Crinum buphanoides SI forms 7b (aka: Coreopsis helianthoides) Coreopsis palustris

(aka: Coreopsis helianthoides) Coreopsis palustris 'Summer Sunshine' is a 2000 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction that originated as a seedling shared by the late Rob Gardner of the NC Botanical Garden

The dramatic

We have counted as many as 18 flowers on a single spike

Peter D’Amato

Hibiscus grandiflorus is an awesome North American native hibiscus with felty grey leaves (right off an Elvis picture) on 8' stalks

Crinum buphanoides SI forms 7b (aka: Coreopsis helianthoides) Coreopsis palustrisCrinum buphanoides (looks like a boophone not related to a cell phone) comes from the northern regions of South Africa where it can be found growing in areas that are swampy during the summer months and dry in the winter. The large rosettes of fleshy glaucous leaves are often heavily rippled a reason to grow the plant even if it didn't flower. In summer, the huge flower spikes are adorned with up to 50 white, sweetly fragrant, star shaped flowers,