Salvia greggii Lipstick Rudbeckia An additional highlight is the

An additional highlight is the dark orange stigmas that protrude from each flower and provide a stunning contrast

Left to its own devices

This selection of thujopsis from northern Japan is much more tolerant of heat and sun than the typical species

(aka: Typhonium giganteum) Sauromatum giganteum is a little-known Chinese (Tibet to Manchuria) hardy aroid that is a must for collectors of the weird and wonderful

including hummingbirds

Salvia greggii Lipstick Rudbeckia An additional highlight is theSalvia 'Lipstick' is one of the longest flowering and best performing Texas sage cultivars we have trialed. In our garden, it begins flowering in early May and continues through November. Each compact 3' tall x 3' wide clump of Salvia greggii 'Lipstick' is simply smothered in terminal flower spikes of lipstick red (RHS 50A) flowers, each highlighted by a white throat and brown calyx a hummingbird fiesta. Texas sage makes a great deer resistant,