(Blanketflower, Perennial Blanketflower)

Commonly known as blanketflower, Gaillardia x grandiflora is a hybrid of the North American natives Gaillardia aristata and Gaillardia pulchella. This vigorous, long-blooming, hardy perennial is both heat-loving and drought tolerant. Blanketflower 'Summers Kiss' produces mounds of soft green, slightly hairy foliage in spring. By early summer they begin to bloom with daisy-like, apricot flowers blushed with golden orange. These have darker-colored gold centers and are attractive...

(Perennial Blanketflower, Torchlight Blanketflower)

Commonly known as blanketflower, Gaillardia x grandiflora is a hybrid of the North American natives Gaillardia aristata and Gaillardia pulchella. This vigorous, long-blooming, hardy perennial is both heat-loving and drought tolerant. Plants produce mounds of soft green, slightly hairy foliage in spring. By early summer they begin to produce daisy-like flowers in fiery tones of orange-red with yellow tips. These have darker-colored centers and are attractive to butterflies....

(Perennial Blanketflower)

Commonly known as blanketflower, Gaillardia x grandiflora is a hybrid of the North American natives Gaillardia aristata and Gaillardia pulchella. This vigorous, long-blooming, hardy perennial is both heat-loving and drought tolerant. Plants produce mounds of soft green, slightly hairy foliage in spring. By early summer they begin to produce daisy-like flowers in fiery tones of orange-red with yellow tips. These have darker-colored centers and are attractive to butterflies....

(Autumn Snowdrop, Early Snowdrop)

Rare both in the wild and in gardens, this small bulbous perennial from southern Turkey is notable for its fall to winter bloom period. Nodding from a slender arching stem ("pedicel") atop an ankle-high scape, the white, solitary, honey-scented flower has six petal-like segments in two whorls. The three spoon-shaped outer segments draw back in warm weather to reveal the three much smaller inner segments, which form a tube-like structure. The inner segments have notched tips with a green v-shaped...

(Shower-of-Gold, Smooth Goldshower)

Shower-of-Gold is a large, evergreen shrub native to eastern Mexico south to Guatemala. The leaves are opposite on the stems, light green to bluish, smooth or waxy and elliptical to oval-shaped with two visible glands at the base. The stems are reddish with many hairs. The yellow flowers are borne on terminal racemes, or un-branched flowerstalks. The shrubs bear some flowers year ‘round with a heavier bloom in summer. The flower petals do not drop completely and interesting three part seed capsules...

(Rain-of-Gold, Spray-of-Gold, Thryallis)

Rain-of-Gold is a large, evergreen shrub native to eastern Mexico and Central America. The leaves are opposite on the stems, light green to bluish, smooth or waxy and elliptical to lance-shaped with two visible glands at the base. The yellow flowers are borne on terminal racemes or un-branched flowerstalks. The shrubs bear some flowers year ‘round with a heavier bloom in summer. The flower petals drop completely once the ovary is fertilized and are followed by interesting three part seed capsules....

(Wavyleaf Silktassel)

Wavyleaf silktassel is an arresting sight in midwinter when it drapes itself with long, cascading, ghostly-gray flower clusters. This medium to large evergreen shrub is native to California and western Oregon.

Leathery, wavy-edged, oval leaves are paired along the upright to spreading branches of this rounded shrub. The leaves are glossy deep green above with downy gray undersides. In early winter, plants produce numerous drooping chains of gray-green flowers. Individual plants bear either long,...

(Beestong, Gasteria)

The drought-tolerant succulents in this genus are unique in that they are shade-loving. The 50 to 80 distinct species form clumps of fleshy rosettes that produce some of the most exquisite flowers imaginable. All are native to southern Africa, from South Africa to Namibia, where growing conditions are arid and tropical. As cultivated specimens, they fare best as greenhouse plants or rock garden specimens in frost-free climates.

Gasteria form variable rosettes of fleshy, spineless leaves that...

(Cow's Tongue Cactus, Gasteria, Kus Beestong)

Large rosettes with pointed, spotted leaves make this Gasteria species look like a coarse, multi-armed starfish. Gasteria acinacifolia is the largest species and is native to the dunes across the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. A single plant becomes a cluster of multiple rosettes over time. If any portion of a leaf is trampled or broken off, it will readily root in the soil to become a new plant.

The rosette's firm, succulent leaves are strap- or spear-shaped, often...

(Gasteria, Knoppies Beestong)

Knoppies beestong is a very pretty species of Gasteria with pink flowers and rotating fans of dark green leaves marked with attractive lighter green bands. This frost-tender, succulent perennial is native to northern South Africa and adjacent Namibia where it inhabits shaded river banks and rockeries across the interior highland savannahs. A single plant forms a cluster of multiple rosettes over time. If any portion of a leaf is trampled or broken off, it will readily root in the soil to...