(Chinese Privet, Variegated Chinese Privet)

Chinese privet is a large, arching, deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub native to China. Its cultivar ‘Variegatum’ features a compact habit and attractive, gray-green, white-edged leaves. Its white flowers and blue-black fruits are less abundant than those of typical Chinese privet. It will grow in almost any soil type or sun exposure, and can be invasive through self-sowing. ‘Variegatum’ makes a good accent, border, or foundation plant.

(Common Privet)

Common privet is a spreading, deciduous shrub native to Europe and North Africa. It has narrow, lance-shaped, dark green leaves held on stiff, erect branches. The leaves turn a dull purple in fall. The shrub has many branches arising from ground level. The odiferous flowers are produced midsummer in pyramidal-shaped, branched heads at the ends of the stems. The flowers are followed by many dark purple to black fruits that are attractive to birds.

Common privet is not picky about locations, it...

(Cheyenne Privet, Common Privet)

Cheyenne privet is a spreading, deciduous shrub native to Europe and North Africa that has exceptional cold hardiness and a slightly more upright form. It has narrow, lance-shaped, dark green leaves held on stiff, erect branches. Not known for spectacular fall foliage color, the leaves do have a tendency to remain for an extended period, as late as early winter. The shrub has dense branches arising from ground level. The odiferous white flowers are produced midsummer in pyramidal-shaped, branched...

(Common Privet, Lodense Privet)

Common privet is a spreading, deciduous shrub native to Europe and North Africa. The cultivar ‘Lodense’ is a compact habit. It has narrow, lance-shaped, dark green leaves held on stiff, erect branches. The leaves turn a dull purple in fall. The shrub has many branches arising from ground level. The odiferous flowers are produced midsummer in pyramidal-shaped, branched heads at the ends of the stems. The flowers are followed by many dark purple to black fruits that are attractive to birds.

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(Golden Vicary Privet)

Vicary privet is an upright deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub resulting from a cross between golden California privet and common privet. It is grown for its foliage which assumes golden yellow tones in full sun. In shade the color is a dull chartreuse. Vicary privet accepts almost any soil type or sun exposure and tolerates drought. It is widely used in hedging and screening and as a feature plant.

(Philadelphia Lily, Wood Lily)

A site to behold with its vase-shaped, spotted flowers and whorls of light green leaves, wood lily is a native American lily ideal for garden culture. This herbaceous perennial is native to prairies and open forests across North America, save those in the far west. In fact, it is the most widely distributed native lily in North America. In some highly urbanized and agricultural states, wild populations are threatened due to overgrazing and wild collection.

The reddish stems of wood lily grow...

(Perez's Sea Lavender)

In the mildest climates, few perennials offer the elegant beauty and color of sea lavender. It is a native of the tropical Canary Islands, which lie off the northwest coast of Africa. In its native habitat it exists on the sunny hills surrounding the Oceanside.

This clumping evergreen perennial produces very broad green leaves with a semi-succulent feel that remain attractive year around. The clusters of purple-blue blossoms are borne on stiff branching stems above the foliage. Their petals are...

(Baby Snapdragon, Morocco Toadflax, Toadflax)

Finely textured, fuzzy green elaves on tall stems are delightfully pretty in summer when toadflax bursts with bicolored flowers of violet-purple and yellow flowers. This cousin of the snapdragon is an annual native to Morocco in northwestern Africa where it pops up in light rocky soils and screes.

The light green leaves are sticky and needle-like. In summer the tips of the slender, erect stems bear loose clusters of two-lipped flowers that are usually blue-violet (sometimes pinkish or white)...

(Fairy Bouquet Toadflax, Morocco Toadflax)

Finely textured, fuzzy green elaves on tall stems are delightfully pretty in summer when toadflax bursts with bicolored flowers of violet-purple and yellow flowers. This cousin of the snapdragon is an annual native to Morocco in northwestern Africa where it pops up in light rocky soils and screes.

The light green leaves are sticky and needle-like. In summer the tips of the slender, erect stems bear loose clusters of two-lipped flowers that are usually blue-violet (sometimes pinkish or white)...

(Morocco Toadflax)

Finely textured, fuzzy green elaves on tall stems are delightfully pretty in summer when toadflax bursts with bicolored flowers of violet-purple and yellow flowers. This cousin of the snapdragon is an annual native to Morocco in northwestern Africa where it pops up in light rocky soils and screes.

The light green leaves are sticky and needle-like. In summer the tips of the slender, erect stems bear loose clusters of two-lipped flowers that are usually blue-violet (sometimes pinkish or white)...