(Cilantro, Coriander)

This annual from the eastern Mediterranean is used as an herb, spice, and medicinal plant. Growing rapidly from a spring sowing, 'Delfino' forms a clump of pungent lobed dill-like leaves (cilantro) that add zest to soups, salads, beans, and other foods. Leaves are ready for harvest seven to eight weeks after sowing. Flat clusters of pinkish-white flowers appear on branching ferny-leaved stems in summer, followed by spherical ribbed fruits. The fragrant fruits (known as coriander seeds) are used ground...

(Cilantro, Coriander, Slow Bolt Cilantro)

Cilantro / coriander is an annual or biennial herb native to Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean. It is related to and resembles parsley but is often grown for its aromatic seeds which are used as culinary spice in Eastern World cuisine. Interestingly enough, the leaves are used in Latin American cuisine and called cilantro.

Slow-bolt cilantro, is just as its name suggests: that it goes to seed more slowly, allowing more time to harvest an enjoy the leaves.

Cilantro prefers a fertile well...

(Flowering Dogwood, Gulf Coast Pink Dogwood)

A selection of flowering dogwood Cornus florida, which is native to eastern North America, ‘Gulf Coast Pink’ is notably tolerant of warm climates. It is a small deciduous with an elegant canopy of spreading branches, and it flowers beautifully in mid-spring, covering itself with upward-facing pink blooms made of four overlapping bracts (petal-like leaves) surrounding a green center of tiny flowers that give way to clusters of bright red berry-like fruits, which are eaten by birds. The leaves...

(Pampas Grass)

Best known in the form of pampas grass (C. selloana), Cortaderia comprises more than 20 evergreen or semi-evergreen grasses native to South America, New Zealand, and New Guinea. Their long, arching blades arise from dense spreading clumps that can become immense. Showy, feathery panicles of silvery, tawny, or pinkish flowers are borne on stout stems. Height varies, but most species are tall.

In cultivation, most cortaderias grow best in full sun and amply drained, average to poor soil. They are...

(Purple Pampas Grass)

Best known in the form of pampas grass (C. selloana), Cortaderia comprises more than 20 evergreen or semi-evergreen grasses native to South America, New Zealand, and New Guinea. Their long, arching blades arise from dense spreading clumps that can become immense. Showy, feathery panicles of silvery, tawny, or pinkish flowers are borne on stout stems. Height varies, but most species are tall.

In cultivation, most cortaderias grow best in full sun and amply drained, average to poor soil. They are...

(Pampas Grass)

One of the signature plants of the Pampas of Argentina, this immense, clumping, highly ornamental evergreen grass is grown and has naturalized throughout the milder climatic regions of the world. It is valued primarily for its spectacular, fluffy, silvery heads of male or female flowers, which are held high above the foliage atop lofty stalks in late summer and autumn. Female plants have showier, silky-haired flowers and are more desirable. The ornamental seed heads dry to a lovely straw color and...

(Gold Band Pampas Grass, Pampas Gras)

One of the signature plants of the Pampas of Argentina, this immense, clumping, highly ornamental evergreen grass is grown and has naturalized throughout the milder climatic regions of the world. It is valued primarily for its spectacular, fluffy, silvery heads of male or female flowers, which are held high above the foliage atop lofty stalks in late summer and autumn. Female plants have showier, silky-haired flowers and are more desirable. The ornamental seed heads dry to a lovely straw color and...

(Pampas Grass, Pink Pampas Grass)

One of the signature plants of the vast Argentine plains for which it is named, pampas grass is an immense, clumping, highly ornamental evergreen grass that is grown and naturalized throughout the milder climatic regions of the world. The cultivar 'Carminea Rendatleri' bears large, showy, plumy heads of rosy pink flowers atop lofty arching stalks from late summer into autumn. The long, folded, fountaining leaves are ornamental year-round.

This drought- and salt-tolerant grass prefers full sun,...

(Pampas Grass, Sun Stripe™ Pampas Grass)

One of the signature plants of the vast Argentine plains for which it is named, pampas grass is an immense, clumping, highly ornamental evergreen grass that is grown and naturalized throughout the milder climatic regions of the world. Although usually grown for its large, plumy flower heads on lofty stems, in the case of the selection Sun Stripe it is equally valued for the showy longitudinal yellow banding on its long, folded, fountaining leaves. From late summer into fall, showy heads of silvery...

(Pampas Grass)

Pampas grass is named for the vast grassy plains of its native habitat, Pampas, Argentina.

The cultivar ‘Pumila’ is a vigorous dwarf selection. Still, it is a substantial clump-forming ornamental perennial grass. Its soft green leaves are folded and gradually taper. The blade edges are truly blade-like; they are toothed, very sharp and can cause lacerations from even the slightest touch. The most impressive feature of pampas grass is its large, fluffy floral plumes that appear atop long stiff...