Caryopteris Dark Knight is a compact, attractive deciduous perennial that requires full sun and is an overall low maintenance plant. It has showy flowers and fragrant foliage. ‘Dark Knight’ attracts butterflies, bees and other beneficial insects into the landscape. The bloom is a dark blue, purple color and will flower in the late summer when many shrubs are no longer in bloom.
Wedding Train (Solenostemon ‘wedding train’) is pictured here. This coleus features a mounding display of beautiful multi colored foliage. It performs well in the spring and in the heat of summer. Gay’s Delight (Solenostemon scutellarioides). This variety has bright lime green leaves with black veins. This eye catching plant has a unique accent and will draw attention and add pop to any garden. Fishnet Stocking (Solenostemon scutellarioides). This coleus has striking green and burgundy variegation. It is adaptable as a house plant and is also very heat tolerant.
Gold Breeze Miscanthus is a unique grass that is an apple-green color banded with horizontal golden bars. It is a drought tolerant plant with a fast growth rate. It will get to be between 5 and 7 feet tall at maturity and will have an overall spread of 3 to 4 feet.
This Chilopsis linearis cultivar has become very popular among landscapers and retailers due to its showy, fragrant, trumpet shaped clusters of deep pink flowers. The leaves are long, slender and soft textured. ‘Bubba’ is also a favorite because it typically does not produce seed pods. ‘Bubba’ has an airy and round growth habit and can be grown as a large bush or pruned into tree form. It is highly tolerant of heat and drought and is low maintenance. It is cold hardy in USDA zones 7-9 and has been known to tolerate temperatures as low as five degrees Fahrenheit.
Native to Northern Africa, Marengo is a variegated, evergreen, groundcover with glossy, heart shaped leaves with red stems. It is a great groundcover for bare spots in the garden or as a border along the sides of buildings. Marengo is also a vigorous self-clinging climber. It looks stunning as it crawls up walls and trellises, and adds a rustic and aged look to the structures that it clings to.