(Texas Shell Pink Waterlily, Tropical Night-blooming Waterlily)

The night-blooming tropical waterlily ‘Texas Shell Pink’ is a free-flowering cultivar with creamy white petals that have red-purple tips. These cinnamon-fragranced, broadly opening flowers are held above the water surface and open around sunset and close around noon the following day. The pollen-carrying anthers in the flower's center are a dull orange. This waterlily has large, deep yellow-green floating leaves. They are supported by flexible grayish brown stems that arise from a rhizome growing...

(Tropical Night-blooming Waterlily, Trudy Slocum Waterlily)

The night-blooming tropical waterlily, ‘Trudy Slocum’ is free-flowering and pungently scented. Its clear white semi-double flowers surround lots of yellow pollen-carrying anthers. The blooms are held above the water’s surface, open around sunset and close at noon the following day. The large round leaves are green with brown-green undersides and float on the surface of the water. (New leaves have occasional purple blotches.) They are supported by flexible brown stems that rise from rhizomes growing...

(Hardy Waterlily, Virgin Waterlily)

The hardy waterlily ‘Virginalis’ is a very free-flowering cultivar with cup-shaped white flowers held above the water surface. Its petals are lovely white surrounding a center of yellow stamens. The flowers are lightly fragrant in only the newest blossoms. This 1910 hybrid has round, green floating leaves that emerge purpled or bronzed. They are supported by flexible green or light brown stems that arise from a thick rhizome growing hortizontally in mucky soil below.

Waterlilies require full...

(African Blue Basil, Hybrid Basil)

Big, beautiful ‘African Blue’ basil is a hybrid of Ocimum basilicum 'Dark Opal,' a purple-leafed sweet basil and Ocimum kilimandscharicum, camphor basil. It is grown as much for its lovely leaves as it is for cooking. The large leaves are purple when they first emerge and mature to dark, shiny green with purple veins and undersides. The fragrance and flavor is spicy with hints of camphor. The upright, bushy plants are large and ideal for sunny garden spots.

In summer basil produces...

(Lemon Basil)

Lemon basil is a natural hybrid, which is a cross between sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) and hoary basil (Ocimum canum). The foliage of this warm season annual herb, or tender evergreen perennial, has a strong lemony basil fragrance and flavor. It is great for flavoring poultry, salad dressings and fish.

The moderately-sized plants have slightly hairy stems and smooth, oval leaves that are green to gray-green. Spikes of white, two-lipped flowers appear as summer temperatures...

(Lime Basil)

Lemon basil is a natural hybrid, which is a cross between sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) and hoary basil (Ocimum canum). The foliage of this warm season annual herb, or tender evergreen perennial, has a strong lemony basil fragrance and flavor. It is great for flavoring poultry, salad dressings and fish.

The moderately-sized plants have slightly hairy stems and smooth, oval leaves that are green to gray-green. Spikes of white, two-lipped flowers appear as summer temperatures...

(Lemon Basil, Pesto Perpetuo Lemon Basil, Variegated Lemon Basil)

Lovely, fragrant, variegated foliage covers this surprisingly vigorous warm season herb all summer. Introduced by Sunny Border Nurseries in 2004, 'Pesto Perpetuo' has an almost columnar bushy habit. Its pale green leaves are edged in ivory and have a crisp, clean look. It was discovered by Pierre Bennerup of Berlin, Connecticut in a block of Ocimum x citriodorum ‘Lesbos' plants.

Lemon basil is a natural hybrid, which is a cross between sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) and hoary basil...

(Lemon Basil)

Lemon basil is a natural hybrid, which is a cross between sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) and hoary basil (Ocimum canum). The foliage of this warm season annual herb, or tender evergreen perennial, has a strong lemony basil fragrance and flavor. It is great for flavoring poultry, salad dressings and fish.

The moderately-sized plants have slightly hairy stems and smooth, oval leaves that are green to gray-green. Spikes of white, two-lipped flowers appear as summer temperatures...

(Firespike, Purple Firespike)

Hummingbirds love the vibrant blooms of purple firespike. Its dense upright flower clusters are a magenta-pink to lavender and add bright color and interest to warm climate gardens. This upright, tender shrub is native to lower Mexico and Central America where it naturally grows in the forest understory, margins and sometimes open areas.

Fast-growing in the heat and humidity of summer, the upright stems have oval deep green leaves that taper at the tips. These are in pairs along the stems. Stem...

(Java Water Dropwort, Water Celery, Water Parsley)

Delicate, fern-like foliage is both pretty and edible, and water parsley's flat, branched clusters of starry white flowers add interest in late summer. A water-loving tender perennial, it is native to a large area: India eastward to Japan and southward to Queensland in Australia. It spreads as its horizontal stems root as it touches moist soil.

The feathery, lacy leaves have an overall triangular shape. Each leaf has many oval, toothed leaflets that are a medium green. In late summer, stem tips...