Verbena bonariensis Pellaea This little-known obscure Chinese native

This little-known obscure Chinese native butterfly bush species has shiny green leaves

There are never enough fall-flowering

first saw this solidago on a flashlight walk one evening after giving a garden talk

If you ever get tired of having a gold Lilium concolor in your garden

and it looks really sweet

Verbena bonariensis Pellaea This little-known obscure Chinese nativeVerbena bonariensis is the ultimate perennial for both experienced perennial border designers as well as beginning gardeners. The blue purple (RHS 82A), large marble sized, branched flower clusters are borne all summer on 30" tall stalks above the narrow see through foliage. Bonariensis (latin for "Buenos Aires") vervain is great in the garden or in flower arrangements a hummingbird favorite. In good soils, you will find a few seedlings scattered