Calamintha nepeta

Epimedium 'Sunshowers' has very good rebloom

'Fanny's Aster' is quite handsome in its dried winter form

not realizing distantly related species like Arisaema heterophyllum and Arisaema fargesii wouldn't cross

Verbena tenuisecta Decked Out Ferns and Allies This 5' tall Doyle SmittleThis amazing verbena appeared as a seedling near our back deck; hence, the name. Our 2003 introduction, Verbena 'Decked Out', has sailed through our miserable winters in great shape and rewards us with a constant show of rich, fluorescent purple flowers all summer a hummingbird treat. The non aggressive habit makes it perfect for fun "plant marriages." Oh sorry, I forgot the courts ruled that those weren't legal, but they can still cohabitate in all